SIGNS (2002) Breakdown | Film Analysis, Easter Eggs, True Story, Making Of & Ending Explained

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[@DonMachado]

The problem I have with the movie is that we're supposed to believe an advanced civilization would come to a planet where 75% of the surface is covered in a substance that will kill them if touched. The humidity in the air would alone would be enough to fry their lungs (if they have them), or at least irritate their skin. The movie itself shows scenes of mist and fog creeping along the ground. There is no way an organism adverse to water could possibly exist on Earth. That would be like humans breathing in an atmosphere of sulfuric acid.

[@JEMurl]

I Watch yer videos for my daily dose of Ryan Aery’s Mum-jokes.

[@solvseus]

@@DonMachado If you don't believe the demon/holy water thing, the little girl keeps saying the water is contaminated. Maybe it's not so much water itself, but whatever is in it here on Earth. Pollution ftw?

[@mehashi]

A 2 minute infomercial is already bad, baking it into your content is actively enshittifying your work. Not timestamping it is just a FU to your viewers. These are all choices.

[@Tracer_Sweat]

quickly ask queeries...ask them what?

[@WillisMillis]

This was the very first film that I saw as a kid that filled me with existential dread and remains to this day one of my favorite films.

[@fatalpenguinful]

I saw this in theaters as a kid and it f*cked me up. Still love it tho.

[@randybobandy9828]

I was 12 when I saw it in theaters and it was pretty awesome. I was past the age of having nightmares from movies but if I was 8 or 9 I would have been freaked out. I saw "Independence day" when I was 8 and I was always freaked out when I saw big puff clouds because I was worried it was one of the spaceships before it reviels itself like in the movie. ​@@fatalpenguinful

[@Randomthew]

I'm grateful for this comment section and how it makes me feel less alone in the experience of this movie traumatizing me as a child 🤣

[@Jays_video_watcher]

Are you about 34 years old ish now? Cause same bro…. Same.

[@LivBlanks]

This and war of the worlds was the only 2 movies that made it into my nightmares. Both alien related. I love alien stuff but I'm terrified at the same time.

[@camunier]

“See, what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?” The whole speech is one of my favorites in all of cinema.

[@SolidPain6624]

Love it. Also love the fact that in the end he regained his faith after realizing that it’s not coincidences there’s a reason

[@SurlockGnomez]

Coincidences take a lot of planning.

[@mariawhite7337]

There have been WAAY to many lucky things have happened to me that literally can only be explained as like some kind of force. It's the only supernatural thing I really believe in.

[@mattgilbert7347]

M Night loves his Jungian BS, He should work with Jordan Peterson. They're both nuts.

[@bollocks42o]

did you watch the “behind the scenes” of signs here on youtube? Mel actually shot that scene months after Joaquin had shot his part of the conversation, he had NOTHING to play off of and absolutely demolished that scene in one take. theres testimony from m. night saying that it was some of the best acting hes ever seen.

[@brogurt]

The radio said they left some of their wounded behind. The one missing fingers was "wounded." I always got the impression that he was lingering around their house specifically as revenge for losing his fingers and being left behind.

[@melaniemanning2462]

I always figured he just took time to escape.

[@saudielbamber4227]

agreed, me too

[@enfenfenf]

Its possible that they don't take back ANY wounded. So Mel's character cutting the creatures fingers off was much worse than a wound. It was a death sentence or worse, being captured.

[@radagast7200]

If they were demons, then maybe being wounded and dying was just a short cut back to spawn point.

[@LGNDtwenty209]

I remember reading somewhere on a different comment that the Alien was actually the demon haunting Mel Gibsons character as he was locked behind a door at Rays house (the man who ran over Mels wife) Once Ray asked Gram for forgiveness he was able to let go of it and now it was just up to Gram to forgive him so that he can get rid of the Demon. At the end of the film he regains his faith and tells Morgan someone did save him (God). Thus finally being able to let go of it.

[@TH15N4M315UN4V41L4BL]

"Daddy, there's a monster outside my window, can i have a glass of water?"

[@klonkimo]

Basically the whole movie right there 😁

[@anubusx]

I found it dumb that they never left the farm or Graham armed himself with a gun.

[@generaljj71]

You people obviously haven't had Aliens come to your farmhouse

[@Welshman336]

​@anubusx That is most likely why they made him a Man of God, so that it wouldn't be out of the question that he doesn't ever get a gun. And Idk where they would go if they left the farm. It seems they are they only ones left of their family. And if their income _comes_ from running the farm, they are basically protecting their business and way of life by not going anywhere.

[@anubusx]

@@generaljj71 They came to my house once.

[@Vairinn]

I still get chills thinking of the first time we see an Alien on T.V, move children, Vamanos!

[@AC-hj9tv]

Vamonos*

[@Vairinn]

@@AC-hj9tv Pointless comment*

[@ScottSummers-m5l]

The aliens from Alien(s) are anightmare: fast, acid blood, murderousand alwayspissed, theirbabies lockonto facesand forceembryos downpeoples gullet,etc.

[@generaljj71]

😅😅Vamanos children!

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

Demon. Not Alien.

