Forget What You've Read

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2002)

If you've ever read any of my reviews, you know that I have a very eclectic taste in movies. You also know that I hate these "reviewers" who can't find anything good in a movie because it was made sometime after 1962. Not to mention those that feel the only good director has the initials Stanley Kubrick and every other director just copies his style.
These people can't go to a movie like "Signs" without picking it apart because it "copied" other movies. It sure didn't stop you from liking "Gladiator".
Face it, there are very few new ideas out there anymore, so just because a movie like "Signs" reminds you of "E.T." or "Star Trek" or "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" doesn't mean SQUAT!!!!!!!!
I feel better now. Having said that, and putting my life in peril from Kubrick fans, let me say "Signs" is another masterpiece from M. Night Shyamalan...ranking up there with "Sixth Sense" "Unbreakable" and "Wide Awake". (I'm lying about "Wide Awake".)
You know the story, so I won't go into details, but I will say the part of this movie that scares you is the unseen factor...a la "Blair Witch Project".
This movie is funny, touching and intense. It messes with all of your emotions, sometimes at the same time...just like "Ernest Saves Christmas", "Poltergeist" and "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama".
In all seriousness, "Signs" is a fantastic movie. The actors were incredible...Leaf "Joaquin" Phoenix really surprised me in this movie. I was laughing pretty hard at some of his lines. I will tell you that this movie is not action packed, but then again, besides "Wide Awake", which M. Night movie has been action packed?
Go see it and decide for yourself. ("Signs" not "Wide Awake".)
p.s. I think Kubrick is a genius. There has never been a director, nor will there ever be a director that could rank up there with him. He's the Johnny Mathis of movie directors. Vaya Con Kubrick!