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Signs - Shyamalan
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:40 pm
by GORDON
I can't believe there's not a thread for this.
Anyway, it's on TV, and I really like near the end when what's his name is squaring off with the alien in the living room, with the baseball bat. The imagery is that of a reluctant but determined warrior, fighting a monster with a sword. I like it.
Signs - Shyamalan
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:48 pm
by TheCatt
Never seen it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:53 pm
by GORDON
Oh. Then, spoiler alert.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:55 pm
by Leisher
TheCatt wrote: Never seen it.
Ditto. It never looked good to me. Plus, the ending was spoiled and it sounded really stupid.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:01 pm
by GORDON
It's like a decade old. I did nothing wrong.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:56 am
by Vince
For me it was kind of like The Village in that the bulk of the movie was under served by the ending. Actually had some good creepy parts in the film. The ending just sort of was meh.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:36 am
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote: It's like a decade old. I did nothing wrong.
More like 2 decades...
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:04 pm
by Troy
Spoiler alert:
The aliens invaded a planet made of 71% water, which is completely and utterly deadly to them. Also they apparently had no higher intelligence outside of space travel, so no research on the fact that water literally falls from the sky on this planet.
They blew their "wetsuit" budget by carving strange symbols in corn fields. The end.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:09 pm
by GORDON
Background newscasters in the movie speculated that the aliens were there to snatch people and leave, and apparently a lot of them got snatched. It shouldn't be assumed that the aliens failed in their mission, just because it was a hostile atmosphere.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:13 pm
by TheCatt
Troy wrote: Spoiler alert:
The aliens invaded a planet made of 71% water, which is completely and utterly deadly to them. Also they apparently had no higher intelligence outside of space travel, so no research on the fact that water literally falls from the sky on this planet.
They blew their "wetsuit" budget by carving strange symbols in corn fields. The end.
Yeah, ok, I've heard this before.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:39 pm
by thibodeaux
They’re not aliens. They’re demons.
That’s why SOME water (“holy” water) hurts them.
Also why they can leap over buildings but can’t break out of a fucking pantry.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:02 pm
by Leisher
The fact that one of you says they're aliens and the other demons pretty much sums up how well the movie was executed.
I will gladly continue to not see it.
Plus, I saw The Happening and that was fucking dreadful.
(I didn't mind The Village, but it should have been a short, not a feature film.)
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:02 pm
by GORDON
There were spaceships. Saying they're demons is an interpretation of meaning.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:50 pm
by thibodeaux
Are you sure there were space ships?
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:58 pm
by GORDON
It was strongly implied they were. That bird even hit a cloaked one and fell out of the sky.
Unless there's some demon mythology thing that involve formations of lights and cloaked ships in the sky.
And crop circle navigation aids easily seen from high altitude.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:00 pm
by TheCatt
thibodeaux wrote: Are you sure there were space ships?
Don't argue with Thib's memory.
I mean, unless you're talking about
Yemen Qatar.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:05 pm
by GORDON
Don't argue with my memory when I watched it last night.
For me, it's interesting speculation that they were demons, but there isn't enough evidence in the movie to convince me of that.
Oh, also, the alien RF signals could be picked up over the baby monitor. Demons aren't usually depicted with hands-free headsets.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:18 pm
by GORDON
Also, Leisher watches so many shit movies that I've never heard of, I don't know why he's giving a hard pass to this.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:58 pm
by Leisher
GORDON wrote: Also, Leisher watches so many shit movies that I've never heard of, I don't know why he's giving a hard pass to this.
That's a fair point. I think it's because I already KNOW that it sucks.
I was willing to give it a viewing while I was playing a game, but I just looked and it doesn't appear to be on any free services at the moment.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:56 pm
by GORDON
I watch movies just because of Mel Gibson. This one was an easy choice.