[@The_American_Eagle]

Signs is probably one of the only few movies that actually creep me out on a very deep level. The fact that the aliens are hidden (almost besides the TV broadcast--and even then that was terrify as hell--) until the end was very intriguing to me because as a kid watching this I was like "I wanna see what they look like!" Then the pantry scene happened, I suddenly felt "oh... this isnt as fun anymore." Plus the differing views of everyone on this entire phenomena really felt like I was living in the moment. I especially remember the bookstore guy going "THERES SO MANY COLA ADS. ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY". Meanwhile ignoring the fact that a little girl is saying something is wrong with their water (although with her older brother saying its just a tick, still... something I would've considered being a theorist in that universe at that time. Now... the most creepy and disturbing part of the movie was when everything finally happens. The TV signals go out. Radios are silent. Indicatiing this is happening on a global scale, EVERYONE is now fighting for their lives... And then you see the shadows start coming through from outside. This movie perfectly set up how to unsettle a viewer with minimal visuals but maximal storytelling. THEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE ONE ALIEN AND ACTUALLY SEE HOW SPOOKY THEY ARE. I love this film. One of my favorites. One that I come back to to rewatch whenever I wanna feel like "spooky" feeling again. I havent found a movie (other than maybe Blair Witch Project) that made be feel genuinely worried of what were in the shadows. Great video!!

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Have you seen 'Cloverfield'?? That gives me the same vibes!

[@randybobandy9828]

Macaulay culkins little brother did a good job in this film.

[@MoralKombato]

28 days later was pretty scary

[@FigmentForever]

@@Defensive_WoundsLove Cloverfield. I know a lot of people hate the “shaky cam” aspect of it, but it’s one my favorites of all time. It’s one of the first movies I remember seeing the trailer for (came out with the 1st L.A. Transformers movie) & counting down the days until it came out - literally - as we were still using paper calendars on the fridge at the time.

[@mcgruff424]

Wish you would have mentioned the "Dinner scene" lol "IF NO ONE'S GONNA EAT I'LL HAVE SOME OF EVERYONE'S" 😂

[@TheLastOutlaw99]

I’m gonna have a cheeseburger with bacon……… extra bacon.

[@markvito746]

​@@TheLastOutlaw99chicken teriyaki..

[@montecristo1845]

@sinkuskiddKnow exactly what you mean. Watched this with my two youngest middle-school children (who happen to be brother and sister!) They noticed me tearing up during that scene😢 and asked me what was wrong, both with me and Mel Gibson’s character. I told them because the dad is hurting inside. It’s all too much. They were sitting on either side of me and both leaned toward me for a simultaneous hug right before the kids in the film came to comfort their dad! 🥲

[@radagast7200]

It wasn't just about the dinner. He was letting go of a lot of anger and pain in that scene. Sort of like a priest might try to help someone do when giving someone their last rites.

[@Kinddays_rv]

@@radagast7200no one said it was bro. Mister I know deep 😂

[@charlesflohr1815]

The “same show on every station” reminds me of my own daughter the morning of 9/11 - she said the same thing to me that morning.

[@hologram952]

I have a massive fear of people/face in windows at night. That scene where they look out the window and it’s on the roof of the barn watching the house terrifies me. Full on shivers.

[@RealBradMiller]

The other night a car drove by our quiet road, I went to peak out the door curtains and saw a reflection of my dad standing in his white hoodie and dang near had a heart attack. ❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@MsSonali1980]

@@RealBradMiller That's what you get for being a (to the outside) peeping Tom, lol. 👻

[@MuadDiiib]

Unfortunately this movie has made me horrified of open windows.

[@kyze8284]

@@RealBradMiller the only thing I found unrealistic about the movie... is that they're on a farm. Without so much as a shotgun. Coyotes and kids/the doog are a horrible combination if you have to run from the house however far to tear the coyote away

[@babyt556]

I was terrified of the movie just from that scene because I had the same paranoia and my cousin stayed in an apartment complex and we could see the roof of the next building every night I checked. It didn’t help I had real encounters with demons standing in doorways either. But now that I have a better understanding it became one of my favorite movies

[@whiteoutgotu]

"Swing away, Merrill" is one of the greatest lines in movie history. Absolutely beautiful writing.

[@nicky3239]

No offense, but you need to watch more movies

[@whiteoutgotu]

@ I stand by my original comment, but, you aren't wrong. I watch movies I've seen before more often than I watch new ones.

[@MissCreatura]

The music for this movie is embedded into my soul, lmfao. This movie was the first “scary movie” I watched as a five year old. I’ve seen it countless times. I’m 24 now, and after obsessing over it all these years, it’s never gotten boring. It truly is a work of art. Thank you for making this video.

[@casey7187]

This is one of my favorites as well. Grahams speech about the difference in people from "group #1 and group #2" stuck with me for 20 years. I'm not saying it religiously moved me or anything but it did help me put things into a certain perspective. "Less is more with horror"--so true!

[@andyhauck98]

Job never loses his faith. That's the point of the book. Other than that misunderstanding of Job, good video, thanks man.

[@hadryantar]

Dark skies is a similar movie , similar vibes, also I believe are demonic beings not aliens from another planet in that movie. Chuck missler had good research on these subjects.

