Signs
I remember the first time I saw this movie...it was my thirteenth birthday. Four of my best friends and I went with my parents and brother to see it in the theaters. Then, I was scared spitless (OK, maybe not THAT scared, but it was an excuse to snuggle up to my then-boyfriend...). I really liked it despite how 'scared' I was.
Now that I'm older, it really doesn't scare me. It really takes a lot to scare me. I get startled easily, but it's been a while since I've had a good scare.
If you're looking for a scary movie, Signs isn't the best way to go, but if you're looking for a great thriller with a really well-put-together storyline, I would definitely suggest it.
Graham Hess lives with his brother and two children on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is a former reverend who has wandered from the faith in light of his wife's recent death. One morning, he wakes up to his young daughter's screams and runs outside to find his two children standing in the middle of their corn field, which now sports a gigantic, 500 ft. wide crop circle. Graham, thinking it's a prank, calls the local police to investigate the strange signs in his field, but the circles are done too perfectly for a work of human hands. When similar crop circles pop up across the globe, the entire world begins to ask the classic question -- 'Are we alone?'
Stranger things begin to happen. Unidentified lights appear over several major cities, people report sightings of non-human creatures sneaking through their yards... Graham encounters them on two occasions, once in his field at home, and once more at the home of the man who killed his wife.
After the second encounter, he prepared his household for the worst. And the worst comes -- in several ways.
In this movie, we watch several questions cross Graham's mind...Is there someone looking out for us? Could it be that God really does exist in the midst of horrible circumstances? Could it be that we really are not alone in this universe?
I really enjoyed this movie when I was 13 and I appreciate it even more now. Mel Gibson, who plays Graham, does an awesome job, as always. Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Graham's brother Merill, is an excellent comic relief and does an amazing job. I love the actors who play Graham's children. For their ages, they are definitely talented.
M. Night Shyamalan is by far one of my favorite actors. I am very seldom disappointed in his work, and I'm hoping that his new movie, "Lady in the Water", will be as good as all of his other films (though I'm really hoping it will be much better than "The Village" -- that film could have ended in countless ways, and yet he chose to blow it with THAT ending...)
5 stars. This movie got far less credit than it deserved.
Now that I'm older, it really doesn't scare me. It really takes a lot to scare me. I get startled easily, but it's been a while since I've had a good scare.
If you're looking for a scary movie, Signs isn't the best way to go, but if you're looking for a great thriller with a really well-put-together storyline, I would definitely suggest it.
Graham Hess lives with his brother and two children on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is a former reverend who has wandered from the faith in light of his wife's recent death. One morning, he wakes up to his young daughter's screams and runs outside to find his two children standing in the middle of their corn field, which now sports a gigantic, 500 ft. wide crop circle. Graham, thinking it's a prank, calls the local police to investigate the strange signs in his field, but the circles are done too perfectly for a work of human hands. When similar crop circles pop up across the globe, the entire world begins to ask the classic question -- 'Are we alone?'
Stranger things begin to happen. Unidentified lights appear over several major cities, people report sightings of non-human creatures sneaking through their yards... Graham encounters them on two occasions, once in his field at home, and once more at the home of the man who killed his wife.
After the second encounter, he prepared his household for the worst. And the worst comes -- in several ways.
In this movie, we watch several questions cross Graham's mind...Is there someone looking out for us? Could it be that God really does exist in the midst of horrible circumstances? Could it be that we really are not alone in this universe?
I really enjoyed this movie when I was 13 and I appreciate it even more now. Mel Gibson, who plays Graham, does an awesome job, as always. Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Graham's brother Merill, is an excellent comic relief and does an amazing job. I love the actors who play Graham's children. For their ages, they are definitely talented.
M. Night Shyamalan is by far one of my favorite actors. I am very seldom disappointed in his work, and I'm hoping that his new movie, "Lady in the Water", will be as good as all of his other films (though I'm really hoping it will be much better than "The Village" -- that film could have ended in countless ways, and yet he chose to blow it with THAT ending...)
5 stars. This movie got far less credit than it deserved.
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