Just saw Signs

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-09-23 02:01pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Heh, yeah they were stupid, but the film wasn't about an alien invasion unlike say ID4.

And Unbreakable is M. Night Shyamalan's best film, IMHO. Far better to Signs and The Sixth Sense.

Agreed. Sixth Sense is one of the wife's favorite but I did not like it much. Unbreakable was just a fun movie.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-09-23 06:16pm

Alyeska wrote:
Demiurge wrote:"Signs" was shit, and so was "The Sixth Sense." I knew what the "surprise" twist ending of "The Sixth Sense" was going to be from the very beginning. I can't imagine how anyone could have been surprised by something so predictable.
You are in a very small minority. The vast majority of audiences had no clue about the ending of the movie.

Thank you Alyeska. I was not going to dignify his belief with a response, but I know of many people who were totally shocked by the ending.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-23 09:29pm

Can't wait for the sequel to "Unbreakable".

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-09-23 11:05pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Can't wait for the sequel to "Unbreakable".

What, Unfixable?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-09-23 11:10pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Can't wait for the sequel to "Unbreakable".

I'm thinking "Unwatchable" since such a movie would likely suffer from acute sequel-itis.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2003-09-23 11:17pm

to be followed by the third installment, "Unbearable."

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-23 11:35pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:Can't wait for the sequel to "Unbreakable".
I'm thinking "Unwatchable" since such a movie would likely suffer from acute sequel-itis.

It was stated that "Unbreakable" was intended to be the first of a trilogy.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-24 12:18am

I saw "Sixth Sense" and found it OK. The ending was not obvious to me at the beginning of the film, but by the end of the film, I knew it was coming. It had become clear somewhere along the way, but I can't be sure as to where that point was.

Anyway, I found his style to be very plodding and deliberate. That was marginally acceptable in "Sixth Sense", but I couldn't imagine it working very well in a suspense/thriller movie about malevolent alien invaders. And everything I've heard about the plot of "Signs" makes me want to vomit, so I have no interest in checking it out.

Besides, the director's name is ShamalamaDingDong or something like that

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-09-24 05:10am

Demiurge wrote:
Dalton wrote:At least Unbreakable was pretty cool.
Agreed. The best of M. Night Somethings films.

That wasnt a very good film, and thats the best hes done?!?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2003-09-24 08:46am

Death from the Sea wrote: Actually the kid already had asthma, and that protected him from the poison gas the aliens emitted.
If you are going to bitch about the movie, make it an actual part of the movie.

Oh..... okay then..... meh, mind's kinda screwy, don't wanna remember that crap. I thought when the alien grabbed the boy down the cellar, the hand spewed some gas which caused the asthma to really kick in.

Okay, so let's say the gas is poisonous, and they could possibly inject it via their wrist claw things, how the f*ck do they intend to take over a world whose militaries have machineguns and howitzers? I mean, pygmies with poison darts have more respectable weaponry than those ninja alien ninnies, and what kind of GI Joe alien gets slaughtered by a baseball bat? I mean, the alien at least could've done some kung fu dropkick or alien hand to hand combat.

Meh, sending troops who don't know shot about h2h to fight in h2h warefare with an armed opponent.

Could the Signs aliens have taken over Earth during the Babylonian age? Assuming they wouldn't use inumerable hordes of naked unarmed aliens, that is.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-09-24 10:07am

Shroom Man 777 wrote:
Death from the Sea wrote: Actually the kid already had asthma, and that protected him from the poison gas the aliens emitted.
If you are going to bitch about the movie, make it an actual part of the movie.
Oh..... okay then..... meh, mind's kinda screwy, don't wanna remember that crap. I thought when the alien grabbed the boy down the cellar, the hand spewed some gas which caused the asthma to really kick in.

Okay, so let's say the gas is poisonous, and they could possibly inject it via their wrist claw things, how the f*ck do they intend to take over a world whose militaries have machineguns and howitzers? I mean, pygmies with poison darts have more respectable weaponry than those ninja alien ninnies, and what kind of GI Joe alien gets slaughtered by a baseball bat? I mean, the alien at least could've done some kung fu dropkick or alien hand to hand combat.

Meh, sending troops who don't know shot about h2h to fight in h2h warefare with an armed opponent.

Could the Signs aliens have taken over Earth during the Babylonian age? Assuming they wouldn't use inumerable hordes of naked unarmed aliens, that is.

Dude, did you even watch the movie? the little boy who had the asthma said that the aliens were not there to "take over the world", and this was later confirmed whent they heard reports of people being abducted. What they were doing with the people is unknown but they were just taking people and leaving. As for the whole unarmed alien thing the boy also said that the books he read hypothesised that the aliens would not use their superior tech to keep from risking us retaliating with nukes and ruining everything.
Just for the record I do like the movie; was it over hyped? yes, but alot of movies are these days.... it just isn't as bad as you all make it out to be in my opinion.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-09-24 10:10am

Shroom Man 777 wrote:*SNIP*I mean, pygmies with poison darts have more respectable weaponry than those ninja alien ninnies, and what kind of GI Joe alien gets slaughtered by a baseball bat? I mean, the alien at least could've done some kung fu dropkick or alien hand to hand combat. *SNIP*

um.... lets see I go get a Louisville Slugger and a homerun record holder and well see how much you feel like doing some "kung fu dropkick or alien hand to hand combat" after he connects the first time....

