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  • shell bell
    shell bell Posts: 337
    Porchsitter wrote:
    I'm sorry. I hate to say it but as a long time fan of the show I have to say that this movie was just flat out awful. Even seeing Mulder and Scully together again wasn't enough. It seemed it was nothing more than a long, drawn out episode of the X-Files that I would've been disappointed with back in 1996. The dialogue, at times, was terrible, and there were so many plot holes and things not addressed that it made the entire story seem incoherent. I hate to say it, but this was one of the worst movies I've seen this year.

    I LOVE the X-files,but wow what a disapointment. I know that they didn't want to do another movie about the aliens,but they had better monster of the week shows back in the day.There was more gore and wow factors in the 1hr eppisodes when the show ran,than in this movie.
    I wouldn't say this is the worst movie of the summer (The Happening was a big old stinking piece of poo),but definitly not the best.
    Side note: The whole beard thing I just wanted to tell David Duchovnie that "Grizzly Adams called and he wanted his beard back!" Damn that bugged me........
    when you get confused just listen to the music play........

    "You damn well can't lick the system,but you can sure give it a good fondeling."-sleazy estate man(Hugh Laurie on A bit of Fry and Laurie)

    "Judas Priest on a two stroke moped!"(Stephen Fry)
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    TrAvELAr wrote:
    I saw it... and let's just say, I was definitely disappointed and I agree with your comments.

    Xzibit was just a tool and Amanda Peet.... ugh.

    And what was up with all the hospital scenes with Scully. It really added little to the plot and it felt like filler.

    I wasn't disappointed with this movie, I was disappointed in the first XFiles movie, Fight the Future or whatever it was called.

    I didn't mind the hospital scenes and I didn't think it was filler. They were showing her career and her faith, as the other person said, and on some level probably related to how she couldn't save her own son. Ie: when the mother said "If you were a parent, you would understand," Scully's face says it all and you can almost feel what she was thinking even though she wasn't saying anything.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I honestly am worried after reading these reviews; I wasn't expecting genius. I was expecting something better than the last film. I'll be very upset if it's terrible.

    This show, in its first 3, 4, and I would argue 5 seasons was the most creative, ground-breaking and fresh show on TV. It was very often a masterpiece. They had the most fascinating, beautifully acted and witty scripts in television drama today. And their take on Sci-fi was, if not totally new, definitely enough to inspire millions of fans and reinvigorate the genre. It was a benchmark of the 90s.

    Can Chris Carter not be bothered anymore? What's happened? He'd probably say he's run out of fresh ideas but sorry, that's just not good enough; Mr. Carter, HONESTLY, give me a pen or Microsoft Word and three hours in a pub with you and I could tell you exactly how to write a good X Files film with a brand new plot idea. How hard can it be? I can think of so many myths, legends and folk tales they've never touched. They haven't even scratched the surface when it comes to fascinating paranormal phenomenon.

    Fuck reluctant psychics assisting the FBI to look for a killer... there's already an episode with the same plot, from season 3. And I hear something about a Frankenstein monster? Season 5, remember?

    Phew.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I honestly am worried after reading these reviews; I wasn't expecting genius. I was expecting something better than the last film. I'll be very upset if it's terrible.

    I don't think it's terrible. But I don't think it's a 'masterpiece.' As I said, I liked it better than the first movie. I wouldn't go by other's opinions, I saw the bad newspaper reviews but I went to see it anyway. The 'reviewers' may not know the series or may not have ever seen an episode. Is it out in England yet?
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    you are wrote:
    very true

    i was just disappointed because i expected a lot of answers. i just hope this movie really is leading up to another WITH the answers.

    anyway, i do like the fact that they showed what kind of relationship Mulder and Scully have now.

    And that's another thing.... I'm so bored of this show trying to give us 'answers'. I don't even think Chris Carter knew the answers towards the end.... he had to dig himself out of a hole from which, after all that time, there weren't really any answers. Satisfying conclusions in places, maybe, but not answers. When this show tries to reveal 'the truth', it falls flat.. the whole point of it is that there just is no objective 'truth'. It's a statement about existential frustration and coming to terms with it.... at least it used to be.

    I don't want answers, they've tried that. But I do want to be entertained by excellent scripts and powerful, creative drama.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Allie wrote:
    I don't think it's terrible. But I don't think it's a 'masterpiece.' As I said, I liked it better than the first movie. I wouldn't go by other's opinions, I saw the bad newspaper reviews but I went to see it anyway. The 'reviewers' may not know the series or may not have ever seen an episode. Is it out in England yet?

    It's out this week, I think. I'll be seeing it next week on holiday probably. :)

    And you're right, I guess there are clueless reviewers out there; and I do hope this is a movie for fans, in which case I can imagine that things will seem out of place or out of context to people who aren't... hopefully it's just a case of that.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    It's out this week, I think. I'll be seeing it next week on holiday probably. :)

    And you're right, I guess there are clueless reviewers out there; and I do hope this is a movie for fans, in which case I can imagine that things will seem out of place or out of context to people who aren't... hopefully it's just a case of that.
    I would say it's a movie more for fans of the show, but you don't have to be a fan to see it or understand it.
    but there are 'in-jokes' and aspects taken from the series that only fans will get.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    Allie wrote:
    I would say it's a movie more for fans of the show, but you don't have to be a fan to see it or understand it.
    but there are 'in-jokes' and aspects taken from the series that only fans will get.


