Terilicious said:

no. but it was a chickenshit way to write the film.

AnckSuNamun said:

I think Signs is my least favorite but I gotta admit that scene showing the kids with tinfoil on their heads had me on the floor.

kidelrich said:

The whole thing sucked. The conversations on here about the movie are deeper and more profoundly interesting than the actual film. I didn't see it in a theater and I didn't laugh at Adrian's performance at home.

kidelrich said:

They laughed?

Adrian Brody played the hell outta that role. The stabbing scene really got to me. I didn't see anything to laugh at.

babynoz said:

Everything with Brody's character before the end was played very broadly and it got laughs from the audience i was with.

Byron said:

I didn't figure out the guy was dead until the last 5 minutes. He really got me with that one.

I love the twists at the end of his movies.

savoirfaire said:

I agree. And the whole notion of society's unconscious need for superheroes dating all the way back to ancient mythology is interesting as well. Not only Samuel L. Jackson's character but also the wife and the son in their own way needed Dunn to be their superhero. Only when he embraced his true self was he able to overcome his sadness and fulfill his mission, even in bed with his wife.

The part about how the good vs evil characters are portrayed could be a whole 'nother conversation and that ending was so horrific it floored me.

Imago said:

See, that's exactly how I feel about "Signs." "The Village" was ruined for me by the time I saw it, so I can't say whether knowing the twist didn't make that film stupid to me from the beginning.

It NEVER occured to me that "Signs" was stupid because the aliens couldn't figure out that they were hurt by water. I thought the point was that the HUMANS didn't know they could be hurt by water. The idea that everything is important, that the good things and bad things that happen to us all happen for a reason (kind of a "Run Lola Run" lesson) was all brought home during that scene.

Plus, that scene with the alien running across the driveway in the birthday party footage was SCURRY. Brought back memories of that famous Bigfoot footage that scurred the living shit outta me as a kid.

By the way y'all...here are a couple of early reviews of "Lady in the Water."

Favorable review (8/10):
http://www.comingsoon.net...p?id=15352

A not-so-favorable review: http://www.aintitcool.com...i?id=23838

Movie details, trailers, and clips: http://www.comingsoon.net...hp?id=8983

Terilicious said:

Adrian's performance was not meant to be for laughs. It's a shame movie goers in America have digressed so far.

His character is a representation of all that they "Elders" where trying to protect--Innocense. He is meant to be the ironic character in the movie, and his death is the most tragic, becuase largely, it wasn't his fault.
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Imago said:

Exactly! And being the most sensitive, I think he could also be seen as a channel for all the repressed emotions in that fabricated society.



Wow, my first two page thread on the org!

babynoz said:

Congratulations!!

babynoz said:

Imago said:

I can totally agree with this. I entirely enjoyed The Village and have watched it a number of times. I can understand why some people would not like it - the marketing made it out to be something it really wasn't, the story and it's elements are not shallow hollywood material and actually require a bit of thought, and the pacing is a bit 'slow' for people that like music video style editing, but I thought it was an extremely solid effort.

Signs is my 2nd fave of his... the rest fall quite a bit lower with Unbreakable as 3rd, and Sixth Sense last.

kidelrich said:

I think this probably speaks more about the audience you happened to be with than Brody's performance.

jtfolden said:

Maybe, but my problem wasn't his performance. I didn't like the character's role in the film.

What's wrong with all of you?????

That film sucked!




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Terilicious said:

Whaddya mean? I agree with you.

kidelrich said:

Oops that was an accident! I'm typing and eating while pretending to work. I'll adjust that now!!

I've liked all of his films, some more than others, but they all have appeal.

bkw said:

but weren't you drunk when you watched them?

Byron said:

Yes! Thank you! Now, no matter how great Signs might be... this one single point destroys the film utterly for me! How could something so stupid be put into the script! This is 1000 times worse than the Matrix's idea for using human beings as batteries... I could look past that.

Does he appear in all of his films? I remember him in Signs.. IS that something he always does?

Terilicious said:

Is he that Chechnyan terrorist they just killed?






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Terilicious said:

thanks

shanti0608 said:

Yup, Alfred Hitchcock used to do that too.

bkw said:

I liked them all too!

AnckSuNamun said:

babynoz said:

too funny