[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Signs - The Movie (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 6/16/2006 8:27:12 PM EDT
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I'm watching it on TNT. Nevermind the obvious plot hole "Did the aliens who are allergic to water really think it was a good idea to come to the big blue planet without chemical warfare gear?" Where are all of the shotguns and ARs? If I lived in the middle of nowhere in the middle of a cornfield and heard that shit on my roof I'd be punching 7.62mm holes through the ceiling in no uncertain terms. And put those kids' little hands to use. Arm them with M-1 carbines. |
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I thought the movie was pretty good, if you focused on "signs" and not just the alien invasion. As has been said before Mel Gibson's character was quite the pacifist and after his traumatic experience he may have gotten rid of any guns he did have. Who knows.... All in all I thought it was a decent movie how it tied together all of the little "coincidences," to say Hollywood portrayed this family this way "godless and weaponless" to support some agenda is just tinfoil bull. At the end you saw his faith was renewed because there was no way his daughters habits with the water, his wife's last words, and all of the other coincidences were merely that. |
No, the older brother picks up the bat off of his plaque after being told by his father to "swing away" as his wife said on her dying breath. "Swing away (insert son's name here)." The older brother smacks the alien with the bat (Has a great swing just no precision which kept him out of the majors, most strikeouts but most homeruns in the minors) the alien gets some of his "poison gas" in the sons lungs, but meanwhile falls against a stand or TV where one of the many glasses of water falls and destroys him. I haven't seen this movie in over a year, this is all off the top of the head. 
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That was good of him, I heard in the Patriot he carried a fake Musket though because the more realistic ones were too heavy. Could all be bullshit though, I like him as an actor. He can do about anything, What Women Want to Braveheart. "FRRRREEEEEEEDOOOOM!" 
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When I saw that movie I was thinking the same thing!!!! Where's the AR15's? Why the complete absence of how most real americans (especially on a 'farm') would react to an invasion? Hollywood .... |
His childrens "flaws" were in fact part of a master plan by an all knowing creator to save the family from the aliens. It wasnt a SHTF or invasion of the body snatchers movie, it was an movie about faith. even an agnostic like me could see that. |
The son's asthma prevent the toxin from entering his lungs. The Daughters annoying little habit of leaving water all over the house combined with the oldest sons swing for the fences mentality/ability all combine to save the younger sons life and kill the alien. |
That's the part I left out, the asthma preventing the toxin from entering the lungs. |
Gabby, Gabby, Gabby.... I called dibs on him YEARS ago 
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Bed_Head, back off, Gabby's about to keep it real.... 
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This movie sucked. The basic premise was everything happens for a reason according to God's grand plan. For example in this case he wanted Mel Gibsons character to tell his brother to hit the aliens with a bat. To deliver this message God (in his divine mercy and compassion) has a guy in a truck fatally nail Gibson's wife to a tree. Now I don't mean to second guess God BUT if I am ever in that situation I'd like God to think about delivering the message in a way that doesn't entail BRUTALLY KILLING MY WIFE. Is that too much to ask? If it is here is a thought. How about if God DOESN'T HELP. I think I can figure out the whole bat thing all by myself and this way we don't have to staple a loved family member to a tree with a 4x4 pickup. How about that? |
 I hate the whole premise of a divine overlord as much as you Steyr, I never thought of it from that angle but that is one of the coincidences, the guy falls asleep at the wheel while Mel's wife happens to be taking a walk along the highway.... If there was a god, I'm with you, I wouldn't want any divine intervention to entail brutal deaths and suffering. God: Oh shit! Steyr's house is going to be burglarized.... hmm how to get him home?..... I know, I'll have his mother commit suicide on sleeping pills, sending Steyr home to gather his things to immediately rush to his sibling's side, but upon arriving home he will foil their plans with, of course, an MP5. God: Ahhhh another grand intervention.
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From what I've read, this is going to be one of at least three movies. The aliens are like a huge colony of worker bees with varying types of "bees" with different roles and functions for each. The ones that came to Earth initially were very limited in their abilities and sorta "one-tracked". Anyway, that is what I read. I liked the movie. |
