Could bring chicks into the sci-fi tent

Rating: Null/10 (12 January 2003)

The director himself talked about this theme while the movie was in theaters, so I don't think it's a spoiler. Right vocation - the longing to be doing what you're supposed to be doing - has brought me back to this movie over and over. And each time the most exciting scene is where he actually accepts his calling. Even though there's alot more to the movie after that - it's the climax. Everything else is denouement. Many people are upset with an abrupt ending as I was on first viewing. But upon reflection, the true conflict was with himself. When that is settled, the movie's pretty much over. Everything else - all his relationships then fall into their proper place. This one either haunts you and brings you back, or angers you and sends you out, kicking the dust off your shoes. I agree with the comment that Shymalan shoots at making fantasy stories realistic. That is his genius. He did a ghost story (Sixth Sense), a comic-book story (Unbreakable) and with Signs, a sci-fi. These are realistically envisioned and I love them. You pretty much know by now whether you're up for this movie or not by the previous comments. If you have any patience at all, see it. M. Night informs the heart as good storytellers should - and - if he continues, may bring more women into the sci-fi tent.