icewine

I watched the whole nine season X-Files. Usually, I'm not the mythology supporter. I'm more after standalone storyline, but strangely, I like Fight the Future. FTF has done its silver screen job, even now I watch it I still think it's good. Sadly I Want to Believe shatters my anticipation for the sequel. Personally I don't find it any scary, dark maybe, but definitely not frightening. They keep blaming Dark Knight for box office, but I think Batman is not the only reason to blame. It's like they write a not-so-good script and bring it to the big screen as quick as possible. If you're a moviegoer you can tell where's the plot hole. The movie is without explosion, that's fine, many good films are too. The problem is they focus on the relationship too much. Although it may pleasure shippers, but what about non-shippers? Or people who just want to watch a great sci-fi adventure movie? I always appreciate X-Files storytelling and the neutral viewpoint. The most important thing is, they can make you think. IWTB just loses the magic. This time they give us the Sunday-school truth + a little romance. Is it because the budget is tight? The production time is too short? I don't know. I thought this stand-alone story could be so much better than this "don't give up" surmon. If there's another chance, I want to see them writing another stand-alone story focus on story itself instead of exploring relationship, but I guess there's no hope for another stand-alone. I would like to see the third film, for giving us an ending, also make up for this one. And, maybe Carter should consider to give director seat to another person. He's not doing the bad job, but compare to other X-Files director, they can do better.