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MOVIE REVIEWS: THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
Twentieth Century Fox's The X-Files: I Want to Believe , based on the '90s TV series, has found few believers among the nation's film critics. Manohla Dargis in the New York Times pronounces it "Baggy, draggy, oddly timed and strangely off the mark." Claudia Puig in USA comments that the film "just can't capture the magic" of the original series. Lou Lumenick in the New York Post dismisses it with a ho-hum review, saying that it "is atmospheric and movies briskly, but it's basically TV writ large." In the New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman, who admits that she was a fan of the TV series, latches on to the "out there" truth. "The truth is, the mystery pales next to the best X-Files plots," she writes. Also comparing the movie with the TV series, Jan Stuart comments in the Los Angeles Times , "Even at its stride, The X-Files was a load of malarkey. But it was thoughtful malarkey and compulsively watchable. One could say the same about the first two-thirds of The X-Files: I Want to Believ e before it spins out of control and into a delirious plane of awfulness." On the other hand, Roger Ebert, who begins his review seeming to make fun of the movie's plot, winds up praising it. "I make it sound a little silly," he acknowledges. "Well, it is a little silly, but it's also a skillful thriller."
25/07/2008
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posted on 27/07/2008 04:05
I am a big X Files fan. I could not wait until the new movie came out. I was very
disappointed with it. What the hell where they thinking? The first 20 mins of the
movie Anderson was not playing the part as Dana Scully. I don't know what the hell
she was doing. Mulder was believable but he could not pull this was out of the toilet.
The whole movie was a flop and a disappointment to True Fans of the show. The plot
line was weak and would not have made a good episode for TV let alone the big screen.
I think they should have ended it when they made Fight for the Future.
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posted on 28/07/2008 22:01
I loved the series and when I heard that the new movie would be of the MOnster of
the Week variety, my head was swimming with dreams of two-hour-long suspense-a-thons
like "Ice," "Firewalker" or "Darkness Falls." I wanted them sent into some remote
location and trapped, like the best non-mythology episodes.
The movie was okay, but not as good as it could have been.
First of all, the plot wasn't worthy of the big screen. I enjoyed it, but I would
have enjoyed it just as much if I'd been sitting on my couch eating popcorn that
only cost $1.29.
Secondly, we are seriously meant to believe that Scully and Mulder have been together
for 6 years and she STILL doesn't know what to expect from him? Honey, either get
on board the conspiracy train or give it up. The incessant "I don't want this life"
thing has gotten old. Don't want it? Go be with a different guy.
Next time - and I truly hope there IS a next time - I want them to make Scully the
instigator. Maybe Mulder is trying to be "normal" and she deosn't like him that
way. I want them to make the monster something less tangeable - either supernatural
or something creepily scientific (like in Ice, Darkenss Falls and Firewalker).
I did enjoy it - I'll buy the vid - but it didn't live up to the hype.
*sigh*
