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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[chrissytng]

I saw FTF back when I was like 8 years old in the theater (parents were big XF fans at the time and I'd been allowed to watch it the entire time it was on) and it scared the crap out of me for various reasons (I was 8, so I sincerely believed Scully was in danger of dying, then again I also really thought Mulder died all those times on the show, but that's beside the point; also the theater I saw FTF in was run down and crawling with icky bugs, one which decided to crawl up my leg during the climatic 'Scully is in Antarctica and Mulder might fall off the ledge getting down there to her' scene -not cool when you're 8 years old!), so I only saw it the one time. But I've got it on dvd and watch it fairly often.

IWTB...well, now I saw this twice. The first time, bc obviously I was a fan and had high hopes for it. The second time...because I was guilty that I found myself loving The Dark Knight more and since the first time I saw TDK was right after I saw IWTB, I ended up seeing IWTB again the same day I decided to see TDK a second time. I also was hoping that maybe a second viewing would improve it, since I had been completely unspoiled for IWTB, and so now that I'd already seen it and knew the weak/bad parts, I would be better prepared. But I hate to say it...I really didn't like IWTB. I loved the shippy parts sure, but it really wasn't an enjoyable film for me, which is sad, bc I think I like movies of even less quality and yet I stupidly expect more out of XF!

(And it's bc I was unspoiled for IWTB that I went in to the new Trek completely spoiled...but until IWTB, I came out satisfied, each time, so yeah....)

[ex_rustingwil400]

LOL I was plenty old and parts of it still scared me, especially the alien creature attacking the scientist down in that hole. Yikes.

I refused to go see TDK because it was up against X-Files. I watched it later on dvd and really didn't like it much, maybe because everyone hyped it up so much.

[chrissytng]

I've seen FTF tons of times (now that I have it on dvd and all) and I still get scared in parts of it, lol!

Yeah I felt the same way at first about TDK. That's another reason I went to see IWTB twice, bc I wasn't comfortable with liking TDK over IWTB. But I think a big factor in my liking TDK was bc I went into it thinking it was going to suck. I just couldn't believe that it was as good as everyone said it was. That's the thing about being pessimistic about stuff, lol, I'm either going to be validated or pleasantly surprised.

I think part of my problem with IWTB might have been that I was too optimistic about it going in, so I was sort of built up to be let down on some level. But I didn't entirely hated it, and I think it improved on second viewing, bc I had gotten over what I didn't like and could just enjoy the parts that I did. And as a Star Trek fan, I can say that no movie in the history of movies, ever disappointed me like the last one, Nemesis did, so in comparison to that and other disappointing movies, IWTB actually holds up overall. I mean I didn't think it was great, but I sure as heck know it could've been worse.