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Will still see it
by mrfan
Jul 24th, 2008
05:36:40 PM
hm.
by frankenfickle
Jul 24th, 2008
05:45:47 PM
not surprising.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
by Unlabled
Jul 24th, 2008
05:46:35 PM
Good lord the ending sounds awful!
Should have done more aliens
by Unlabled
Jul 24th, 2008
05:47:14 PM
Remember the part in the corn fields and the helicopters? That was fucking awesome... Drinking rum on the beach? No so much.
I miss deepthroat
by Unlabled
Jul 24th, 2008
05:47:32 PM
hahahahhaha
by G100
Jul 24th, 2008
05:48:16 PM
They don't look up and Wave ?!?!?

You're making that up surely. Shippers only need apply then.

NOT FIRST!!!
by Jonas Grumpy
Jul 24th, 2008
05:51:46 PM
Dammit.
I cant wait to pay that 30 dollars...
by One Nation Under Zod
Jul 24th, 2008
05:57:08 PM
So Chris Carter can jerk off in my mouth for two hours.

God, why the fuck did they rush out this piece of dog shit.
Of course it is bad...
by HBO
Jul 24th, 2008
06:04:18 PM
Did anyone expect differently?
That Final Image Is FUCKING Hilarious
by TroutMaskReplicant
Jul 24th, 2008
06:05:09 PM
I think I swallowed a lot of air when I laughed at that. I'll be gassy tonight!
Geez, that closing shot sounds head-clutchingly awful . . .
by lavaboat
Jul 24th, 2008
06:05:20 PM
I mean it made sense in Trading Places but c'mon . . . Maybe Carter is just bored with the entire X-Files tonal palette or something.
29% on Rotten Tomatoes. Ouch!
by G100
Jul 24th, 2008
06:05:48 PM
Might not even bother watching this on DVD then.
the real question is then....
by blckmgk13
Jul 24th, 2008
06:06:22 PM
...does gillian anderson look good in a bikini.
That last scene sounds AWESOME
by Mullah Omar
Jul 24th, 2008
06:07:24 PM
The next step is a goofy greeting card set with Mulder, Scully, and what the hell, throw Slimer from GHOSTBUSTERS in there.

BURY THIS SHIT!
I'll wait for it to come out on TBS or something
by Iron-kong
Jul 24th, 2008
06:09:55 PM
yup
X-Files had its moment of glory...time to pass the torch
by Shub-Wankalot
Jul 24th, 2008
06:10:20 PM
just saw Tron 2 trailer at comic con
by mmaddox3
Jul 24th, 2008
06:12:00 PM
It was pretty awesome, basically a chase and then you see bridges(jeff). It was well recived by crowd also the wolverine trailer revealed earlier kicked ass.
I knew this would be really bad but
by kafka07
Jul 24th, 2008
06:21:00 PM
wow, Alexadra's details gave me the chills from just how bad. I hope she never reviews me as a person.
Not surprised.
by CyG
Jul 24th, 2008
06:26:01 PM
The last couple of seasons significantly reduced my interest in the show and the limp-dick series finale basically killed it. With the bitter taste left from that and the equally limp-dick trailers for this, why should I care about X-files 2?
Actually Slimer from GHOSTBUSTERS
by Mr_X
Jul 24th, 2008
06:26:21 PM
waving in the final shot would have been a whole lot cooler
AICN Reviews and Final Scene
by Philselway
Jul 24th, 2008
06:28:41 PM
This movie certainly doesn't look very good based on the commercials and trailers, but as a big X-Files fan, I'd love to see a review posted from someone more than an admitted casual fan, as the first two reviews have been. I'm not saying it will change any review drastically, but I'd love to hear the opinion of a passionate X-Files fan. You never know if subtlties are missed by casual fans. That's all I'm sayin'! As for the final scene, what could save it from being as cheesy as it sounds(no spoilers here) is if that ends up being the first shot of the NEXT film that Carter has alluded to. If it ends up being a helicopter with a familiar face delivering batshit bad news to Mulder and Scully while they try to get away from it all, that would make it better.
philselway
by frankenfickle
Jul 24th, 2008
06:34:03 PM
you sound like me a few years ago, trying to explain to myself why jarjar wasn't such a bad addition to star wars. you know how you get better? you turn away from the poison, brother.
Ack!
by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon
Jul 24th, 2008
06:34:41 PM
That spoiler is laugh out loud funny. Semi-shocking in it's craptasticness and just damned sad. I'm afraid this will be the last we see of the x-files . . .
The new George Lucas or Wachowski brothers...
by Mgmax
Jul 24th, 2008
06:35:04 PM
""I Want to Believe" also leaves me wondering if Carter truly understands the formula that made his show such a phenomenon; he seems concerned with all the wrong stuff." Yep, exactly like Lucas or the Wachowskis on the Matrix sequels....
Frankenfickle
by Philselway
Jul 24th, 2008
06:35:49 PM
Though I never, ever remotely liked JarJar, I hear you. I really was hoping this movie would be good.
Sounds like a waste of time.
by skydemon
Jul 24th, 2008
06:40:45 PM
I've got the entire series on DVD, I'll just watch those, thank you.
JESUS TAP DANCING CHRIST
by SwedishChef
Jul 24th, 2008
06:43:24 PM
The final shot is Mulder and Skully waving? That may have just ruined the whole series for me. Chris Carter must have gone to the George Lucas school of directing. Dear Lord.
Buy a pity ticket...
by TheBLIGHT
Jul 24th, 2008
06:45:26 PM
They say: enough people bought in on X-F 2... Lets make X-F 3, and show those aliens heading our way in 2012... beat them... then put this one to bed, and leave it to LOST BSG, FRINGE (Ha!)... and whatever comes next.
So...the end shot...does that mean they were waving at a UFO?
by Mike_D
Jul 24th, 2008
06:47:31 PM
or is it really that bad that they need the characters waving at the camera? wtf?
About that beard ...
by Shan
Jul 24th, 2008
06:48:24 PM
... It worked quite well for Radovan Karadzic, who was on the run for 14 years. Mind you, that was a really impressive beard - no wonder no-one recognised him for so long.

As for hiding with Scully, maybe it was like that British canoeist who faked his own death and was living in the house next door. He used to enter the house from a secret entrance hidden behind a cupboard in the bedroom. Even his own sons thought he was dead.

*sigh* All of that actually happened in real life and sounds much more interesting than this film from what I've heard so far.

This will be better than The Dark Knight
by The Gospel According to Bastardface
Jul 24th, 2008
06:51:16 PM
Mark my words. Mark em well.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/a pps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200807
by millermeusa
Jul 24th, 2008
06:53:21 PM
Ebert liked it!!! I know he is making bad choices lately but I liked his review so Im cautiously gonna see it
Generally speaking...
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 24th, 2008
06:55:46 PM
Fox is shitty, cheap entertainment.
wow, this sounds terrible
by Charlie Murphy
Jul 24th, 2008
06:57:13 PM
and i'ma pretty big x-files supporter. i rather enjoyed seasons seven and eight, but admit to despising season nine to the point where i haven't even seen every episode. i'll probably see this this weekend, but with all the bad reviews, i'm not sure when. i'm seeing TDK again on saturday (five times), i want to maybe check out step brothers as well, so maybe i'll sneak in an x-files matinee on friday. or maybe not.
X-Files was a great show the first few seasons..
by conspiracy
Jul 24th, 2008
07:01:11 PM
then it became bloated, and self important..the writing went to shit, and the egos got so big the small screen couldn't contain them. Kinda happy they all will get what they deserve outta this mess...noithing..no points, no 3rd film, nada. Yes, I'll pass on this crap...I'll just stay home, save a few bucks, and jack myself raw to 10yr old images of Gillian Anderson.
Fuck you. Fuck you all.
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
07:01:47 PM
Fuckers.

