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Four_Duck_Snakes t1_j2bdy8j wrote

...would you mind elaborating with some comparison and rationale?

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nanaboostme t1_j2bj8nz wrote

I presume it's because they have similar plot twists where the main character(s) have always been dead the whole time.

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Four_Duck_Snakes t1_j2e3ukf wrote

Right, but so do a TON of films is what I was meaning. If you look outside of even 10 years.

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nanaboostme t1_j2e49gp wrote

No one is denying its a common theme for a plot twist but these were some of the first major releases that gained substantial attention for it. Hence my presumptions for what OP are connection the two movies together.

And to be precise, The Sixth Sense and The Others were released two years apart from each other 20 years ago.

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Four_Duck_Snakes t1_j2e4r00 wrote

I believe what OP is trying to insinuate is that they are ripped off one another.

Open your eyes/Vanilla Sky dealt with the same twist, instead of being dead though, he was in an eternal sleep where he can chose either life in paradise that is a hell, or try real life.

Before that decade there were others that would have the same plot.

That era of film was all about the twist.

Even the Usual suspects used the same kinda zinger.

Anywho, agree to disagree.

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mojito_sangria OP t1_j2cqpke wrote

Both movies begin with the protagonists having certain traumas in history, and gradually encountering supernatural events and person/people that subtly affect their lives, particularly in events like a séance.

Then there's the plot twist in the end that the protagonists are the real ones who are already dead but still wandering around in the world of livings.

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Four_Duck_Snakes t1_j2d4co5 wrote

Agreed.

To be devil's advocate.

Isn't that the plot to most be used?

I mean Vanilla Sky, Carnival of Souls, Atonement, Jacobs Ladder, The Lovely Bones etc.

I feel what you are saying, however, I don't feel other than appearance, the two are quite different.

But I thank you for clarifying for me!

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