tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6967531488457955081..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Off Script: SignsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-51605135511071631252016-01-11T23:13:26.140-06:002016-01-11T23:13:26.140-06:00Honestly, that's as good a motivation as any I...Honestly, that's as good a motivation as any I've come up with.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-7437585871276421802016-01-11T21:15:35.810-06:002016-01-11T21:15:35.810-06:00They sent some underachieving recruits to Bumblefu...They sent some underachieving recruits to Bumblefuck, Pa., to get Mel Gibson's autograph. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-21457104104480568032016-01-11T12:04:52.476-06:002016-01-11T12:04:52.476-06:00I didn't even get into the fact that the alien...I didn't even get into the fact that the aliens are, indeed, seeming to focus quite a bit on a podunk town in Pennsylvania. One has to wonder about the alien plans. "We'll hit London, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Bumblefuck..."SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-81111154423460519122016-01-11T11:58:49.737-06:002016-01-11T11:58:49.737-06:00The first time I saw this, I must've blinked a...The first time I saw this, I must've blinked at the wrong moment, because I didn't realize that the alien in the house was the same one with the chopped off fingers. But this time through, it did indeed earn an eyeroll. <br /><br />Seems like you agree with my basic thought--great set-up with a crap resolution. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-43057162492164284362016-01-11T11:57:15.833-06:002016-01-11T11:57:15.833-06:00A lot of people really do love this movie, and the...A lot of people really do love this movie, and they tend to be the ones who tell me I'm overthinking. <br /><br />Well, I think you need to go through the implications of what you're putting on the screen. If Shyamalan's god is powerful enough to engineer everything to get him to put the collar back on, then he was powerful enough to save his wife years earlier. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-72794431480833536622016-01-11T11:55:51.590-06:002016-01-11T11:55:51.590-06:00I agree wholeheartedly with this review. This is o...I agree wholeheartedly with this review. This is one of the dumbest films I have ever seen for the reasons you give plus at least one more of my own. All of the other aliens are off attacking the major cities, so are these just a couple of slackers hanging around this damn farm? And I haven't even mentioned that the idea of water being acidic to an entire species is ridiculous to begin with because that's pretty much the one thing that has to be present for their to be life. I'm willing to let that slide because it is a movie, but then yeah, why come here?Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83052022924171319822016-01-11T11:21:53.887-06:002016-01-11T11:21:53.887-06:00My biggest problem with the film was when it went ...My biggest problem with the film was when it went from being scary to being stupid. They barely show the aliens, and the family is holed up in the cellar, and things are really scary. Then they go somewhere else, see the aliens, wound one, and the damn thing TRACKS THEM DOWN TO WREAK HIS REVENGE. That just lost me right there.<br /><br />I didn't put anywhere near the thought you did into the theology; I mostly shrugged it all off as "gee, isn't that convenient" in a sarcastic tone.<br /><br />Unbreakable is actually my favorite of his films because I didn't see the twist coming in it. The Sixth Sense was heavily advertised as having a twist, so I was thinking about what it might be and figured it out. Unbreakable was made before there was a known pattern that he would have some kind of twist, so I wasn't looking for one at all. By the time I saw The Village I figured it out about 5-10 minutes in.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68121330695140306662016-01-11T09:26:44.646-06:002016-01-11T09:26:44.646-06:00You are not overthinking this. The people who defe...You are not overthinking this. The people who defend the much stupidness in this movie are not thinking at all.<br /><br />My niece and nephew loved it when it came out on DVD. They watched it all the time and went through a roll of tinfoil using it to make hats and hiding under the kitchen table.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-88982627903973250302016-01-10T20:18:53.384-06:002016-01-10T20:18:53.384-06:00Facetious or not, it seems to be true.
I really ...Facetious or not, it seems to be true. <br /><br />I really want to like <i>Signs</i>, but I can't. The theology seems so juvenile to me that it brings the whole thing down. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-38740737113423665532016-01-10T18:59:52.954-06:002016-01-10T18:59:52.954-06:00Complete agreement, here, with your theological in...Complete agreement, here, with your theological interpretation. My brother David also scoffed at the scene in which Mel Gibson is at the dinner table, eating and crying. Somewhat like you, David had to wonder what these aliens were thinking, invading a world with water <i>in its atmosphere.</i> I found the whole thing silly. <br /><br />Facetious theory: once ol' Uncle M. Night stopped using Bruce Willis, things went south.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com