Today I finally got around to seeing The Dark Knight. I’d read the reviews here on AICN: Alexandra duPont, Harry etc - everyone’s. They were ECSTATIC. This movie was the Second Coming, they said.

I also read the CRAZILY enthusiastic reactions from all you talkbackers. “Best movie of the year’, “Best superhero movie EVER,” “I can DIE happy now,” etc etc etc

Sure, I found the trailers pretty underwhelming. But who cares? Because according to YOU guys, THIS time I was about to see a darn good movie , indisputably good. No ifs, no buts. A masterpiece. Well, bring it on.

You fuckers. All of you. Harry, Alexandra, AICN talkbackers, all of you, you fucking jackasses.

It’s a load of garbage.

I mean, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

Fuckers. How come no-one mentioned that Batman LOOKS LIKE A RETARD? His costume’s ridiculous, his headpiece is shaped like Grampa Simpson’s head, and his “voice” is STOOPID. Every time he’s on screen the whole thing turns into a farce, a piss-take of a movie. You morons. Nobody thought to mention this? In a BATMAN movie? You pricks.

Fuckers. How come no-one mentioned that the fight scenes, the chase scenes, in fact all the 'action' scenes are DULL AS LARD? You fucking retards. You children.

Fuckers. People were saying Heath Ledger was a revelation as the Joker. ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND AS WELL AS DEAF?

HEY! WAKE UP, HALF-WITS! Ledger is an actor. He wears the make-up. He says his lines. He follows the director’s instructions. Have you ass-wipes never seen a MOVIE before? It’s called acting. Doing the job you were hired to do. Anyone who thinks that Heath Ledger does something amazingly new with the character needs to stop sniffing the glue and buy an actual Batman comic. Check out the character called THE JOKER.The Joker wears make-up. He kills people indiscriminately. He creates chaos and laughs about it. THAT’S THE FUCKING CHARACTER. He’s written that way. Always has been. You half-wits. You kiddie-fiddlers. Piss off.

Fuckers. Did NO-ONE think to mention that the movie was AN HOUR longer than it needed to be? After the first 90 minutes, the movie was done. Finished. Out of steam. Time to get out of your seat and go home. And yet it KEPT GOING FOR ANOTHER HOUR. And no-one thought to mention this?

You are scum. Shit bags. You must all be working for the studio – or close friends of the film-makers. It's the only explanation.

Did NO ONE notice that the last half-hour of the movie was a fucked-up, nonsensical, CGI piece of HORSESHIT that descended into a scene from SUPERHERO MOVIE? Ring a bell, morons? You fucking imbeciles. You junkies.

A waste of two-and-a-half hours. That’s time I’ll never get back. And as fucking stupid as you people are – I’m a fucking fool to have believed you.

Fuckers. I hope you all die from the crack you're smoking.

ugh
by Charlie Murphy
Jul 24th, 2008
07:06:22 PM
tell us how you really feel... actually don't. no one cares.
Heh. This looks dreadful.
by ckane123
Jul 24th, 2008
07:06:36 PM
The reason why they have kept the plot "a big secret?" Not because they wanted to really surprise us but because it SUCKS. Chris Carter did what I probably would have done in this situation - cashed in. Ironically, if they have spent only 30 mil. on this, even if they spent twice that on publicity, even a bomb in the US market it could still make money internationally and have good first week sales on DVD, just cause of the curiosity factor. Sigh.
Last Shot
by arby64
Jul 24th, 2008
07:12:20 PM
I didn't see it but are you sure they were waving and not shielding their eyes from the light of an alien abduction?
RUH ROH!!!!
by lopan
Jul 24th, 2008
07:13:35 PM
Well, approximately NONE of the trailers, stills or interviews given by the crew so far have even been mildly interesting, so why am I surprised at this? Having said that... I still believe in Ebert, and I read his 3.5-star review, and now I'm REALLY fucking conflicted on whether to waste my time here. I'm a pretty die hard X-Phile too. Do I listen to Ebert or this chick?
They... wave?
by DoubleFantasy
Jul 24th, 2008
07:19:02 PM
And merriman... jeez, go get laid or something. Jesus...
Merriman Lyon, fuck you right back.
by TheLastCleric
Jul 24th, 2008
07:22:30 PM
What an asswipe you must be in everything you do and how lonely and pathetic and worthless you must feel to need attention this much. You didn’t like Dark Knight? Who cares, asshole? Go sniff Devin’s bloated, raw ass over at Chud if you need some reinforcement for your pathetic opinions. Even assuming of course you’ve actually seen the film, which I question considering you claim something about it being CGI horseshit. There was minimal CG used in that film, as per Nolan’s directive. By the way, it’s cute hearing you talk tough, big guy. Let me ask you something, little fella: when the customers at Starbucks treat you badly, even though you’re wearing a shiny assistant manager badge, do you talk tough under your breath or wait for them to leave? You’re so scary and we’re sooooooo impressed, now do the world a favor and make a nice cyanide martini and drink deeply.
DoubleFantasy, M. Lyon couldn't score with his right hand.
by TheLastCleric
Jul 24th, 2008
07:26:10 PM
He should look into farm animals or perhaps ugly family members, which in his case may be the same thing.
Come on, guys.
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
07:39:15 PM
Merriman Lyon's obviously joking, or doing some weird performance art thing. I mean, nobody could actually be THAT retarded, could they?...could they?
Scully in a bikini? I'm there.
by Bob of the Shire
Jul 24th, 2008
07:39:19 PM
Sounds awful, but I'll see it anyway. What's wrong with me?
It's my fucking opinion.
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
07:43:55 PM
I'm telling it like it is and calling it like it is.
Although, I gotta say...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
07:49:53 PM
...you don't see many people bringing out the ol' "half-wit" insult anymore. Extra points, Merriman, for being extra lame.
Don't like my opinion? Fuck you. Your movie stinks.
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
07:51:05 PM
So time to put on your diapers, take your pills and get tied down to your beds. Got a big day ahead of you tomorrow: Art therapy, sing-a-long and remedial classes. And don't forget the special screening of The Dark Knight in the afternoon. And another screening the day after that. And the day after that. And every day for the rest of your worthless lives. Because that's the kind of garbage you retards just lap up. At least it keeps you off the streets so decent folks can go about their lives without having to put up with your drool and horseshit.
Perhaps Merriman worked on the X-Files Movie ?
by G100
Jul 24th, 2008
07:54:25 PM
Otherwise... what the fuck are you doing whining on an X-Files review thread ?????

Seriously if you can't read why should we take your opinions seriously ?

How fucking hard is it to spot the many Dark Knight reviews on the site ? Take your whining there chump.

Jesus! Do you actually want a cookie for having a contrarian opinion or a pat on the back ?

Whatever, there WAS still enough left in the X-Files for a nice "farewell" film especially for the two characters. They just needed someone who can actually write a good script instead of the a Movie that ends with them WAVING TO THE CAMERA !

UNBELIEVABLE. But yeah, pretty damn funny in a tragic sort of way.

Just came back from that piece of shit movie...
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
08:00:24 PM
...that YOU recommended. So yeah, I'm taking it out on YOU. And I don't care whose talkback it is, geddit?

Of course not. You've just had a toilet accident. Well, clean it up yourself.

Did...did this movie...hurt...you?
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:00:51 PM
Or something? I have never in my life seen this level of vitriol for anything, ever! You terrify me, Merriman. I hope I AM in a Dark Knight showing while you're on the street, cuz I'd HATE to run into you! Your just like the fucking Joker! Only, you know...a jackass. And please, for the love of god, call benditlikelucas in the morning. Have some compassion.
mr_macphisto, have you seen the movie?
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
08:02:50 PM
If so, are you one of those morons who said it was a good movie?

