much credit for a fantastic movie

Rating: 9/10 (9 August 2008)

Recently viewing the votes for this particular movie have shown it to be at a 7 of 10, which is FAR too low. to be honest, many of my friends I speak with, tell me that director M. Night Shyamalan is a "sham" and an overall bad director, but they could not be more wrong. Although many of his more famous works (signs, the village, etc...) seem to rely upon the suspense that builds up the climax of the movie, which may make younger or 'less intelligent' persons to become quickly uninterested, it is within this style that he shines. for example, multiple scenes in the movie would show Mel Gibson in some scary and harrowing situation, (I:E: in the abandoned house with the alien trapped in the pantry), where you the viewer KNOWS that someone or something is watching him, possibly even on the verge of the attack. unlike the cheap and cliché-riddled, quote-un-quote "horror movies" produced today, signs departs from said cheap-theatrics, and think; the thought being utilized here, :what will happen next? it is what the viewer cannot see, that the should and do fear. Also, many little messages and morals can be received throughout the movie, one such example: Don't give up hope or faith. All things considered, signs is a rocking good time, that plays out like Jaws, but with a classic Hitchcock ending. Enjoy.