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	• Posted by Timmy B. • Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 3:37 p.m. • IP Address: 166.214.117.215 • In Response to: My problem with The Sixth Sense... (Smalltown_Poets)

> I find it a whole new movie as well: a laughable one. While Willis and
> Osment give effective performances, I frankly find the The Sixth Sense
> absolutely ridiculous upon rewatching. How can someone think they are
> "alive" for long streches of their existence and never realize
> that they are never hungry, never bathe, never take a friggin crap, that,
> even though he thinks he lives in a city and thinks he is employed as a
> psychiatrist, NO ONE HAS ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO HIM FOR MONTHS, etc.
> He's either extremely stupid, or perhaps the least observant person in the
> history of man. Either way, not the kind of protagonist I can take
> seriously for a film that yearns for such dramatic moments.

Very incisive. I never thought of those problems... I remember thinking of millions of plot holes with The Village after seeing it for the first time but don't remember them anymore for some reason. And, Signs, well I think that it takes someone with A LOT of faith to think that everything happens for a reason--what about all the people who died from the aliens and all the other horrible things that happened in the story? I have a problem with the phrase "everything happens for a reason" in a story *and* of course in real life: To say that everything can only be one way and it is as best as it can be is irrational in my opinion. Even worse than saying this is the denial of horror in our world by saying that all that is bad is actually good.

Tim

Messages in this Thread: ( Expand )

• Admission of my Own Pretentiousness/Is Shyamalan a Pretentious Bastard?? (views: 256)
Timmy B. -- Monday, July 24, 2006, at 10:16 p.m.
- Re: Reading the book, gaining status, and the messiah complex (views: 481)
  Carlton -- Saturday, July 29, 2006, at 5:52 p.m.
  - You write WAY to much in your posts sometimes (views: 317)
    Timmy B. -- Sunday, July 30, 2006, at 8:24 p.m.
- Re: Admission of my Own Pretentiousness/Is Shyamalan a Pretentious Bastard?? (views: 206)
  C. Hook -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 10:00 p.m.
  - C. Hook's Post is an Example of a "Trigger" for Me (views: 299)
    Timmy B. -- Friday, July 28, 2006, at 7:07 a.m.
    - Bouncing is what Triggers to best! (views: 194)
      C. Hook -- Friday, July 28, 2006, at 11:33 a.m.
      -    Re: Bouncing is what Triggers to best! (views: 185)
           Timmy B. -- Friday, July 28, 2006, at 10:09 p.m.
        
           Re: Bouncing is what Triggers to best! (views: 189)
           C. Hook -- Friday, July 28, 2006, at 10:27 p.m.
        
           Re: Bouncing is what Triggers to best! (views: 195)
           Timmy B. -- Sunday, July 30, 2006, at 8:13 p.m.
    - (Sorry, my post title implies that I need to be treated as "fragile"--I don't) *NM* (views: 175)
      Timmy B. -- Friday, July 28, 2006, at 7:28 a.m.
- Hey, if only Frank Herbert would realize the same thing! (views: 191)
  tromboja -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 9:22 p.m.
- Re: Admission of my Own Pretentiousness/Is Shyamalan a Pretentious Bastard?? (views: 217)
  Yavar Moradi -- Monday, July 24, 2006, at 11:16 p.m.
  - Re: Admission of my Own Pretentiousness/Is Shyamalan a Pretentious Bastard?? (views: 196)
    Timmy B. -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 4:16 p.m.
  - Re: Admission of my Own Pretentiousness/Is Shyamalan a Pretentious Bastard?? (views: 197)
    Jockolantern -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 9:59 a.m.
    - Haven't seen "Lady" but otherwise we completely agree, Jocko... (views: 190)
      Yavar Moradi -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 2:25 p.m.
      -    Hey! Shouldn't we keep some semblance of rivalry left? (views: 203)
           Jockolantern -- Sunday, July 30, 2006, at 12:13 p.m.
        
           Re: Hey! Shouldn't we keep some semblance of rivalry left? (views: 191)
           Yavar Moradi -- Sunday, July 30, 2006, at 12:49 p.m.
  - Re: Admission of my Own Pretentiousness/Is Shyamalan a Pretentious Bastard?? (views: 211)
    Southall -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 9:10 a.m.
    - My problem with The Sixth Sense... (views: 217)
      Smalltown_Poets -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 2:50 p.m.
      - Re: My problem with The Sixth Sense... (views: 185)
        Beavoid -- Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 9:46 a.m.
      - That's actually one reason I like Unbreakable much better. (views: 187)
        Yavar Moradi -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 11:21 p.m.
      -    Re: My problem with The Sixth Sense... (views: 196)
           C. Hook -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 6:12 p.m.
        
           Re: My problem with The Sixth Sense... (views: 195)
           Smalltown_Poets -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 8:21 p.m.
        
           My problem with Shyamalan... (views: 200)
           Josh -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 10:31 a.m.
        
           I'd love to see him to a Harry Potter film (with JNH!) (views: 208)
           Smalltown_Poets -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 12:43 p.m.
        
           Re: I'd love to see him to a Harry Potter film (with JNH!) (views: 206)
           Josh -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 2:01 p.m.
        
           Re: I'd love to see him to a Harry Potter film (with JNH!) (views: 198)
           Smalltown_Poets -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 3:31 p.m.
        
           Re: I'd love to see him to a Harry Potter film (with JNH!) (views: 196)
           Josh -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 3:49 p.m.
        
           Re: I'd love to see him to a Harry Potter film (with JNH!) (views: 195)
           Smalltown_Poets -- Thursday, July 27, 2006, at 8:27 p.m.
        
           Re: My problem with The Sixth Sense... (views: 188)
           C. Hook -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 10:55 p.m.
        
           So, this isn't really about The Sixth Sense at all... (views: 184)
           Smalltown_Poets -- Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 10:14 a.m.
           Did I really think Willow was better than Star Wars? (views: 186)
           Yavar Moradi -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 11:19 p.m.
      - Very Incisive (views: 194)
        Timmy B. -- Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 3:37 p.m.

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