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-09-24 02:03pm

Death from the Sea wrote:Dude, did you even watch the movie? the little boy who had the asthma said that the aliens were not there to "take over the world", and this was later confirmed whent they heard reports of people being abducted. What they were doing with the people is unknown but they were just taking people and leaving. As for the whole unarmed alien thing the boy also said that the books he read hypothesised that the aliens would not use their superior tech to keep from risking us retaliating with nukes and ruining everything.
Just for the record I do like the movie; was it over hyped? yes, but alot of movies are these days.... it just isn't as bad as you all make it out to be in my opinion.

First of all, they couldn't have been out to abduct people. if they were really serious about abducting people, why would they make their presence so obviously known days before hand and end up fighting the military, not to mention leaving big stupid patterns in the middle of farmers fields? The guy on the radio (who didn't sound in his right mind, by the way) claimed that he only saw some aliens dragging a guy off and that he thought that maybe that they were there as a raid. That doesn't make it true, considering the monumentally stupid way they went about it. If they wanted people and didn't want a fight, they could have snuck some ships cloaked over various backwater nations and locations that no one would notice people missing, and then swoop down and disappear a few people at a time. Formation flying over major cities and walking down the street in broad daylight is not a good way to do this.

Secondly, even if they were trying to avoid a nuclear war, that would mean they were, in fact, wanting to invade Earth. After all, if they were there to just grab a few thousand people and take off, what do they care if humans start shooting nukes? Them not wanting a nuclear war means they are interesting in the planet not being trashed. That only matters is they were intending to stay there.

Also, just because you want to not provoke a nuclear response doesn't mean you shouldn't completely avoid using technology at all. After all, they were invading a planet that is drenched in a substance that dissolves them. Water is in everything; air, on the ground, in the ground, everything. They could have brought environmentally sealed suits and not had have a problem at all, not to mention body armor to protect them from unfriendly locals. Plus, guns are far more useful than claws and poison spray. After all, the moment they claw someone, they are going to get bloody. And what's in blood? You guessed it, it's mostly water! Aliens hand is going to burn off. The fact that the aliens attacked with no protection and no weapons demonstrates utter stupidity on their part.

I mean, really, any alien race that dissolves in water, but attacks India with no protection in the early fall deserves to be called stupid.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-24 02:07pm

I'm sorry, but once it's been explained that the story involves aliens who die upon contact with water, the level of idiocy has already been set so stupefyingly high that any other embarrassing details are redundant.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-09-24 02:36pm

I thought the worst part was the standard fundie message that 'God' has small "trials and tribulations" happen (the boy has asthma and Gibson's wife dies) to protect a "good Christian" from worse events (the boy is saved from alien abduction) while thousands of others suffer the trajedy. Why would a benevolent diety protect one memeber of one Priest's family while the rest of humanity suffers. And to save one life, 'God' apparently needed to take another.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-09-25 01:08am

Shymalanadingdong's attempt at some sort of deep spiritual message is really what made this turd as corny as it was... that and his silly ass attempts at being stylish. It was just plain cheesy. Like I said, long anticipation, box of vomit. That's what this movie was.

Why did Comodus even use that baseball bat? All you'd have to do is drop trou, whip it out and pee on them.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-25 01:35am

Superman wrote: Why did Comodus even use that baseball bat? All you'd have to do is drop trou, whip it out and pee on them.

I suppose that's on the "unrated" version.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-09-25 12:07pm

Superman wrote:Why did Comodus even use that baseball bat? All you'd have to do is drop trou, whip it out and pee on them.

Had they figured out the alien's weakness to water at that point? Its been a while since I've seen the movie and I only saw it once.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-25 12:58pm

I'm with Maddox on this one.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-09-25 02:54pm

I loved Signs...

Of course, that's because I saw it with a group of friends and we were making fun of the movie the whole time...

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-09-25 06:49pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:I loved Signs...

Of course, that's because I saw it with a group of friends and we were making fun of the movie the whole time...

The MST3K treatment can make any movie "enjoyable"

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-09-25 08:48pm

Darth Servo wrote:
Superman wrote:Why did Comodus even use that baseball bat? All you'd have to do is drop trou, whip it out and pee on them.
Had they figured out the alien's weakness to water at that point? Its been a while since I've seen the movie and I only saw it once.

Yes, but he still just kept whacking it with the bat. Luckily, the alien would always happen to fall in such a way that it'd knock one of the little girl's glasses of water onto itself.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-25 08:53pm

Use! The! Hose! You! STUPID! FUCK!

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-09-25 09:46pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:
Superman wrote:Why did Comodus even use that baseball bat? All you'd have to do is drop trou, whip it out and pee on them.
Had they figured out the alien's weakness to water at that point? Its been a while since I've seen the movie and I only saw it once.
Yes, but he still just kept whacking it with the bat. Luckily, the alien would always happen to fall in such a way that it'd knock one of the little girl's glasses of water onto itself.

actually no they did not know at that point, when he did realize it was hurting him, he started hitting the glasses and splattering water on the alien. The town vet (the same guy who killed Gibsons wife in the movie who was played by Shamaylan) told Gibson he heard that they didn't like water but gave no reason why.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-26 01:56am

No wonder they chose to show how the aliens' Iowa division fared. A movie depicting the Vancouver invasion would have been very short.