Together again! David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson in The X-Files 2 (20th Century Fox)
With the new X-Files movie opening in the midst of Comic-Con, I fear I may not get to my review up until Monday. So here's a little teaser. This Friday, The X-Files proves you can go home again... or at least you can return to a cancelled TV series on the big screen. Six years after the Fox TV show was cancelled and ten years after the first X-Files movie, creator Chris Carter is bringing the characters of FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully back in a feature film. Arriving in theaters on July 25, the second film takes its title from the slogan on the poster that adorned Mulder’s office: "I Want to Believe." That title holds particular significance for series creator Chris Carter.
“I always thought of The X Files as a search for god,” Carter said, “and that was a big part of the inspiration. As for a particular religion? There is no particular religion. It was really, ‘the truth is out there’ is for me, is the mantra, but “I want to believe,” that poster on Mulder’s wall, says it all.”
Guy from NYC
August 02, 2008 at 09:33 PM
Beth,
Let me try and lower your expectations so that when you actually see the movie you're not completely disappointed.
No budget for a movie like this means that the story:
a) Does not have a lot of special effects
b) Focuses more on the characters then on the story.
I am not going to say anymore (this movie sucks).
Enjoy, :)
Beth Accomando
August 03, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Guy,
Thanks for the heads up. I love the TV series but the first movie left me disappointed.
It's funny how everything can come together perfectly for a group of creative artists and then when they try to get back together they just can't seem to be able to recreate the magic.
The film pretty much tanked at the box office.
