The X-Files

Yesterday Meg and I went to our first movie in a long time. My sister and brother-in-law watched Henry for a couple of hours (He went around their neighborhood helping to deliver thank you cards and played.). It was nice to take such a break. We missed him of course and felt better when we knew he did OK.



The movie we saw was The X-Files: I Want to Believe. I wanted to see it right away as I've been a big X-Files fan over the years and was anxious to see new material. Well, the movie wasn't anywhere near as bad as the last film I saw, the fourth Indy film, but it wasn't that great either. I give a solid C. It seemed to me like just a pretty good episode of the show, not a big budget blockbuster. I read online that it only cost $30 million to make and it showed a bit in that there were no great special effects which in a way is too bad as the show always pushed the special effects possible for a TV series. The plot also seemed to me like something more suitable for a Millenium episode in that it had a real world evil with a spooky Catholicism theme throughout. I know Chris Carter, the creator of the X-Files, did not want to write an X-Files mythology movie, but I think he should have at least made a great monster movie. In all though, it was great to see Mulder and Scully again and I was happy to see that the movie didn't tarnish the reputation of the TV series. I really don't recommend it for non-X-Files fans. X-Files fans should rent the DVD.

After seeing the movie I decided enough time had passed for me to slowly begin watching the TV series for the third time. I watched the pilot episode last night.