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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I absolutely loved this movie! Joaquin Phoenix was great and Mel Gibson showed his marvelous sense of comedic timing. The hints left around about the aliens were kinda obvious, but it didn't detract from the entertainment. This is a good one to add to your collection.
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Summary: Stay away from this movie
Review: The only good thing I can say about this movie is that the acting is fine.
As to the story, it is with more holes than swiss cheese.
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Summary: Really bad, but some good acting and character development
Review: This film is mostly awful. As mentioned in many previous reviews, the depiction of the Aliens is simply ridiculous -- truly primitive, vicious creatures. I've got news for you M. Night Shyamalan -- any aliens who possess the capability of interstellar space travel will not be so primitive. In response to what a previous reviewer wrote: "...I think this is simplistic - why do people always assume that aliens, if they do exist, are more advanced than we are? Couldn't it be possible that humans are in fact the most advanced life form in the universe?...". Are you serious? Humans are at least hundreds, perhaps thousands of years from realizing interstellar space travel. No, if there are indeed life forms in the universe that are advanced as depicted in "Signs", it's not possible that humans are the most advanced life forms in the universe. Period.
And then there's the curious vulnerability that they have to H2O. Ridiculous.I'm not even going to go into the religious aspect of the film -- equally ridiculous. I will say that there are moments of genuine suspense, but these are wasted because the story is such nonsense. Gibson does a nice job with his role to try and give the film some credibility, but this script is beyond even his star power to save. And to those of you hailing this film as some sort of "classic", what are you thinking?
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Summary: One of the two greatest Alien movies.Period!!!
Review: I thought this was the second or greatest alien movies ever(Alien). I thought that this wasn't just scary but also very entertaining. As I'm watching this movie I think that there weren't many things I would change. All of the cast members did very well. There was comedy in the movie. There wasn't gore or serious swearing. So you can watch it with your family. This was just an all around great movie which I would recomend to anyone.
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Summary: Signs--Best of its Genre
Review: Aliens. Aliens invading the earth from another planet, with capabilities of spraying small amounts of poison gas at their enemies; aliens whose skin can take on the nature of their environment. Sound like your corny, everyday science fiction plot? On paper, yes-but here we're dealing with M. Night Shyamalan. With him, it's different.
Signs is not what anyone in his right mind would compare with the sort of B-grade film you would expect from this genre. Not only does its suspense come in tantalizing, well-done bits-it also deals with far deeper matters.
One factor that makes this film so good is its small scope-a lot of the film, and certainly the most climactic moments, is filmed within one house and its surrounding cornfield. For this type of movie, this limited scope is perfect. Rather than seeing spaceships land on wheat fields or little alien communities living on blasted planets, most of what we can see is restricted to the observance of Graham Hess and his children, and his brother Merrill. And being a family in rural Pennsylvania, this isn't much.
As I said, the suspense comes in little snatches. First we find gigantic crop circles in the Hess cornield-and no explanation as to how it happened. Then on the TV we see that similar crop circles have been appearing in hundreds of places all over the world. Graham and Merrill chase a mysterious intruder around their house-who they think is a local troublemaker-and find out that he has jumped the ten-foot space from the ground to their roof, and that they need to re-think their ideas on who it was.
And so it builds...the very atmosphere of the movie is wonderful. It was inspired by Hitchock's The Birds, but in my opinion Signs tops that by a long shot.
As to the acting-it's all good. Mel Gibson is not what I would call a perfect actor, but his role as Graham Hess is not incredibly demanding, and he doesn't do very badly at all. He is by no means one of those actors who distracts the viewer attention by giving a bad performance.
Giving a better performance is Joaquin Phoenix as his brother Merrill. You ought to ask-Roman emperor Commodus as a Pennsylvanian who works at a gas station? That's right, and he pulls it off admirably well, with a perfect balance of humor and drama, depending on what the situation requires. And he is, of course, helped along by Shyamalan's superb screenplay.
Graham's son Morgan is the one flaw in this otherwise wonderful film. To put it in a nutshell...he's a brat. His brash, know-it-all behavior toward his father is extremely disrespectful, but mercifully doesn't take up much screen time. Seriously-in every aspect of life, who knows better? The father or the son? Obviously, the father would know more, but Morgan seems either not to realize this or ignore it in the film. I wish his character had been changed. But his mannerisms don't get too much time on the screen. Don't let it turn you off to this great film. His sister Bo (interesting name for a girl) is much better as a character, and far easier to watch on screen than her brother. The actress who plays her does quite well, especially considering the fact that she must be quite young.
Then we come to Shyamalan's directing. We're talking about the man who helmed the tiller of the Sixth Sense here...it's tough to go wrong. The slow revealing of the aliens, the realism of the TV coverage of the invasion, the nail-biting suspense of the attack on the Hess' house, etc.-it's all awesome.