If so, I fucking DARE you to give me your home address.

Jesus christ, man....
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 24th, 2008
08:03:19 PM
Lyon, you're fucktard enough to believe the reviewers and talkbackers before forming your own opinion, you deserve to get 2.5 hours "wasted". And grow the fuck up. Ledger was amazing.
Why?
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:04:48 PM
So you can mail me another one of your anti-Dark Knight diatribes? I DO like getting mail!
shut up Lyon!!
by the milf lover
Jul 24th, 2008
08:10:37 PM
Yes, you have the right to your opinion. You didnt like Dark Knight, fine. But post it in the fucking Dark Knight thread you stupid goddamn bastard! Unless you're scared of all the people who actually enjoyed the movie? Not enough balls to go tell them their Dark Knight wasnt good enough for you?
Niceguy, ARE YOU SMOKING CRACK RIGHT NOW.
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
08:11:46 PM
Because if you are, I fucking insist that you declare it before I waste any time reading your coke-head babble.

Heath Ledger was amazing??????

So I was led to believe by idiots like yourself. And then as I watched the movie, I kept waiting for Heath Ledger's amazingness to appear. And waited. And waitied.

It never came. Instead, I saw a professional actor reading his lines and hitting his marks.

Wow, that was AMAZING!

What's next? Fishermen casting their nets?

Truck drivers driving their trucks?

Cops eating donuts?It's called: DOING A JOB.

Do yourself a favour: Go to school, grow up and get a job. Then YOU can be AMAZING too.

merriman lyon
by lopan
Jul 24th, 2008
08:11:58 PM
IS NAMED AFTER A FUCKING CHARACTER FROM THE DARK IS RISING, FOR FUCK'S SAKE. Opinion instantly rendered null and void. Get cancer.
arby64 ...
by Alexandra.DuPont
Jul 24th, 2008
08:13:04 PM
They were in fact waving, not being abducted. (Saving an alien abduction for halfway through the bouncy/upbeat end credits would have been an even stranger choice.)

If memory serves, the shot goes like this:

The camera is flying over the water. (Imagine the helicopter shot that opens any movie set in a city along the water.)

We see the rowboat in the distance.

The camera swoops over the rowboat and looks down from overhead, so you see it's Mulder and Scully in swimwear.

The camera then starts pulling away, up into the sky. They wave at the camera as it pulls away and they're getting smaller.

The waving won't be as noticeable on home video, but it was jaw-dropping on the big screen. It was like Carter was telling you, "Bye! I'm going surfing!"

Go away, Alexandra
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 24th, 2008
08:15:41 PM
I saw Dark Knight, partly based on your idiotic review. Now I must go and take my anger out on some one. Good bye and I hope you all die.
Alexandra DuPont is a pseudonym for a guy
by Riley Martin
Jul 24th, 2008
08:16:44 PM
You do all realize that, don't you? Just wondering why guys on here seem to go ga-ga over 'her'...
Hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahah aha!!!
by G100
Jul 24th, 2008
08:18:01 PM
That's SUPERB!

This could be the most laughable ending to a Movie yet! Genius!

I can't think of anything more hilariously bad offhand, perhaps other talkbackers know of an even better one ?

Okay, that guy is CLEARLY fucking with us...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:18:56 PM
...cuz if he's not, and he's serious...than may god help that poor, crazy bastards parents when he heads downstairs for some Zoodles. Shit's gonna go OFF.
Merriman obviously didn't see The Dark Knight in IMAX....
by Riley Martin
Jul 24th, 2008
08:20:11 PM
If you haven't seen The Dark Knight in IMAX....you haven't seen The Dark Knight.
And Dupont...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:21:13 PM
...I don't doubt you for a second, and I don't want to offend you. But until I actually SEE IT, I will NOT let myself believe that that is the actual fucking ending of the film. Nobody and I mean fucking NOBODY could possibly that inept as to include such a ridiculous ending. Fucking...NOBODY. Please?
Carter must be waving goodbye to his film career
by G100
Jul 24th, 2008
08:28:16 PM
They could have had a little grey alien is scuba gear popping up from behind the boat and waving too before swimming frantically after Scully and Mulder.

That would have been Orsum!

mr_macphisto...
by Alexandra.DuPont
Jul 24th, 2008
08:28:32 PM
Just to be clear, the last shot before the end credits begin takes place in a hospital. You have to stick around while the end credits play, for a while, to see this sunny-rowboat shot.

Unless the studio reads this review and somehow decides to spend the extra money to go all "2001" Kubrick on this and have every negative trimmed of the rowboat sequence overnight, you're going to see it.

So it's like a little "extra thrill" for the fans?
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:30:04 PM
For some reason, that almost makes me hate it more.
Thanks for the heads up though, DuPont.
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:31:00 PM
Just so you know, though...you've RUINED MY WHOLE DAY. ;)
Oh, and if DuPont really is a dude...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:31:24 PM
...than that "wink" was purely platonic.
Will they show bloopers during the credits...
by mrfan
Jul 24th, 2008
08:33:15 PM
Just like Cannonball Run?
Not that this is the end-all, be-all but...
by Kirbymanly
Jul 24th, 2008
08:33:44 PM
Ebert loved it. Outside of him it seems this is turning out to be a love it or hate it film. I'll find out in a couple of hours!
Hey Merriman Lyon
by severianx1
Jul 24th, 2008
08:36:25 PM
Why are you "telling it like it is and calling it like it is" about the Batman movie in the X Files movie thread? Could it be because you're a fucking moron?
This does not bode well...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Jul 24th, 2008
08:36:56 PM
...damn. I'd like to not think the X-FILES franchise would bow out on a bum note. We shall see.
I agree with one of the above posters...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
08:39:51 PM
...I almost WANT to shell out money for this, just so we can get a proper third film.
Ebert, huh?
by BizarroJerry
Jul 24th, 2008
08:47:15 PM
I really like Roger Ebert. Though lately he's uneven and scares me... "The Dark Knight," he gave 4 stars. OK. "Indy 4," he gave 3 and a half. I dunno Roger...
Alexandra DuPont
by amadeus781
Jul 24th, 2008
08:57:13 PM
I don't particularly care about this film, I'm just glad to see Alexandra have two reviews in less than a week. Glad to be reading your work again. BTW, I miss dvdjournal.com!
Yo Merriman Lyon...
by asmith96
Jul 24th, 2008
08:58:44 PM
Just curious where your taste in movies sit...could you share a few flicks you thought WERE good in the last couple of years?
And Merriman...
by BizarroJerry
Jul 24th, 2008
09:00:32 PM
If I read a Batman comic book wouldn't I learn that the Joker had actual clown-makeup looking skin due to some accident? And was not in fact a dude wearing makeup?

But, honestly, lighten up, brother. It was just a two hour movie. You've never "wasted" time watching a movie you didn't like? Calm yourself. Really. R-E-L-A-X.

Chris Carter is a moron
by hank henshaw
Jul 24th, 2008
09:11:22 PM
As a die-hard X-phile, I wish he is never allowed to work in movies or television again. This man completely lost his mind after getting all those emmy nods for the black and white episode (Post-Modern Prometheus).
Trust No One
by Lauryn2000
Jul 24th, 2008
09:17:46 PM
HAHAHA....as an X-Philer that endured nine long seasons of a show that was good 5 1/2 out of 9. If this is true...X-philers just go to movies thinking your watching season 8 and season 9...you won't have high expectations and you might leave moderately surprised. I'm a noromo (no romance) and will probably just puke with all that kissy face Scully and Mulder will be doing.They might as well just let us see them romping around in the bed,at least one group of X-philers would leave the theater happy. Skinner only in for 10 minutes,hell I think that adds up to his face time in Fight The Future....subtract a minute or two. I'm seeing going to go see it in the morning...might as well get the pain over with.And try to see Batman in Imax on Saturday....
amadeus781 ....
by Alexandra.DuPont
Jul 24th, 2008
09:23:24 PM
... I miss The DVD Journal, too. Beaks, Mark Bourne, Dawn Taylor, Greg Dorr, D.K. Holm, Kim Morgan, Damon Houx and the rest -- good Christ, that was one hell of a writing staff.

