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offline KEYFUMBLER from DUBLIN (Ireland) on 2003-06-30 10:04 [#00762624]
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what the fuck!

ok... some nice comic moments and i don´t mind the laid
back, non gratuitous vibe, but the whole theme of
"coincoidences" and "keeping the faith"
was pretty puke-inducing. Very schmaltzy, even if there were
moments of irony. i like my picket fences barbed and fucking
sharp



 

offline FLUX on 2003-06-30 10:11 [#00762630]
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Someone woke up from an year long slumber.


 

offline KEYFUMBLER from DUBLIN (Ireland) on 2003-06-30 10:25 [#00762636]
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hey... i´m a busy man..... why i found time to squeeze this
arse of a vijo in is beyon me


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-30 10:28 [#00762638]
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yeh,
i like Unbreakable better. but i would say
Signs was almost as good as Sixth Sense. The
'keeping the faith' theme has been discussed as being a
little pretentious (is this the word i'm looking for)
because it implies that God would favor one of his creations
(humans) over another (the aliens). other than that though
i liked it. I like that little Rory Culkin kid. I expect
good things from him as he grows up.


 

offline KEYFUMBLER from DUBLIN (Ireland) on 2003-06-30 10:34 [#00762642]
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unbreakable is fucking amazing i reckon... incredibly
under-rated!


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-30 11:14 [#00762660]
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yeah!
its a really interesting take on the whole comic book movie
style of film making.
especially the cinematography and the way the shots are
framed. subtle graphic novel style paneling, not over the
top like all the screen wipes in 'Hulk.'


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-30 11:15 [#00762662]
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the cinematography in 'road to perdition' had this quality
too.


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-30 17:36 [#00763104]
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in signs, i thought it wasnt too bad.....i was kinda
enjoying it for a good while.
tyhe bit where they show you the alien at the kids birthday
party in Brazil is fucking hardcore!!
unfortunately, the film got super shit after
that......unfortunatley, my mum bought it on dvd.


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-06-30 17:44 [#00763114]
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signs had a great premise, but the aliens were hurt by
water? and they looked like, who knows?

how stupid, ruined the whole thing.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-06-30 17:48 [#00763117]
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Yeah that footage gave me chills all over.

Blatant - yeah, the water thing - then why do they want us
for food since our bodies are what, two thirds water? I'd
imagine they'd be more into our nice dry bags of flour and
rice.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-30 17:54 [#00763124]
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unbreakable is fucking shit. Its the worst film of ALL time.
Absolute shite. Signs was bollocks too. If the aliens are so
fucking intelligent, why did they pick a planet that's 70%
water, and why cant they open doors? Dumbass movie


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-30 18:09 [#00763131]
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there has been lots of speculation as to what the alien's
actual intentions were. on this message board and others.
It is simply never explained in the movie probably because
it would be real stupid to have a scene with the king alien
saying "People of earth! we have come to make desert topping
out of your virgins!" or some shit. And also, the alien's
intentions are not the center of the movie. All we know is
that the aliens are trying to harvest humans, for some
unknown reason.

just because something in a movie doesn't make sense,
doesn't necessarily mean the movie is bad.
To say it does is to imply that you are the bench mark for
intellegence of the average movie watcher.

However, if a movie sets up a set of rules for it's universe
and then breaks them, then you would have a valid argument
for a movie not making sense. I don't think Signs
does this.



 

offline Loogie from Oxford (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-30 18:16 [#00763136]
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it didn't work for me either. i thought the film "bad taste"
had more credibility.

the whole world would not site idly by as it was being
invaded.


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-06-30 18:22 [#00763140]
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It sucked big time no matter what the movie implies. It
isn't even worth discussing. Even if this movie would get a
2/5 star rating it would be overrated.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-06-30 18:25 [#00763144]
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"People of earth! we have come to make desert topping out
of your virgins!"


No man, you're thinking of the Signs porn parody "Hinds".


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-06-30 22:37 [#00763270]
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but, the premise that creatures who should know water is
deadly to them, would harvest earth humans, which have water
all around them, is stupid.

Maybe they had big plans, but them green guys should have
done more reaserch.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-06-30 22:43 [#00763273]
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There's always water vapor in the atmosphere, it's called
humidity.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2003-06-30 22:57 [#00763277]
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i found it impossible to ignore the gaping holes in the
logic of the story. the cameo by the director was
embarrassingly bad.

"signs" *does* break the rules of it's universe. the aliens
are defined as unable to tolerate water. our atmosphere is
full of water vapor. case closed.

i think the film had a kernel of a fantastic idea ruined by
the effort to marry it to a ridiculous alien invasion
scenario.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2003-06-30 22:59 [#00763278]
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and if i had updated the page before i posted my comment, i
would have seen that mappa had put forth that point.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-06-30 23:02 [#00763279]
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A perfectly understandable oversight, no worries, we all
make mistakes sometimes


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-06-30 23:02 [#00763280]
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this is true :-)


 


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