Besides portraying an invasion of the earth from extraterrestiral sources, Signs also deals with other things-with some "signs", as a matter of fact. This name does not deal strictly with the crop signs. We find out in the course of the film that Graham Hess was formerly a minister, but after the death of his wife left the church and thought he had left his faith. But throughout the course of the film events come together in such a way that he can have no doubt that Someone is watching over him and his family, and in the end his faith is regained. Wow-this sounds rather close to Christianity. Keep it up, Shyamalan!
For dealing with a genre like extraterristials, Signs is the best of its kind that I have run into. It's definitely worth seeing.
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Summary: Signs.....
Review: M. Night Shyamalan is a gifted filmmaker, definitely. With The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and now..Signs; you can tell he's getting better and better at his craft and that's a good thing. Signs tells the story of a widower whose own crisis of faith coincides with the appearance of mysterious crop circles in his Pennsylvania cornfield... as well as hundreds of UFOs around the globe. Along with his brother and two children, he slowly sees this occurence to be a sign of things to come...which ultimately has to do with the climatic ending. Instantly, you can tell this is Night's nod to "War of the Worlds" but, before you dismiss this to be a B-movie, it isn't by any means. Outstanding performances by Mel Gibson, Joaqin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, and Abigail Breslin make this movie a believable one and a fine one to boot. I enjoyed it and was glued to my seat for the whole duration of the movie. It's thrilling, atmospheric, and downright spooky, at times. Course, there a few humorous moments in there, as well. I'm anxious to see what's coming next from Night.
This is a movie that shouldn't be missed. Check it out.
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Summary: Ugh... Disappointing
Review: The Good Things About the Movie 1. Great writing 2. Nice use of flashbacks. 3. Good character families The Bad Things About the Movie 1. Totally cliche in everything 2. As one reviewer stated "NOT ABOUT THE ALIENS" 3. A story with a severely disappointing ending. 4. The aliens can't even open doors! 5. Great idea of aliens to go to a planet full of a chemical that hurts them 6. Aliens don't even give a spark of originality 7. Ending predictable Thank you.
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Summary: Signs (2002)
Review: I admit it: I saw this movie over two times in the theatres and I loved it. However, I need to be completely honest in this review so bare with me fans of the film...I'm going in! Mel Gibson stars as a former reverend in a small town, who lives on a farm with his brother and two children after his wife died about a year ago. When mysterious things begin to happen and crop circles appear on his land, the family begins to believe that they are being pursued by aliens from outer space. Surprisingly scary and well-acted, this film does show that it got its inspiration from George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I mean, come on: group of people board themselves up in a house while the otherworldy enemies await them outside and desperately try to get in. But otherwise, I found this film to be extremely enjoyable and therefore, I had to see it several times. The theatre experience of this film however, is alot better than just seeing it on video or DVD.
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Summary: Aliens are Dumb and Stupid Because They Are Dumb!
Review: Aliens are smart enough to take over our planet, but not smart enought to figure out to wear a rain coat or atleast use umbrellas. One of the stupidest endings in movie history. Even the Tesla remake of the song "Signs" was better than this movie, and that says a lot. A lot.
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Summary: A Bit of a Let Down
Review: As I haven't seen "Sixth Sense", I don't have that supposedly great film to help prepare me for this one. And when I finally got ready to watch it, I didn't know what to expect because some of my friends panned it while others raved about it. When it was over, I found that I had very mixed reactions. On one hand, as one of my friend's is quick to point out, this movie ISN'T ABOUT THE ALIENS. If you are watching this movie to see a good alien flick, then I think you will be disappointed. That's not where the script focused its effort. Rather, the script simply used the aliens as an instrument in the faith journey of Gibson's character. For, you see, Gibson's character was an Episcopalean priest in town that everyone looked up to. However, several months BEFORE the crop circles, Gibson stepped back from his position and his faith at the tragic and seemingly senseless death of his beloved wife. His God allowed split-second timing & eerie coincidences take her away, and he couldn't forgive God or make sense of his belief system any longer. With this perspective in mind, the relative simplicity of the aliens should not come as a surprise. However, what did come as a surprise to me was the incredible oversimplicity of the ending. Not to give anything away, but the plot tries to pull together everyone's quirks in a way that are necessary to bring salvation. It's an event that supposed to show how God is in control and has orchestrated everything all along. It's a key time in Gibson's faith journey. However, I found this scene flat and stale. It was too one-dimensional to actually seem like the act of a infinite almighty. Like with "A Prayer for Owen Meany", I felt let down by a short-sighted feel-good ending that really leaves you with more questions than assurance. Feeling that this movie failed in delivering on its main thrust and seeing that it really didn't develop the sci-fi material too much, I thought it was a bit of a let down in the end.
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