Comments on: M. Night Shyamalan, "Signs" (2002). http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/01/12/m-night-shyamalan-signs-2002/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:43 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: B. Vergara http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/01/12/m-night-shyamalan-signs-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-60 B. Vergara Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:44:05 +0000 http://filmeyeballsbrain.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-60 I can barely remember the movie now, except for the fact that I was disappointed about the obviousness of the "big reveal" at the end. I'm a sucker for alien / crop circle-type movies as well. I did rather like "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable" -- the latter more than the former, "Unbreakable" being a superb psychological exploration of the comic-book superhero's origin story (something always compressed to a few minutes in other movies) -- although those were only single viewings. I can barely remember the movie now, except for the fact that I was disappointed about the obviousness of the “big reveal” at the end. I’m a sucker for alien / crop circle-type movies as well.

I did rather like “The Sixth Sense” and “Unbreakable” — the latter more than the former, “Unbreakable” being a superb psychological exploration of the comic-book superhero’s origin story (something always compressed to a few minutes in other movies) — although those were only single viewings.

]]> By: Barbara Jane Reyes http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/01/12/m-night-shyamalan-signs-2002/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Barbara Jane Reyes Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:17:07 +0000 http://filmeyeballsbrain.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-59 Again, this is one of those films where we are beat over the head with the figurative. There's really no way to avoid it in Signs, as that's all the movie is about. The thing I am always asking myself is whether people really do need to have it spelled out for them; do "everyday people," as M. Night has set up these folks to be, really ignore or not see the signs around them? As well, in the end, he himself is guilty of giving us a not so deep set of signs to read. This is also the problem with his later film, Lady in the Water. Goodness, what happened to M. Night? Didn't he used to be more complex than this? Again, this is one of those films where we are beat over the head with the figurative. There’s really no way to avoid it in Signs, as that’s all the movie is about. The thing I am always asking myself is whether people really do need to have it spelled out for them; do “everyday people,” as M. Night has set up these folks to be, really ignore or not see the signs around them? As well, in the end, he himself is guilty of giving us a not so deep set of signs to read. This is also the problem with his later film, Lady in the Water. Goodness, what happened to M. Night? Didn’t he used to be more complex than this?

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