The Sixth Sense

The Good:
Some of the effects weren't half bad.

There were a couple of things that definitely made me jump.

Toni Collette is always good.

Haley Joel Osment is a decent child actor.

The Bad:
I know, I know - I'm biased - but Bruce Willis failed to impress. I didn't believe he was a psychologist. I didn't believe he was a human.

The surprise ending was not a surprise. If you're paying any attention at all you can figure it out in the opening minutes of the film.

All in all:
Mediocre at best. I remember being dragged to the theatre by a friend to see this movie. I was told "there is no way you will see this ending coming - this guy (meaning Shyamalan) is great". When I figured out what the ending was a few minutes later - I leaned over to my friend and said "if this is the way it ends, then I want my money back." The reply I got was "how do you do that?". Sometimes it's a lucky guess. Sometimes it's puzzle solving. In the case of this film - it was neither - it is spelled out for you in the opening minutes of the movie and simply reinforced the rest of the way through. Not really surprising.

Unbreakable

The Good:
Samuel L. Jackson.

I found the framing of the film to be very well done. It seemed more like the panels of a comic book which added to the intended super-heroesque feel of the film.

The Bad:
Bruce Willis. I am well aware that my dislike of Mr. Moonlighting often clouds my judgment of movies that I might have otherwise liked. I don't think this was the case here. He just always seems like that generic not really believable action "hero from Die Hard. Like he's just incapable of doing anything else. In the case of this film, much like Keanu Reeves in the Matrix, I was left thinking mostly "if this is who we have to depend on to save the proverbial world - then we're fucked". If I'm going to watch a BW film I'll probably just go back to 12 Monkeys or Sin City and just try to forget this one.

As with most Shyamalan films it just felt staged - like it was trying way too hard to be the cool brain teaser thriller. It failed in all regards.

All in all:
This was by far the worst Shyamalan film I have seen yet. I just really didn't enjoy anything about it. For me it's Unwatchable, but I know many people who enjoyed it so who knows?