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Signs (2002)
A sci-fi thriller... I think
I voted a six for this movie for a reason. It's been two days since I have seen it yet I am still not sure what my exact opinion is. It's not a bad movie, don't get me wrong, but I haven't decided whether it's a great movie. It certainly doesn't deserve to be ranked #176 of 250, as it currently is.
Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, and Rory Culkin are all incredible in the film. The young Abigail Breslin is fine but a little too quiet for the movie.
As has come to be public knowledge of M. Night Shyamalan, sound plays an extraordinary role in this film. The sound from the baby monitor, the haunting hiss/click noises from the supernatural beings, and the whirring wind and shaking corn husks that make you feel a cool breeze as Gibson rushes through a corn field. Even silence is a major character in the movie.
The only reservation that I have for Signs is the ill-timed, often inappropriate humor that Shyamalan feels the need to inject just as the tension is building to a break. The "quirky" if not sometimes "stupid" humor that is sandwiched in with the startle scares often times takes away from the thriller genre this movie should be trying harder to achieve.
I could not give a decisive thumbs up or thumbs down to this movie. I say go see it and decide for yourself if this is the way you want your sci-fi, horror, thriller movies to proceed.
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Dressed to Kill (1946)
Decent Sherlock Holmes movie
This was a pretty good showing for the piped one. Nothing spectacular but it'll keep you awake at 5 am. Three ordinary music boxes are sold at an auction and soon after the new owners are dropping like flies. No one really knows what's going on except you know who. Coulda been better but no real complaints.