by Sentinel 12 Replies latest social entertainment
I waited and waited for the DVD to come out for "Signs". I was so looking forward to it. I had my feet propped up, a bowl of popcorn and bottle of soda.
Boy, was I disappointed. I thought it was rather s l o w, and just not very interesting. Don't get me wrong, it was, well, alright. But, just nothing fantastic, like I was expecting.
I'm glad I didn't go to the movies to see it.
Signs was an awfully stupid movie, I thought. Just capitalized on the morons who still think crop circles are proof of extra-terrestrial visitation. The most exciting scenes were in the trailers.
AlanF
I just watched it last night. I agree completely.
The entire movie was a lesson in faith, IMO the movie was far over-rated.
What? You mean there wasn't a scene of Mel Gibson running with the Stars and Stripes in slow motion and then suffocating the dastardly ETs with it? Gosh darn!
Expatbrit
Even if it was over-rated, I have to admit that I really liked it.
Mrs. Shakita
Aw, Shoot! I thought this was going to be about the sign business.
But for the movie...I didn't like it but my 10yr old great nephew thought it was great fantastic.
----Edited just because I could----
Edited by - dfwnonjw on 13 January 2003 19:10:33
What made no sense at all to me is when Mel Gibson walked into the house and saw that there was an alien in the pantry and he just goes home and does not report it to anyone. He knows they are out to get people but he just leaves it there. Also, the pantry door opened IN so how was the alien stuck in there. They had no trouble getting through doors in his own house. Stupid. Really stupid.
Millie
We saw that movie in the theaters, and it absolutely TERRIFIED me. Maybe it was the music and the way it was directed, but I was really spooked. We saw it in the daytime, so at least I slept that night.
Once again, I have to agree with AlanF. I hated that movie. It was so hyped up as a scary movie and it was rather dull and the plot was just terrible. I usually like Mel Gibson movies, but I think he took a bite in this one.
I really liked M. Night Shyamalon's Unbreakable, and really, really liked Sixth Sense, so I wanted to see Signs right away. What a disappointment.
Spoilers ahead
Come on! Aliens that can travel untold light years through space, and can make their spaceships invisible(!) need physical directions carved in crops for navigation? They couldn't just float some signs in the sky, use geosynchronous satellites, or I don't know--steer by the stars; something lowly humans have been doing for eons?
And these aliens, again who can travel across the hazards of space, don't think to wear some form of protective suit, so that water--which covers 70% of this world's surface and falls frequently from the sky--doesn't kill them? If earthlings went to a planet with a breathable atmosphere but also sported showers of, say, hydrochloric acid, you think they wouldn't wear protective gear? If this is the smartest the galaxy has to offer, then they're in trouble once we reach other stars.
It seems that the studio wanted to reward Shyamalon for his earlier success, but wanted him to get something rolled out before the buzz quieted down... and he took a story he wrote in third grade and made it into a movie.
I will give him some credit for the characters he developed; there were some cute and touching moments in the film, but otherwise it was silly.
Hmmm
