Title: Signs
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin
Direction: M. Night Shyamalan
Reviewer: Lazy Geek

Signs of Spielberg - Is Your Sixth Sense Unbreakable?

It was a moment of joy for me. For an Indian like me to witness loud applause from the audience for a Hollywood movie in an American theatre directed by an Indian. And it was truly breathtaking. Yes, Manoj Night Shyamalan does it again. First with Sixth Sense he swept us near the Oscars. Then he dusted the childhood heroes inside us through his Unbreakable. Now he comes back to touch the spiritual and human side of us with a backdrop of UFOs in his Signs.

Signs is a movie to relish quietly in a corner of the theatre without catcalls and whispers. It really impacts you with its melodramatic and eerie mood. Makes you rethink your beliefs.

 
Signs
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Only condition - listen to the dialogues carefully, else you might be lost in this complex screenplay.

Shyamalan's love for Philadelphia, where he was brought up, is evident and the movie is set there. The greenish farm which is the heart of the movie increases the suspense. Amazing location.

Mel Gibson reminds me of Kamal Hassan in Mahanadhi (Tamil). For those who saw Mahanadhi, you will understand the pains of Kamal to bring up his children and also the troubles he undergoes to catch his life gear. This movie is ceratinly Mel Gibson's career high. Shyamalan builds Mel Gibson's character slowly yet strongly. He is such a cool actor that his character builds up in you. Thats what he did to me in What Women Want. You become him after some point of time in Signs and you get involved in the course of the movie and try to save yourself and your children from the UFOs and aliens.

The twist which you would expect in a Shyamalan movie is certainly missing but that is the wish of a creative writer which cannot be questioned. To the given story and characters, Shyamalan gives rationale and a great ending. Some might think that it was an abrupt ending but that again depends on your taste of movies. It's like reading Sundara Ramaswamy's book. He doesn't spoonfeed you. Just makes you realize the need of using your brain and co-relate events. That's why you so feel special when you see such movies. You feel elevated to the heights of thinking and you certainly are. Your sixth sense would not be unbreakable and you suddenly rise up from your seat in fear. Especially in the scene where the dog is silently eating and suddenly barks the nerve out of you.

A Spielberg is in the making and we are witnessing one of the to-be-legends of all time. Isn't that so? Your take on this is welcome.
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