I know Bourne is gathering some of the DVDJ talent back together at Film.com, if you're curious....

PMP was a decent episode
by hank henshaw
Jul 24th, 2008
09:25:58 PM
I don't like it much tho. It was Carter's first attempt at doing a quirky episode and hopefully win some emmys, and emulate what Darin Morgan did. Problem is Carter was not as talented as Darin Morgan, and his comedic episodes I find painful to watch (anyone remembers that one with Burt Reynolds? or the one with Kathy Griffin? Ouch) C. Carter should've focused on doing scary episodes and the conspiracy arc episodes, he was better at that... but then also dropped the ball on those.
Jodie Foster
by Lauryn2000
Jul 24th, 2008
09:28:28 PM
The episode with the tatoo(voice Jodie Foster)now that was a classic episode.I think it was done by Stephen King or was the one with the doll????
Never Again
by hank henshaw
Jul 24th, 2008
09:33:12 PM
Is the episode with the hallucinogenic tattoo, not written by King. Stephen King wrote the one with the killing doll, but had severe re-writes by C. Carter.
Stephen King's episode was ...
by Shan
Jul 24th, 2008
09:35:46 PM
... the doll. Which didn't really stand out as being distinctly Stephen King (IMO) - as opposed to William Gibson's "Kill Switch", now if you had to guess, you should easily pick which one was most likely written by Gibson.
An Interesting Revelation
by Philselway
Jul 24th, 2008
09:39:01 PM
ADP-- I think what we may have here is a knee-jerk reaction followed by mass knee-jerks reactions. In your original review, you say this: "The camera pauses over them, looking down -- and they look up and wave." That's A LOT different than this: "The camera then starts pulling away, up into the sky. They wave at the camera as it pulls away and they're getting smaller. The waving won't be as noticeable on home video, but it was jaw-dropping on the big screen." The way it was originally written, you had me, and I assume many others, thinking the final shot,during the credits, was a 2-shot of Mulder and Scully smiling and waving right at the camera. As it's described more specifically in these Talkbacks, it sounds more like we have a wide, rising shot that while moving away, the now small sized DD and GA(that won't be seen on anything other than the Big Screen) start to wave. That sounds innocent enough to me, and it has nothing to do with the X-Files franchise or fanbase.
Remember that weird story about the Russian campers?
by rev_skarekroe
Jul 24th, 2008
09:49:28 PM
The one where they got killed in their tents or went insane and no one could explain it? And all these skeptics were like "Bah, it's clearly viral marketing for the X-Files movie."

Those guys were wrong, right?

X
by Lauryn2000
Jul 24th, 2008
10:10:07 PM
Is "X" making a cameo...dammit???? They wave at the camera's..no biggie,there have been several episodes that were tongue in cheek. *wink-wink*
Nope Philselway. That's what I thought and it's TOECURLING
by G100
Jul 24th, 2008
10:14:12 PM
Her description didn't mention any close up. So why assume one ? I certainly didn't.

She spoke of a cliched helicam flyover in which they can both be seen WAVING TO THE CAMERA.

Keep trying though. If you BELIEVE hard enough you may yet find some ludicrous semantic way to justify this hilarious piece of low rent cheeseball idiocy, but I doubt it myself.

I thought Doggett was alright
by hank henshaw
Jul 24th, 2008
10:16:21 PM
Unfortunately, Robert Patrick was on the thankless job of filling in for Mulder, and a big part of the fanbase was having none of that. I liked how Robert Patrick seemed to did all he could to make it work, as opposed to Duchovny who looked bored during the 7th season.
Don Davis tribute - Beyond the Sea
by Fred
Jul 24th, 2008
10:18:04 PM
This ain't fucking rocket science people.
Philselway...
by Alexandra.DuPont
Jul 24th, 2008
10:22:16 PM
I hear you, but however they chose to emphasize the waving doesn't change that the waving happened, or that the whole sunny-rowboat mid-credits stinger looks like the opening of a Cialis commercial. I have expected there to be another shot post-credits where Mulder and Scully were watching the sunset in matching bathtubs.
Correction...
by Alexandra.DuPont
Jul 24th, 2008
10:23:29 PM
... HALF expected.
Someone's gonna have to think up a catchphrase...
by Biggie Kaiju
Jul 24th, 2008
10:47:54 PM
...involving the "wave" moment. The movie sounds like ass. So does Merriman; that mental institution post was hilarious, but you're way off base about "Dark Knight." It's hard not to feel like a Kool-Aid drinker with EVERYONE on the bandwagon, but the movie was pretty fucking excellent and deserves its success and accolades. Back to the subject, werewolves would have been a better phenomenon for a movie than psychic pedophiles and organ harvesters.
X Files 2: I Want To Phone It In
by Dr Gregory House
Jul 24th, 2008
10:51:44 PM
Wow. I must say, I am very disappointed. People have differing opinions about when the show jumped the shark, but I did enjoy some of the stand alone episodes in seasons 8 and 9. Never cared much of Doggett and Reyes but its not their fault. Movie sounds like a big let down, which is a shame, cuz a 2012 X-Files movie with a great script and with acting and direction thats not phoned in, could be some good stuff.
Merryman Lyon
by PantherMatt
Jul 24th, 2008
10:54:44 PM
Buddy, cut it out with the cutesy-poo, dime-store David Mamet. You child. You company man. Who told you could review with Men? You didn't like Dark Knight? Ok. no worries. But, you find me one acting performance in the history of scripted film that isn't "someone taking direction and saying lines" or whatever drunken prepubescent idiocy you spewed. Find me ONE performance, ONE, that doesn't meet that criertia. It's what an actor/ actress does with sad direction and lines that make the performance great (or bad). At least TRY to know what you're talking about next time. As for X-Files2: Bummer. I trust DuPont's reviews and I was a big X-Phile, too. I'll still go see it, though, as I'm a complete-ist.
damn, I want an "Edit" feature
by PantherMatt
Jul 24th, 2008
10:56:37 PM
I meant "Said direction", not "Sad direction"...
The end credits shot
by Dr Gregory House
Jul 24th, 2008
10:59:20 PM
Are you sure its Mulder and Scully on a boat in swimwear waving, or is it a big, fat cock? Maybe Tyler Durden was working the projector.
So...
by REDD
Jul 24th, 2008
11:17:22 PM
"I Want To Believe" is the tagline? Yes? Yes?
Hello I just wanted to back up the reviewer's story.
by Gilkuliehe
Jul 25th, 2008
12:58:51 AM
The mid-credits scene she describes was in the screening I saw. And yes, all X-files fans in the room clapped and cheered. I guess that's how you say WHAT IN THE FUCKING FUCK in xfilese. I just said it in regular language and looked at my friend in awe. That's seriously a Darth Vader Noooo moment in my opinion.
(Just got back.) Who was this film made for?
by Shermdawg
Jul 25th, 2008
01:28:33 AM
It certainly wasn't the fans, and at this point, that's the only people you could hope to bring in.
Saw it yesterday
by otto maddox
Jul 25th, 2008
01:37:00 AM
Plays like a minor episode but not as bad as some are making out - expectations too high methinks
Stamp collection line
by Curtis Spicoli
Jul 25th, 2008
02:05:31 AM
That was a good one.
Merriman Lyon...
by Finding Forrestal
Jul 25th, 2008
02:09:59 AM
...is a cinematic moron of the highest order. You have no taste, sir. No taste at all.
oh well it seems the rumour are true..
by earlfist
Jul 25th, 2008
02:22:15 AM
here in the uk we don't get this flick until next week. I've seen every bloody episode so i will have to see this but maybe i will wait until it comes to dvd. Shame but i knew chris carter would fuck this up.vince gilligan could of farted a better script i bet. Of course those who wrote the bad reviews could all be morons.
This movie really was lousy.
by Curtis Spicoli
Jul 25th, 2008
02:22:47 AM
And disappointing. Hardcore fans are really gonna feel let down. Go see Dark Knight again instead.
So I just got back from a midnight show...
by maxwell's hammer
Jul 25th, 2008
02:30:52 AM
...and I don't know if its because I read so many bad reviews before seeing it, but I really liked it. I was a fan of the show, back in the day, and admit that it went pretty much off the rails after the first movie, and even if it was horrible, there was not way I WOULDN'T go see this.

