The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Posted : 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Jan 11 16:09

This film just seems like an elongated episode and when you come to look at it in the grander scheme of the X-Files mythology you wonder why in the world Mulder and Scully are even bothering with this case they have nothing to do with. Sadly the more comedic quips the X-Files series contained is missing from this 2nd outing at the cinema and it seems as if doom and gloom is on everyones mind. The questions of morality brought across in this film are pretty thought provacative and in true Files style there does seem to be no definitive answer. The morality questions in this film are raised very much in the same way they were in The Dark Knight. The perfect timing and allegorical enhancements do make it seem exactly how the best episodes were back in the hay day of the show but to paraphrase...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 11 months ago at Dec 22 15:32

I really love the X-Files, in all its forms. The show is awesome, and the first movies was pretty good, but what in the heck? The supernatural, unexplained, and paranormal have always been an interest of mine, and this movie was suppose to be in that ally. Don't get me wrong here, there was some of that, but the title should be a dead give away. To me the whole movie was less X-Flies-ish, and more about two old agents in love getting together, and then struggling to agree with each other. There were a lot of plot points in the movie that had absolutely nothing to do with the unexplained. More like a soap opera with some X-Files elements, rather than an X-Files movie. That, and some of the characters seemed to be there just to be there. I would see a third one, but this reminds me that real...Read more

Rating : 7/10

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 30 4:57

When an FBI agent goes missing, FBI Special Agent Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) seeks the Mulder's help in debunking the psychic visions of a former priest who claims that the missing woman is still alive.

The X-Files usually manages to make the bizarre plausible if not believable. However, this is not the case with I Want to Believe. The movie spends a lot of time examining the nature of Mulder's and Scully's faith that the kidnapping case takes a back seat. The end result...an unevenly paced film and a rushed finale.

Fans will enjoy seeing Mulder and Scully again but aside from that I can't provide another reason for watching this movie.



Rating : 5/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 3 4:13

I'm in two minds over this movie. First off, I'm an X Files fan so I may be bias. From an X Files fan stand point, I don't feel it would live up to expectations. Not only was it far from what I was expecting but it wasn't X File-ish enough for me. What I had read about it is that it could have been a stand alone movie and going by that it is a possibility except for certain parts of the story that eluded to other information. The thing is, if you could watch the series and be filled in enough to have those small bits of information make sense then it would have been ok (and not a stand alone at all, which it really wasn't anyway when it comes down to it), but I don't remember anything from the tv series having anything to do with the information mentioned, at all. Now if you're not an X F...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Jul 30 11:57

Being a long-time fan of the television show, I was really excited to see this one. I also wanted to see if it would live up to the first X-Files full-length feature film. Sadly, for me, it didn't. The film's plot was kept closely under wraps until it was released, and the trailers were very exciting. Creator Chris Carter stated before it was released that it had the feel of an episode, unlike the huge production the first film was. I was intrigued. However, I left the theatre feeling like I'd just watched a long, drawn-out episode and I caught myself yawning more than once. Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder's (David Duchovny) chemistry has evaporated and the film feels rushed and muddled. I don't think it was necessary to even make this movie; the plot could just as easily ...Read more

Rating : 6/10