Another horror movie -- but this one's good... best picture good.

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2002)

I saw this the other night and M. Night Shyamalan has out done himself this time. He's becoming Alfred Hitchcock - but of the 21st century.
Mel Gibson does one thing that most actors do not have the ability of... he becomes the character in the movie. For once it's fun to actually see an actor just fall into his part so you can just enjoy the movie and not worry about cheesy cliches. Luckily, none of those exist in this movie. The director definitely does deserve recognition for his part on making the movie since everything just seems natural, not fake acting, just stuff that you'd say "now that's how I'd do it."
Now for beyond the acting. I can honestly say that no movie this year will deserve Best Sound, other than Signs. And I really do like movies that use original sounds, rather than some sounds that make you go "that's a cartoon sound!". Nonetheless, the script deserves recognition, the cinematography just hungers for an award and the music just begs for it. Instead of seeing boring dead people in the Sixth Sense, go see Shyamalan's awesome new flick: Signs ****/**** stars