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.

Comments

[bravenewcentury]

To be honest, neither is a great film on its own, but then they're really made to be super-long episodes of an ongoing storyline, rather than being self-contained.

I'd have to say FTF over IWTB because:

- Mytharc! Yay! Even if it makes no effing sense!
- They're still in the FBI and thus drive around looking hot in business suits.
- HALLWAY SCENE OMFG.
- The Syndicate are in it, and I love to hate them.
- The Gunmen are in it, even if it's only for about ten seconds.

I do like IWTB too, despite my misgivings about the last couple of years of canon. However I feel I should qualify this by saying that I would happily pay to watch two hours of Mulder and Scully going to the supermarket and arguing about the laundry, so you know.

I never saw either at the cinema because I am still in the juvenile stage of Philedom, having never watched a single episode before last November.

[ex_rustingwil400]

The consensus seems to be FTF here.

I just realized that I haven't seen it since I saw IWTB, and a rewatching might change my mind for reason #2. Their wardrobes were a little homely in IWTB, and Scully could have done with a cut and color, although I loved Mulder's beard. I wish he'd kept it the whole movie.

[my_daroga]

I think I'd rather pay for two hours of Mulder and Scully going to the supermarket. This isn't meant to be a dig at IWTB, not really. What I mean is that I'm interested in their relationship primarily, and I'd sort of relish the opportunity to see them really explore the emotional/psychological angle of their relationship without the other stuff. Probably be a terrible movie for most people, but I think it'd be fun. Whether or not they're "together."