Eva always always always figures out the twist, usually before anybody else knows there IS a twist

[conuly]

so when I realized she'd never seen or heard of The Sixth Sense, I added it to our movie line-up.

She was actually surprised by the twist. This is such a novel experience, I felt I had to record it for posterity.

We've also watched Empire Records (Eva was deeply caught up in the question of whether or not Joe is actually Lucas' foster father, or if he's just fatherly) and 10 Things I Hate About you (we lost Heath Ledger entirely too soon). Also, unrelated to this all, Jenn and Eva watched Legally Blonde. I was surprised that Jenn had never seen that movie before. She was surprised that I've watched it at least seven times already. I'm not sure which fact is more surprising.

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Quiz: Can you guess the city from the vintage travel poster?

After 116 Years, Animal Crackers Have Been Freed From Their Circus Cages (I don't know which is sadder - the thought that PETA thought this was worth their time, or the fact that the top comment, apparently without irony, is simultaneously declaring this unworthy as "it's just a box of crackers" while also declaring that the poster will "never buy another one again". At least PETA didn't hurt anybody with this campaign.)

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Medieval Jews Celebrated Passover With Bird-Human Hybrids (I think I posted this last year too)

The Ancient Math That Sets the Date of Easter and Passover (Pretty interesting even if you know this stuff already, or think you do)

How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition

Turns Out, There’s A Bee Species That Sleep In Flowers And It’s As Cute As It Sounds

The bees living on Notre Dame's roof survived the fire

A Font that Converts Simple Messages to Coded Ones

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The Ghosts of Windows 3.1

People in the Middle Ages took great care over cleanliness – except the clergy, who accepted filth as a sign of devotion

New York City Passes Sweeping Climate Legislation

India could meet air quality standards by cutting household fuel use

The First Reparations Attempt at an American College Comes From Its Students

Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”

We Tried To Find 10 BuzzFeed Employees Just Like Cops Did For The Golden State Killer

The 5 Most Spectacular Landscapes on Earth (That Murder You)

My Passover in Prison

The Surprising Long-Term Consequences Of Childhood Hunger

The Turpins are sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after their children testify about years of torture

Pilot lived a mysterious double life. Then a plane crash exposed aliases, falsehoods and questions

Congress to I.R.S.: Don’t Even Think of Helping Taxpayers

The Church of Living Dangerously: How One of America’s Biggest Pastors Became a Drug Runner for a Mexican Cartel

Rights group condemns U.S. 'vigilante' treatment of migrants on border

When Gut Bacteria Betray Their Hosts

History's Best Recession Predictor Is Flashing Red Again

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

I have to admit to preferring the musical of legally blonde to the film....

[conuly]

Never seen it.

[angelofthenorth]

The US version is on YouTube

[eva_rosen]

I saw Legally Blonde just once ages ago, and all I remember about it is my husband, brother in law and myself all agreeing about shipping Ellie (she was named Ellie, right?) with Selma Blair's character.

[conuly]

There's a ship that has to happen.

[shadowkat]

I'm the same way in regards to plot twists. My mind can see it coming a mile a way. Sixth Sense surprised me too -- when it first came out. It's rare that I'm surprised. This is also the reason that I'm not really a fan of books or shows that rely heavily on plot twists. They are too easy to figure out. Soap operas however are impossible to figure out -- because they defy our earth logic.

On Legally Blond -- there is a musical. It's not that good. But it was filmed and aired on something a while back.

[conuly]

Never saw the musical!

In contrast to you and Eva, I'm routinely tripped up by twists that everybody else considers obvious. Different strokes, I guess.

[shadowkat]

I sort of envy you -- makes it easier to enjoy mysteries when you can't figure it out ahead of time.

[bibliofile]

>> Eva always always always figures out the twist, usually before anybody else knows there IS a twist

That's kind of a cool superpower, akshually.

I guessed only 4/13 travel posters correctly (and got the right country for another), but I love the art.

[conuly]

I strongly suspect that her ability to guess plot twists really fast, on minimal evidence, is related - much more usefully! - to her ability to read well despite the dyslexia. The difference between her reading a paragraph and her reading a list of random words or, worse, non-words, is stark.

[quantumcupcakes]

I think my favourite thing about Sixth Sense was when I rewatched it and all the little things I noticed that made me wonder how I didn't guess it the first time around. It's still very cleverly done, in my opinion.

[conuly]

Yes, it still holds up remarkably well all around.

[movingfinger]

I would never have pegged Legally Blonde as the movie that was going to hold up better than 99% of the movies of its time, but I am wrong. I rewatched it myself recently and it was both wonderful and depressing, because we have not gotten out of Ellie's bind yet...

[conuly]

Yeah....

[archersangel]

so when I realized she'd never seen or heard of The Sixth Sense, I added it to our movie line-up.

did she ever see the village? my brother figured it out about 10-15 minutes in.

[conuly]

I've never seen it. Wasn't it somewhat loosely based on Haddix's book Running Out of Time?

[archersangel]

i don't know, i never heard that before. but looking up the description of the book, i see similarities.

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, we loved "Sixth Sense." The way you spiral backward through everything you saw and thought you knew, once that twist is revealed, is amazing.

Really well done, too. Nothing looks ambiguous until you go back and rewatch, and realize that it could be.

I recommend Say Anything, if you haven't already watched it with her. John Cusack is always fun. Also, "Better Off Dead." ;)

[conuly]

YES.