But imagine my surprise when I found myself enjoying it quite a bit. Sure, it had some of the same hiccups that formed the weaker moments from the series: the ambiguous, talking-in-circles dialogue; the bland FBI agents; the weird pseudo-relationship between Mulder and Scully...

But everything else was pretty good. For starters, this wasn't a movie about a monster of the week. This was totally character driven. Fox wanting to believe, Dana not quite being able to bring herself to believe (the fact that she spent 9-years seeing this stuff and still can't buy into it is another of those little hiccups I'm willing to overlook).

And as a character study, Carter was spot on with the script. I don't think the hospital plot was padding at all: it was necessary to show that Scully has her own obsessions. She reprimands Mulder for substituting the missing FBI agent for his sister. He replies basically by saying "I know I'm a head-case, but its who I am, and it's all I know how to do. I know my sister is gone, but that doesn't mean I have to searching for her, or it, or whatever."

Scully's ordeal with the kid in the hospital is her fixation. Going out on a limb, not because its the right thing to do, but because saving this boy is what she does, regardless of whether her actions will make any difference.

Anyway, I'm sure my opinion will be yelled down by all the more 'enlightened' (i.e. shrill and hateful) talkbackers, but I think this was a good movie, and I feel kind of sad that ripping on the new X-Files movie is going to become the trendy new thing to earn your talkback street cred.
and p.s...
by maxwell's hammer
Jul 25th, 2008
02:32:57 AM
I'm kind of glad I didn't stay in the theater long enough to catch the stinger, although knowing what I do of Duchovny and Anderson, I'm sure that last shot was intentionally tongue-in-cheek, and most XF fans will be able to take it as such.
If I had listened to this asswipe........
by supermanslostwife
Jul 25th, 2008
02:46:20 AM
I would have missed a great movie. I just got back from seeing it and I was more than happy. Every review I read today before I went pretty much bitched that it was basically a "long tv episode". Well, I am happy C.C. didn't give in to temptation to make everything bigger or cgi the shit out of it. So I guess the point is this....they always mess up when they take a tv show and try to change the formula of what works just to put it on the big screen. TRUE fans will get it, dipshit posers will not! Chris Carter did the right thing with this movie. I applaud him for staying true to his vision. And on a more personal note for the asshat who wrote this shiteous review, Fuck You All!!!!
I liked the new X-Files movie.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Jul 25th, 2008
02:47:22 AM
I'd say it's PLOT driven more than character driven. And it's one of those weird PLOTS that could only be in the X-Files.

Weird and uncomfortable, that's what I've always liked about the X-Files. This won't be a hit, but it's a good creepy movie, not scary, just creepy.

"9-years seeing this stuff & still can't buy into it"
by Shermdawg
Jul 25th, 2008
02:49:34 AM
That was more than just a "little hiccup" max.
sherm...
by maxwell's hammer
Jul 25th, 2008
02:51:09 AM
...yeah, it really is.
Sounds like you want this film to fail!!
by echobase
Jul 25th, 2008
02:52:45 AM
you seem to be a little bit too knowing in your review... (Chris Carter wrote it quickly before the strike? really? Who told you that? Surely he must have had it in his mind for quite a few years, since he did nothing for a while) I wonder if you are somebody who is actuall ypretty close to the production and you want this film to fail...
LET ME GUESS...THEY HOOK UP.
by Redfive!
Jul 25th, 2008
03:51:14 AM
No I have NOT seen or heard anything about this but im guessing they hook up at the end.
max, no it really isn't.
by Shermdawg
Jul 25th, 2008
03:55:49 AM
Having her act like that, is a slap in the face to everyone that watched the show. With as much as she's seen, with as much as she's personally experienced, and the film basically ignoring it all and treating it simply as time spent with the FBI, is ridiculous. There's a thing called character development. This was character retardation.

It's like if you see a candle, you see the heat from the flame melting the wax, you feel the heat it gives off, you hold a piece of paper over it and watch it blacken, you even go so far as to stick your damn finger in and you suffer a burn, after all of that, does it make sense to question fire afterwards?

No.

Scully struggling with her faith and beliefs were focused on enough in the series, and waiting this long for the gang to get back together only to retread material that didn't need to be, and making that the focus of the film, doesn't make much sense.

