It may be because I watched it at such a young age, but this is one of my favourite movies of all time! I remember begging my parents to let me watch it again and again even though it gave me nightmares.
This movie kept me up alot back in 2002. I was 14 at the time. I saw it at a packed cinema,and it was just brilliant.
I think what is so scary about it is the fact it feels so real,and is pretty vague. I have a fear of aliens anyway,particularly grays (which these aliens resemble)
Signs is a top quality movie! definitely doesn't deserve the stock it gets.
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I haven't watched Signs in about 10 years, but when I saw it in theaters I loved it. I bought it on DVD as soon as it was released, watched it every once in a while for a few years and still liked it just as much.
I need to watch it again and see how it holds up for me. I have a feeling it won't live up to my great memories of watching it as a teenager, though my nostalgia I had towards it at that time might also let me forgive some of the plot holes that many have pointed out.
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I never got why people didn't like it, to me this tops The Sixth Sense. My guess at the time was that it's perceived as suspense/thriller but is PG-13 and that concept wasn't as popular then as it is today) but then all the religious stuff probably turned a lot of people off. Atheists probably started to tune out because they don't care and the religious were probably offended but didn't finish the movie to see how it turns out.
shareIt is a great film, and the acting is superb.
Even when they aren't speaking, it's emotional.
"Men like you don't die on toilets." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon
Yeah I guess everybody who saw ET as a child thinks it's a brilliant movie when it's really only emotionally manipulative crap disguised as scifi.
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Yeah I guess everybody who saw ET as a child thinks it's a brilliant movie when it's really only emotionally manipulative crap disguised as scifi.
I don't get why people get so crazy like this guy. I thought it was a very good movie with a particular POV. Big deal if you don't like it. Get over it.
I always saw the man loosing faith and finding it again was a subplot to the actual thrilling happenings in the movie. Yes it is a part of the story, but not sure that that would turn people off as it's more about the thrill as it unravels and the suspense of what will happen, the faith part falls in line with certain things happening but to me it's not a full on Faith Category Movie that would put someone who doesn't like Christianity against it. I'm thinking some has a lot to do with age - I'm 40 now, like ET was when I was a young child, this was thrilling to me hitting all my senses in new ways that were also believable fir my time. And as I've seen people post who were young when it came out it would have been like ET was to me. I wonder if the younger crowd seeing it now has been so immersed with way out there action thrillers that this may seem slow to then or not the CGI they are used to ur even perhaps bc it does have a plot & so many thrillers now have such a small plot and to me are just killing and gore and nudity without having a true story that pulls you in and keeps your attention. I don't understand the hate, I've loved it since I first saw it and wish I would have seen it at the movies! I remember I lied the preview when Bo woke her father up and said "There's a monster outside my room, can I have a drink of water?" Just so calmly.
sharePut aside the plot-holes I loved this movie. Similarly as per some posts here, watched it when released, then bought the dvd once it came out. Can still watch this movie and enjoy it. Gibson and Phoenix were good, and played a huge part improving the watchability.
shareI kinda like it.......but..... the water thingy. I just cant get past that bit. Totally took me out of the story.
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