There is Intelligent Life out there after all

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2002)

The First time I saw a preview for Signs, I was in total anticipation. Especially when I found out that it was by M. Night Shaymalan. I love his previous work and this film is truly a shining example of one of the greatest new filmmakers of the 21st century. Using his unique story writing that utilizes the most minute details to become the center of the climax of the movie, he grabs you from start to finish. Before seeing the film, I had read a previous comment on IMDB from a person who attended a test screening of the film and didn't expect much when I was planning to see it. But I left the theater in complete awe. This is the first movie to actually scare me in a long time, because it portrays how the human race would actually act in the event of a close encounter. (Mainly how everyone is glued to the TV set as though it was 9-11.) I was especially freaked out when a particular scene that entailed a home video in South America showing a pretty full shot of an alien so soon in the picture. Constant startling moments and an assurance of human faith were plenty to carry this film. The person who attended the screening was slightly right about the ending. It didn't have the "out of left field" twist that The Sixth Sense had but it truly messes with your head.