Re: No. What? - Analog Scott - Films/DVD Asylum

Re: No. What?

Posted by Analog Scott (A) on August 5, 2002 at 11:14:59

In Reply to: Re: No. What? posted by reddmadder on August 5, 2002 at 10:47:51:

Actually those signs, the signs given to Mel Gibson by his dying wife and are scattered throughout this movie and represent our own human flaws and frailty are very much what the movie is all about. It couldn't have been spelled out any more clearly since Mel Gibson pretty much says it. It's about belief. It's about the belief or lack there of in why things happen. Is it all a bunch of coincidences or is there an order and meaning to everything. Mel Gibson because of what seems to be meaningless tragic events looses his faith and chooses not to believe there is meaning or purpose to the events that happen in this world. All those events come together to save the life of his child. He finds his faith and once again chooses to believe there are no coincidences. That belief is the theme of this movie. That the film maker can tell a story of alien invasion on top of this, no intetwinded with all this is what I am talking about when I say this is a multilayered movie. I like that. I like a filmamker who puts careful thought into every element of his films. I like a film maker who can offer up so much rich and organic stuff in his movies and then make me look at those elements again and find another meaning in them.

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Topic - Review of Signs...not the next Hitch! - reddmadder 09:29:44 08/04/02 (16)

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Re: AH ! Jessica Tandy.... - patrickU 05:38:44 08/06/02 (0)

Re: Review of Signs...not the next Hitch! - geoffkait 12:05:10 08/04/02 (12)

Re: Review of Signs...not the next Hitch! - Analog Scott 00:44:14 08/05/02 (11)

No. What? - Ted in NJ 06:31:46 08/05/02 (10)

Re: No. What? - Analog Scott 09:31:39 08/05/02 (9)

Re: No. What? - reddmadder 10:47:51 08/05/02 (8)

you just give away everything... why bother to watch it?.. - mellson 23:29:40 08/05/02 (2)

Re: you just give away everything... why bother to watch it?.. - Analog Scott 09:18:38 08/06/02 (1)

You think? - Chris Garrett 19:08:23 08/08/02 (0)

Re: No. What? - Bolt_Snypr 19:30:57 08/05/02 (0)

Re: No. What? - Analog Scott 11:14:59 08/05/02 (3)

Re: No. What? - reddmadder 11:46:00 08/05/02 (2)

Re: No. What? - Joe S 08:59:49 08/06/02 (1)

Re: No. What? - Analog Scott 09:16:30 08/06/02 (0)

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Re: No. What? - Analog Scott 11:14:59 08/05/02 (3)

Re: No. What? - reddmadder 11:46:00 08/05/02 (2)

Re: No. What? - Joe S 08:59:49 08/06/02 (1)

Re: No. What? - Analog Scott 09:16:30 08/06/02 (0)

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