Both her and Mulder should be past skepticism at this point, as well as small time cases like this.
Merriman Lyon: frustrated screenwriter...
by igotsnotupmy nose
Jul 25th, 2008
03:58:45 AM
... with an equally frustrated screenwriter/boyfriend waiting at home for him in San Francisco... Pops up on many forums with stoopid names, like Smitty... Please disregard anything he says- he knows he can't produce one line, let alone a complete script like DK...
I want to believe!
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 25th, 2008
04:41:22 AM
That Gillian Anderson is waiting for me to come back to bed. Yum.
CHRIS CARTER RAPES MY ADOLESCENCE!
by spud mcspud
Jul 25th, 2008
05:06:58 AM
Has he been hanging out with George Lucas? By the sounds of it, this will suck big Sasquatch balls. But then, just like every fucking rerelease of the Holy Trilogy (there are no Prequels. Fucking HERETICS!) I will end up watching it, if only for Billy Connolly. My metaphorical ass can't take much more of this pounding. Hollywood is full of c~*ts. Seriously.
Excellent 2 hour episode
by joee60
Jul 25th, 2008
05:14:27 AM
Nothing new or original. No 'Casino Royale' jump-start or 'Batman Begins' make over. But a very good movie. Next time they might want to get a bit more creative and inventive, but this was a fine show.
The X-Files: Fun With Stem Cell Research, Tards And Pedos
by lord_zedd
Jul 25th, 2008
05:53:16 AM
I think a good description of this movie would be: semi-disappointing. Why? Mostly because it was choc full of uncharacteristic light-hearted moments that we never ever would've seen on the show, even in season 7. (The Bush joke, the snuggle scene, the penis joke in the snuggle scene, the chi-mo humor, etc.) And I think we all could have lived without the highly topical storyline that dealt with stem cell research; it seemed like Chris just wanted to make a statement about it, and it came across really heavy-handed. They tried to dumb down the science talk for this one and it really shows. What I really was curious about was the way they would handle Mulder and Scully's life post-exile, and I was a little let down by that too. Would they really allow Scully to live and work in the US after what they had been through? Would Mulder really deem it safe to remain on the continent, especially when being wanted by the FBI? Would the FBI and its conspiracies full of super soldier replacements really allow him to do so? Wouldn't they be keeping any residence of Dana Scully under constant surveillance? Wouldn't said super soldiers try to bust in? The only time I was really into the movie was when Skinner was present. He brought a breath of fresh, familiar air to a movie featuring beloved icons who acted extremely unfamiliar. Speaking of that, I too think that Scully was the one who perhaps acted the most out of character in the movie. Mulder had his moments, but really, in the end, it was mostly her that wasn't fitting the standard that had been set by 9 years of character development. Before I went to see this tonight, I re-watched "The Truth" with a friend. At the end of that episode she mentions that one of the things that "drew" her to Mulder was that he never gave up. In this movie, she leaves him for that exact reason, but then gets back with him and tells him that same fact again at the end. We already knew that, Scully. Why are you having second thoughts? Couldn't you have done that off screen somewhere? You could really tell that Gillian found it hard to step back into the role, especially in the scenes where they first meet the Priest at his apartment. Her mannerisms were so un-Scully that it was uncomfortable. In her defense, she honestly didn't have that much to work with (thanks Chris!). The suspense of the suspenseful scenes were also not up to par with any of the scary episodes of the series. There were more frightening moments in season 9 then there were here. Yes, it was gross. Sure, a little disturbing. But nothing like the Flukeman, the Mothman, or even the evil African man from "Teliko". The whole time I watched this I couldn't help but think back ten years ago to a very remote time when I sat in a theater and sat in awe of the larger than life silver screen candy that was Fight the Future. I couldn't help but compare the two in my head the entire duration. Fight the Future was a very grand representation of the series, complete with glossy finish and thrills. I Want To Believe is the exact opposite of that. Its cinematography is weaker than any season's, excluding the first two. I wonder if we'll get a third movie. I can tell from the hokey scene after the credits detailing their cliched tropical escape that they were hoping to bring some sense of closure to the storyline. I just hope that if they do make another one, it stays closer in tone with the series, and stop taking those "Moonlighting with UFOs" comments people make about the franchise to heart. P.S. Was it just me, or did it seem like they tried to put emphasis on the FBI aide played by the actress who was Lucy Butler in Millennium? I kept expecting her character to reappear in some larger plot-related capacity, but alas.
"Nuked the fridge" now has competition...
by TopHat
Jul 25th, 2008
07:16:36 AM
..."Waved at the camera" ...also, what exactly is a "yoga-butt"?
It certainly looks like they full-on make out in the flick
by ciroslive
Jul 25th, 2008
07:43:08 AM
Which is why I'm going to PASS on this one and go watch season four...
Does he slip her the bone or what?
by Abominable Snowcone
Jul 25th, 2008
07:44:05 AM
Does Duchovney finally ram the bone home on his partner, and this series?
Thanks for saving me some money, alexandra
by whofan71
Jul 25th, 2008
07:57:51 AM
I think I'll just go see Dark Knight again. Hey merriman lyon, wanna go?
Well thank effin' god...
by Kid Z
Jul 25th, 2008
08:23:45 AM
...that hack Carter finally managed to put the last nail in the coffin of this franchise. About time!
!!!ZONKER!!!!
by Rick Flemming
Jul 25th, 2008
08:35:55 AM
I reviewed this movie FIRST, (beat ya, you old bastards!) and I pronounced it to be liquid jalapeno shits... flemmingonfilms.blogspot.com
ugh...
by the_dark_rick
Jul 25th, 2008
08:50:11 AM
How very disappointing. I am by no means a X-Files die hard, but I did enjoy many of the series episodes, both stand-alone and mythologogy-based. The first movie wasn't bad, and I was hoping this would be a kind of bridge between movies about the alien plans and eventual invasion, good enough to stand on its own for existing fans and introduce people to these once iconic characters. I guess we'll never get that movie dealing with the future events of 2012 now, though, as this will likely bomb huge. Rest in peace, Spooky and Scully...
There's some Bush Bashing in there, too
by rainbowtrout1265
Jul 25th, 2008
09:10:41 AM
For anyone who will see anything that bashes Bush, they show his pic and play the "spooky" X-Files music...
Thanks, Alexandra DuPont
by Right Bastard
Jul 25th, 2008
09:17:14 AM
For your wonderful and candid reviews. I still send people to your "prequel" review, this many years later. Also, thank you for saving me $30 that I will now spend on that new Hunter S. Thompson documentary instead of on the "X-Files".
X-FILES: IWTB isn't bad, it's just a solid 2-hour TV episode
by SpyGuy
Jul 25th, 2008
09:46:02 AM
I caught a 9 p.m. advance screening last night and to be perfectly honest, it's a pretty decent X-FILES movie. What critics are having a hard time with is that Carter made a 2-hour TV reunion movie instead of a big budget popcorn film. Yeah, it would have been cool to finally see the actual invasion (maybe we'll get that film on December 22, 2012) but IWTB is for old-school X-Philes that enjoyed the simpler spooky mystery stories.

Because this was shot in Vancouver, it looks like a Seasons 4-6 episode and feels like a Seasons 4-6 episode. Oh, and all that hoopla about Mulder and Scully waving? It's a fucking Easter Egg for fans, not part of the story so stop getting your panties in a bunch already.

Opinion from a big fan to others (Or: See the movie, you'll like
by MechaTruffautMk2
Jul 25th, 2008
09:46:42 AM
I've been a big fan of this show for a long time, which most of these reviewers cannot claim to, so maybe someone with a similar interest in the franchise will be helped out by my comments. If you love The X-Files, you'll dig this movie, a little at the very least. For non-fans I think it'll work well as a semi-atmospheric thriler that brings back the tension and creepiness of the original series to a pretty decent degree, and because it features a supernaturally-tinged story free from gun battles, CGI effects or explosions, which inspires honest curiosity as to where the plot is going and how certain issues will be explained. All three of which are fairly rare elements, maybe even non-existant, when it comes to contemporary summer "blockbusters." So I don't really think non-fans or casual fans are really going to be out of the loop here. For the fans, you're going to see Mulder and Scully come to some terms with their relationship, with their FBI past (seeing the two of them return to FBI HQ after so long is going to have a spark for fans that most of the audience won't care about, probably), Skinner, yes, showing up near the end (DuPont didn't like it, but this fan's reaction was a genuine smile...it wasn't exactly cheesy either - Scully needed FBI help to get Mulder out of a possibly sticky situation and had to call in a big favor...see it for yourself and judge), and Mulder getting back into his full-on investigative mode in a way that brought back a lot of memories. This is a guy that would believe anyone from dopeheaded kids looking for Area 51 to three social outcasts sending out a conspiracy theory fanzine. Of course he's going to believe Father Joe, and you see how that scrap of paranormal possibility propels him right back into the frenzy to summon the Mulder we all know and love. Scully unfortunately has a pretty out of character moment in her first scene with the priest, as lord_zedd pointed out, but I guess we'll have to go with the been-away-too-long explanation. Cheap, I know, but it wasn't that big of a deal for me. It's over fast I also think the lack of FBI pressure on Mulder and Scully, and the "forgiveness" deal was shoddy, yeah, but it just shows how bullshit everything they had on them was, and how easily they could have swept it under the table whenever they wanted. Mulder still hanging out in this contry shows, I feel, that he didn't think they would ever truly try something on him...and besides, he was always a martyr. You know he'd secretly love to be frogmarched into FBI custody, it'd fuel his beloved paranoia for the rest of his life. Look, see the movie...if you hate it, that's cool, but from one fan to another(...s), there's really quite a lot here to enjoy, to get excited about, and to bring back some of that old feeling. I think non-fans should test it out too and will enjoy it for the reasons noted at the beginning of this post, but, yeah, I'm biased. lord_zedd is obviously a fan too and was disappointed, so maybe I'm just glad to see these characters again and I'm blinded by that, who knows. At least you have two different fan opinions. As for the closing wave sequence...I think way too much has been made of this. It's a little laugh and wink for fans and people who love those characters. I don't think it's indicative of any concrete ending for those characters...as any fan would know, the series had little in-jokes ALL the time. It's an easter egg: mid-credits, mind you. It's not the true final shot of the film. It obviously contrasts sharply with the entire movie that came before, and DuPont took it a bit too seriously.
Merryman Lyon
by clockpolitiks
Jul 25th, 2008
10:42:37 AM
I was seriously going to take in your opinion and make some compelling comments towards you, but then you say that you actually watched superhero movie seemingly on your own free will. Your opinion, to me, became invalid after that statement.
the trailer put me to sleep
by BMacSmith
Jul 25th, 2008
10:49:13 AM
snoore
it was so shit, please don't bother
by couP
Jul 25th, 2008
10:50:36 AM
saw it on thursday, complete rubbish. worse than any single ep of the x-files ever shown. gay russians, i mean, seriously?
My ex has asked me ...
by DennisMM
Jul 25th, 2008
11:05:04 AM
to see the movie with her. We're friendly even after killing a 10-year relationship, and we met on an "X-Files" discussion mailing list. I'm not at all sure now that I want to go ahead with this.
echobase ...
by Alexandra.DuPont
Jul 25th, 2008
11:29:23 AM
... I learned all that top-secret sneaky inside information by reading the L.A. Times ( http://tinyurl.com/6atlrd ) and the New York Times ( http://tinyurl.com/54paoe ).
Don't worry, clockpolitiks...
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 25th, 2008
11:38:35 AM
I haven't seen Superhero Movie - but I've seen the trailer, which I'm sure you'll agree is enough to understand what it's about.

