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PostedSeptember 26, 2009
ellie4000
from Chicago, IL
This had me jumping constantly, covering my eyes and had an unexpected twist at the end. Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster were good and there was enough psychological back and forth that you couldn't tell where they were going until the finale. It was a good tie up.
However, I'm giving it 4 stars because I'm TIRED of hypocritical Hollywood preaching to me constantly when they're part of the problem, acting on their popular, bloated "iffy-at-best" information and jamming it down the throats of an unsuspecting populace that already carries the heavy burden of worry. How many "resources" have they ALWAYS wasted with these big budget films anyway?
Technically though I have to admit it was pretty good and definitely worth seeing for big scares.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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PostedJuly 27, 2008
ellie4000
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For those who have never seen X-Files you may not be expecting a lot so you might just come out thinking it was a little too long and could have been trimmed and better researched in a few places. You might also check your watch a few times and leave right after the final scene with a ho-hum, shrug feeling. In general, that was the movie, ho-hum and shrug. We're all pretty desensitized to accepting low quality films from Hollywood. (I'd still recommend it though...it was scenic and well-acted.)
For those who have watched the series my question is have Carter and Spotnitz actually been replaced by alien-human hybrids? Did the black oil seep in at some point and take over their brains? They had 6 years and essentially did a remake/hybrid of "Beyond the Sea" and "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." Someone should have strapped Carter and Spotnitz to their couches and forced them to watch seasons 1-5 again. Maybe based on the history of stand alones I was expecting too much and came away pretty disappointed. It was droning, Scully with the same arguments, usually wrong and giving in in the end, and Mulder selfishly using her again. I was never a shipper so that lovey stuff wasn't quite endearing to me. The acting was good though, Anderson slipped back into Scully nicely and Duchovny played...umm...Duchovny. Pileggi's brief appearance drew a few cheers from the audience and I liked his too-few minutes. Billy Connolly was wonderful I thought and did the best with what he was given....some lines of which were almost straight from the "Clyde Bruckman" script I think. I could have done with a bit of Mark Snow's piano work--that was always a great part of the early years. Shame, shame about the stem cell therapy "research" on Google...Anderson should have stood up and said "no, this is stupid." Where were the stacks of medical journals, research, sticky notes marking articles? Simple stuff guys. They should have had Scully unknowingly corresponding with one of the crazy doctors and then finding out about it at the end. That would have been interesting and created quite a dilemma for her. It was just irritating they didn't think about that side story's possibility. That was really poor research for the film in my opinion. I suppose it's dead now--Fox won't finance another if this doesn't do well. Such great potential too.
If there's ever a next one, a fan should write it because for some reason the current writers aren't fans of their own work.
For those who have watched the series my question is have Carter and Spotnitz actually been replaced by alien-human hybrids? Did the black oil seep in at some point and take over their brains? They had 6 years and essentially did a remake/hybrid of "Beyond the Sea" and "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." Someone should have strapped Carter and Spotnitz to their couches and forced them to watch seasons 1-5 again. Maybe based on the history of stand alones I was expecting too much and came away pretty disappointed. It was droning, Scully with the same arguments, usually wrong and giving in in the end, and Mulder selfishly using her again. I was never a shipper so that lovey stuff wasn't quite endearing to me. The acting was good though, Anderson slipped back into Scully nicely and Duchovny played...umm...Duchovny. Pileggi's brief appearance drew a few cheers from the audience and I liked his too-few minutes. Billy Connolly was wonderful I thought and did the best with what he was given....some lines of which were almost straight from the "Clyde Bruckman" script I think. I could have done with a bit of Mark Snow's piano work--that was always a great part of the early years. Shame, shame about the stem cell therapy "research" on Google...Anderson should have stood up and said "no, this is stupid." Where were the stacks of medical journals, research, sticky notes marking articles? Simple stuff guys. They should have had Scully unknowingly corresponding with one of the crazy doctors and then finding out about it at the end. That would have been interesting and created quite a dilemma for her. It was just irritating they didn't think about that side story's possibility. That was really poor research for the film in my opinion. I suppose it's dead now--Fox won't finance another if this doesn't do well. Such great potential too.
If there's ever a next one, a fan should write it because for some reason the current writers aren't fans of their own work.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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