1. Why Doesn't Dr. Crowe Realise He's A Freakin' Ghost? - The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Plot Twist: Not just "a" plot twist, but "the" plot twist, and the little trendsetter that made plot twists cool in the first place back in 1999 (see also: the device that placed a crippling pressure on the shoulders of its movie's writer/director, who has spent the remainder of his career trying to make something that people like). The Sixth Sense, at first, seems to be a haunting story about a boy, Cole, who can see ghosts and the child psychologist who vows to help him. At the end of the movie, it's revealed that said psychologist, Dr. Crowe, was a ghost all along - and he didn't even realise it. But, Uh... N. Night Shymalan pulls that seeming "clever" twist off because he only allows us to see the moments where Dr. Crowe is either talking to a kid who we eventually realise can speak to ghosts, or by placing him in situations where he wouldn't even be talking to anyone anyway. When he see him sitting in silence across from Cole's mom in one scene, we presume that they're just... well, sitting in silence, pondering a situation. Hey, it happens. But what about all the off-screen moments we don't get to see, all of which kind of make this twist about as asinine as M. Night Shymalan's recent output? For example, how does Dr. Crowe do his job without realising he doesn't exist? Does he spend every day not talking to people? Being ignored completely? He's supposed to believe he's a child psychologist, though he never talks to any other patients? What was he doing before he met Cole? I know we're supposed to believe that Crowe has convinced himself that he's still alive or something along those lines, but c'mon... that doesn't justify the fact that his entire ghostly existence hinges on the fact that he never speaks to anyone. At all. Worse still, does he not wonder why he hasn't gone to the bathroom in a long, long time? Oh, perhaps that has something to do with the fact that he doesn't eat or drink anymore, either. Like this article? Let us know in the comments section below.