Larissa’s Sixth Sense
Larissa and I watched The Sixth Sense earlier tonight. You know, the “I see dead people” movie. Here’s the crazy thing about it: Larissa had seen it before, but COULDN’T REMEMBER THE TWIST ENDING.
As we approached the last 3 minutes of the movie, the tiny shards of memory that she still retained from having seen it before started asserting themselves, and she began to throw out some hypotheses. “Oh! He sees dead people too! No! His wife is actually dead! Oh wait… WHAT?! HOW COULD I FORGET THAT?!”
When it was finally over, she turned to me and said “That was a really great movie! Did it win any awards? It must have!”
So, just to sum up here, she had seen the movie before, she hadn’t fallen asleep the first time, and she absolutely enjoyed it (meaning that she didn’t forget it because she thought it was mediocre), and yet she still forgot the twist ending.
I’m just waiting for the day when I wake up next to her, and have to re-introduce myself to her as her husband. Memento, anyone?
