SIGNS - This movie sucks major arse!

[mindseye]

Would someone please describe the last five minutes? I don't want to waste US$1 buying a pirate DVD, I would rather just hear how it ends.

[DinoDoc]

Mel Gibson regains his faith.

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by mindseye
Would someone please describe the last five minutes? I don't want to waste US$1 buying a pirate DVD, I would rather just hear how it ends.

Well it's as Dino says, really

The 'technologically superior' aliens are resoundingly defeated because they fatally vulnerable to water but for some reason did not think that it was a good idea to wear a waterproof suit or similar to protect themselves!

I can see it now:

Alien invasion force foiled by English weather!

Basically there are 'signs' throughout the movie that show that everything that happens is meant to be - Mel loses his faith and renounces the church because of the nature of his wife's death.

'Signs' during the movie cause Mel to regain his faith and become a reverend. Er, the Alien Invasion was meant to be so that Mel can 'see the light' again...

Moral of the story: Don't lose your faith otherwise God will send a bunch of sorry arsed Aliens to kill your dogs and mess up your furniture until you get the message!

I have no problem about people enjoying the movie - I have been reminded that I enjoyed 'Deep Blue Sea'...

What I do have a problem about is paying decent money to see what I think is going to be an excellent movie by a writer/director I highly respected for his intelligent movies - to get this 'B' grade effort...

At least with DBS I knew what I was letting myself in for and I saw it at a cheap movie theatre well after it's release - I expected it to be far worse than it actually was!

I guess it's about expectations - I expected 'M' to continue with his high quality movie making, instead of some simplistic yarn about losing and regaining faith dressed up with an alien invasion.

More fool me.

[chequita guevara]

Salon panned it. When Salon says a movie is bad it is. When we've gone to see one anyways, we were disappointed.

[MOBIUS]

Salon Review



This review sums up my sentiments perfectly! It's also probably why that guy is a movie reviewer and I am not...

[mindseye]

You're kidding, right? Space-faring aliens come all the way to a planet 3/4 covered with liquid poison, and not know about it?

Thanks for saving me my US$1!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
The 'technologically superior' aliens are resoundingly defeated because they fatally vulnerable to water but for some reason did not think that it was a good idea to wear a waterproof suit or similar to protect themselves!

How is that possible? They would have been killed by dew drops.

[Boris Godunov]

I liked the movie. It wasn't superb, but was entertaining enough to keep my attention for 2 hours. I think you guys quibbling over the science fiction aspect of it need to get a life. That's not what the film is about. It's about exploring the relationships of the family and how they react to an increasingly threatening and isolating situation.

I'm not a Mel Gibson fan (homophobic ass), but I thought he did a good job, and the rest of the cast was good, too. I'd give it a B+. Probably worth a rental, but don't feel rushed to go see it in the theaters.

[red_jon]

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Yeh, I saw this film in Florida and my younger brother and I pointed out the problems with it. The water thing isn't really even a science problem - it's basic common sense. There's water everywhere and yet they can't defend themselves from it.

And the aliens travelled that far and didn't even being WEAPONS?! They just use hand-to-hand combat. Why didn't they just drop knockout gas on entire cities or something? They had the capability of highly advanced space travel.

[Lung]

Oh, this just keeps getting better and better!!!

Perhaps it should be renamed Sighs Or as MovieJuice called it - Crap Circles

[red_jon]

Oh, the alien ships are also invisible by day but for some reason you can see them at night.

The aliens are parked right next to the families house yet they can't even fetch a chainsaw to get through the door they locked themselves in.

The aliens walk around on their own and for some reason don't even see the need for portable communication devices. They haven't even invented walky-talkies?!

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by red_jon
Oh, the alien ships are also invisible by day but for some reason you can see them at night.

Because you can see the emissions their engines make at night

The aliens are parked right next to the families house yet they can't even fetch a chainsaw to get through the door they locked themselves in.

Huh? Who?

The aliens walk around on their own and for some reason don't even see the need for portable communication devices. They haven't even invented walky-talkies?!

The family picks up their communications over the baby monitor, so what are you talking about?

[Kepler]

As a sci-fi movie it's braindead. As a family movie it's maudlin. As a religious movie it's inane. As a slow-burn suspense movie it's not bad. A solid 4 (a.k.a., a Hollywood 8). I've seen a lot worse.

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Because you can see the emissions their engines make at night



Huh? Who?



The family picks up their communications over the baby monitor, so what are you talking about?

Couldn't they find a way round the emissions thing? what's the point in them cloaking their ships at all if they can be seen half the time?

What they heard on the baby monitor was picked up from the shpis wasn't it? The one who was locked in a pantry could have gotten out much faster if he had a radio with him.

[MOBIUS]

I can't Belieeeeeeeeeeeeve it!?!?!

[/]Victor Meldrum mode[]

I am shocked and stunned that this movie has made it into IMDB's top 250 all time greatest! It is the duty of anyone who thinks that the greatest movies should be just that, and not contaminated by trash - to vote against this cellulose aberration!

IMDB Voting

I think you guys quibbling over the science fiction aspect of it need to get a life. That's not what the film is about. It's about exploring the relationships of the family and how they react to an increasingly threatening and isolating situation.

Well, not counting the grossly crap Sci-Fi aspect the rest of the movie is a turgid religious (Christian) movie full of holes instead!

Here is a pic from the movie - they say a picture is worth a thousand words, and this one sums it up perfectly!