I saw one of my favorite movies over the weekend, M. Night Shyamalan's Signs. I don't know what it is about this move that gets me but it does. One of my favorite scenes is the video footage from that Brazilian birthday party where one of the aliens emerges from the alley. It makes my skin crawl each time I see it. But what makes this one of my favorite films is that to me, I feel the film is about faith and how things happen for a reason.
Like in the movie, everything happens for a reason: Morgan's asthma saved him from the alien's poisonous secretion; Merrill's strength and cherished bat brought down the creature; all the half-empty glasses of water Bo left behind exacerbated the aforementioned creature's demise; Graham's job was to "see" it all come to fruition as the family's caretaker and without his wife passing, none of this would have happened. Her death was the key to the entire story. It was not until the very end did the former priest see why everything occurred.
Things in life happen for a reason and we have to endure what it brings. This film serves as a reminder to be patient, for what ails you will be remedied in the end.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
"The ends will justify the means." -Niccolo Machiavelli
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you made." -The Beatles, Abbey Road
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
