Yes, if there is one thing Signs had going for it... it was just so real. And it absolutely could not be improved in anyway. I'll add a film to the list, instead of just poking the Signs fans. Body of Lies: Spoiler Do away with the romance. I'm sick of films trying to insert a romance into every film. It changes how they handle Ferris being taken by the one terrorist leader, but they can still have Jordan using him as bait for the leader. It just seemed like a cheap way to add some humanity to the people of the middle east (at least, I assume that was the point of the dinner... and the ONLY point to it. Keep the kids, they were great.) Rounders: Spoiler The dialogue/chip count doesn't quite match in the final match vs. Teddie. Minor, and right this second, I couldn't even tell you what I mean, but I remember it not being copacetic... something didn't match in one scene that always bugged me. Rodger Dodger: Spoiler OK, I love this movie. Well, not the movie, the main character, Roger. Storyline is actually pretty bad, but Campbell Scott does an amazing job as Roger. I would have liked them to scrap their story and move the character into another film. Come on Hollywood... make me a Rodger Dodger in Vietnam, Rodger Dodger Goes to the Moon, Rodger Dodger: Eurotrip. I'd honestly buy any of them, as long as Campbell Scott gives the same performance with that character. (I bought Roger Dodger after a couple scenes were showed in a screenwriting class in college.) Nephew goes to NY to learn how lose his virginity... OK, it has potential, but then you proceed to spend the majority of the film in a bar/park with 2 random women that I don't care about? Seemed pretty obvious this was only done so that Roger and the nephew could give exposition, without seeming too weird talking to each other.
Actually .. I can do both . . .Sci fi . .and M night's Sign HOW-EV-AH [stephen A patent pending] Signs was far far too heavy handed and more telling than showing I thought he laid it on extra thick and the scientific issues was just play stupid and distracting .. but . . .even without that . . . I found it transparent . . .and kind of just left ya feeling letdown Rocket River
I going to add in some bad movies, though at the end. Dr. NO: Bigger Budget, made the action scenes more graphic, make the love scenes more risque. Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer: Used the real Galactus and his planet eating machine, pace the movie better, and dumped Jessica Alba (for real blonde and actress)...I like her though, but not in this role. Freddy Vs. Jason: Not focus as much on the teenagers, fixed the holes in the plot, killed off all of the teenagers, and used part of the "scrapped" freakish ending where they both end up in hell after fighting for hours and hours. I also would've used the Freddy look from the original or New Nightmare. You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever: Focused more on the revenge factor and drawn out more...put OHMSS in front of YOLT, but after DAF. Throw in the weird endings from the novels. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Spoiler I would've killed off Leatherface and the other family members in the end. The sequels are entertaining and goofy...but it really didn't need sequels. Highlander: I wouldn't have elaborated on how they became immortals as much as the sequels did...also I would have like it better in the TV series were they would just come out of nowhere with almost never ending. I would've had Methos in the original movie (if that were possible) at some point.
"no, I am your father" should have been "no, i AM your father." luke didn't say someone else was his father, he said he killed his father. so "am" should have contrasted with "killed." putting the accent on "I" doesn't make sense. otherwise, pretty awesome movie and scene (being in the theaters for that revelation had to be crazy). as for Independence Day, it definitely doesn't need to change anything. sure, it's ridiculous that we use a computer virus to stop them. and that a little plane can cause their massive city-destroying weapon to implode. and that if they're city-destroying weapon is touched, the 15-mile wide ship is destroyed. and that apparently every other ship around the world let this one vulnerability be exploited time and again despite the fact with conventional fighting we would have had no chance (though if the virus really did work, i guess we could've started launching nukes and, at great cost to the environment, blown up their ships pretty easily). of course it's ridiculous, but as others have said, it is basically the definition of a summer blockbuster. lots of jokes, corny, lots of action and special effects, crazy plot, will smith. that's how it's supposed to be.
I did kinda like Jumping Jack Flash, and I thought she was good in Ghost. But Burglar was a travesty, especially to someone who has actually read the books that movie was based on.
American Psycho. I would have added an Asian sidekick by the name of Mikey Wang. He would go around with Patrick Batemen killing people with a sushi knife. Then he would present the meat in edible fashion at his restaurant. His restaurant would be the hottest ticket in NYC where famous people like Peter Gabriel and Eric Clapton would show up. But little do those famous people know they are eating human meat.
