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Summary: great movie
Review: the title is kinda self explanitory, this is a fantastic movie with a deep plot and all kinds of hidden meanings, and it has aliens to boot. Mel Gibson delivers a stunning performance as a disillusioned former minister and Rory (or however the f*** you spell it) Kulkin gives a good performance as the standard issue "creepy in a loveable kinda way" oldest child. buy it now.
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Summary: A very pleasant surprise!
Review: What a great film!Not being a fan of the horror genre, I didn't have any interest in 'Signs' when it was released in theatres. Most horror films, at least the few I have seen, are far too gory and dirty. Well, I eventually did see it, and was very pleasantly surprised. It features very little bad language or violence (I was surprised to see another reviewer describe it as 'grotesque.') Great performances all-around by Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, etc. The focus of the movie is less on the story and explanations, but on the experience of one family. The aliens, surprisingly, take little prescense. But more the fear of aliens. Shyamalan understands that there does there can be suspense and fear without blood and gore splattering across the screen. It's great to see a modern director who knows that violence is not needed to create fear and suspense. I was more afraid during the final half hour of the film than I ever was while watching 'The Ring' or 'The Others (though I admit to having liked the latter alot.') Another thing that greatly helped the film was the excellent soundtrack. I still get chills whenever I hear the main theme. My entire family enjoyed the film, and I have watched it several times already. It's clean, it's scary and it's an overall excellent movie. A rare combination in modern films.
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Summary: Riiiiiiiiight...
Review: This movie was errrr... 'odd'.
As well as having the most random dialogue I have EVER heard in my whole life, some characters displaying some of the worst acting I've seen, the movie itself was... not good.
We start off 'okay-ish' by finding crop circles in a field by the house and the kids and dogs behaving in a strange way. This was fine. It then goes on to the little boy being able to hear 'voices talking' on a 'walkie talkie' he's carrying. Again, fine, I guess. The father later goes to check out the field at night and after shouting that whoever's playing the trick to 'stop it' and 'you're not going to get famous' at the supposed young hooligans causing the crop circles, he turns to leave. There's some slight action as what looks like a leg is seen. He then sprints back to the house and from now on the movie drops down hill at a fast pace...
The aliens end up being able to be hurt by water... Hello!!!!!! Water vapour in the atmosphere, and surely, they would've had contact with water by now. The ending is totally senseless and doesn't make sense. Where are all the other aliens - there were obviously loads and all we seem to get is this one little green bloke at the end. The 'hostile' creature stands still and proceeds to have the sh*t beaten out of it. Oh yeah... how 'hostile' to simply stand there...
With the best bits in the movie being the somewhat amusing silver foil hats 'so the aliens can't read our minds' and the simply delightful footage of one wandering around at a party.
Quite possibly the worst movie I've seen...
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Summary: Signs of the times
Review: Signs is the initially promising work of director M. Night Shyamalan, who previously directed the creepy hit film 'the Sixth sense'. Given this surprising pedigree, you may be easily led to believe that signs will be ingenious, tightly paced, exciting and suspenseful. Unfortunately, it's not.
The signs (no pun intended) at the start are promsing. The vicar who is losing faith (Mel Gibson), discovers huge crop circles have appeared in his field. He thinks that these huge, intricate, weaving works are the constructions of pranksters. Others though, are not so sure. Suddenly, these huge crop circles appear all over the globe, and slightly later so do alien spaceships. This all coincides with him losing his faith. Perhaps it is implausible to suggest that because a man of the cloth loses faith, crop circles will appear in his fields. But i was willing to suspend my disbelief at this stage be because signs was actually fairly entertaining at this point.
After this though, the plot takes a more absurd turn, as we are offered glimpses of the force that may be at work in his fields. I would enjoy the screen time of these aliens, if they has actually done something. The only real action is towards the end, when we discover that the aliens weakness is water. The children in this movie become more obsessed with these aliens as the film continues. In the end, one of the children suffers sickness because of his athsma. His father tries to lead him to safety, only to be confronted by an alien in his front room. By this time, i was hoping for some action from signs, although it never really happened. Granted though, the aliens were cool, and Mel Gibson gives an intriging performance. But that is pretty much all that signs has to offer the casual viewer.
