I have to step up here..I'm sorry, but I thought Signs was amazing! Any time I talk about it my dad complains about the aliens and blahblahblah. I would just like to say that it isn't a horror movie about an alien invasion! It's about faith and all the signs the universe sends us.
There is a moment, at the end of Signs, where you realize that you're not watching an alien invasion movie after all; you're watching a movie about a broken man, betrayed by god, finding meaning and purpose in his life again. That moment is surprising and moving and powerful, and I guess you must have chosen that moment to take a bathroom break. :)
It's not an alien invasion movie. You're meant to think it is, to make the reveal that much more intense. The aliens don't matter; it would work just as well if they were, say, demons, or fairies. Yeah, that works even better, actually. Think of them like bad fairies. If they're magical, then you can imagine their strengths, weaknesses, and motivations as being mystical. That way, you don't have all your sci-fi expectations getting in the way of enjoying what is really an excellent film.
Too bad Mel Gibson turned out to be such an asshole, though.
It's entirely possible that a bathroom break occured at that point.
It's also possible that Moose decided to enhance the dialog by barking.
There was a recent Cracked.com thread about movies/stories where the fan explanations were better than the official ones.
One of the commentators said the Signs would have been a much better movie with them as demons, as his daughter mentions at one point that the water is holy.
Now that, that would have been a much better movie.
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My interpretation of it, is that it's one of the dumbest alien invasion movies I've ever seen and ranks right up there with Plan 9 from Outer Space.
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It's not an alien invasion movie. You're meant to think it is, to make the reveal that much more intense. The aliens don't matter; it would work just as well if they were, say, demons, or fairies. Yeah, that works even better, actually. Think of them like bad fairies. If they're magical, then you can imagine their strengths, weaknesses, and motivations as being mystical. That way, you don't have all your sci-fi expectations getting in the way of enjoying what is really an excellent film.
Too bad Mel Gibson turned out to be such an asshole, though.
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It's also possible that Moose decided to enhance the dialog by barking.
There was a recent Cracked.com thread about movies/stories where the fan explanations were better than the official ones.
One of the commentators said the Signs would have been a much better movie with them as demons, as his daughter mentions at one point that the water is holy.
Now that, that would have been a much better movie.
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