[@themichael3410]

Right! It was basically a bet between Lucifer and God to test Job's faith and God was like "bring it" because he knew Job would never falter or waiver in his faith to God and so on and so forth proving Lucifer wrong.

[@andyhauck98]

@ladyravenmoon666 It's strange that you're so animated by something that doesn't exist.

[@OdamiOnFire_91-l1s]

@andyhauck98 It's funny how sure you are that what is being said simply doesn't exist. Is it because you don't believe in it or is it because you don't have enough evidence of it???

[@andyhauck98]

@OdamiOnFire_91-l1s That makes zero sense.

[@JackTorrance333]

Mel’s acting actually brought the kids to tears in the last supper scene. Scary man.

[@drinkmorecocacola]

He was channeling the anger and sadness he felt from who was ultimately producing and benefiting from the film.

[@ScottSummers-m5l]

Mel Gibsons emotional scenes get me misty-eyed every time. In 'The Patriot' when hisyoungest iskilled takes the cake.

[@renaudvillacis]

​@@ScottSummers-m5lMelvin Gibson is a national treasure

[@LocalDream]

@@renaudvillacis Isn't he a horrid racist?? And extremely xenophobic of Jewish people?? National Treasure??? Actually this lines up pretty well with the US.

[@TheoRae8289]

​@@renaudvillacis'cept for the antisemitic leanings

[@roslindsanders7098]

I can’t not think of Scary Movie 3 and Charlie Sheen when I rewatch this movie

[@thenatureboy1837]

"I'll need a ride home" kills me every time 😂😂😂😂

[@Oncewaslostbutnowimsaved]

The Michael Jackson scene always had me 😂

[@rosskuhlman]

Yeah, especially the bit where the wife is dying and he keeps asking if her lower half will be ok lmao

[@Nutterbutter123]

@@thenatureboy1837lol that was beyond hilarious after killing dudes wife “Oh sure that you understand…” *dies*

[@Wickitysplit7809]

With the sheriff's hat getting bigger and bigger after each different scene

[@iholm5108]

the "What I've Done" cut got a genuine chuckle out of me

[@BlazeLs-je7yo]

Same lol

[@ElChris816]

Signs is one of my all-time favorite movies. I love the way you experience what the actors are feeling without even seeing anything is brilliant. Also, I have a connection to the Hopkinsville, Kentucky case. My grandfather was a Kentucky State Trooper during this time and had several calls to the Kelly family farm over the years he was stationed in Hopkinsville. When I asked him about the aliens he said if it were experienced by any other family he would have believed it, but the Kellys were known moonshiners who loved their product way too much. The neighboring farms were constantly calling in about the Kellys shooting and raising hell at all hours of the night.

[@daniel_sc1024]

It just goes to show that there is frequently a mundane, rational explanation for such stories.

[@ElChris816]

@@daniel_sc1024 Just like the original Scooby Doo cartoons.

[@daniel_sc1024]

@@ElChris816 😂😂👍👍

[@Red88Rex]

Saw this as a teen in the theater and I was so unsettled I had trouble sleeping for a week! Love it!

[@cadidaddi]

“The meaning behind anything can be formed on whether you wish to see it, or you don’t. Do you see the signs”?…. Great quote.

[@chuckpoore]

One thing that has always hit me while watching this movie, is another subtle detail that I always thought was deliberate. We are shown the crop circles from above, and from that perspective we can see the pattern that is a "sign" of intelligence. But I always noticed that in the scene when the Sheriff comes to the house, and we see her leaving in her car, the way the driveway circle in front of his house feeds into the straight driveway, always reminded me of a crop circle. And then later, we see a bird's eye view of them in the car driving to town, and we see all the shapes of circles and lines in the roads and houses and parking lots, and it all represents "signs" of life and inhabitation. I always felt that was a tie-in to the crop circles as being "signs" of life and intelligence. Like the roads and driveways and city squares are our "crop" circles we've created in what used to be nature. I don't know, maybe I'm seeing too much there, but I noticed it the first time i saw the movie in the theaters, and I've always thought it was deliberate.

[@tdemartini7357]

I also felt those things as well. Seeing the town from above and seeing all the signs below of life.

[@LuciendaSky]

Another thing that I think was forgotten in this video was that the mother dreamed of the son before he was born and Bo dreamed of his asthma. I think both were able to have some sort of connection with the future.

[@clumpclump]

@@LuciendaSkyif you actually pay attention the crop circles are told to be maps or landmarks. The “signs” are the constant touches with god he has throughout the movie in the form of flashbacks and his reconnection

[@erikedwardstrio]

Swing away, Merrill… Merrill, swing away. Still quote it often!

[@whiteoutgotu]

Seemingly "random" words give * everything * meaning to a man who's lost his faith in exactly that. M. Night isn't always great, but, when he is, he's on another level.

[@radagast7200]

And to think Merill would go on to write Walk the Line...

[@whiteoutgotu]

@ Joaquin killed it in that movie, too!

[@whiteoutgotu]

@ Joaquin absolutely crushed it in that movie, too.

