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Summary: All the signs are there... this is a winner
Review: The first thing that comes to mind when I try to describe this movie is chilling. It is a well designed, well acted, to-the-core frightener. I actually caught myself almost writhing in my seat... there were parts where I just couldn't sit still. The suspense is high in this film. It's not a cheap kind of suspense in which you are given the obvious "calm before the storm", but a very unknowing kind of suspense. You never really know what's going to happen next. Overall, it's a great film to see. Just be prepared for a few good startling moments.
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Summary: SIGNS THE BLOCKBUSTER OF THE SUMMER
Review: I waited the whole summer for this film to come out because I loved the THE SIXTH SENSE. I saw this film and loved it the acting was great from Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix. It was a very freaky movie. It also keeps you guessing until the end of the film. ...
ALL SIGNS POINT TO SIGNS AS THE SUMMERS BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER
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Summary: Signs - A Have-to-See
Review: The newest movie, Signs, was directed by M. Night Shyamalan and had actors Mel Gibson and Joaqiun Pheonix starring in it. M Night also directed The Sixth Sense.
Signs opened in theaters Friday, August 2 of 2002.
Signs was a great movie. Unlike The Sixth Sense, Signs has no twist, but with a twist it would be worse. Who'd want to see a movie where the crop circles are man made or imagined. Signs is not a movie that the audience can pay a little attention to and still get it. The movie is a thriller that takes imagination. At some points something happens and the audience how to react, I don't want to spoil it. There are some very funny parts in the movie. With this added, and the fact that it's an on-edge movie, Signs is more than worth the money to see.
The only twek I found was it ended too quickly.
I would suggest Signs to viewers over the age of 13 and over because there are frightening moments and mid cussing. Overall Signs is a have-to-see movie.
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Summary: Waste of 2 hours
Review: This movie [stunk]. It had a lot of potential, what with the plot and such, but it was built along the 'Jaws' lines of not seeing the monster until that last bit of the movie, but it didn't work this time. There were a few amusing one-liners here and there, but the way it was shot just was rotten. All of the major scenes with stuff going on, the camera focused on an inanimate object [Flashlight, basement] and all you could hear was the action. And when you finally got to see the alien, it was all dark. Yeah, I'm one of the guys who likes to see the bad stuff.
And then, the ending. Aliens invade, scare the [heck] out of the world, and then just leave and take a few people with them? I could go on for hours, but the part that I found most annoying for some reason was the very end, with Mel putting his jacket on and leaving the room, then the credits start. What a HORRIBLE ending. This movie better not have a sequel.
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Summary: Critics be bashed!
Review: I didn't realize Shyamalan did The Sixth Sense which I also loved. I went to see Signs because I am interested in ETs and the signs in the earth as pointed out by VonDanikan. Things move slow becuz things happen slowly, so much so that we don't really notice anything going wrong around us most of the time. This was a great film about families, faith and survival. It is well done. I loved the story and the acting. Mel Gibson can do no wrong in a film he is that good. His portrayal was so realistic, I honestly began to feel like I was a part of that family, sharing their fears and sharing the love and strength. Mr. Shyamalan has made this a Hitchcockian tale of ETs with all the appropriate bumps in the night. Lets hope to see lots more from him. And you walk out of the theater going, "WOW, man, WOW". I will see again. It is a very strong film, and one worth seeing.
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Summary: Finally, a director that makes you think!
Review: This is a very good movie, but I think some people might be a little disappointed. Yes, the movie is centered around an alien invasion, but the actual message, in my humble opinion, is much deeper than that. Shyamalan is evolving as he continues to make movies and his messages are getting more and more complex and harder to follow. He makes you think. I myself didn't understand the ending until I sat there looking at the blank screen for a few minutes.<> At first, the movie takes a long time to get going, same as "Unbreakable" and "Sixth Sense". The odd moments of humor and unbearable suspense are about the only thing keeping you awake to begin with. For you intellectuals out there, you need to pay close attention to the little things, especially the kids. Fast forward through some heartbreaking moments to the end. The aliens invade, attacking the house. Scramble around in the dark for awhile, scare yourself silly, and come to the morning after. The little boy is suffering an asthma attack and needs his medicine. One of the aliens, of whom all of which are supposed to be gone, grabs him and sprays him with poison gas. Mel's brother, who can't help but to swing at everything, goes on attack hitting the glasses of water (the little girl has an obsession with leaving them everywhere) with a baseball bat. The water and excessive beating from the bat kills the alien. The little boy survives because his lungs were closed from the asthma attack. Message of the story: coincidences aren't really coincidences. Watch it closely and you'll see what I mean when I say it really doesn't have all that much to with the aliens themselves.
