Mel Gibson

Joaquin Phoenix

Rory Culkin

Abigail Breslin

Cherry Jones

M. Night Shyamalan

Patricia Kalember

Ted Sutton

Merritt Wever

Lanny Flaherty

Marion McCorry

Michael Showalter

Rhonda Overby

Clifford David

Kevin Pires

Greg Wood

Paul L. Nolan

Ukee Washington

Angela Eckert

Babita Hariani

Sam Mercer

Kathleen Kennedy

Frank Marshall

Jose L. Rodriguez

Lynn Andrews

James Newton Howard

Tak Fujimoto

Ann Roth

Amy Andrews

Eric Brevig

Stefen Fangmeier

Jeff Olson

Rob Coleman

Keith P. Cunningham

James C. Feng

Barbara Tulliver

Richard King

Michael W. Mitchell

Bob Olari

Touchstone Pictures

Blinding Edge Pictures

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

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Signs

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Friends, if you aren't caught up yet on the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3VukCx4vhlILNV3JCnf8by" rel="nofollow">podcast</a>, for the entire month of August we're (trying to) focusing on Summer Blockbusters from the 21st Century. eyes eyes eyesTo kick off the month, Proto chose <a href="https://boxd.it/2DjO" rel="nofollow">MAD MAX: FURY ROAD</a>. He had just gotten a fancy 4K TV and has been drooling non-stop to watch this thing. Next up, Danny chose the second movie in the Pirates heptology, <a href="https://boxd.it/2bfk" rel="nofollow">DEAD MAN'S CHEST</a>. First one was fun, sure, but what about the second one?? After that slim needed to go back to the theaters from 2002 and revisit M. Night's <a href="https://boxd.it/26t2" rel="nofollow">SIGNS</a>. Does thing thing hold up for new viewers or is the nostalgia fog too thick? The answer may shock you.From there we did a little pivot job. After a game night in our Discord, we decided to talk <a href="https://boxd.it/28qk" rel="nofollow">SPEED</a> with a dear friend of ours. Alsooooo Proto realized that there were no good comedies made in the summers of the 21st Century and will be covering <a href="https://boxd.it/2a4q" rel="nofollow">LIFE OF BRIAN</a> to close out the month.As always, you can listen along using the links on <a href="https://70mmpod.com/" rel="nofollow">70mmpod.com</a> and join the VHS Village Discord over at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/70mm" rel="nofollow">Patreon</a>.

Friends, if you aren't caught up yet on the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3VukCx4vhlILNV3JCnf8by">podcast</a>, for the entire month of August we're (trying to) focusing on Summer Blockbusters from the 21st Century. eyes eyes eyes

To kick off the month, Proto chose <a href="https://boxd.it/2DjO">MAD MAX: FURY ROAD</a>. He had just gotten a fancy 4K TV and has been drooling non-stop to watch this thing. Next up, Danny chose the second movie in the Pirates heptology, <a href="https://boxd.it/2bfk">DEAD MAN'S CHEST</a>. First one was fun, sure, but what about the second one?? After that slim needed to go back to the theaters from 2002 and revisit M. Night's <a href="https://boxd.it/26t2">SIGNS</a>. Does thing thing hold up for new viewers or is the nostalgia fog too thick? The answer may shock you.

From there we did a little pivot job. After a game night in our Discord, we decided to talk <a href="https://boxd.it/28qk">SPEED</a> with a dear friend of ours. Alsooooo Proto realized that there were no good comedies made in the summers of the 21st Century and will be covering <a href="https://boxd.it/2a4q">LIFE OF BRIAN</a> to close out the month.

As always, you can listen along using the links on <a href="https://70mmpod.com/">70mmpod.com</a> and join the VHS Village Discord over at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/70mm">Patreon</a>.