[@Ibisian]

A correction about the account of Job: It wasn't God who wanted to test him, but rather Satan. Satan saw how faithful Job was and wanted to prove that, if the going got tough, Job would curse God and stop serving Him (Job 1:9-11). God _allowed_ the test but he didn't cause it (Job 1:12). Satan also made it appear like it was God who was doing it, most notably by having "fire from God [fall] from the heavens." (Job 1:16) And Job's so-called 'comforters', Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, instead of comforting him, instead said to him that all the things coming upon him were punishments from God for some supposed wickedness on his part. In the 4th chapter of Job, Eliphaz reveals that he was visited one night by a spirit that, judging from its critical words, was likely a wicked spirit, showing that at least one of these 'comforters' had come under demonic influence. (Job 4:12-18) While Job did during his trial lose sight of things and came to focus too much on self-justification - for which he was corrected - he did keep his integrity and his righteousness and was later blessed for doing so.

[@Oswulf_Osulphus]

Let me correct you It was God who suggested Satan to test him not the other way, then proceeds to allow Satan to kill innocent slaves and animals to see if Job would break. God is the villain in this story. He lied to Job and yes Job was innocent despite God coming down and telling him he has no right to say he was innocent. He gaslighted Job and had his kids killed and destroyed his riches only to say its fine i'll give you more riches and more children. Yet no one in their right mind would accept the death of their children and a equal replacement as ok. So God killed slaves for nothing more then a bet and Romans 9 goes to length explaining how we are just objects to be used and we have no say in our life and God will go out of his way to possess you and force you to do things you wouldnt normally do so he can glorify himself.

[@MrKaYo323]

Somebody didn't skip Sunday school.

[@shamgarcahn9980]

I agree with you, except I'd like to know why you think Job focused too much on self-justification. The Book of Job says itself that Job was a perfect man. His friends were accusing him of sin, so my perspective is that he was simply defending himself against the false accusations.

[@TRUTHISABSOLUTE777]

This guy is right. It's not that he paid attention in Sunday school is that he actually took the time to read the book.

[@rainbowGZUS7]

​@@TRUTHISABSOLUTE777eh, I like my fiction to have dragons in it..

[@PokeGrillz]

Funniest scene when the brother says Move children, Vamanos lol. I laugh every time.

[@redbird1928]

I’m so glad to hear I wasn’t the only person who LOVED this movie.

[@BerrySD]

The Fourth Kind messed me up. It was terrifying.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah that one scene is nightmare fuel

[@benjalucian1515]

I couldn't look out of windows for half a year due to that movie.

[@zeropolicy7456]

The scariest scene of that movie for me is when she listens to the recording and hears her own screams that she doesn't remember. The whole concept underpinning that scene is utterly terrifying to me. Which is why I've never been interested in sleep recordings since watching that movie. I'd rather live in blissful ignorance than learn a terrifying truth that I have no way to fight.

[@benjalucian1515]

@@zeropolicy7456 Same. The idea of things happening while you sleep and you have no recollection is also terrifying to me. I first got a taste of that with Stephen King's short story "Strawberry Spring" which horrified me. Then this movie...😨😨

[@ReverendRockandRollJoe]

The actress looked just like this girl I used to date. Made it a lot more real. Pure nightmare fuel.

[@CaptainClark23]

There’s a version of the birthday party scene on KZbin where it’s Chris Chan spotted in the background of a news report instead of the alien. It’s incredible. 😂

[@NextStopConsciousness]

Why do they keep letting him get away with it!!!!!

[@jakel5801]

I feel like you can replace any Cryptid with Chris Chan and it just works 😂😂😂😂

[@rainbowGZUS7]

That's terrifying

[@socialismoth]

The time I was about to start making the script for my analysis over Signs (2002) you release this video. I guess you saved me some time from my research Paul

[@jennyanydots2389]

Do your own research dude, don't be lazy. Making youtube videos based on youtube videos based on other people's movies? I hope you have a real job son.

[@jamesmitchell4927]

I can't believe you skipped over one of the most chilling lines in the film.... when he goes to see Shyamalan and finishes his lines with "I trapped one in the kitchen" or something like that... sent chills down my spine in the cinema, also the kids party was the best shot!

[@radagast7200]

It was like his demons and guilt took on a physical form that only the man he hurt could exorcize.

[@althiel01]

Oooh, I was just looking for something to watch and found this just a minute after release. Surely it must be a sign, ba-dum-tss

[@heavyspoilers]

!!!!!!!!

[@tahuaroa]

waaaaaay underrated movie - thank you for the revisit!!! keep up the good work bro

[@heavyspoilers]

thank you

[@markvito746]

Its not even underrated literally everyone loved this and still do

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@markvito746 No, "literally" everyone did not love this movie. Many went into it expecting a very different type of film and found the "twist" ending to be pretty silly while the movie itself had a depressing vibe.

[@heythere6983]

@@jennyanydots2389 true I remember the twist of water being a bit odd but as a stronger christian now the water is really profound.

[@radientproductions9799]

I remember driving home after watching this, I thought I saw an Alien trying to cross the street multiple times. Man this film got me.