Have calmed down somewhat since seeing that atrocious turkey, The Dark Knight. I still can't understand the positive reviews. Are there two different edits out there? I must have seen the crap one.

Kingdom Of The Crystal Skullfuck...
by Merriman Lyon
Jul 25th, 2008
11:43:31 AM
You're right, I was a bit over-the-top. I was so enraged at having been duped by this site into spending two-and-a-half hours of my life sitting through that garbage that I leaped into the first talkback I could find to express my rage. Will now transfer my comments to a more appropriate Dark Knight talkback.
Loved it !
by pumaman
Jul 25th, 2008
11:52:59 AM
I can't believe the panning this is getting, I managed to see it last night and it was pretty intense , in a good way , oh and Mulder and Scully look like they haven't aged a day . Gillian Anderson looks amazing...
Well....
by Lauryn2000
Jul 25th, 2008
12:15:35 PM
I saw the 10:00 am....if your an X-Philer this movie is definately for "shippers".It wants to be a thriller..a Silence Of the Lamb but the only silence I heard was the man next to me,snoring.It has it's moments and than you have loooon moments,that really should have cut out.Like (SPOILER ALERT) Mulder and Scully in bed...talking..she can't sleep and then he can't sleep.Crap they were putting me to sleep...I dunno what to say...it was nice to see them on the big screen and if this is the last time...the ending...on a row boat in the middle of paradise waving to us...is a fitting end. And you have to believe after two films in the snow and ice,Chris Carter deserved to send to some place with blue water and a blue sky. Do I recommend it...only if you want to see Mulder and Scully back on the screen again. If that's not your fancy...skip it and wait for it to come on cable. Since I know you won't even bother spending money on the DVD.
Is not gona disappoint me more than DK
by mvckalel
Jul 25th, 2008
12:16:35 PM
Enough said, not gona disappoint me more than DK, so whatever, will see it on Monday...

by drewx71
Jul 25th, 2008
12:33:02 PM
First of all you said "weaksauce"... The end shot was just a silly nod & thank you to the fans and nothing more.
They should rename it to CSI Vancouver
by Elorna
Jul 25th, 2008
12:38:34 PM
Looks like they took part of script from an usused X-Files episode and one from Millennium and meshed it together. This film would would have been more of a success as a November Sweeps TV special on FOX.
Misleading
by mvckalel
Jul 25th, 2008
12:45:05 PM
Oh, and Alexandra's "ending" thing is misleading; she says is the final shot, but makes it look like the movie's ending...good job at misleading!! Well, to be fair, DK was a 4/5...
This update has the best layout ever
by ArcadianDS
Jul 25th, 2008
12:48:44 PM
nice font choice, nice font size. Makes the rest of the website look like it was drawn with nubby crayons on construction paper.
as for God using a pedophile for good
by ArcadianDS
Jul 25th, 2008
12:50:58 PM
isn't this plot device lifted wholesale out of The Green Mile?
shermdawg...
by maxwell's hammer
Jul 25th, 2008
12:57:07 PM
...I know everyone in the talkbacks are just accustomed to everyone being a dick at all times and so we're conditioned to read every comment as though it were being delivered sarcastically, but in my comment, "yeah, it kind of was", I was agreeing with you.

As in, "Yeah, it kind of is more than just a hiccup."
You Don't Get the End
by Fuent1138
Jul 25th, 2008
01:58:29 PM
The end credits is not just a wave to the fans it is much more. When you see the helicopter shadow it is an FBI helicopter. It is the darkness finding Mulder and Scully. At the end they said they would try and get away but the credits show the FBI has found them and they need their help. It is a sign of another movie....
max
by Shermdawg
Jul 25th, 2008
02:03:36 PM
oooooooooooooooh. My bad.

This place needs fucking emoticons.
ArcadianDS
by HoboCode
Jul 25th, 2008
02:23:26 PM
John Coffey wasn't a pedophile.
I love the fact that Gillian Anderson
by skimn
Jul 25th, 2008
02:29:41 PM
doesn't remember a smidgeon of detail about the series that made her a star. In print and on TV, she has to be reminded of her baby's name, or that he was given up, or that Krychek was killed during the series. I know as an actor she doesn't have to recall such details, but it was Duchovney that reminded her about Krychek.
Laughwhile
by skimn
Jul 25th, 2008
03:06:22 PM
BTW love your ID, but what I've read (even the good reviews), makes this sound like its sloooow going. Fans don't need explosions and gobs of special effects, but a compelling story will do, and this does not sound like it. Sounds like a better time would be spent catching some old episodes.
A Movie for Shippers not Fans
by G100
Jul 25th, 2008
03:17:16 PM
There's a difference. The Chemistry might be at the heart of the show but it's not enough to hang a fullblown Movie onto especially when their "relationship" seems so poorly drawn and awkward as it is in this.

I'm a Fan but would it be too much to ask to get a Movie that had more to do with the shows main arc and where they left it with the first Movie ?

Whatever, there will be another one of these flims along because if Duchovny and Anderson were willing to sign up to this script then they won't turn another payday down and those die-hards & shippers who just can't believe it's as simple as a sub-standard episode put on the big screen will ensure it makes enough through worldwide and DVD to recoup it's fairly small costs.

I'll pass and wait for the next one thanks it's bound to be better than this.

