The Signal

I can't believe I watched an entire movie just to watch Laurence Fishburne's head turn. Because that's pretty much what this movie is all about. They should have condensed the entire movie into a 15 minute exposition and then written a story from there. It doesn't work as a Twilight Zone Twist At The End. Then again, maybe not. I really wasn't interested enough in the characters to see more about them. Fishburne's got to start turning down these crappy roles. He can do much better than this. As far as his "acting" was concerned, this was a reprise of his Matrix role. I could close my eyes and see him talking to Neo the whole time. Very disappointed.

This movie has a slow pace, I know. That doesn't mean it's a bad one. A lot of people are over analysing every scene and image they see in the movie, instead of enjoying a simple story with a lot of photography design. Don't expect a lot of action on it, but do expect amazing photography, immersing atmospheric story, good acting and a few good surprises. One advice I would give is NOT watching the WHOLE TRAILER form the movie. After 1:30 minutes it shows too much and could spoil a lot of surprises. Just trust that the first part is to make contrast with what is coming next. I loved the photography, was the best from the movie by far. The story is good, and it develops interestingly. The acting is good and everyone plays well the parts. Great job, Mr. Eubank! I definitely recommend to watch this, for all the sci-fi lovers, and especially the ones that appreciate non blockbuster, plastic, cliché movies, and enjoy different ways of doing cinema.

Actually I think, it could have been something good, but it was not. It tried to be something special, but it failed. It has absolutely no message, no emotions no nothing, although the director tried to create the illusion of them. Overused slow motion, unrelated scenes cut randomly together, theatrical music totally misplaced and overused, unfinished characters and their background stories, no suspension at all, mixing up styles, like he didn't know if he wants to make a "found-camera" movie, a road trip movie, an alien abduction movie, a romantic movie, a Bonnie and Clyde kind of movie or something else. And I could go on and on. It just doesn't add up. It was a boring flick, that kept me watching just because I was curious how the aliens come into the story, but I didn't care for anything else in between and for sure not for the characters and their well-being.