BAD...???? I don't think so...

Rating: Null/10 (25 April 2000)

SPOILERS !!!!!
I have been reading some of the prior comments, and a little group of them kept me thinking about. I don't know if this is or not the best movie of 1999, but, as for me, IT WAS. The greatest I saw (that year), for sure. Very intelligent. This is not `Vertigo' or `Scream', Why to compare? It's something totally different. Of course, people who is too busy confronting it with another films, searching clues or waiting for scarecrows, will hardly appreciate the GENUINE FRIGHTFUL situation of a child who is feeling totally alone in THIS world. The only people who take him serious, are all DEAD and angry. No one is there to take off his fear. Not even his mother can do anything, because of his silence and because she's got two jobs, no helping hand and a small son smarter than she. All the time you wonder if he is going to become into another Vincent Grey. THAT'S HORROR, and that's drama. I wasn't so much smart: I didn't guess the end. Some people said it was obvious, I don't think so. I saw the movie on august '99 and i didn't heard much about it. Nobody persuaded me about a great ending, so i didn't was in speculator role. But because of that, I will hardly forget that moment. It's the best: to start to remember that overlooked clues once I have been scoffed. Better than feeling smarter than Shyamalan. I have neither found so much mistakes.: some guys are asking (banal) things
like: ` Why was Cole afraid of every ghost but Malcolm ?' `Why did every ghost appear in a form that showed how they died except Malcolm? They were all bloody and disfigured; why not Malcolm? Where was the bullet hole in his shirt and the blood?'
`(Clearly the biggest question is): why it was never cold when Malcolm was in the room (with lots of people)except in the very last scene with his wife?' Well, I couldn't say that those are mistakes: According to the film, a ghost is the denial of someone's own death. Cole explains that: `they don't know they're dead'. But they're looking for Cole's help, because they have died with fright or anger, and estimating that they could die. Instead, Malcolm died with GUILT. He's desire of bring help to Cole, it's stronger than his need of help. He had never estimated his death, he didn't see the gun before than Vincent's shot. He don't know or don't care about the bullet hole, so he don't show it, he can't. (I suppose that a ghost must look like its own idea of it self) He's neither angry or MAD, so why it supposes to be cold before the end??? (or when he suspects about his wife, of course) And, after all, how can you be sure it wasn't cold? It's really necessary to show lots of people in shiver with the cold of one only ghost?? I mean, in the restaurant or in the theater. It would be stupid. On the other hand, Cole really needs someone trustworthy. After all, he is just a child, and Malcolm is not like a ghost supposes to be, so, even if he notice something, he is who has to believe what he want , in this case.
Anyway, if you remember their leave-taking, you can wonder how much did Cole really know about him.
Now, think about this: This has to be a great movie if people still talks about it this way. Still spends money and time on it (THIS WAY). Shyamalan is so very intelligent. He made a masterpiece of the late 90's. A turning point. He knows how to play with our mind (nicely) and, obviously, he knows what people wants. This is a simple but powerful story.
And, anything else: why all this prejudice about Bruce Willis? He's not a bad or less actor. He's really good doing he's part, what ever he play. This is a good performance, but is not his best. And neither a surprise. I must mention his `James Cole', in `12 monkeys', one of the best performances I saw, ever. That was a very dramatic and intricate role. It was something truly confuse and he made it really credible.
I don't like most of his movies, but it means nothing about him. He is really great anyway.