FOX Strikes Again.
by The Founder
Jul 25th, 2008
03:39:27 PM
Not surprised by this. FOX just churns out turkey after turkey.
This really did suck (SPOILERS)
by Curtis Spicoli
Jul 25th, 2008
04:14:10 PM
Issues I had with XFIWTB 1. How did Scully get to be a brain surgeon? She was pretty much a pathologist on the show. Answer: Judging by the movie, she just looks things up on the Internet. She's out running around with Mulder at 3 in the morning with the Psychic Priest, then performs complicated, experimental brain surgery on a little kid a few hours later, presumably with no sleep. There's a malpractice suit waiting to happen. 2. What a waste of Skinner. He essentially shows up in the last 20 minutes to give Scully a ride. 3. As a Midwesterner, this really stuck in my craw: What the hell happened to all the snow at the end? For almost the entire movie, it looked like they were running around in Alaska. Then in the scene in the driveway at the end, all of the snow is gone except for a couple of little piles. Anyone who lives in western NY, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc. can tell you that it takes a while for that much snow to melt. 4. Leoban the Gay Russian Kidnapping Organ Courier. Every time he came on screen, part of me wished I was home watching Battlestar Galactica. 5. All that stuff about the priest and sex abuse. Any movie that wants to make a serious statement about such a serious subject should not feature a two-headed dog. I could go on and on. I take no joy in wrting this. I'm truly disappointed. This movie is gonna bomb, and it will probably be the last time we see Scully and Mulder. That's a bummer.
I liked it
by DarthChimay
Jul 25th, 2008
04:25:19 PM
I totally enjoyed this flick. Yeah, it was like watching a long episode of the show, but I'm alright with that. And yeah, it is definitely flawed. I'm surprised no one's brought up that godawful hammy Dubya part at the beginning. I sank down in my seat after that one. But I thought the plot was interesting, and found it a bit unsettling. And Duchovny and Anderson seemed like they hadn't missed a beat. Was it great? Nope. Was it at least as good as the best episodes of the series? Nope. But it was enjoyable. I'm not really sure what the problem with the camera-waving at the end is. I mean, yeah, it's stupid, but I just didn't care. It neither offended me or pleased me. The rest of the movie made me happy enough. Sorry you didn't like it though.
A Flaccid piece of hack movie making...
by SeymourClearly
Jul 25th, 2008
04:29:55 PM
Just saw the movie this morning and I think that DuPont's review is much too kind. This movie is a total letdown from beginning to end. Damn you Chris Carter!
Jack Colby
by TroutMaskReplicant
Jul 25th, 2008
04:38:14 PM
I was just thinking about the end credits of Predator today (I was reading about Sonny Landham). I think they actually work. But it was the 80s after all, it's harder to get away with that shit now.
Also I'm A Little Disgusted
by TroutMaskReplicant
Jul 25th, 2008
04:42:52 PM
People could watch it after series 5. It's comparable to being in a relationship for five years and having it suggested to you that taking a shit on your face would spice things up a bit.
They wave at a helicopter, for christ sake!
by Roderich
Jul 25th, 2008
05:48:11 PM
as fuent1138 pointed out. It is clearly visible in the closing credits as a shadow over the water.

Alexandra's other points are valid though (as always) but the movie is not so bad as f.e. the performances are quite good thoughout.

But if you seek for more bad points: the last act, especially when and why Mulder finds the evil antagonists is a mess. It seems he finds them by pure luck. Also the scientific "shocking truth" is ridiculous as it is presented here. What is shown is just not possible with the equipment used. Utterly impossible.

That said i still enjoyed it (expectations low though).

NOT THAT BAD .... ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD
by meximedia
Jul 25th, 2008
06:11:30 PM
I think all the negativity is a bit harsh. How about we enjoy good filmmaking and not bash every flaw or plot hole we can find in these movies. You all make it sound like Uwe Boll directed this. Look at the facts. This was made on an independent film budget. Yeah, it's not groundbreaking cinema but at the same time it wasn't directed by Uwe Boll either. No, there's no alien conspiracy or monsters, just a solid supernatural thriller. What this movie is about though, is an insight into the progression of the relationship between Mulder and Scully. I am not a hardcore fan of the show, just a casual viewer who also enjoyed the first movie. And above all, it's a movie about faith. Faith in god, faith in what to believe, and more importantly, faith in one another. Like I said, it's not a bad movie.
budget
by meximedia
Jul 25th, 2008
06:40:30 PM
The first movie, made in 1998, had a budget of 66 million. This one, made a decade later .... 30 million. Shows how much faith the movie studios have invested. That said, i would call the resulting movie somewhat of a miracle.
seriously stop bashing the movie
by hey...jonboy
Jul 25th, 2008
07:46:16 PM
any movie that ends with the main characters waving to a helicopter is sheer genius. if the marketing idiots at fox knew anything, they would have incorporated that scene in the previews. maybe had some sort of viral marketing campaign based around the wave?
PoeticWarrior
by wontyouletmeknow.
Jul 25th, 2008
08:03:25 PM
Please, PLEASE, don't tell me that you are not going to see 'The Dark Knight' because of that Lyon dude. To each his own, of course, especially on a site like this, where it is unbelievably easy to sound like you know what you are talking about, but listen...don't do it. Go see it. I really do assure you, he is wrong. It's brilliant. Leave Heath out of it. The movie, as a whole, deserves your attention, not just Heath's performance.
Part of Ebert's brain died, people.
by Chief Joseph
Jul 25th, 2008
09:36:08 PM
The man had a stroke. Several, IIRC. And you want me to trust his opinion? I'll wait for more reviews.
chief joseph...
by maxwell's hammer
Jul 25th, 2008
10:23:08 PM
...if you wait for and listen to the reviews, I think you're going to miss a gem of a movie. If you are a real fan of the X-Files, a real fan of the characters and their dynamics, and a fan of a moderately creepy mystery plot, then go see the movie. You won't be disappointed.

If you're a typical talkbacker and derive sexual pleasure from shitting on things to prove how cool you are, then stay away from the theater at all costs!!
how much
by hey...jonboy
Jul 25th, 2008
10:47:51 PM
did fox spend on sending plants to this talkback? i havent spoken to anyone who thought this movie was anything other than absolute shit. mamma mia will outgross it. fox will stay make a profit though thanks to the pitiful budget
jonboy...
by maxwell's hammer
Jul 25th, 2008
11:08:13 PM
I think the people who didn't like the movie are the people who went into it expecting something else. (or the people who didn't actually see it but heard it was bad, so they decided they'd join in on the bashing). You can certainly complain about it not delivering on mythology or cameos from old characters or special effects. But you can't honestly call it a bad movie. I'm finding all the negativity a little confusing.

Its a solid character driven film about Mulder and Scully and what they each represent as characters, and how they relate to one another. The mystery plot is just a frame to hang the character studies on. It's moody and creepy and feels like a plausible extension of where these characters have gone since the end of the show.

Is it perfect? God no. The weird Bush bashing (i'm not a fan of his, but that moment very awkwardly stood out); the hasty forgiveness the FBI apparently offer Mulder (although it was kind of necessary for the movie to happen); a little bit of that cryptically circular dialogue where characters try to sound profound but don't actually say anything...

But those were the kinds of thing you could find in any XF episode. If I could overlook them back in the day, I can certainly overlook them now, and enjoy what was, on the whole, a solid X-Files story.
Fuck, I loved it
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Jul 26th, 2008
12:51:55 AM
I am not going to go into a huge rant here, but my girlfriend and I are huge X-Files nerds, own all of the seasons, and we loved the movie. The other huge X-Files nerds around us loved the movie and were very vocal about it. The only real complaint I have is that a top-level doctor, looking for a cutting edge treatment for an up-till-now incurable disease, would not fucking GOOGLE "Stem Cell Therapy." No fucking way. And Skinner's cameo was great. He and Mulder even cuddled a bit.
Re: Well they only had $30 million...
by Mace Tofu
Jul 26th, 2008
03:21:50 AM
about what it cost to do 13 episodes of TV X-Files. So for that money all we get a 2 headed dog. Great. Thank god for REDBOX $1 DVD rentals.
DuPont totally misread the rowboat scene during the credits
by slone13
Jul 26th, 2008
05:46:20 PM
As Fuent1138 and Roderich have noted, the FBI helicopter's shadow is clearly visible. As much as Mulder and Scully may try to run from the darkness, it seeks them out.
Oh those are bad news
by Aeghast
Jul 29th, 2008
01:05:16 PM
Still weeks to see this movie here in Argentina——now I'm not so sure about go seein' it, damn
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