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Summary: Shyamalan is our generation's Hitchcock
Review: An expert in direction, scene building, and movie making as a craft not a business is evident in the way that each of his movies is better than the last in artistic expression. This movie had me hooked from the opening credits to the very end. This movie far outstripped my expectations of the "Summer blockbuster" I went to see. It definitely kept me on the edge of my seat. The characters were so well drawn and molded that you lost track that you were watching "Mel Gibson" acting, he was the character, the same with Phoenix and the two children. I can't wait to see the next movie Shyamalan makes!!!
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Summary: THE ALIEN LOOKS THE SAME AS IN EVER OTHER SCI-FI MOVIE
Review: Yes there are a couple of scenes which made me jump in my seat, but I expected a more elaborate story. 95 PERCENT OF THE MOVIE OCCURS ON MEL GIBSON'S FARM. And besides a sherrif and an indian guy, you hardly see the rest of the towns people.The part Mel plays does not fit. It should have been given to an older (farmer looking) actor. Unfortunatley, the only reason why you will see this movie is because Mel Gibson's is in it!!!!
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Summary: Follow SIGNS to "Exit Theatre"
Review: This film is an incredibly unimaginative interpretiation of an alien invasion. I would be willing to overlook this fact if the direction and plot weren't so mundane. Here's the premise: A single Dad and his kids see crop circles, 15 mins later the planet is invaded by little gray men. All the while the "Reverend" is questioning his religion. WOW! how imaginitive. >>>(Side-thought) These aliens can attempt to take over a planet but they can't break down a pantry door? People who like this movie try to sugar coat it by saying there is a whole lot of religous meaning in it. FOOEY!
And what's wrong with the kids? They look and act brain dead. I guess the tin foil hats didn't work, right?
Character development was terrible. I felt no connection to any of the characters, especially the guy played by Joaquin Pheonix. But I guess that's not what the movie was about. It was about 13-16 year olds going to the movies and seeing little gray men torment a cute family.
If you have no imagination and are completly naive about the whole 'alien' thing, then you will be thrilled, surprised and delighted by this film.
But if you have even the slightest bit of imagination, or foresight, you'll predict every part of the movie before it happens.
Rumor has it that Bruce Willis was originally cast to play the part of the Dad. He would have been perfect. I wish he had played the part so that the much better actor (Gibson) wouldn't have stained his carrer with this E.T./Close Encounters knock-off dribble.
Mel Gibson must have had a boat payment due.
Don't see it, no matter what the aliens say!
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Summary: They werent lying when they said this was a B movie.
Review: However it was still fairly entertaining and had alot more humor than i expected. Pros
1.will keep most peoples intrest
2.Has some pretty creepy scenes
3.pretty suspensful at times
4.The acting is good for the most part Cons
1.the ending isnt as big and suspensful as i was hoping.
2.Although i liked the invasion angle i didnt like the way in the end it was just about mel gibson getting his faith in god back.
3.It has a great deal of plot holes like why does the alien at the end not even try to protect itself, for aliens they sure die easily and they cant bust through a locked door but yet they are supposed to be a huge threat to the world. but anywho the movie does entertain you pretty much from start to finish even though it is kind of dissapointing.
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Summary: Aliens, where?
Review: One word truly defines this movie, superb. M. Night Shyamalan lives up to his reputation as being the king of suspense. You'll be astonished at how easily he scares you be showing nothing bot shadows, parts of the aliens' bodies, and noises. After former reverendt Graham Hess (Gibson) wife dies in a care accident he in a sense loses his faith. With him living with his brother Merill (Phoenix) and two children (Culkin, Breslin), eccentric things start to occur. A crop circle shows up in Graham's fields one day and onwards a few mishappenings occur. The plot of the movie is great, maybe not exactly the most original, but excellent in it's own way. This movie is recommended from me to anyone who has loved Shymalan's previous movies, alien flicks, or just a plain out "edge-of-your seat thriller."
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Summary: 5 STARS!
