Who hired Malcolm Crowe - The Sixth Sense (1999) Discussion

[–] Stratego 9 years ago

He was not hired. He was drawn to Cole because of his sixth sense and imagined him to be his patient.

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[–] JasonRebourne 9 years ago

Do how did he not know he was a ghost?

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

Like the movie said, ghosts only see what they want to see. Those ghosts walking around exist is some kind of dream state, in which they just go along with the strange things that happen and time doens't pass normally.

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[–] keyvenx 9 years ago

In the same sense that you sometimes don't realize you're dreaming. You just "accept" it as moving from scene to scene without any logical connection.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

If he was dead, but how was he hired to the boy?

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As you saw from Reports 10 years apart Malcolm was part of the shrink army that get appointed [with your money] to all boys [not girls] that are Family Law inflicted. They then diagnose Attention Deficit stuff and feed them drugs.

Malcolm did that to Vincent so in Night's rules he had to die at the hands of his victim.

But M is given a "virtual" second chance, so the real "twist" [if you must] is that Cole [as you heard] is already under drugs from "a doctor like me" and SO is having the normal hallucinations [call it a dream if you will].

So twist is this allows Night to mate up Malcolm and Cole and see if the virtual Malcolm can do a PROPER job this time WITHOUT using drugs.

Night shows us M staring at a huge fake bottle of Zoloft but he is unable to use it.

So M steers Cole to do good deeds eg the outing of MBP started in Falling Down [1993] and Night's movie awaits 16 years later to see if someone else might have the guts to confirm drug abuse

Fat chance as Pfizer just became the biggest player in Big Pharma, all based on Zoloft abuse.

http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/

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[–] SaliceMcD 9 years ago

Huge plot hole. Malcolm is very clearly a psychologist and *not* a psychiatrist (a shrink) who can prescribe medication.

Only psychologists in Louisiana and New Mexico - with specific training, and only as of 2009 - can prescribe medication to their patients. 1999, Pennsylvania - nope, Malcolm couldn't be a "pusher" for Big Pharma. (Not that I'm buying what you're trying to sell, L_B_R.)

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

nope, Malcolm couldn't be a "pusher" for Big Pharma.

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"By 2005, Zoloft was the most popularly prescribed antidepressant on the U.S. market, with nearly 30 million prescriptions being written. In that same year, it was the sixth most prescribed brand-name prescription medication, grossing nearly $ 2.6 billion."

I know, those 30 million doctors were all ghosts!!!

Come on baby, that's a lot of Zoloft and Night is saying "doctors" write it.

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[–] fiatlux-1 9 years ago

I truly believe that Malcolm WAS asked to help Cole beforehand, but he was murdered.

When we first see Malcolm watching Cole enter the church, he has a detailed folder about Cole.
Where could this have come from, if not from
1. A prior appointment either with the mom.
2. Another doctor who had treated Cole (remember Malcolm knew that Cole had seen other shrinks, yet had not been helped)

Lastly, Malcolm clearly says to Cole: "I know we had an appointment, but I missed it. I'm sorry."

This seems to indicate that Cole had had a prior appointment with Malcolm a year previous, but of course could not show up.
Malcolm merely thinks no time has passed.

I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

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[–] sebasreuijl 9 years ago

That is brilliant! I never saw it that way!

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

If Malcolm was hired beforehand, then why does Cole's mother never mention anything about therapy? That would actually have helped the illusion to the audience that Malcolm was alive. He had been dead for a while, so why didn't she make a new appointment with another psychiatrist? Instead, she acts like she only became really concerned about Cole recently.

Malcolm has a file on Cole, because he projects his guilt about not being able to help Vincent (whose file he's also carrying with him) onto Cole, who suddenly showed up in his "life".

Also, Cole had never been to a shrink before, it was his mother.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

As I say above these lousy shrinks are not hired by parents but via the Separate Rep in the Family Law System - you will notice Night circles the word Divorce in both reports so even "ghost fans" can see the plot.

Then Night confirms by the step game that Cole AND mother have already seen "a doctor like me" AND he confirms he could NOT HELP either of them.

So this is second mention of "couldn't help" after Vincent screamed it out so if by then you did not get the drift of the movie you probably DO need some Zoloft.

http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

It doesn't matter who would've hired him, my point still stands.

And NO, the step game never mentions Cole having seen a doctor, only the mother.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

And NO, the step game never mentions Cole having seen a doctor, only the mother.

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Are you in America?

Maybe it was deleted for legal reasons as it is on my version in Oz

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

No American, European or any other version mentions Cole having seen a doctor.

Give me a link to the scene that does mention it.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

Been 7 years since I watched so time to watch the whole movie again.

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

Then don't act like you know what this movie is about.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

Everyone is entitled [even americans] to give their opinion on "life matters" incl movies - that's what the forum is for.

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

That has nothing to do with it. If you haven't seen the movie in 7 years and don't even know how the scene goes, then don't act like you know what the movie is about.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

then don't act like you know what the movie is about.

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OK, if I was wrong about movie why would that offend you?

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

I'm not offended, but annoyed that you tell others what the movie is about, while you don't know anything about the movie.

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[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

annoyed that you tell others what the movie is about

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No, I talk to my interpretation of the movie and cite the evidence [hard to miss a huge bottle of Zoloft, to be taken with milk] and leave it up to others to THINK about it in those terms, but they are in fact free to think in your terms or even think for themselves.

The amazing thing about McCarthyism is it worked perfectly once it was officially discontinued.

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[–] Stratego 9 years ago

And your interpretation is based on incorrect information.

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[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 9 years ago

He wasn't hired. He just showed up. Pesumably he was drawn to Cole because of Coles ability.

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