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You'll recall we had a little conversation about 'Signs' - the Mel Gibson movie for those who may not know... in fact here's what you said: Minnow's thoughts

Being a man of my word I did not run and walked as I promised and as it goes I was sitting here really tired after returning from Dubai a couple of days ago (yes there is a post to come) and still not quite caught up with myself when low and behold 'Signs' was on Bravo. It had already started so I checked out Bravo+ and Wahoo!, I was able to catch it from the beginning.  You've got to Love Cable!

Anyway having fallen asleep during the boring bit, as the film slowly limbered up to the Alien invasion I awake again just as Matey boy (Rivers brother), was about to clart the alien with his home run winning bat - spilling the water on it and exposing it's weakness. Excited by seeing some real action, I stopped the movie and started it from where I had fallen asleep... Have I mentioned I Love Sky+ (I'll explain some other time if you don't have that)... sufficed to say I watched the whole thing again, this time paying more attention and then Blam!  I TOTALLY GOT WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY WAY BACK IN MARCH.

I guess the movie does work on a number of different levels and you have to see it for what it is to connect with that. 

The little girl's visions were lost on me the first time I saw this movie as was the business of coincidence and the movies attempts to explain that there perhaps are no coincidences and that everything happens for a reason. Also the complex issues surrounding religion and how it might be affected on those circumstances let alone under threat of alien invasion.

LMAO at the bit where the kids where wearing foil on there heads to stop their thoughts being read and Gibson’s dialogue with the kid when they were talking about the scientists.  That was great.

So to summarise, in reflection much as I don’t want to admit it, I enjoyed it much more this time around, given that I was searching for the meaning in it, rather than seeing it as it was billed back when it was first out - as a film looking at Crop Circles and Alien invasion.  This time it was Mel Gibson doing what he does best.

Thanks for enlightening me once again. 

P.s. – Now it’s time for you to catch up on 24 like your best friends little bro’s been saying. :-)