Signs

Some of you may recall the movie, Signs, back in 2002, starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, which focused on a family trapped in grief and sorrow, who also happened to be caught up in an extraterrestrial invasion of Earth. (BTW-I choose to believe that the ETs are NOT out to get us 😉). I personally think this film is one of M. Night Shyamalan’s finest. The “signs” started out as a series of intricate patterns of circles and lines carved into crops, but also came to represent a deeper meaning through a series of events that ultimately led to the movie’s finale, demonstrating poignant themes of faith, kinship, and forgiveness.

I won’t give away the movie’s ending, but I will say that it wasn’t really about the aliens-rather, it was about how a mysterious phenomenon encapsulated in fear acted as a portal into spiritual healing.

Gather round children, I’d like to tell you a story…