The real problem with signs is that it just lacks any action and is just too dull. It's no good complaining that a film such as signs doesn't need action because it's intelligent and suspenseful, because it's not intelligent and suspenseful. The actual message of the film is that the priest shouldn't lose faith. This is totally the opposite of what i thought signs would be about. I was very disappointed with the outcome of this film, i had expected it to be so much more entertaining than it was. What an opportunity missed. Boring sci-fi nerds will love this film, the rest of us can find other, more absorbing filmds about extra-terrestrial life to watch instead. Signs stands up OK the first time you watch it, but i wouldn't watch it again.
Overall, signs isn't really a good DVD film, it lacks action and is too lethargic.
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Summary: Worth watching, however...
Review: Director Shyamalan is a master at building suspense and tension and keeping it interesting. The interest in the whole crop circle thing seems to have subsided a bit but this film really dives right into it and draws the viewer in. It's quite fascinating. I was hooked from the beginning. In terms of theatrics I give it a high five stars. However, without giving the ending away I can't express my disappointment enough. Considering his previous works, I had hoped for more, something different, something unique. Nope. There is a faith element that is ultimately unnecessary with Mel Gibson a priest struggling with his faith. It's hard not to be cynical but it seems a bit forced. Without giving the ending away, it was disappointing, opting, in my opinion, for the easy way out. Five stars for entertainment value, one star for its subseqent plummet into formula, balancing it out at three stars.
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Summary: Fun to watch
Review: This is just a fun film to watch. Knight surely has a flare for suspense with a twist. I like all of his movies so far: Sixth Sence, Unbreakable and now Signs (though I heard there might be another one that predates the Sixth Sense). His films really don't compare to classic movies with similar topics as much as they compare to Twilight Zone and Outter Limits stories. Don't take my word (or anyone else's word) for it. See for yourself and decide.
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Summary: BORING
Review: after 10 minutes this movie gets boring and infantile sometimes grotesque .The final touch is a heavy catholic morale.Bleah!
is good for kids under 15-16.
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Summary: Better than Average
Review: At one level, Signs is just average. There are many alien invasion films out there, and this one is not all that special. It does not have the suspense of Alien. It is not nearly as scary as Invasion of the body snatchers. It lacks the sense of wonder developed in Close Encounters. At another level, Signs is surprisingly good. This is not a film about space aliens. This is a film about faith and seeing how everything in life fits together and has purpose. Though it is not obvious from the outset why things happen the way they do, the pieces all fit together. This is not Mel Gibson's best performance, but his acting (and that of the other actors) is good enough to make this story work. The elements that come together at the end might be a bit contrived. In retrospect, it seems like the author of this screenplay thought up the ending, and worked backwards to get it all right. It does, however, have its' moment at the end, when Graham (Gibson) figures everything out. It also has some decent suspense prior to that. Unlike most movies these days, it is not entirely predictable. This one is definitely worth watching.
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Summary: Not worth a dime
Review: One of the worst movies I have ever seen!
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Summary: M. Night Shyamalan's version of "War Of The Worlds" (Radio)
Review: All crop circle fans might like this film. But this film plays out like those 1950's B-films. Some of the story reminds me of "The War Of The Worlds", October 30, 1938 live radio broadcast with Orson Welles. I enjoy M. Night Shyamalan's work, but I can't say this is a great film. M. Night Shyamalan always makes a cameo appearance in his films. This time he has a small role. The DVD contains a featurette that runs a total of 58 minutes, but can be broken down into six parts. Also in the bonus section are five deleted scenes. M. Night Shyamalan will also introduce you to a clip of his first "creature" experimental film "Pictures" he made and starred in as a boy.
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