    I saw it this weekend, and I liked it. It is very much like the scary monster episodes of the X-files. I watched a few this morning: (I can get the episode names, but I am too lazy): the episode with the Great Muttato (the Cher episode), the Peacock family episode (the inbred mutants who keep their mother under the bed and propagate the family with her), the circus freaks (one of the freaks has a twin that lives inside him-the twin is mutated and is killing everyone, until the puzzle guy eats him), the Flukeman, etc. Having said that, the writers concentrated more on the relationship between Scully and Mulder. Also, they set the stage for their return of both Mulder and Scully to the FBI (all is forgiven). To be critical, this movies lacked certain elements fans have come to expect (the tongue and cheek stuff plus the social commentary). However, I think they were trying something new. It was a darker film from an emotional point of view. Both Scully and Mulder, but especially Scully are suffering the aftereffects of where the show left off. I really hope they do another one that starts to tie up the loose ends and bring the epic to its close in the way Frank Herbert's son has brought the Dune epic to its conclusion using his father's notes. I just finished reading Sandworms of Dune, and it was very satisfying. This movie was a lot like God Emperor of Dune, not the best book in the series, but essential in moving the action forward. Without God Emperor of Dune the conclusion of the series would not be as compelling as it is.
    By the way, there is a nice little touch at the end for those willing to sit through the credits.
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    westsidepie wrote:
    By the way, there is a nice little touch at the end for those willing to sit through the credits.

    nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not after the credits stuff, i missed it.
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  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not after the credits stuff, i missed it.

    DAMMIT ALL!! i missed it too! somebody PM me and please tell me what happened! :(
    No need to be void, or save up on life...
    You got to spend it all
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    you are wrote:
    DAMMIT ALL!! i missed it too! somebody PM me and please tell me what happened! :(
    ditto! I missed it too! :(
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    Allie wrote:
    ditto! I missed it too! :(
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=jZwhrkKEqko

    crappy quality, but it's the best I could find.
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    _outlaw wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=jZwhrkKEqko

    crappy quality, but it's the best I could find.
    Sweet! Thank you! Is that Mulder and Scully?
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    I guess this is a spoiler, so if you don't want to know what happens after the credits then don't read... really, it's not that important anyway...


    Allie wrote:
    Sweet! Thank you! Is that Mulder and Scully?
    yeah, it's kind of hard to see in that shitty youtube clip, but it's Mulder and Scully on the boat, and a helicopter shadow is shown, flying above them. Mulder and Scully wave at the helicopter.
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    _outlaw wrote:
    I guess this is a spoiler, so if you don't want to know what happens after the credits then don't read... really, it's not that important anyway...




    yeah, it's kind of hard to see in that shitty youtube clip, but it's Mulder and Scully on the boat, and a helicopter shadow is shown, flying above them. Mulder and Scully wave at the helicopter.
    awesome! THank you so much for the scoop!
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    Allie wrote:
    Sweet! Thank you! Is that Mulder and Scully?

    Yes, in the theater you can clearly see that the people in the boat are Scully and Mulder. This scene relates to some dialogue from the film.
    To pie I will reply
    But mr. justam
    is who I am

    "That's a repulsive combination of horrible information and bad breath."-Pickles

    "Remember, death is a natural part of the workplace. So, when you see a dead body at work, don't freak out, just ring your death bell." "ting"-Toki Wartooth
  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    _outlaw wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=jZwhrkKEqko

    crappy quality, but it's the best I could find.

    THANK YOU! i had tried to find it but was unsuccessful...
    No need to be void, or save up on life...
    You got to spend it all
  • emperor penguin
    emperor penguin Posts: 197
    We went to go see it tonight, but we had to leave. There was a couple near us who kept talking, so finally I asked the guy very polietly if he could keep it down. He tells me "Fuck off, this ain't no private screening" then he continued to harrass us and threaten us. I wanted to kick the living shit out of him, but my girlfriend was the voice of reason and made me leave. I'm a teacher and if I get arrested I'd lose my job. I ended up bitching at the manager that we felt unsafe, and he gave us 4 free tickets. The best part was that I was the asshole for wanting it to be quiet while we watched the film. Remember when people would go to movies and watch them. We went to see Batman last week and half the theater was texting the whole time. I love movies but I am ready to stop going and wait for the dvd.
    I like bands.
  • in this twilight
    in this twilight Posts: 65
    the movie was mediocre, entertaining but nothing amazing.
    one question...

    **SPOILER (maybe)**














    .. who was the other picture when they showed bush's portrait and played the theme music? what was the significance there?

    i think my favorite part of the movie was when skinner randomly shows up to save the day haha. woulda liked an appearance by the lone gunmen though
  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    in this twilight wrote:
    the movie was mediocre, entertaining but nothing amazing.
    one question...

    **SPOILER (maybe)**














    .. who was the other picture when they showed bush's portrait and played the theme music? what was the significance there?

    i think my favorite part of the movie was when skinner randomly shows up to save the day haha. woulda liked an appearance by the lone gunmen though
    The other picture was J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI. I think what was funny about the juxtaposition was J. Edgar Hoover supposedly liked dressing in women's clothes.

    We can't see the lone gunmen anymore. They died saving everyone from a biological terrorist attack.
    Skinner showing up was not random. Scully argues with the head agent that they need to find Mulder. He refuses to help, so Scully says she is going to go over his head. They mention later that Scully is accompanied by some "bigwig" FBI agent from Washington, who turns out to be Skinner. I thought it was a clever way of both bringing Skinner back and showing he has been promoted.
    To pie I will reply
    But mr. justam
    is who I am

    "That's a repulsive combination of horrible information and bad breath."-Pickles

    "Remember, death is a natural part of the workplace. So, when you see a dead body at work, don't freak out, just ring your death bell." "ting"-Toki Wartooth

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