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Summary: Shocked The Hell Out of Me
Review: Signs is an amazing, intelligent, and scary movie. I can honestly say I have never jumped so much in a movie before. When you least excpect it, something happens that make you scream. Its so eerie and spooky and you can't believe that any of this really could be happening, and we all know its not, but M. Night Shamalyn and the actors make you believe. It pulls you in at the getgo and you will be hooked until the end. Joaquin Phoenix and Mel Gibson give heartbreaking believeble performances as 2 brothers who believe the world is being invaded by aliens when they find a crop circle in their back field. So many exciting wonderful moments its hard to list them, but all I will say is go see this movie. I guarantee at least twice you will jump out of your seat.
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Summary: Instant classic
Review: M. Night is past the sophmore slump and the third time is an astounding charm. Mel Gibson and Jaoquin Phoenix do an incredible job. The reactions from them are so real you swear it was really happening. As a previous critic said....."beware of the spanish birthday scene". M. Night is so good he can take a shakey home movie camera and show two frames of a 3D alein and make you soil the theater bench. Everything provides a feeling of aboslute realism. M. Night's perfect touch with the news on TV make the movie even more realistic. Its not asking you "Are we alone", It actually puts out a good religous message and makes you think about how much control god has over your life. It is worth seeing more than once! To give you a better understanding of the perfection of the film,you may be astounded to know i am only 14 years old. I give it 5 and a high 5 to Shyamalan
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Summary: Signs, signs, everywhere are signs . . .
Review: Father Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) lives on his Pennsylvania farm with his brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix) and two children, Morgan (Rory Culkin) and Bo (Abigail Breslin). Six months ago, after losing his wife in a freak accident, Graham's entire believe system has changed and his loss of faith has caused him to leave the church. He now leads a simple life among simple folk and swears he'll never pray again.The children are the first to discover the huge array of perfectly interlocking circles and lines carved into their cornfield. We, the audience, get an amazing bird's eye view of these 'crop circles' that take up at least the length of a football field. It is obvious that no man or machine could have bent the corn stalks down flat without breaking them. Graham and his family band together in a desperate attempt to discover the mystery behind this phenomena that has not only jolted the farmlands of Pennsylvania but has effected the entire planet. This film pulls you to the edge of your seat early on and leaves you there the entire time. As the anticipation builds, the tension builds. Fortunately, there's plenty of, what other reviews have referred to as, 'comic relief.' Just when you think you're about to scream, something will make you laugh. There's a great sense of Alfred Hitchcock here, especially during the intro credits: the 'Psycho-ish' music accompanied by the quick, sudden appearance of credits in really huge type . . . ! Writer, director and producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) also appears in the film. Only one speaking scene, but much more than a quick cameo. He plays a very key and memorable scene. Macaulay Culkin seems to have had some influence on younger brother Rory. Not only do they bare quite a resemblance in appearance and voice, but Rory has also proven to be quite the actor here. Abigail Breslin gives us an unforgettable performance like Drew Barrymore did in ET. And what can be said for Gibson and Phoenix? Wonderful yet different roles for both. Quiet, family oriented. Subtle? Is that the word Mel Gibson used? Yes, subtle. This is an excellent thriller. You'll hold your breath, laugh, cry and jump off your seat, probably all within 2-minutes! Reality or hoax? Explore the real-life mysterious phenomena of crop signs and draw your own conclusions. PS-According to Colin Andrews, founder of Circles Phenomenon Research International, around 10,500 crop circles have been reported since 1975. Roughly 80% have been proven to be manmade. The remaining 20% have not. They are real.
