BEAUTIFUL MOVIE
Here's to hoping Fox will greenlight a third film.
Reading the critics' reviews prior to seeing the movie almost had me down. Almost. But I believed the essence of the show would carry the film to success, if not in the general public then at least for fans. I wasn't disappointed. You all said it would be a tribute to the earlier season, and it was. Only, it didn't explicitly make us question our beliefs and faith like so many episodes that ended in voiceovers. It made us think and come up with the answer on our own. It has taken me three full days to digest what I saw.
When I first walked out, I felt slightly cheated, but only because of plot. Maybe in the years since the show ended, we've all been conditioned to accept higher degrees of creepiness, so I wasn't scared enough. And I didn't think an old psychic was a big enough deal for the FBI to need Mulder (but maybe it was just because Dakota Whitney wanted to meet him). It seemed odd that old Skinner was still sitting in a comfy office at the FBI, despite his involvement with helping Mulder escape. Maybe Kersh took all the blame?
And then I came to realize the themes underlying this story. It made me think about faith. Father's Joe's faith ran so deep he was convinced God could forgive him of his terrible deeds. Scully's faith was once again called into question through Christian. And Mulder still has faith that he can find the truth and expose it to the world. Maybe in the end, all we can truly find is faith in ourselves. Faith that love can transcend time and all obstacles if we accept it. It really is a love story.
Our two heroes have matured so much in the past six years. Mulder is content with staying cooped up in a small house reading newspapers. He went from a wandering soul, always chasing the next big thing to a perfectly happy recluse. Surely he's the one who cooks and does the dishes, right? Scully has found meaningful work without Mulder. She's become more independent. Years ago, she would have followed him no matter how crazy his ideas were. Now, she lets him go off on his own and returns to caring for a sick boy. At the end of the day, they finally have a home to return to.
The visuals were stunning. Thank you for enduring all the snow to make such a stunning backdrop. Rain wouldn't have cut it this time :) The soundtrack is excellent, as always. In a summer filled with capes, testosterone, fight sequences, and CGI, it was so refreshing to see such an intimate movie. Maybe July wasn't the best time to release a film like this. Hopefully the international audience will respond well and the reviews from moviegoers will be enough to let let Fox know we NEED a third movie. We need to see what happens in 2012 and how the world might end.
Thank you for making a beautiful movie.
Sylvia
Reading the critics' reviews prior to seeing the movie almost had me down. Almost. But I believed the essence of the show would carry the film to success, if not in the general public then at least for fans. I wasn't disappointed. You all said it would be a tribute to the earlier season, and it was. Only, it didn't explicitly make us question our beliefs and faith like so many episodes that ended in voiceovers. It made us think and come up with the answer on our own. It has taken me three full days to digest what I saw.
When I first walked out, I felt slightly cheated, but only because of plot. Maybe in the years since the show ended, we've all been conditioned to accept higher degrees of creepiness, so I wasn't scared enough. And I didn't think an old psychic was a big enough deal for the FBI to need Mulder (but maybe it was just because Dakota Whitney wanted to meet him). It seemed odd that old Skinner was still sitting in a comfy office at the FBI, despite his involvement with helping Mulder escape. Maybe Kersh took all the blame?
And then I came to realize the themes underlying this story. It made me think about faith. Father's Joe's faith ran so deep he was convinced God could forgive him of his terrible deeds. Scully's faith was once again called into question through Christian. And Mulder still has faith that he can find the truth and expose it to the world. Maybe in the end, all we can truly find is faith in ourselves. Faith that love can transcend time and all obstacles if we accept it. It really is a love story.
Our two heroes have matured so much in the past six years. Mulder is content with staying cooped up in a small house reading newspapers. He went from a wandering soul, always chasing the next big thing to a perfectly happy recluse. Surely he's the one who cooks and does the dishes, right? Scully has found meaningful work without Mulder. She's become more independent. Years ago, she would have followed him no matter how crazy his ideas were. Now, she lets him go off on his own and returns to caring for a sick boy. At the end of the day, they finally have a home to return to.
The visuals were stunning. Thank you for enduring all the snow to make such a stunning backdrop. Rain wouldn't have cut it this time :) The soundtrack is excellent, as always. In a summer filled with capes, testosterone, fight sequences, and CGI, it was so refreshing to see such an intimate movie. Maybe July wasn't the best time to release a film like this. Hopefully the international audience will respond well and the reviews from moviegoers will be enough to let let Fox know we NEED a third movie. We need to see what happens in 2012 and how the world might end.
Thank you for making a beautiful movie.
Sylvia
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