[@eden20111]

I'll never understand why we never had another alien movie like this... This is what true horror should be

[@nicholasvallas9802]

True horror is fantasy? I think people who have experienced actual trauma would disagree.

[@Jack-yh9st]

There was one that came out maybe a decad eago it wasnt as good as signs from wat i remember but it treats the aliens as well monsters in a horror movie i completely forgot the name tho tbh

[@chenillemorales5929]

thank you!!! ive waited years for a good breakdown on my favorite movie

[@aka.anillem]

The scene in the bookstore where we see/hear the Shasta cola commercial is also a nod to Mount Shasta. Mt Shasta has a lot of weirdness surrounding it, including lots of UFO sightings, Lemurians, lizard people, The People of the Mount, etc.

[@venomenace]

The movie title is a double entendre, obviously the crop circles are "signs" indicating an otherworldly force, but all of the things that happened to the family and all of the little things such as the water, asthma, the baseball bat.. are also "signs" indicating the existence and presence of a higher power, i.e. God. Every tragedy or minor inconvenience was just preparing the family for the end battle against the invading creature (the battle between good and evil). This is the thing that Mel's character realizes by the end, which is why he returns to his faith. At least, that's how I take it.

[@SolidPain6624]

This is exactly right. There’s no other answer to be honest. As a Christian, it’s obvious to me that it’s not so much about the aliens but the fact that Mel’s character in the movie is was no longer a man of faith but in the end he understands why things happen the way they do. He regained his faith and is happy again.

[@scubastve4192]

God makes sure everything works to His Will whether He initiates it, or it be human free will. And thankfully so.

[@martyg8137]

100%. That what I got from it

[@schmutly]

THat is 10000% what the movie was about. It shows that God is omnipotent and omnipresent, knows the "end" from the beginning. All those issue of fear of water, asthma, swing away ..", the scifi book in the shop that was NOT meant to be delivered there, the fact his brother was over at exactly at that time, the list goes on showing "signs" of God's ever presence in our lives and drawing us to Him and the whole point of signs is to show us that when things happen, sometimes strange things and subtle prompts and awareness of things around us, is Gods way of reminding us to turn around, put our full trust in Him, because he has already seen every intricate detail of our lives and gives us signs (prompts in our heart and thoughts from the Holy Spirit I would say) so that we know he never lies " promised to never leave nor forsake us" ^_^. Great movie...extremely well written, great acting, great story, God is always GOOD.

[@thiagogita]

The alien in Brazil left more Brazilian people traumatized than the 7x1 loss to Germany.

[@ChaseSchleich]

Crop circles are not all hoaxes. That idea is ridiculous if you look into the phenomenon for more than 5 minutes. Many are, yes, but there's a big difference between the hoaxes and the unexplainable ones.

[@_--JohnVK--_]

Whahahaha! Sure buddy! 🤣If you look at it for 5 minutes, you've already looked too long. They are ALL fakes. That you choose not to believe evidence, is a YOU problem.

[@lrsiv]

One of my favorite movies. Thanks for pointing out a few things I had never noticed before.

[@nemofish3504]

There are actually some crop circles that can’t be explained lol just wanted to put that out there. They’re done so delicately and pristine that it can’t be done today and especially done in just overnight

[@_--JohnVK--_]

B.S. 🤣

[@njones52]

What's an example of that?

[@allancole6660]

😂

[@MetalGearTenno]

The crop field circles was never debunked. They tried the board technique in the attempt to recreate them and explain how it was done. Although they did manage to recreate those crop circle signs. They failed to do so without breaking the stems of the corn and wheat in those fields. The crop circle signs didn’t have broken stems. They were bent all the way over and down without breaking. Which was impossible to recreate.

[@gebzed]

Finally another comment left with some sense. Drives me nuts that he fell for the fake debunk of crop circles. Some are so perfect and complex as well.

[@davegadge1]

Crop circles were not proven to be a hoax, it was true that a few bearded farmers tried to replicate them but they had problems creating the patterns and the radiation after effects.

[@ayahuascachewed4438]

i love the scary movie parody when goes to the car crash and the guy is like "can i get a lift"

[@j-rey-]

I don't even think he asks. I think he just says "I'll need a ride home." 😂

[@spiritconsumer]

the quote is "Tom, i'll need a ride home" - My friend and i laughed sooooo hard watching that part over and over

[@sevenwhatuknow]

Lets be clear, most crop circles have been explained away with boards, but not all.

[@rad4579]

Not even most. Some.

[@malorymckee3316]

I was 12 when this movie came out and slept with a glass of water by my bed for weeks 😂

[@chazb1660]

At home in bed after seeing this movie. My bed faced a window that had a view of the roof. Lol You can bet I was sure that I saw an alien up there and had to get out of bed to calm myself down.

[@jamiewilshaw3595]

I love these classic breakdowns, I always end up rewatching the films.

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you mate

[@050679rudy]

Crop circles dismissed as hokesI didn't know!!!

[@adhdadam738]

99% yes, I know of 1 unexplained, the rest are people unfortunately 😂🤣

[@movieforge01]

One of the best theater experiences I've ever had. Right next to the re-release of E.T in 85.

