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by
Lee Tistaert
moviefreaktb169 writes:
I thought "Signs" is to be the best
sci-fi horror thriller film possibly
ever made with so many SIGNS being in
the film. What I noticed is that the
whole time I thought the family was an
alien race and they came to pick them
up. But then I noticed in the Brazilian
video scene that the alien was in a area
of plants hiding in the plants (just
like a corn field and the expression
that the son Morgan said is that the
aliens only eat plants because it is a
good source of nutrients). And then the
fingers being cut off scene, we see Mel
grabbing the knife where you notice
vegetables, which are from plants.
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The other thing I also noticed is that
the Music to "Signs" is about 45 min's
long and it ends up that it takes 45
min's in the movie until we know that
the aliens are for REAL. And 45 min's or
so in the movie is the Brazilian video
footage. Could this be Shyamalan's other
secrets of his "Beautiful Mind" or
twists and turns? I agree with the
replier, White_chocolate2003, that it
was the same shirt that M. Night was
wearing the night he hit Mel's wife and
the weirdest thing to it is when they
were chatting (Mel and the director), is
that he was wide awake and then he just
fell asleep. That made me think of the
aliens being there and somehow he fell
asleep and maybe the wife was running
from one and he hit her and then she
said SWING AWAY as if maybe the alien
could be THERE. But that is my thought.
I thought this was a miraculously great
film. I would like to know more about
the 'signs' in the movie "Signs" and if
you agree with my thoughts. I think the
director has something in store for us
like a sequel to explain the ending real
reasons. But this film should be up for
some Oscars (definitely for Mel's great
role and emotional performance of faith
lost and regained. And wow, what about
M. Night for his great storytelling?)
But who knows, this could be a sign that
tells us this could be a sleeper hit of
2002 and the Oscar winner that will
surprise everyone at the end of the
Academy Awards.
And another thing I liked is we never
saw the actual spaceship, which I loved
because it leaves it to our imagination.
Oh, the one part I need to know is
(WHY?) does the officer lady always deny
the things going on like the certain
creature on the roof jumping 10 feet?
WAS SHE ONE???
When
they showed us the video footage from
India of all the crop circles, the
string of areas is in the shape of a
cross as a holy cross. This could be a
sign to Graham to keep up his faith and
maybe the wife was sending that signal.
Could it be? Then there is the sign of a
possibility that maybe Merrill was the
alien because of his acting about the
aliens and saying they are nerds, but
then really believing it. Also, the
aliens could have been messengers from
God to protect us from something that
could be very terrible in the future as
they were scouting (and we scared them
off with water and thought they were
deadly because of movies and stories).
But they could have been like demons
sent here to use us as slaves because
there world was once full of plants and
crops, but now they come to our planet
so then we can provide resources and
then they would kill us then go to the
next planet and do the same thing. Like
locusts or a black widow after mating
and using it KILLS the mate or in our
case the HUMAN RACE of about 6 billion
people. It ain't that bad right? LOL
Well, thank you very much and if you
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sightings writes:
WATER was a big part of the movie.
"Signs" of water were everywhere. First
the little girl has this thing with
water where she doesn't trust it (she
thinks its bad or old). Then Shyamalan's
character says he is going down by the
water because it seems safe, and Graham
wants his family to go as well.
Throughout the movie, water is mentioned
and stated as having some soft of
importance, all leading up to the
weakness in the aliens.
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white_chocolate2003 writes:
Well, after viewing the movie again,
Shyamalan is not wearing the same shirt.
However, I did notice one more thing.
Remember at the bookstore, the old guy
ranting about all the Coke commercials?
I feel that this is a piece to the
puzzle. For water kills the alien, maybe
they were controlling the TV's to show
only soda commercials so the humans
wouldn't find their weakness. With all
the Coke commercials, the humans
wouldn't be drinking water.
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pjordan writes:
Excellent movie! Questions or comments
or things I didn't quite get or
missed. Why did the dog try to kill Bo
early in the movie? What was the name
of the UFO book the little boy got
from the book store which seemed to
answer questions about the aliens?
What did the Middle East countries do
to stop the aliens? What happened to
the rest of the US or the town for
that matter? When they lost radio and
TV reception for a while, how did it
come back on? Finally, were they
really aliens or demonic/satanic
creatures defeated by faith in God?
And if Bo didn't like water, why did
she ask for a glass of water when she
said she saw a monster?
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bagheera writes:
About Bo, the aliens and water: the
Earth's surface is 75% water. The
aliens would know that just by doing a
quick flight around the globe. So,
they obviously weren't too worried
about that. But Bo said "...this water
is contaminated...". Maybe our
drinking water -is- actually
contaminated.
Our oceans are quite vast, so
detectable amounts of contamination in
the water may be much lower than in
populated areas where pollution is
more concentrated. It is my theory
that something -in- the water is what
harmed the aliens. That could explain
why morning dew and clouds didn't harm
them.
And using something simple and common
as a device to vanquishing the aliens
is M. Night's homage to H.G.
Wells. This would be at least the 2nd
sign of his liking of Wells' work.
When the Hess family was watching TV,
Merrill stated: "This is like \'War of
the Worlds'!" In "War of the Worlds",
the aliens were killed by a bacteria
in our air, something that is
plentiful and harmless to us yet
deadly to them. Something that a vast
conquering army could NOT vanquish
even using their highly sophisticated
machinery. Just a thought to add in to
the mix...
