I think the movie Signs gets over scrutinized for the climax where they realize water kills the aliens. Sure, it would be stupid for aliens to invade a planet absolutely crammed full of a substance that’s so dangerous to them, at least without some kind of basic moisture protection. MNS should have probably spent some time finessing that part of the story to make more logical sense.
However, even with that issue, I still love it. The actors are all great, dialog is funny, mystery unfolds nicely, and the theme is well constructed.
One detail i really liked that took a few watches to notice is that the Dad called a family doctor to treat their sick dog. Later you see a brief hint that the guy who killed his wife is the town vet.
I like the fan theory that they aren’t aliens at all, they are demons. The broadcast at the end that reveals their vulnerability is cut off and nothing ever definitively points to them being extraterrestrial. In this theory they aren’t weak to water itself, but holy water which had been inadvertently blessed by the dad who used to be a priest (a bit of a stretch but if I remember right I think we see him mouthing a prayer at one point).
I don’t think that was the intent but if you rewatch the movie with this in mind it’s a pretty interesting way of explaining some inconsistencies in the film.
The other thing that bothered me about the climax of Signs is the fact that this creature that’s fast enough to scale buildings in a blink of an eye and strong enough to effortlessly hoist a child in one outstretched hand can so easily have the shit beat out of it by a regular-ass dude with a baseball bat taking a swing at it every 15 seconds while it just stands there taking it. Even before it got any water on it it was having its ass handed to it. It wasn’t even a fight.
I still think the early moment of the scene when you first see the creature reflected off the tv is really cool though, to me that’s where the movie peaked.
I recall that the movie attempts to fill this plot hole by saying that the aliens were leaving the planet but that the injured, sick, or otherwise weakened aliens were left behind. I think the one holding the boy in the final confrontation was perhaps the same one that lost a digit when the protagonist was using a knife to see it’s reflection through the door gap when it was locked in a pantry.
I also recall the man in the car who was leaving that home with the pantry saying “btw we locked one of those things in the pantry, I think something was wrong with it. k bye”
I think the movie Signs gets over scrutinized for the climax where they realize water kills the aliens. Sure, it would be stupid for aliens to invade a planet absolutely crammed full of a substance that’s so dangerous to them, at least without some kind of basic moisture protection. MNS should have probably spent some time finessing that part of the story to make more logical sense.
However, even with that issue, I still love it. The actors are all great, dialog is funny, mystery unfolds nicely, and the theme is well constructed.
One detail i really liked that took a few watches to notice is that the Dad called a family doctor to treat their sick dog. Later you see a brief hint that the guy who killed his wife is the town vet.
I like the fan theory that they aren’t aliens at all, they are demons. The broadcast at the end that reveals their vulnerability is cut off and nothing ever definitively points to them being extraterrestrial. In this theory they aren’t weak to water itself, but holy water which had been inadvertently blessed by the dad who used to be a priest (a bit of a stretch but if I remember right I think we see him mouthing a prayer at one point).
I don’t think that was the intent but if you rewatch the movie with this in mind it’s a pretty interesting way of explaining some inconsistencies in the film.
The other thing that bothered me about the climax of Signs is the fact that this creature that’s fast enough to scale buildings in a blink of an eye and strong enough to effortlessly hoist a child in one outstretched hand can so easily have the shit beat out of it by a regular-ass dude with a baseball bat taking a swing at it every 15 seconds while it just stands there taking it. Even before it got any water on it it was having its ass handed to it. It wasn’t even a fight.
I still think the early moment of the scene when you first see the creature reflected off the tv is really cool though, to me that’s where the movie peaked.
I recall that the movie attempts to fill this plot hole by saying that the aliens were leaving the planet but that the injured, sick, or otherwise weakened aliens were left behind. I think the one holding the boy in the final confrontation was perhaps the same one that lost a digit when the protagonist was using a knife to see it’s reflection through the door gap when it was locked in a pantry.
I also recall the man in the car who was leaving that home with the pantry saying “btw we locked one of those things in the pantry, I think something was wrong with it. k bye”
I don’t know how much of this I made up.