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Summary: Shyamalan Signs is a sign of filmmaking
Review: Please anyone that is gonna go to see this movie has to know that:
1. It is not Independence day
2. It is not about fighting or saving the world whatsover.Having said that let me start by saying this is Shyamalans best movie with the Sixth Sense and is better than Unbreakable that is a great movie too. Shyamalans here know how to make a movie of character as he has done before. He don't use special effects or mass murderers to give you chills. He use his direction and the good performances of the actors to combine with a great score and a movie that dares the audience to comprehend that the plot is just not about the world is about Graham family and how they adjust to the situation and believe me this should get better recogntion than what it have. For me a winner. Shyamalans is the next big thing believe me.
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Summary: The "Signs"is coming
Review: ...Mel Gibson plays a minister who, after his wife's horrible death in an accident, has removed his collar and requests people not to refer to him as Father. Nor do they refer to him as Farmer, and yet his property is dominated by huge corn fields. (Who's taking care of all that corn? Not Mel -- never once do we see him on a tractor.) The plot is activated by the sudden appearance of patterns in his crops and the immediate suspicion that aliens are threatening planet Earth.Am I the only one to recognize the obvious inspiration here? The threat coming from the skies, the visit to an isolated home where terror waits, a child's disrupted birthday party, a family barricading itself inside a house which is being besieged -- this is "The Birds", unfortunately without Alfred Hitchcock. Whereas that 1963 classic was taut with gathering suspense and climaxed by a horrific attack, "Signs" meanders along somewhat haphazardly and there really is no climax to speak of. (When the alien finally appears at the end, he looks sort of like James Arness in "The Thing From Another World".) Many scenes simply don't work. There's one scene where the hero, his brother, and the hero's kids are discussing the situation when suddenly the phone rings. The ring is quite loud on the sound track and the characters on the screen jump in alarm, but the audience I was with didn't react at all. The cast is attractive and the film has been handsomely photographed, but "Signs" is much too low-key and indecisive to be billed as "a gripping thriller".
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Summary: Excellent Movie, But A Questionable Ending
Review: Seems like this is a problem Shyamalan encountered with "Unbreakable" too...a relatively good film that seems to peter out with an ending that is less than spectacular. This IS a really suspenseful movie most of the way through. There are definitely shades of "War Of The Worlds" here, as well as elements of old-school Spielberg (the likable, empathetic characters and cute kids), Blair Witch Project (lots of horror stemming from sounds in the night and only half-seen visuals), and most notably (and surprisingly) Night Of The Living Dead. If Spielberg had directed Night of The Living Dead using aliens instead of zombies, the product would be "Signs." This was one of the few times I've actually seen people in the theater jump and shriek at a movie. There are really some great, creepy moments. Great stuff. As for the ending, I guess it's okay...sci fi flicks require a certain suspension of disbelief I guess. But all things considered, wouldn't you AVOID any planet 3/4 covered in water if it were you?!? Still, most of it is genuinely spooky. It's fun. Check it out.
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Summary: That's two strikes, Night. One more and you're out.
Review: Yikesers. After a strong start with the 6th Sense M. Night Shyalaman is really taking a dive. All three of his movies are trying to build up to an ending that is simply world-moving. 6th Sense delivered. Unbreakable was a letdown. Signs was a drop right into the dumpster.
4/5ths of the move was good. That's the only reason I gave it two stars instead of zero. Shyalaman does have talent. He's great at suspense, and his movies are very touching and funny at the same time. I loved the scene when the family is having what may be their last supper, and Mel Gibson grabs everyone together around him. Or the scene when Pheonix explains why he's a 'miracle man.' There's lots of good suspense, but, damnit Night, the last 1/5th of the movie was veeeeery bad, and made me regret watching it.
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I know this was a movie about faith. Hell, we were getting that beaten into us with a baseball bat. But, if it's a movie about faith that involves sci-fi, and we're supposed to believe the sci-fi element is realistic, that the aliens are there and they're a threat, that it's not mass hysteria, then MAKE THE ALIENS REALISTIC!
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So, overall, I give Night some good points for nice points in the movie and good direction, but major detractions for errors-in-fact, massive cliches, a huge letdown in the end, and logic holes. Night, you're two strikes out. After two bad experiences in the cinema theater, I'll wait for your next movie to hit DVD racks before picking it up. Sorry dude, you're a good writer, but you're relying on plot gimmicks and your name from the 6th Sense to sell movie plots. Keep up the stinkers and you'll be out of a job.
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