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Re: signs (***spoilers***) (was: Wow!)
I thought of signs as more of a movie about how aliens
invading would affect the average Joe. When terrorism
occurred i did not jump a plane to new york and throw
myself into the action. Rather I watched Tv and radio,
and tried to make sense of it all. IF aliens did invade,
I quite doubt that I would be at the front lines of the
action. I would probably watch tv for info, and pray
I would be ok. THe movie showed an average family
coming to grips with life death and the great beyond.
I appreciated the fact that the actual characters were
questioning and hurting people. Rather than a super hero
who tries to save the day. SUch as films like independence
day, and MIB. Those movies are fu n, but quite unrealistic.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter T. Chattaway
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:43 AM
Cc: OTR List
Subject: signs (***spoilers***) (was: Wow!)
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, rhys daily wrote:
> this is funny: at first i couldn't look, the dread was too much. i
> didn't want to see. but then eventually, i looked and realised how silly
> my dread had been. kinda like when you're a kid and you have nightmares
> of people under your bed who're gonna shape shift and come and steal
> your breath, and then you grow up and realise that it's just dark.
This is one of the reasons I *didn't* care for _Signs_ all that much,
actually -- I did not get the same feeling of dread that I got from _The
Sixth Sense_ or, for that matter, from movies like _The Others_.
This whole read-books-and-sit-around-the-TV thing reminded me too much of
low-budget Christian apocalyptic movies like _Left Behind_. And the
hazardous-glass-of-water-which-proves-God's-existence trick was already
done, in another form, in the Lalonde brothers film _Revelation_.
It didn't help that the aliens looked pretty dumb -- the first time we get
a good look at one, it is so *obviously* a guy in a costume. You also
can't help wondering why the aliens aren't wearing biohazard suits, or
something ... especially given what happens at the end.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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