Signs, a movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan focuses on the loss of faith within the protagonist, Graham Hess and how he is brought back to it. Although, it seems as if there are two separate storylines, the two eventually intersect to help Graham become a believer again. The movie opens with the serene farmhouse where Graham Hess, his two children Bo and Morgan, and his brother Merrill live. A picture sitting by the bedside shows his family, wife included, but she is nowhere to be seen; he is dressed with a clerical collar showing the audience he is a reverend. An early scream brings the characters into the cornfields and with a look of confusion on Graham’s face the camera pans out to reveal a crop circle. Early on, Morgan
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The storylines begin to intersect as the alien attack is suspected to be over. In the living room, an alien grabs Morgan’s limp body after his asthma attack. However, his asthma saves his life as the alien sprays his “poison” onto Morgan, but his lungs have closed. The last conversation with his wife pops into Graham’s mind because he is facing the possibility of losing yet another person he loves. The last two lines, which she tells Graham “to see” and tells Merrill to “swing away” are about to save the Hess family. When Graham comes to reality, he is able to “see” what he was not able to before and turns to Merrill and passes on the message from Colleen. Merrill understands immediately because he is standing next to his prized bat from his record of hitting a baseball 507 feet during his career as a player. Then, Merrill hits the alien as hard as he can because, just like hitting a baseball, “it felt wrong not to.” The alien stumbles and one of Bo’s many water glasses fall to burn its shoulder. There are so many glasses around the house due to Bo’s strange belief that all of her water is contaminated. Throughout the movie it seems as if this is just a child’s imagination, but imagination is much more powerful than reality. Bo’s childish quirk has become more of a subliminal battle strategy. The alien is finally killed with the spilling of Bo’s “water bombs”. Graham has administered a shot to Morgan that
The storylines begin to intersect as the alien attack is suspected to be over. In the living room, an alien grabs Morgan’s limp body after his asthma attack. However, his asthma saves his life as the alien sprays his “poison” onto Morgan, but his lungs have closed. The last conversation with his wife pops into Graham’s mind because he is facing the possibility of losing yet another person he loves. The last two lines, which she tells Graham “to see” and tells Merrill to “swing away” are about to save the Hess family. When Graham comes to reality, he is able to “see” what he was not able to before and turns to Merrill and passes on the message from Colleen. Merrill understands immediately because he is standing next to his prized bat from his record of hitting a baseball 507 feet during his career as a player. Then, Merrill hits the alien as hard as he can because, just like hitting a baseball, “it felt wrong not to.” The alien stumbles and one of Bo’s many water glasses fall to burn its shoulder. There are so many glasses around the house due to Bo’s strange belief that all of her water is contaminated. Throughout the movie it seems as if this is just a child’s imagination, but imagination is much more powerful than reality. Bo’s childish quirk has become more of a subliminal battle strategy. The alien is finally killed with the spilling of Bo’s “water bombs”. Graham has administered a shot to Morgan that