[@lokdog257]

9:28 not all crop circles are hoaxes. 1) in some the wheat is bent at a 90° angle without being bent 2) there are traces of radiation in certain circles 3) there will be after images of the crop circles years later. 4) People have tried and failed to mimic some of the more complicated crop circles 5) some crop circles seem to be mathematical expressions of the cosmos.

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

Yeah I was coming to this, many of them cannot be explained at all. It seems more like the original ones that emerged inspired propably first to some agencies to quickly shuffle some explanations (there have been some sketchy cases where yes humans have been caught making them, but they did not act like your basic hippies even if dressed as such)(exactly more like govermental people, do not remember excat details, but do that they were clearly odd) to make few of them to just explain the circles away. Then public started to do those and now it's a hobby to some. Most to all who makes them on regular basis knows the stories of the ones that cannot be explained and sees them making those as for one, making something cool and for two kinda responding back (there have usually also been seen activity in skies with those who does it a lot). I'm pretty sure.. from a memory.. that it have been gone as deep as analyzing the bents on molecular level and it seems like the wheat looked like it would've been bent waaayy too fast to be That precisely bent and not break. Every wheat essentially in way too identical angle. I remember for sure that there was some reason why they must've been done essentially in boom in one go. Among other things that does not make sense.

[@_--JohnVK--_]

Hahahahaha! 🤣ALL crop circles are fakes, buddy. They can ALL be explained. That you choose not to believe that, is a YOU problem.

[@JoWalkabout]

Agreed, they weren't "proven fake" a couple people claimed to be responsible but crop circles have been found all over the world for hundreds of years.

[@rad4579]

@@_--JohnVK--_ BS

[@nicholasvallas9802]

@@_--JohnVK--_these guys are too attached to their beliefs. Even if there was video of these “bent but not broken” circles being created they would still choose to believe. Flat earth syndrome.

[@jahijohnson3595]

Thank you I was waiting for this breakdown! Well done Paul!!

[@mymountrushmore6235]

Correction. Crop circles were not proven to be a hoax. Some were yes. But certainly not all. It’s a global phenomenon

[@mikeheil713]

Nope

[@jackodriscoll3817]

Yep.

[@JonOfTheDead23]

This is definitely my favorite of his movies and I still get chills at certain scenes. Definitely when he's running through the cornfield and sees the foot. Such a fun movie I just feel like it didn't quite end as well as it could have.

[@CountessKek]

Actually, crop circles have NOT been explained. There are a few which were proven fake, a couple guys admitted to using rope and wood to make particular easy ones ..however there are MANY which are so intricate and which appeared in one night where the grain stalks were bent, not broken that have no explanations.

[@_--JohnVK--_]

Yes, because people are entirely unable to do intricate art and work 🤣 And (young) grain certainly can't have a very flexible root, or even roots that are not firmly seated in the ground (yet), so that it doesn't break when bent. Have you ever been on a farm? Do you know where the saying "one twig can break easily, many twigs tied together is strong" comes from? Never mind. You're not an "evidence" type of person, are you? 😉

[@RyanHaney55]

After I saw this in the theater, I walked out to the parking lot and saw the same SUV Ray drove in the movie, make, model, and color. 😱 That gave me a bit of a jump scare. Signs is my favorite M. Night Shyamalan movie and the only one I bought on DVD.

[@alanmacdonald88]

To be fair, I don't think crop circles have been debunked, certainly not all of them.

[@TXNanna3]

I agree

[@Thatdudewiththedogs]

So you think some are aliens and then some are human? Just use logic, my man 😂 it’s not hard to figure out

[@nicholasvallas9802]

Willful ignorance

[@leifomusic]

It's pretty easy to spot fake crop circles from "real" ones. The fake ones are bent and broken at the pressure point, while real ones have a popcorn like effect that bends the plants horizontally. This is not my opinion. Just something I've noticed in a lot of crop circle videos. Great video, as usual. Love this channel. Subbing.

[@kassassin_brahgawk]

Science has studied the real crop circles, they don't kill plants and they seem to be hit with radiation/microwaves in such a manner that actually encourages plant growth. After a couple of days, the plants stand up right and continue growing.

[@rad4579]

Crop circles have not been debunked.

[@merry_morgana]

Gibson and Shyamalan. What a riot those two must be.

[@jennyanydots2389]

Every night they were probably taking each other out fishing for trout left handed down that peculiar river.

[@tehlurfry679]

If you think crop circles have been "debunked", watch the Why Files episode about them. They are *far* from debunked. Imagine what else you think is "debunked" is actually not even close to being debunked.

[@n.j.crawler]

Lol

[@CrescentTheWolf]

Yeah I heard debunked I just laughed, some are fake for sure but those are just copycats off of the real ones

[@dalton3029]

Or it's a psyop

[@tehlurfry679]

@@dalton3029 a psyop that has been underway for 100s of years? Some consider 1678 the first recorded crop circle with the "mowing devil", but if thats a true occurance its cut crops not bent or weaved crops. Then you have certain accounts of "fairy circles" from celtic folklore as stated in a 1911 book The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries that match the contemporary descriptions of crop circles. Also, an 1880 report in nature by John Rand Capron that describes crop circles, although he suggested it was wind. Then there is the burst node issue, plenty of questions that arent explained with modern material science. Im not saying I know what they are, but I can say for sure nobody else on earth does either. I recommend watching that video i mentioned.