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Summary: Anti-Climatic
Review: I'm not trying to sound negative at all about this movie. The movie had a good cast, and it was very realistic; first everyone thinks the crop circles are a hoax, but then more appear very quickly, and then a couple days later, there are UFOs flying over Mexico City (ironic?). The beginning of the movie was, I thought, excellent. My friends and I were on the edge of our seats for the first 1.5 hours. Even the opening credits made us jump in our seats. The whole movie, you are waiting to see what the aliens do. You already realize that the aliens are hostil, and have bad intentions for the human race. Then, as if Mel Gibson knew that the time had come for the aliens to invade his home, he boards of the windows and doors, but realizes that he doesn't board the attic doar, and hides his family in the basement. After a tough struggle with the aliens (who can't even break open a door), they go away, and Mel and his family fall asleep in the basement. When he wakes up, the radio is working again, and informs him that the aliens have left Earth (but they left their injured behind). What do you know; the alien whose fingers were cut off by Mel earlier in the movie finds his house (how?) and takes his son hostage. After a struggle, they kill the alien (with water) and his son wakes up (he supposedly breathed in toxic gas from the alien). And then the movie ends. All and all, I liked the beginning of the movie. Actually, more then half of it. Seeing the aliens walk across the screen, standing on his roof ("Daddy, there's a monster outide my bedroom, can I have a glass of water?), and having UFOs flying over the world's major cities definatly sent chills down my spine. The entire movie takes place in "The-Middle-Of-Nowhere" Pennsylvania, so don't expect nuclear war with the aliens. I would reccomend seeing this movie, but don't expect a big climax.
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Summary: Shyamalan's third home run
Review: "Signs" is the most refreshing film this summer. Finally, a movie without the fast-pace editing from MTV and without the in-your-face "lets spell it out for the audience" methods of storytelling that plague so much of Hollywood today. Those kind of movies have their place, and can be enjoyable, but movies which take their time like "Signs" are rare today. Shyamalan uses the camera to scare us more by not showing everything. You can hear the horrible things happening, but are forced to imagine them, rather then see them. What you imagine is always worse then the truth, and this movie hits a home run in its suspense. Borrowing from "War of the Worlds" and "Night of the Living Dead," Shyamalan creates a homage to these classics by bending them into a completly new tale. His choice to focus on a single family during a global crises brings home what such an event would be like for you and me. If you like your horror and suspense spoon fed to you and need to see blood, guts and everything that happens, stick to Friday the 13th and Freddy Krueger. If you want a true masterpiece of suspense and filmmaking, check out "Signs."
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Summary: Better than most of the junk out there.
Review: I saw Halloween Resurrection and Jason X this summer and I wasted a combined three hours of my life with those movies. Even the big hits this summer like Spiderman (which I liked) still was made for a kiddy audience. "Signs" may have a few flaws in it but it is still a well-made film with lots of good characters and plot. It is the kind of movie for intelligent moviegoers. You don't see the aliens till the very end so you don't know if they are real or not. It would be good if they could have worked it out so we did not see the aliens at all. Also they should have put a little more creepy moments like the hands sticking out of the doorway. But this movie has as much to do with Mel Gibbon's character as it does creeps. His relation ship with his family and religion, how he copes with grief and the outside world. The arrival of the crop circles makes him face all those issues. The only way he protect his family by the upcoming menace is if he comes to terms with them. You don't get that from Friday the 13th.
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Summary: Sad
Review: It is sad that Hollywood has forgotten how to make a movie. Do not waste your time on this one.
Rating:
Summary: Great Film
Review: It drives me nuts when people are too analytical. Allow yourself to get sucked in. This film made me laugh. This film made me cry. Best of all, this film scared the heck out of me. There is also a great underlying message. Go see it!
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Summary: the best so far
Review: ... I think this film deserves a lot more respect than Independence day that just mainly relied on mindless entertainment. I don't think M. Night owes anyone any apologies for not dumbing it down for idiocy. But for my opinion on this incredible film is that it was one of the best times I had fun being scared. This film shows that the things we don't see can be much more frightening than the usual blood and guts murder. The things that go bump in the night and the feeling that you know something's out there but you don't know what were some of the elements that added to the creepiness and tension of this film. Because I paid attention, like you would if you were reading a book, I was captivated on all terms. In the end it made sense "SIGNS". ...
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Summary: "It's Happening!"
Review: Science Fiction is back with a vengeance! M. Night Shyamalan has brought us a thrilling and scary sci-fi thriller that delivers a one-two punch! And the great message of this film is an honest one: there is no way we are going to survive unless we have faith that God will see us through. A great film! Everyone should see it! Grade: A+
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