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Mike01075

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What a great movie! Excellent suspense and great underlying messages. Not what I had expected and glad. 4 out of 5 stars! :lol:
 
I was completey surprised by it. Pleasantly surprised!! I thought it was an awesome movie.
 
As you may know by the title, the "signs" alluded to in this thriller is the paranormal crop circles that have baffled people for centuries. Appearing overnight in wheat, corn, or other fields around the world, these perfectly designed works of art are said to be either elaborate hoaxes or the work of alien beings from other planets. This is where real-life meets the movies. Crop circles are real, despite what you may believe about their origin. Hoaxters have come forward to show how they are created using "stomper boards" and simple surveyors equipment, yet this still doesn't account for all of them. Frankly, it's a mystery.

In Signs, Graham's farm is visited by alien beings, as are hundreds of locations around the world. Not even the skeptics can deny that the aliens have landed. A good dose of jump scenes (about a dozen) keeps thrill seekers on the edge of their seat as the mystery unfolds around the Hess family. What do they want? Do they come in peace?

Graham may have been a priest, but after losing his faith in God his worldly brother Merrill has more faith than him. It really is hard to watch this once strong man banish prayer at the dinner table, and it starts to rip his family apart. Several very emotional family scenes work well to show us the sense of despair that Graham is experiencing. Yet the redemptive moral of this story unravels nicely, turning Graham back to a firm belief that God is real and His plan is sovereign.

Offensive material is minimum. There is no sex or nudity, though there is some instances of profanity, one even uttered by Graham's son Morgan. An early scene, actually quite humorous, portrays profanity as an immoral thing. In that scene, Graham and Merrill are convinced that strange happenings at their farm are the work of local hoodlums. They cook up a plan to run around the house screaming profanities, trying to scare off the tresspassers. Graham, a former minister, doesn't even know how to do it, so as he runs around he yells hilarious phrases while his brother seems a natural at it. In fact, the comedy in Signs always seems to hit the right marks. Just when the tension builds, a scene comes that lets ya chuckle.

Violence is relatively minimal: a dog is stabbed (all that is seen is a dead dog with a barbecue fork sticking out of it). There is also violence against an alien (pretty justifiable, I'd have to say).

Signs will give increasing awareness to aliens, as countless movies and books before have done. Just what is a "biblical Christian" position on such matters? Since the Bible is relatively silent, it's hard to give an accurate teaching. So let's look at what we do know. We know that there is a spiritual world out there that mostly goes unseen. A battle between good and evil, light and darkness, wages for the hearts and minds of men. The Bible also teaches about Satan, the great deceiver. There is just too much evidence out there to say that all of these occurances chalked up to E.T. are hoaxes. Wouldn't it make sense that this alleged "alien" presence could be the work of demonic powers? When millions of Christians around the world vanish at the rapture (depending on your view of Daniel and Revelation in the Bible), wouldn't it make sense that those remaining on earth will immediately think it is the work of aliens?

Numerous Christian end-times productions (Left Behind-The Movie, the Apocalypse series, and others) take such a position. Cloud Ten Pictures' recent video release Deceived starring Judd Nelson and Louis Gossett Jr. also comes up with a similar conclusion: we know something is happening, will those without the Spirit of God in them be deceived into believing it is communication from other planets?

If Signs is your style of movie, I recommend it. Fun, engaging, and sympathetic to the Christian faith, it's a film that teens and their parents can enjoy together, even sparking great discussions on chance vs. providence, God's will, why do bad things happen to good people, and other stimulating topics.
 
i loved that movie, it scared the crap out of me.. everytime i think about those freaky green aliens i get the heebeejeebees.....

*girlscoutdropout shivers*
 
I did not find that movie very scary but I did enjoy it very much. I loved the way everything came together (the water glasses the little girl kept leaving out, the boy's asthma) and worked for the best. Good example of how God uses all things to bring about His best (sorry - not trying to spiritualize but that was the message I got from it). I also liked comedy relief they would throw in from time to time!
 
I'm with "Heidi Mighty Mo" in that this movie didn't make me jump or get scared, but I truly enjoyed it. Made me think a bit about how I think about the existence of aliens or not.

I'm pretty sure we are the only ones here on Earth. I don't think the Bible really clearly defines it either way, I just know that God has not chosen to show us through His Word if other life exists.

Even if it does, it's irrelevant to how we worship our God.
 
I was annoyed that the aliens, who have an intense allergic reaction to water, would GO to earth in the first planet and to top it all off, go to earth NUDE!!!! :evil:
 
Sintax, thats part of the rules of extraterrestrials in movies. Let me list the ones I know:

1: Aliens in movies must always be supremely advanced more than earth technology.

2: Aliens must always be naked or wearing a battle suit that is invincble.

3: Aliens may only occasionally use actual words in their own language.

4: Aliens must always have a very stupid weakness(such as water).

5: Aliens are ALWAYS trying to destroy earth.

6: The aliens technolgy must always be defeated by the use of crude technolgy(morse code to innterupt alien signals or whatever.
 
:hysterical: droop. Most of that list may describe humans too! (except #1, that would be an oxymoron- :wink: )
 
Let's go through and rebutt some of these (most things are never always true):

Aliens in movies must always be supremely advanced more than earth technology.
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- Puppetmasters

Aliens must always be naked or wearing a battle suit that is invincble.
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- Superman the Movie

Aliens may only occasionally use actual words in their own language.
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- Star Wars (IV-VI preferably)

Aliens must always have a very stupid weakness(such as water).
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- Independence Day (silly, but not stupid)

Aliens are ALWAYS trying to destroy earth.
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- E.T.

The aliens technolgy must always be defeated by the use of crude technolgy(morse code to innterupt alien signals or whatever.
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Aliens vs. Predator

But I think we get the point - and they're all true most of the time.

BL
 
Signs was a good movie, but it was creepy. That's all I am going to say. :robot:
 
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