tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5254869876447778799..comments2024-03-29T04:38:14.302-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Observing SIGNSLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68593852017363387432019-10-14T17:22:35.917-04:002019-10-14T17:22:35.917-04:00Where did bo get the idea that her brother was goi...Where did bo get the idea that her brother was going to die?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773292304306650303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61966162262523994702015-01-10T23:18:10.432-05:002015-01-10T23:18:10.432-05:00Hey Rob, at least you made up your mind early on!
...Hey Rob, at least you made up your mind early on!<br /><br />Like Eve, I remain hopeful that he will again prove himself, in future projects.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78010642692334646042015-01-10T17:31:21.960-05:002015-01-10T17:31:21.960-05:00I loved SENSE, thought UNBREAK, and SIGNS cured me...I loved SENSE, thought UNBREAK, and SIGNS cured me of the Night guy. Sorry.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7499114158503802202015-01-10T16:27:05.330-05:002015-01-10T16:27:05.330-05:00Leigh, you're right, this movie turned out not...Leigh, you're right, this movie turned out not to be "about" what I thought it would be. Instead of SF/fantasy, it's actually a story about faith and spirituality--and that's a subject that, if not handled well, can be pretty corny.<br /><br />Eve, I too am fascinated by things like crop circles (and Bigfoot and the Bermuda Triangle, etc.). Part of me really wants to believe these things are real.<br /><br />Brian, I look forward to your column. And yes, MANY of my favorite movies seem to have been criminally overlooked. As Liz said, different strokes.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80536315677937004282015-01-10T15:14:52.985-05:002015-01-10T15:14:52.985-05:00Hi John-
I confess, I was a Nighthater- thought &...Hi John-<br /><br />I confess, I was a Nighthater- thought "Sixth Sense" was STUPID, that "The Village," once you were in on the secret/joke/mcguffin/whathaveyou was a one-trick pony, and "Unbreakable" was unwatchable. However, I decided, based on your endorsement, to give Shyamalan another chance, and watched "Signs," (it doesn't hurt that I'll watch Joaquin Phoenix in anything- if anyone can make Pynchon's TEDIOUS "Inherent Vice" interesting, it's Joaquin Phoenix) and enjoyed it. <br /><br />Thank you for that, and for giving me the idea for a future blog post about a movie I find criminally overlooked, which employs cinematic trickery along these lines.<br /><br />So a double thank you!<br /><br />BrianBrian Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164348967846859987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7426261739405378032015-01-10T14:10:40.763-05:002015-01-10T14:10:40.763-05:00I liked The Sixth Sense, and Signs; I thought both...I liked The Sixth Sense, and Signs; I thought both were very suspenseful. I agree, I'm kind of tired of EVERY alien movie being about how EVERY alien in the universe is out to get us (are we a paranoid species or what?), but I'm a sucker for crop circles. Shyamalan's crash and burn amazed me, too - and I hope he gets back on his game. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-69847140789440211842015-01-10T13:32:29.343-05:002015-01-10T13:32:29.343-05:00I set a high bar for paranormal and Shyamalan make...I set a high bar for paranormal and Shyamalan makes the cut. Elizabeth's bar might be higher yet.<br /><br />I like the first three films and didn't see the latter two John mentions, but at first viewing of Signs, I was on the negative of ambivalent. That may have been because I was expecting something like Close Encounters but ended up with The Invaders. I wasn't looking at it through the eyes of John, which could make me reconsider now that I'm past the ET stageLeigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-45182012915440751172015-01-10T13:23:56.223-05:002015-01-10T13:23:56.223-05:00John and Liz, I watched THE SIXTH SENSE the first ...John and Liz, I watched THE SIXTH SENSE the first time expecting it to be horrible from what some of my friends had said, but I enjoyed it immensely. Then again, a lot of my strokes are different.<br />Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87818880061049973642015-01-10T13:01:43.719-05:002015-01-10T13:01:43.719-05:00Liz, tell me it ain't so!!!! (I can see I nee...Liz, tell me it ain't so!!!! (I can see I need to work on you.)<br /><br />I did like <i>The Sixth Sense</i>--but I must also agree that some of his movies were terrible. As you said, different strokes . . .John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87262586704997670752015-01-10T12:53:37.368-05:002015-01-10T12:53:37.368-05:00I've never been able to stand Shmayalan (proba...I've never been able to stand Shmayalan (probably misspelled, sorry) & thought <i>The Sixth Sense</i> was beyond stupid. But different strokes for different folks, I guess.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-30706515025331679482015-01-10T12:53:29.675-05:002015-01-10T12:53:29.675-05:00Glad you liked it, Fran. I'll never rank grea...Glad you liked it, Fran. I'll never rank great movies as highly as I rank great novels, but we writers can definitely learn from them, and from any kind of fiction.<br /><br />By the way, last night I watched <i>Devil</i>, a movie that Shyamalan produced (someone else wrote it) in 2010, and it was good. It's available via Netflix streaming, at least at the moment.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62289181245543773822015-01-10T07:52:11.961-05:002015-01-10T07:52:11.961-05:00John, I confess that I went through a lengthy phas...John, I confess that I went through a lengthy phase of not watching many movies. You've corrected that with several of your columns that made me eager to Netflix some that I missed during my reading-only phase. SIGNS is one of them. I agree with everything you say about it, and especially appreciate how subtle many of the foreshadows are, but my favorite is that shot of the mailbox revealing Reddy is a vet. It's freezing cold today, and I believe it will be a good day to revisit SIGNS.<br /> Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.com