[@lopirobinson1991]

I don't even care if aliens are real and flying over us now. Until they come down and communicate with me about something of importance it's all shallow tabloid drama.

[@shawn576]

Looking back, Signs was a pretty good movie. It got a lot of hate for being silly, but it did a great job of focusing on the humans and how they are reacting to the unknown. The aliens could be metaphors for almost anything. During corona 2019, we saw a lot of the same behaviors happening. Some said corona was the end of humans, some said it wasn't real, some said it was real but overblown so the government could expand. Nobody knew what the right answer, so everyone went in their own direction. It was fascinating to watch. Just like the aliens in Signs, it suddenly went away and we all went back to normal.

[@radagast7200]

So... the Aliens came from a Chinese lab?

[@prolificjaywon2713]

Sign was one of the first movies as child that made me so intrigued with Syfi and alien invasion movies.

[@NadahzNoir]

That "What I've Done" ending was genius. 🤣 it's funny, but it actually fits with the themes of this movie. 💯

[@desireeclarins5491]

Not all crop circles are hoaxes. Many are, and many cannot be explained by boards on strings.

[@jonsegerros]

Stop noticing things.

[@NOYFB411]

Not all crop circles were hoaxes. The ones where the stalks aren't broken but just bend are real.

[@heavyspoilers]

I’d say the likelihood of them all being fake outweighs the likelihood of a lot being fake but some being real. Unless aliens like to also leave clues there were here that just so happen to also look exactly like things that have been proven to be fake. It’s more likely that the hoaxers methods are more sophisticated than aliens managed to travel to fields, make crop circles and then leave without being detected, filmed or witnessed at all. Especially with how much CCTV and surveillance/cameras there has been implement within the last 20 years.

[@ramonrodriguez7473]

I agree! Ive been on the fields when these Crop Circles have appeared over night. This guy obviously knows nothing and hasn't done his proper research.

[@nicholasvallas9802]

Come on. Just cause some are unbroken it doesn’t pass your smell test. Aliens ain’t doin no field art. Come on

[@chazchaz2121]

That´s every conversation in 2024 11:28 🤣

[@kristennelson3190]

Stoooooppppp...🤣🤣🤣

[@OnlyGoodSHHH]

they were NOT proven to be a hoax..... the hoax was the ppl claiming they did it. It was later proven they could not have done it...too messy....not perfect

[@thezacmurphy]

I make a lot of joke about films that scared me as a kid, but genuinely still feel my childhood aversion to watching this creeeeep back up when i watch it 22 years later. BRILLIANT movie.

[@the-nightsider8613]

I have an interesting idea about Bo and Coleen. I think that they are both somewhat prescient. Think the shining in Stephen King’s works. There are a few references to both of their dreams throughout the film. Colleen says to Morgan, “You look just how I dreamed.” And after the accident, she’s able to say just the right things to Graham to prepare him for what’s coming. Bo has bad dreams and bad feelings throughout. This explains her nonchalant reactions to most of the events of the film. She’s already seen them in her dreams, and she already knows what’s going to happen. She’s way too calm when she says there’s a monster outside her room. Any kid (and probably a lot of adults) would be a lot more freaked out. But she’s already seen it, and knows how to handle it.

[@radagast7200]

The dogs also seem to react poorly to the aliens... and one tries to attack Bo. From the alien angel, this could be some sort of 'star child' bloodline, which is why the kids were targeted. From the Demon angel, same thing but maybe Nephilim instead of Star Child.

[@daveythesearcher]

I hope you're well Paul. I always enjoyed this movie, glad to see this breakdown.

[@drtydawg73]

errm, no, crop circles werent "proved to be a hoax". yes some were made by people with boards or wood, but that doesnt explain most of them that were made in minutes and were far more detailed than anyone could make with a plank of wood.

[@BobbyRoberts-v9x]

Great video (as always) Thank you for the breakdown 😁

[@mez3041]

"Proven to be a hoax" 2 guys did like 20 of them. There's 1000s and they appear even today.

[@_--JohnVK--_]

There are 8 billion people on Earth. What is your point...

[@mez3041]

@_--JohnVK--_ right, makes you wonder why they only caught 2 guys...

[@eric81757]

I love how you point out the demons theory and then immediately talk about the birds hitting the space ships that demons wouldn't have.

[@VSMOKE1]

Your definition of conspiracy theories comes straight out of the playbook of the CIA, Calling somebody at conspiracy theory is just a way of stifling a conversation that is all

[@TheMightyCookieShow]

This movie signs was legitimately the most creepy movie I've seen since nightmare on elm Street way back in the 80s

[@JayNDez22]

8:46 SOME were proven to be a hoax. Some are too perfect to be a hoax

[@UrGonnaLuvMyNutz]

Too perfect like people haven’t done things like make stone look like transparent clothing with nothing but a chisel

[@xdocgreenthumb2967]

The chasing the alien out of the house peeing caught me off guard; launching Pepsi max all over my desk from my nose 😂 100% worth the clean up tho 😂

[@sinistersurfer9249]

There's plenty of crop circles that can't be explained, especially with something as simple as wooden boards and rope. Watch the episode about crop circles on the Why Files.

