FTF or IWTB?

[ex_rustingwil400]

Which X-Files movie do you prefer...Fight The Future or I Want To Believe? How many times did you see them in the theater?

I like both of them, but if I had to pick one over the other, I would choose I Want To Believe. I was disappointed to read so many negative reviews and comments on message boards after the movie's release. I liked the look of the film, and the snow and shadows were beautiful. I liked the story, even though there were a few lines of dialogue that seemed pretty hokey. (All the stuff about looking into the darkness...) I got to see it four times before it got yanked.

I saw FTF twice, I think. By comparison, it seems really bright and colorful and exciting, but I can never keep the story straight.

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[my_daroga]

I share a lot of these feelings, though I had already "left" fandom by the time it came out (the last few years of XF drove me away). I think we feel differently about their relationship--that is, that's what I've gathered from the other thread, here--in the sense that they're being together doesn't bother if I feel it's done right. But I don't trust them to, and regardless I'm interested in them as a partnership. I felt that even when they were on screen together, they didn't make sense, and didn't have that chemistry that was the reason I loved the show.

After my disillusionment several years ago, I went into this film thinking it wouldn't be that good but at least I'd try to enjoy my Mulder and Scully. And that usually works to keep my more cynical instincts at bay. It didn't, this time.