The X-Files: I Wanna Believe
Cool poster, huh? After months of anticipation, I finally went to watch the movie.
As the movie started and the very familiar theme music is played, I felt goose bumps all over my arm. How it brings back memories.
This is a standalone movie with no connection to the whole alien conspiracy that is prevalent in the X-Files universe. This movie is your typical Monster Of The Week (MOTW) and what better way to show a monster genre than pay tribute to the original monster creator, Dr Frankenstein himself.
I just wish that they had showed a little more gore to up the adrenaline rush. Instead, we were just given a tiny glimpse before the curtain was pulled again. Or maybe it was the censors people.
There was practically no mention of the life of Mulder and Scully after the grand finale when they escaped South of the border.
We now see Scully as a doctor at a church run hospital, still struggling to find a balance between the world and her religious values.
Mulder is still Mulder, cutting newspaper articles on anything X-File-ish and filling the walls of his study. And oh, he still sharpens pencils and throws them up on his ceiling when he’s bored. And sunflower seeds! Still loves ‘em.
However, it’s strange that 2 people who have been staying together for so many years still call themselves by their last names. Maybe it’s to keep with the X-Philes’ comfort zone. We probably can’t get the same feel if they started calling each "Fox" and "Dana".
As for the monster, what monster? There were no human anomalies type or mutants. The monster is actually the atrocities that the victims were subjected to. A very cruel experimental procedure done out of the sake of love but at the cost of another human live. Therefore it’s more a matter of "What" rather than "Who" the monster is.
All in all, I can’t say that the movie actually did anything new for the show. It will do very well as a 2-parter but nothing more than a vehicle to keep the phenomenon that was The X-Files alive. Fans will love it.
I think that it keeps the option to make more movies open. It didn’t give a conclusive end to the underlying issues, therefore no chance of screwing up unlike Indy.