Review: This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Signs demands every emotion from the viewer, it is funny, heartbreaking, and scary. Joaquin Phoenix and Mel Gibson along with the two children give outstanding performances as a family unit that must stick together and unite each of their talents in a battle against aliens. This is a brilliant film!
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Summary: Might be worth buying
Review: and that's saying alot from a non buyer when it comes to movies. Director Shyamalan, after bombing with the esoteric "Unbreakable", swings away and connects big time in this sometimes eerie, often slyly funny film. Sure, you'll have to suspend some disbelief during the viewing-if you are not gifted with this ability, you will hate this film. The alien invaders cannot withstand water-hard to imagine the horde not running into some thru condensation or moist ground on a farm, but, to be fair, Night notes the problem, and has most of them land in less arable parts of the world. Sure, there's a moral, and cynical folk will loathe it. But to me, it was just a plot device, regardless of the writer's intent. The moral being, there is something watching over us-things do happen for a reason. Of course they don't, but you won't care during Signs, it's just cool to wath all the coincidences fall into place that help Gibsons character return to faith. Everyone delivers all their lines with deadpan comedy, putting you at ease with that which wouldn't add up on its own. Maybe that was it, there were serious elements, but the director knew well enough to be aware of the entertainment value of the film, and not it's philosophical value or whatever it is that people mysteriously search for in movies to explain humanity and existence. Me, I'd hit the books if you want insight and incisive examinations of reality, but if you want a good night at the movies, I'd pop Signs in the DVD machine instead.
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Summary: Pretty Creepy
Review: Actually, I wnet into this thinking that I would hate it- but it wasn't all bad. There were several moments when it really did creep me out. One section of the film was very Night of the Living Dead-ish. That worked. However, there are tons of lapses in logic and Shyamalan still wants to sprinkle everything he does with meaning which ultimataly ruins what could be true entertainment. Scarier though than The Sixth Sense. I know that's not a popular opinion, but really - if you paid attention to what you were looking at in that film, I don't know how anyone could have been surprised by its finale. This one isn't quite so obvious.
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Summary: I think everyone is missing the point of this movie...
Review: This wasn't a movie about aliens. It's a movie about a man's faith, that's essentally all. The idea of crop circles and aliens etc only work as a catalyst to tell a story of how a family deals with a crisis. This is an extremely clever way of dealing with such a subject and i feel it proves Shyamalan's story writing talent for what is quite a unique story telling style.
I was very impressed by the acting is this film aswell with all the actors being very convincing in their roles. When watching this movie, the audience doesn't feel like they're watching Mel Gibson playing Graham Hess. They're watching Graham Hess. This rings true for all the actors in the film. Especially the children who both blew me away with their acting. Unbelievable. The audience cannot ask for more than that.
As for people being dissapointed about no twist... i think it makes a refreshing change from 99% of movies around today, but this is certainly not to say the movie is predictable. The ending is brilliant, bringing the movie full circle and not leaving the audience full of questions like many films.
I personally wasn't over impressed by The Sixth Sense but did love Unbreakable, and Signs is definately a level of film making above both those two films. Shyamalan it seems is only getting better.
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Summary: awesome film
Review: signs is the 3rd film from my one of my favorite directors (check out unbreakable, his 2nd film and he also directed 6th sense but i did not like that movie. i knew the ending) m. night shalmalyan. a movie primarily about aliens (with a war of the worlds meets hitchcock style spookiness) but there are other underlying themes (such as faith to name one) mel gibson is great but joaquin phoenix is the standout. comedic in a accidental way and yet compelling at the same time.
using old school methods make this move so much better than if he had used cgi. using old school scare tactics bring this movie above the competition. this movie is awesome. the baby monitor trick was amazing. lack of effects give this movie such a resonance and eerie scariness that had me on the edge of my seat till the end. i do not understand how people did not like this move. i think your cracked. EASILY ON OF THE BEST EVER!!!
you need to believe in moves and not be the type of person to say that could never happen. if imagination and leaps of faith are hard for you, stay away. as for the dvd. some good features with the making of extras, another of nights first movies and the usual trailers.
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