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- First reviewJuly 25, 2008
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It just gets better.
PostedAugust 7, 2008
MoulinRoux
from Kansas City, MO
I've seen The Dark Knight 4 times now and I can say it just gets better each time. For a first viewing, you're overtaken by the stunning action sequences and completely engrossed in nothing but the Joker and his perfect insanity. Once you know what's coming the 2nd, 3rd, 4th time around, you can quit holding your breath when someone is in danger or the batpod speeds by, and instead focus on the real meat of the film - the masterful performances. There is no bad here. Director Christopher Nolan chose one of the best ensemble casts to date and no one's performance is lackluster. Scenes like the interrogation of the Joker by Batman will be etched in filmgoers' memories for decades.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A muddled mess with a few moments of clarity
PostedJuly 25, 2008
MoulinRoux
from Kansas City, MO
As a longtime fan of "The X-Files," I went to the midnight showing of this long awaited continuation in the Mulder/Scully drama with hesitant hopes. Much like "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the feeling of a movie being made just to make some money and not necessarily continue the story was something I couldn't shake, but I went regardless.
Spoiler alert - The plot follows Scully, a now full-time doctor who has left the FBI and is asked to find Mulder, so they may use his X-Files knowledge to find a missing agent who is supposedly being tracked by a psychic, once pedophilic priest played by Billy Connoly. Along the way, more people are found missing and a mountain of body parts frozen in West Virgina tundra give more clues to a sinister organ harvesting sceme.
-End spoiler alert.
Unfortunately, the title "I Want to Believe" is where the biggest problem lies. The film gets bogged down repeatedly with religious and tired diatribes between Mulder and Scully, arguing more over whether God exists rather than aliens. It felt like every time Mulder and Scully got on screen together, the audience was holding their breath, waiting for some revolutionary conversation between them, only to be let down with another "Mulder, I can't help you, I have a new life now and you'll always be looking for your dead sister. Give up and give up the X-Files."
There are some saving graces. The plot of the villains is sci-fi enough to satisfy, and the ending action sequence has the same amount of stomach-churning anxiety and suspense we had from the golden age of the series. But it all feels forced in the end. It's almost palpable how uncomfortable Gillian Anderson feels playing Scully again, while (thankfully) David Duchovny slides right back into his theory-posing sunflower seed-munching brooding.
For a die-hard fan, they'll see the film regardless of any bad reviews (myself included), but for any person whose interest was piqued in the X-Files due to this new film, I'd hand them a box set of Season 1 and send them on their way.
Spoiler alert - The plot follows Scully, a now full-time doctor who has left the FBI and is asked to find Mulder, so they may use his X-Files knowledge to find a missing agent who is supposedly being tracked by a psychic, once pedophilic priest played by Billy Connoly. Along the way, more people are found missing and a mountain of body parts frozen in West Virgina tundra give more clues to a sinister organ harvesting sceme.
-End spoiler alert.
Unfortunately, the title "I Want to Believe" is where the biggest problem lies. The film gets bogged down repeatedly with religious and tired diatribes between Mulder and Scully, arguing more over whether God exists rather than aliens. It felt like every time Mulder and Scully got on screen together, the audience was holding their breath, waiting for some revolutionary conversation between them, only to be let down with another "Mulder, I can't help you, I have a new life now and you'll always be looking for your dead sister. Give up and give up the X-Files."
There are some saving graces. The plot of the villains is sci-fi enough to satisfy, and the ending action sequence has the same amount of stomach-churning anxiety and suspense we had from the golden age of the series. But it all feels forced in the end. It's almost palpable how uncomfortable Gillian Anderson feels playing Scully again, while (thankfully) David Duchovny slides right back into his theory-posing sunflower seed-munching brooding.
For a die-hard fan, they'll see the film regardless of any bad reviews (myself included), but for any person whose interest was piqued in the X-Files due to this new film, I'd hand them a box set of Season 1 and send them on their way.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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