According to common sense, "The Sixth Sense" should also be a classic thriller and suspense movie, and it is also a typical ending movie. A heartwarming opening, the happy life of McCann and his wife, ended with the shooting and suicide of a patient who gave up treatment. Next, the camera jumped to the fall of the following year, south of Philadelphia. McCann found the patient's case. At this time, McCann also encountered a new case similar to this patient. Because of guilt and because he wanted to save his regrets, McCann began to observe the patient - cole. The story started like this logically, and the audience who were confused seemed to understand something.
The following story is not new, it can even be said to be old-fashioned: the little boy has a pair of ghost eyes, he can see the dead people, and the dead people do not know they are dead, they walk like us Walk around and only see what they want to see. Having such an ability brings endless panic to Cole. The huge fear in his heart is not known, and everything becomes a barrier to communication. Everyone thought he was a weirdo. At first McCann also thought that Cole was ill and needed treatment, but when he heard someone in the blank space of the tape constantly shouting: "I don't want to die!". After he finally believed and returned to the boy, they completed the boy's first act as a psychic, and they helped a girl who had just died uncover the murderer. Then, the boy told his mother the secret, and at the same time made up for the regret between his mother and his grandmother, that childhood dance performance, that "every day" that the grandmother could not answer. Mother and son hug each other.
At this point, the film has changed from a thriller to a warm one. If it ends like this, there is a root clue that seems to be forgotten by us, and that is McCann. After completing the task, McCann returned home and found something strange in a conversation with his sleeping wife. He remembered Cole's words "I can see the dead...they can only see what they want to see. "It turned out that McCann had already died in the shooting. Because of guilt, he saw Cole, and because of his love for his wife, he was able to see her. The end of the film surprised us a lot, denying some of our previous ideas - that McCanford was alive or that his wife was unhappy with his busy work and moved away. It turned out that McCann had long since left. It turned out that when McCann was helping the boy, he was actually helping himself.
Possessing such an ability may be the wish of some people or a lack of human regret, unable to talk to the soul. Life and death are never under our control. The departure of a certain person is a pity for either party. Those words that have not had time to be said, those feelings that have not been expressed in time, why don't you want the other party to understand.
Through this film, I think the director did not want him to tell us how terrifying ghosts are. Through the video, what I saw more was the director's silent sigh: If some people really have this ability, How nice. Those regrets won't exist, those we love and those who love us won't really separate the yin and yang, we can communicate, we can understand each other's thoughts, and that's enough. Perhaps children's eyes are bright and clear, and we would rather believe that children have this ability, and I think this is also the director's wisdom.
Perhaps, from another angle, can we think about it this way? In fact, there are many people in this world, but those people live in our hearts, not in real life. We cannot forget them for various reasons. However, we expect to have A miracle, there is an opportunity, to open the door, to understand their hearts, so Cole appeared, so this warm thriller appeared.
After watching the movie, I can't help but think: If we have this ability, what do we want to say to those who have regrets?
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