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protolexus’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

This doesn't hold up as well as the first time I saw it in theater, but the nostalgia and experience still gets me every time. There is something about Signs that gives a feeling no other movie has and I love it for that.This was probably my first "horror" experience in the theater and I was not ready for the Mel going alone into the cornfield or coming back to look under the door.The score incredible. The script/dialogue might be as bad as some of his others, but it is my firm belief that Mel and Jaoquin knew exactly what needed to be done to save it: play it extremely stiff and as dry as possible. If they were animated or tried to sell a joke it would have looked ridiculous, but they are auteurs and knew what needed to be done.That being said, the scene on the couch about the 2 types of groups is one of my all time favorite scenes and I think it's masterful. Whatever M. Night has done since that have left me losing faith, I can never give up on him completely because he gave me Signs.More next week on very special <a href="https://solo.to/70mm" rel="nofollow">70mm podcast</a>.

slim’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Seeing this in theaters on opening weekend changed my life. More on very special <a href="https://www.70mmpod.com" rel="nofollow">70mm podcast</a>.

jwhale’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Could the aliens not bring at least one space suit?

Neil Bradbury’s ★★★½ diary entry for Signs

TheAndyFunke’s ★★★★½ diary entry for Signs

I’ve seen this movie so many times and IMO it’s still a great film. This time around I noticed the humor in it more than anything. I’ll have to admit there’s a very good chance this may be a case of “nostalgia” but I don’t care. I absolutely love this film. And then of course, the deeper material with the groups of people and their view of things, the effect death has on the loved ones and the story of redemption and faith being restored, it’s so good! Gosh, I love this movie!

TheAndyFunke’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

I don’t understand people who don’t like this movie. Granted, you may finish the movie extremely disappointed if you walk into it expecting a horror film. This isn’t a horror film, it’s so much more. It’s a film about family, grief and being a person in “group #1” or “group #2”.

groogruxdave’s ★★★½ diary entry for Signs

Signs, signs M. Night movie, Signs Layin' down the corn crops  Breakin' Mel's mind Water fits, Joaquin with a bat Can't you see the Signs?

Mikey P’s ★★★★½ diary entry for Signs

For 19 years, when the timing is right, my wife has been saying "covert like" and making comments about the number of soda commercials.I still dig all the story telling decisions behind the camera.

WLattner’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

Wish it was a little scarier tbh. There were some interesting themes and ideas but they were just so ham-fisted and too much tell instead of show. My most recently watched M. Night was The Village a few months ago, and I couldn’t help but notice the pretty weak climaxes in both films. Still, this isn’t a bad movie.

Tyler’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

Ty McGowen’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Small town farming family has to rely on faith and baseball to survive an alien invasion. Is this the most "American" movie ever made?

remnant’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

2021 (re)Watches #43A movie that scared me a couple times as a kid until it became a cable mainstay &amp; subsequently parodied into oblivion by Scary Movie 3. Speaking of that, it was kind of difficult to get SM3 out of my head while watching this.Oh my GOSH, this score. Are you kidding me? The composer should get the director title credit. M. Night (or the cinematographer? I have no idea how this works) manages to get a couple pretty cool framing shots / shots that zoom or pull back. Much of the dialogue is butt. Something about Mel really makes this movie work. The way the story unfolds is really interesting. The story itself is fairly "eh". Should've kept the alien from being shown.The way Joaquin looks in this annoys me. Signs is a lot of ups and downs. The score almost makes it a 3.5 or even 4. It's definitely a 4 star score.

middlecasey’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

I think my favorite aspect of this movie is that, even during this global event, it just focuses on one family. You get little snippets via the TV or radio of how what is happening is affecting others, but mostly what happened “out there” is left to the imagination and doesn’t take up screen time, which allows you to give all your attention to the Hess’s story. I do hope our alien friends turn out to be more interesting looking irl.

doubble’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

bekschex’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Why was I allowed to watch this when I was 10? I’d like to file a formal complaint with Bob and Cathy. Still scares the h*ck out of me.

Amy’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

🦖Kenneth🦕’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

I wish Signs could have been made by someone slightly more competent than MNS.That isn't saying that the movie isn't good, or I didn't enjoy myself, just that there is a ton of locked potential in this movie that could have been released by a more talented director.Though even with that withheld potential, the movie still shines as a thrilling example of Spielbergian homage. It's not perfect, but it is a tense and well-enough executed flick backed and carried by some really killer ideas.Aging CGI did this movie dirty, and even though the inventive use of lighting, reflections, and obfuscation somewhat alleviates this, the movie still looks bad in some places. I am a little disappointed that the scenes that scarred by childhood (The rooftop and the home-video) don't hold up as well as I had hoped. Added to <a href="https://letterboxd.com/kclark/list/horror-and-my-wife-an-introductory-guide/" rel="nofollow">Horror and My Wife, And Introductory Guide</a>

kkoechner’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Signs

This movie scared the crap out of me almost 20 years ago and still does to this day. I lived in a lone house in a field surrounded by crops just like the movie. I couldn't sleep properly for a full week and couldn't walk outside in the dark without being scared. I still have problems going outside in the dark at my childhood home to this day because of this dam movie.Does anybody else have this problem?

