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Signs : 3 of 5
3.29.2004 9:41 PM \| Link	There are plenty of big movies that I miss at the theater, but I usually remember to rent them on DVD. Now that I'm enjoying some Netflix DVDs during Spring Break, I finally watched Signs, which thankfully I knew nothing about beforehand. I was a little worried about it being scary, but I can handle noise-based suspense just fine (and it's more exciting anyway!). I've only seen one other M. Night Shyamalan movie, but I can definitely see his writing/directing style - the only thing I was surprised about is that there was no shocking surprise ending! Signs just turns out to be a very good alien story, but I was thinking the whole time that they would turn out to be angels, or a big practical joke, or something like that. At least the character development was top-notch, and the very slow change of Mel Gibson's character to see the significance of insignificant events was extremely well done. The quirky humor is unusual, but I think it helped to make these somewhat strange people more human. I just wish there had been an unexpected twist! Labels: dvds