[@calvincazares]

Signs was actually one of my favorite movies.Growing up too still is.

[@WilhelmHand]

there are still crop images unexplained

[@s.q.10-e66]

The idea that the aliens are demons makes a scary amount of sense.

[@clarkkenttheman]

I believe some crop circles were real...too bad he speaks so fast...no offense

[@bradforddillman7671]

Great video. I live here in Bucks County and I worked at the local paper when the film was being made. We covered the production weekly and even saw the movie in the theater a couple blocks from the bookstore in the movie. The pizza place and the pharmacy are a couple miles away in other towns. The house was built on Del Val campus but isn’t there anymore.

[@Gersheyz]

15:33 the pharmacist worried about the end of the world plays a nurse in The Walking Dead. Looks like her worries panned out for her

[@mcoupe69]

Screw Denise! Stealing Abraham’s epic death

[@ceaser273]

Lmfaooo

[@jamesu9508]

This movie sent shivers down my spine with just the music alone. I couldnt stop looking at the sky after leaving the theater ahahah.

[@insightsman196]

Actually when you use boards to create crop circles it breaks the stock damages it , so not all crop circles have been disproven, , Great movie , now I want to watch it again thanks to this video lol

[@gebzed]

YES! Thank you

[@milostone6498]

The subtle ask, as it is the opposite of click bait, is rewarding. But also, good vid, naturally 🙏👍

[@juwaneverett3456]

The birthday party scene traumatized me more than anything I’ve ever seen in a movie.

[@AC-hj9tv]

Spoopy af

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Watch the 4th kind then if u want spooky alien 👽

[@jennyanydots2389]

Even more so than when Uncle Rick jammed his taco log up ur chute last Christmas in the romper room?

[@juwaneverett3456]

@ I thought the footage in that movie was real lol

[@LonewolfDelta-db2hh]

Same man.. same.

[@MidnightAspec]

Very cool analysis. I always think of this film when I travel through Bucks County Pa, which is often. In a related story, we did see an unexplained three lights (triangle pattern) in the sky over Langhorne one night a few years ago.

[@adamshakermaker]

Crop circles were NOT proven to be a hoax. Some were but not all.

[@baanibarnes9711]

This is a very well crafted film, very believable set up, you could believe an alien invasion could happen like this. My favourite bit, among many great moments, is where Merrill is watching the TV in the broom cupboard and almost literally jumps out of his skin (along with the audience!) when the dead creepy alien strides out of the hedge at the kids party, what a moment! Definitely one of M Knights best movies, very hard to keep up this kind of originality in a succession of films I suppose.

[@Shiftdougler]

While most crop circles are fakes, there are a few that are quite puzzling - microwave burst the plant stalks in a perfect planar feature. The why files does a good video on them.

[@greenmanjph]

I used to watch The Why Files, but while a lot of people may like it, the annoying goldfish got too grating for me after a while.

[@MzHollyweird1984]

25:04 I feel like this movie did so well because of the comedic moments in it. There weren’t too many of them to make it campy, but just enough to break the almost constant tension that plays throughout it. They give you a chance to breathe, but only a second before the reality they are facing comes creeping back in. I’m not a fan of his, but this is definitely my favorite film by him.

[@PodyTheCirate]

Ok that Michael Bay cut was absolutely hilarious

[@therookie7401]

I first watched part of this movie as a kid on tv and tuned in just as we got the basement scene. What an intro for a young me.

[@rossmitchellmusic1]

Scotty steiner math promo, love it

[@JoshMeiners]

Best part of the whole thing

[@MajinLuYT]

The phoenix nights "i'm getting the word..." clip caught me so off guard hahahahaha great inclusion

[@Lunch_Box_666]

Ppl want to believe crop circles are a hoax but if you look into it, especially the testimony of the two guys who claim to be the hoaxers you'll see just how ridiculous that explanation is

[@heavyspoilers]

“It’s easier to scam someone than it is to convince them they’ve been scammed”

[@benjalucian1515]

It was *started* by these two guys. Copy catters took over from there.

[@Lunch_Box_666]

@benjalucian1515 I feel bad that u think that, there are some copy cats but the real shit, they're able to lay down the wheat to where there is NO DAMAGE to the plant at all, there has also been strange magnetic fields on some of them, there was even a response to the gold record nasa sent to deep space, and in the ones thought to be real or at least unexplainable theres no walking path to the crop circle itself, thats literally impossible to acomplish....you don't find this kind of evidence in ANY of the hoaxes, it blows my mind how people can be so antagonistic to the things that challenge what they "know" to be true. The us government lied to the American people for years about investigation of ufo/uap and recently released footage of the military tracking ufo's and as soon as those two British cats, without a shred of evidence BTW, claimed to be hoaxers that's the only reply we get when bringing up the unexplainable

[@TherealAngry817]

Good stuff Paul haven’t visited in a while nice to catch up with this!!! 🤩 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