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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 291939" data-attributes="member: 115">Personally, I really liked the underlying ideas about faith.  To paraphrase my gf after we saw it, "it takes the entire world being destroyed for a man to regain his faith, and only one person for him to lose it."  Especially nice is the varying levels of belief and faith that the characters exhibit - the children are willing to believe anything (and that was a great bit of misdirection when they're reading the book), Merril has the belief that is wasn't right not to swing, even though he struck out more than he hit, and Graham doesn't really believe in anything any more.Few short notes, then I have to go to work...1)  Shyamalan is a master of "show the gun before you fire it".  The asthma (sp?), the water, the doctor... I can keep naming them.2)  The aliens couldn't break through the door because they weren't particularly strong.  Another twist on popular conceptions of aliens.3)  Ever wondered what Shyamalan looks like?  He played the vet.4)  I find it amusingly ironic that the way to defeat the aliens is determined in the Middle East, a land with little water.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> 5)  When they showed the shadows on the ground in the book, I got really freaked out there was going to be a downer ending.  Another facet of faith and belief.6)  The end scene in the living room was great!  Very powerful, and I was very moved.7)  Something I noted about the aliens - notice how Shyamalan never gives you a clear picture of them.  Even on the shots focusing on one, it's blurry, it's usually through something (the TV, window, boards), and it's a very neutral green - leaving a good deal up to the viewer.  Best fears are the ones we invent ourselves <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Alright, time for work... bleh, I'll post some more in... ugh, ten hours... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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