History Film / Signs

*** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic had a field day with this part.

* Narm: the scene where the family watches the crop circle footage for the first time ends up becoming unintentionally hilarious because this scene is supposed to foreshadow the [[spoiler:impending alien invasion]]. Also, although some might say they didn't know the [[spoiler:aliens were hostile]], the dogs detected them to be [[spoiler:bad]], and the alien on the roof was clenching its fists as if [[spoiler:ready to fight them]]. So there are already indications that the aliens are [[spoiler:hostile beings]]. So this music was narm at its finest.

* Nay-Thiest: Graham Hess, throughout the entire movie, until the [[spoiler:end when the alien holding Morgan gets defeated, and Morgan survives the poison attack; although you can make a point that he's slowing softening his anger towards God in the basement scene; in fact he even acknowledges that he's not ready to meet his maker, when the aliens are about to open the basement door, which the Hesses luckily thwart when Merrill finds his dirt picker]]. He does know God exists. He just hates him, although it's not explicitly shown until [[spoiler:the basement scene.]]

* NayThiest: Graham Hess, throughout the entire movie, until the [[spoiler:end when the alien holding Morgan gets defeated, and Morgan survives the poison attack; although you can make a point that he's slowing softening his anger towards God in the basement scene; in fact he even acknowledges that he's not ready to meet his maker, when the aliens are about to open the basement door, which the Hesses luckily thwart when Merrill finds his dirt picker]]. He does know God exists. He just hates him, although it's not explicitly shown until [[spoiler:the basement scene.]]

* NayThiest: Graham Hess, throughout the entire movie. He does know God exists. He just hates him, although it's not explicitly shown until [[spoiler:the basement scene.]]

* Narm: the scene where the family watches the crop circle footage for the first time ends up becoming unintentionally hilarious because this scene is supposed to foreshadow the [[spoiler:impending alien invasion]]. Also, although some might say they didn't know the [[spoiler:aliens were hostile]], the dogs detected them to be [[spoiler:bad]], and the alien on the roof was clenching its fists as if [[spoiler:ready to fight them]]. So there is already foreshadowing that the aliens are [[spoiler:hostile beings]]. So this music was narm at its finest.

* DarkerAndEdgier: for an alien movie, the aliens definitely have a demonic intention for their attacks, which makes this movie even more creepier. The tone of this is darker than most sci-fi movies.

* NayThiest: Graham Hess, throughout the entire movie. He does know God exists. He just hates him, although it's not explicitly shown until [[spoiler:the basement scene.]]

* HollywoodAtheist: Graham Hess, with one or two outbursts that lean towards NayTheist.

** The wife's dying words

* CreatorCameo: Creator/MNightShyamalan plays the man who accidentally killed Graham's wife.
* CrisisOfFaith: Graham is a priest who lost his wife which killed his faith in God. [[spoiler: It's restored by the end of the invasion.]]

* MissingMom: Graham's wife died sometime before the start of the film.

--> "Because they seem to have trouble with pantry doors."

** They did a good job of making this seem more like a horror movie. The trailers and teasers almost all had no references to aliens (except for two of them) - the TV spots, moreso than the trailers, makes this seem more like a horror movie. Although this is crop circles, but going by the trailer, one can deduce that monsters with magical powers did them.

*** You guys are missing the point. First of all it's never stated that [[spoiler:water is what kills them. It's possible that it was what was in the water that killed them.]] Otherwise the [[spoiler:alien invasion would not have lasted into the night like it did. It is likely they invaded very industrialized areas and the chemicals burned them.]]

** I think they did a good job of making this seem more like a horror movie. I mean the trailers and teasers had no references to aliens (except for two of them, which I didn't see because I didn't go to the cinema all year in 2002) - the TV spots, moreso than the trailers, makes this seem more like a horror movie. Although this is crop circles, but going by the trailer you can deduce that monsters with magical powers did them.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The aliens are capable of mastering space travel and being undetectable until planetary approach... yet they lack the intelligence to bring equipment for their "takeover", they seem to have difficulty getting past wooden doors, AND went on a planet that is 71% coated in their number one weakness, ignoring what is present in the atmosphere. This is all important as basic problem-solving is a sign of intelligence, which the aliens SHOULD possess to traverse space but evidently lacks in terms of common sense and strategy 101.

* AnAesop: God makes everything happen for a reason - even when things seem like huge coincidences. This Aesop falls apart if you're an atheist .

* WeatherSavesTheDay: The aliens were defeated when it started raining and it turned out that water is like acid to them. Why they invaded a planet that is over 75 percent water without wearing any sort of protective clothing was never explained.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed how any of the various supporting characters from earlier in the film fare once the AlienInvasion finally starts. Or if the aliens met with ''any'' success anywhere; going by the radio at least a few places drove them off almost immediately.

*** You guys are missing the point. First of all it's never stated that water is what kills them. It's possible that it was what was in the water that killed them. Otherwise the [[spoiler:alien invasion would not have lasted into the night like it did. It is likely they invaded very industrialized areas and the chemicals burned them.]]

*** You guys are missing the point. First of all it's never stated that water is what kills them. It's possible that it was what was in the water that killed them. Otherwise the [[spoilers:alien invasion would not have lasted into the night like it did. It is likely they invaded very industrialized areas and the chemicals burned them.]]

** I think they did a good job omitted any references to "aliens" from all the trailers (except for one, which I didn't see because I didn't go to the cinema all year in 2002) - the TV spots makes this seem more like a horror movie. Although this is crop circles, but going by the trailer you can deduce that monsters with magical powers did them.

* StupidEvil: The EpicFail-ing aliens. Despite their technological superiority, they choose to just LeeroyJenkins a planet that's KryptoniteIsEverywhere to them, and they somehow can't even bypass a basic door.