Marcie’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Hostile aliens are my worst nightmare in movies. I can finally say at 31 years old, I watched this entire movie without closing my eyes. I had every light on, but I did it. It has been forever since I’ve watched this and I forgot how incredible Cherry Jones is throughout. Joaquin Phoenix has also never looked hotter or more adorable when he’s yelling at the children on the television. Everyone has a doomsday prep plan, but you never hear anyone mention what last delicious meal they want to eat. I really enjoy that scene in the film. I still get chills when they realize why Bo has been leaving the glasses of water out. This might sound cheesy, but I am a Group One person. I’ve had some awful things happen in my life and to keep going I have to stay that Group One person. This still holds up for me and I think Shyamalan’s best movie.

eschroeder0303’s ★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Makes you remember why M. Night was such a promising filmmaker back in the day. Much sadder film than I remember it being. The tension is the best part.

Megan’s ★★★½ diary entry for Signs

I haven’t watched this in well over a decade. I was a teenager when this first came out and I remember being terrified! That birthday party scene has stuck with me, I remember everyone in the theater screaming 😱 Some thoughts I had on this rewatch: I completely forgot Mel Gibson was in this, he’s probably one of the weaker parts of the movie. Man, this whole family needs anti-depressants. Joaquin Phoenix is hella hot. The kids are great actors and Abigail Breslin is adorable (“there’s a monster outside my window, can I have a glass of water?” 😂). The alien design is a little lazy and the whole premise and ending is so silly. All the fate/religious stuff was overkill. BUT, this is still entertaining and I enjoyed revisiting.

MacReadysBigHat’s ★★ diary entry for Signs

I always thought the dialogue and characterization seemed weird in this movie, and I've figured out what it is. This movie sounds like Stephen King's writing. The one-thing-that-defines-them characters, the unnatural conversations, the small-town setting where everyone knows everyone, and the sense of spooooooky things going on, this is basically a Stephen King story. But King's writing style works better on the page than directly translated to film; it needs to be massaged into reality to work well, otherwise you end up with some stilted, weird thing resembling Signs.Overall, this film is still meh. Should have called it Telegraphs with how much lead-up they have to each tense "surprise" moment.

Sean Allen’s ★★½ diary entry for Signs

Sophie Shin’s ★★ diary entry for Signs

Every single line of dialogue in this movie is SO bad it’s honestly offensive. My god. This is the most disappointed I’ve ever felt rewatching a childhood favourite. Who knew Stuart Little was M. Night’s apex?

Robbles’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

Jake Nonnemaker’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Signs

Something creepy is always happening. Really enjoyed the energy and dynamics of the family. Great performances by Mel Gibson, Juaquin Phoenix, Abigail Breslin and Rory Culkin. Probably my favorite M. Night movie.

Torin’s ★ diary entry for Signs

Aliens attack a planet 71% covered by liquid water, with literal tons of water vapor in the air, during a summer at DelVal. They tromp *real* crop-circles (because M Night doesn’t know what a hoax is), in the middle of farmland equipped with irrigation systems which would be more effective than a Maxim gun against these spindly invaders. Why? Because God still loves you, Mel.GTFOH.

EwanS93’s ★★★ diary entry for Signs

I was really into this for the most part but was eventually worn down by everything being so spelt out and hammered down your throat. The dated CGI is a bummer too because I find all the shadowy reflection stuff beforehand so creepy and effective. Definitely still enjoyable though. Also, is this Joaquin Phoenix at his most handsome?

Kev’s ★★★½ diary entry for Signs

look live your truth about SIGNS is all i'm saying

Tremendous build-up to an unbelievable (literal) last half hour. Luckily still waiting for the shark-jump on Shaymalan.