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TheMaskedFantom writes:
You
forgot the part that the girl never
being able to finish a glass of water
killed the alien.
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zac_spaz22 writes:
I don't think that Graham's wife was
an alien. You said that the alien came
back to kill Ray because he had killed
Graham's wife. But then at the end,
that same alien tries to kill her
child. If the alien was trying to get
revenge, he wouldn't kill her son.
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Guardian16 writes:
You missed the part when the aliens
kill a lot of people in the end when
it says it on the radio. And when
Graham's brother says "A lot of people
died". So yes, they were hostile in
the movie...
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kcm25 writes:
Great funny scary movie! Even in the
second viewing I still got freaked
out. Oh and I noticed that Merrill has
a harelip scar. Did the actor always
have that scar? Anyways, I had no
problem suspending my disbelief when
it comes to the aliens, since there
are no alien handbook in that film.
The most frequent questions people
have is wouldn't dew or moisture in
the air hurt the aliens? Well, when
you take our own specie if we take
things in moderation (like alcohol,
cigarettes, drug/poison), it doesn't
hurt us. But in large quantities in
short period of time can be fatal. Us
humans also keep loads of poisonous
household cleaners in our homes. As
long as skin contact is minimal, it
won't harm us in the long run.
Another question is why would aliens
harvest us when we hare 70% water?
Just look how people eat the poisonous
blow fish. When prepared correctly the
eater won't die. Despite being
famously poisonous, it doesn't stop
people from eating this delicacies.
Maybe the aliens regard human food as
a kind of delicacies.
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becky writes:
Am I the only one to realize another
interesting twist in the movie?
Remember when Houdini first becomes
"sick" and Graham says to call the
doctor. But I think it was Morgan who
said that that doctor didn't treat
animals, so why wouldn't Graham want
to call the vet? Because the vet was
the one who killed his wife.
And another
thing...
"There's a monster outside my room,
can I have a glass of water?" - Bo
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white_choclate2003 writes:
No becky, I caught that too but it's
not really a twist.
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pcgeekgurl writes:
I read in someone else's depiction of
this movie that it was all the little
girl's dream. In the very beginning,
Bo said to Graham, "You're in my dream
too?" (But that it happened so early
on that we all forgot about it) Then
throughout the movie the little girl
said she had "dreams"; like she dreamt
that her brother would die (when they
were in the basement and he was having
an asthma attack); she said she dreamt
that. I definitely think there was
something very special about the
little girl, but I am not sure if the
whole movie was just her dream. It
made me think, though, how at the end
it shows Graham back in his "religious
attire" and you can hear people/kids
laughing in the background - that it
COULD have been a dream and his wife
was still alive and well. OR, just
that his faith was restored. I don't
know - all I do know is I LOVE a movie
that gets your brain working!!
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kcm25 writes:
Becky, I too noticed it but it isn't
really a twist; just another
interesting explanation to why Hess'
plan to take the dog to a non-animal
doctor.
One scene that was quite freaky was
the picture in the alien book that
looks like the Hess's house and the
"bodies" that appears to be an adult
and two small children. Night mislead
us on that but it effectively gave me
the heebi jeebies. Since there was
only one "adult body", I was wondering
where was the other adult body. OMG,
could Merrill be an alien? Nope, not
the case, but that would be the
scariest experience to see your own
house featured in a book of death and
mayhem.
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ryanlester_2000 writes:
Lee, Ryan here mate! How good was this
film? How wonderful is this director?
He is a pure genius! I believe that I
have come up with the answer to all
things unexplained with signs. You
see, the film is just a question of
faith.
Remember the conversation Gibson had
with his brother on the couch watching
the invasion? He mentions there are
two kinds of people in this world;
those who "Believe" and those who
think that it is all purely
coincidental. Everybody has their
theories in regards to Bo being an
Alien, while others are saying it was
just luck. Same with the wife's last
words...did she indeed have a
flashback to one of Merrill's baseball
games or could she see what was to
come? Even in the end whilst Mel is
holding his son with hope that he will
be okay, he says (not sure if these
were exact words but...) "It can't be
just coincidence! His lungs were
closed, the gas couldn't get in!"
I believe that the meaning behind all
of these is up to us (the viewer) and
what type of person we are. Am I the
type who believes in luck or am I one
of faith? I know which one I am and I
know what the meaning behind Signs is,
but it is only there for me. Others
who believe in luck will have their
own meaning and cannot be told
otherwise.
I hope this makes sense because I have
only just figured it out and haven't
quite thought of a decent way to
explain it.
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surfchem writes:
Well, could it be all the chemical
that are used in treating drinking
water?
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adam75_1999 writes:
I thought the ending was a bit of a
let down. I mean, really, a tall green
alien appears out of nowhere having
supposedly making the crop signs? I
was expecting something a little more
intelligent than that. Are we supposed
to believe that aliens and crop
circles are real now? I think not. And
was the alien meant to be scary? As
when I first saw it, I laughed and
seriously thought: is that the best
you can do? And the movie took
everything so seriously, not to forget
a real downer of an ending! And Graham
was a man of faith believing in
aliens, come on!
Signs Secrets Continued >>
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