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kinda hard act to follow, The Dark Knight. nevertheless, i wandered out for my third friday in a row to go see the new X-Files movie (subtitled "I want to believe".

the good:

scully and mulder are still together after all these years. their relationship ain't perfect, but they've stuck it out. points for not making a soap opera out of that. it's actually nice to see them as "people who go home at the end of the day" for once. i kinda wish they bothered to get married, but at least they're together (even Indy finally tied the knot!).
snow! lots of it. can't go wrong with snow.
mitch pileggi. okay, he only has about three lines, but still ~ it just wouldn't have been X-files without him.

the bad:

how many years and this is what chris carter came up with? the plot is very weak and take no chances. it's full of big ideas, but carter takes it absolutely nowhere. i'm not even sure it's cohesive.
it's not really an x-file when the case is this straight-up. maybe or maybe not a little psychic phenomena, but otherwise, i would have really liked to have had something a little spookier going on here.
an underwhelming supporting cast and an underused mitch pileggi.

the ugly:

correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't the world ending when the series went off the air all those years ago? yeah. they don't really address that here. bad move.

duchovny and anderson look really good. i enjoyed spending time with mulder and scully (seemed like almost too little time ~ made me homesick for the show). i'm not sure the movie is any good (it's definitely not "great"). but i think if you're a fan, you ought to see it. you'll enjoy it just for a (perhaps final) romp with old friends. just for kicks.

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