"You know that M. Night Shyamalan movie that everybody says is so great? I just saw it and thought it sucked. Can you watch it and tell me what you think?" That is how I got talked into seeing Signs. I watched it and thought that was ho-hum. I was a little put off at how conveniently all of the unrelated pieces of the puzzle fit together at the end. On a less skeptical day, I'm sure I would have thought it was pure genius. I did enjoy the movie's quiet qualities, people speaking in low tones and extended scenes with no dialogue, where the focus was on everything but the characters.

A perfect companion movie to Signs is, of course, Austin Powers in Goldmember. I loved the first five or ten minutes of the film. The cameos and the whole musical number were hysterical. There were also a few scenes where I couldn't stop laughing, but for the most part, the movie seemed uneven. Gags that I would have found funny ten years ago now seem a bit disgusting. I must be losing my sense of humor in my old age.