Signs Film Analysis
In the movie Signs, directed by Manoj Night Shyamalan, Shyamalan’s message from the film is that it covers faith, kinship, and extraterrestrials. In addition, there’s a reason for everything, whether it’s good or bad, God has a plan for everything. In the movie we’re presented to a family of four called the Hess family. The family lives in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The father, Graham Hess is a former priest whose wife, Colleen, died in a horrific traffic accident. No longer practicing religiously, Graham lives with his asthmatic son, Morgan, daughter Bo, who leaves water glasses over the house because of various reasons, and Graham’s younger brother, Merrill, a former minor league baseball star who never made it to the major
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Morgan is taken hostage and has another asthma attack. Graham remembers his wife's dying words, which were "Tell Merrill to swing away". He tells Merrill to "swing away" and Merrill attacks the alien with a baseball bat, and it releases Morgan, but not before it attempts to poison Morgan by releasing a toxin from its body. But because he is having an asthma attack, the poison doesn't get into his lungs. They discover that water reacts like acid with the alien's skin, and Merrill smashes all the water glasses Bo had left all over the house. Finally, Merrill hits the alien into furniture and water splashes on its face, killing it. Within this scene, God provided lots of signs for Graham in order to save his family from the alien. Bo leaving all the glasses of water around the room, Morgan having asthma, Colleen’s last words, and Merrill’s ability to swing the baseball bat hard. Now if Colleen was alive, it would have been possible that the whole family could’ve been killed. She would’ve picked up the glasses of water that Bo left, and they would’ve never been able to kill the alien. With that, Merrill’s true purpose was never to become a professional baseball player, but to protect his family. With this event, Graham finally regains his faith and becomes a priest once again. He was tested by God to how strong his faith
Morgan is taken hostage and has another asthma attack. Graham remembers his wife's dying words, which were "Tell Merrill to swing away". He tells Merrill to "swing away" and Merrill attacks the alien with a baseball bat, and it releases Morgan, but not before it attempts to poison Morgan by releasing a toxin from its body. But because he is having an asthma attack, the poison doesn't get into his lungs. They discover that water reacts like acid with the alien's skin, and Merrill smashes all the water glasses Bo had left all over the house. Finally, Merrill hits the alien into furniture and water splashes on its face, killing it. Within this scene, God provided lots of signs for Graham in order to save his family from the alien. Bo leaving all the glasses of water around the room, Morgan having asthma, Colleen’s last words, and Merrill’s ability to swing the baseball bat hard. Now if Colleen was alive, it would have been possible that the whole family could’ve been killed. She would’ve picked up the glasses of water that Bo left, and they would’ve never been able to kill the alien. With that, Merrill’s true purpose was never to become a professional baseball player, but to protect his family. With this event, Graham finally regains his faith and becomes a priest once again. He was tested by God to how strong his faith