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Hit 7 - The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
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List Price: $34.98
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543548911
Format: AC-3
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-12-02
Running Time: 104
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Reviews:
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The feature film The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a satisfying if unspectacular installment in the X-Files series, taking place an unspecified time after the show's nine-year television run. Former agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is now a doctor, while Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) is being hunted by his former agency and living in seclusion. He and Scully are summoned back by a case involving a missing agent and a former priest (Billy Connolly) who claims to be able to see clues to the agent's whereabouts psychically, though his initial search turns up only a severed limb. Don't expect the usual cast of characters; the FBI has completely turned over (except for the George W. Bush portrait), and the only reason Scully and Mulder are back is because agent Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) remembers his success on similar cases involving the unexplainable. Don't expect the same rogues' gallery either; unlike the previous X-Files feature film, which was inextricably linked to the series' convoluted mythology arc (and served as a bridge between the fifth and sixth seasons), I Want to Believe is a stand-alone piece that makes use of the series' roots in horror/sci-fi and moody Vancouver, B.C., locales. Also unlike the previous film, which was almost self-consciously shot for the big screen, this film is on a smaller scale, like a double-length episode of the series. But it's still a good reminder of the creepy vibe that hooked fans for years. And the relationship between Mulder and Scully? It seems to have resumed pretty much where it left off, at least when you take into account the long period of separation. But stick around for the end-credit sequence to take in all the possibilities for the future. --David Horiuchi
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awful!!!
Comment: That was a truly awful film. As a true fan of the show, I was so excited to see this. Please do not make the same mistake I did. Save your money and your time. The plot is laughable and it has nothing to do with the show or the paranormal. One of the worst plots in years. Now I know why this is on almost every critics list for worst films of 2008.
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Summary: Do not recommend, Wait till they show it on TV
Comment: Picture quality Outstanding, Sound quality needs work. Story line and plot sucked. Chris C. must have needed the money.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Comment: Looking at the trailer and then at the movie I would have to say that I am disappointed in this film. I wish I had rented it and not purchased it.
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Summary: A Wonderful Addition
Comment: I've been a fan of X-Files since 1993. I had very high hopes when I heard that another movie was coming out. I realized that there couldn't be anything too deep into the conspiracy plot/aliens/history that the series was all about in the movie. Having said that, you have to go in knowing that it's a "monster of the week" type of movie with a little bit of relationship history thrown in. Seeing Mulder and Scully interacting rekindled my affection for their characters and made me love them that much more. It was disappointing to go home and know that I wouldn't be seeing them Sunday night!
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Summary: I Wanted to Believe
Comment: just watched 'I Want To Believe'.. on Bluray.. 26$.. ouch. Great film transfer, menus look awesome, another digital copy to use as a cat toy...
uh, anyway- My thinking is this..
without direct spoilers: the crime story had nearly no arc- FBI agent disappears, who is it? Who knows, who cares! Not a member of the X-Files team, which would at least get your attention, and the fact that it's a character with no background or motives should tell you where this film is going... there's NO surprises, betrayals, or flip-flops regarding what was going on, typical to an episode of the X-Files.
You see something awful happening, you think maybe there's conspiracies going on in the background or it isn't what it looks like.. nope. It's scary yet oddly motiveless bad guys muttering in russian without subtitles. Father Joe is a great character, and completely overshadowed the boring bad guys (and once or twice, everybody in the film). West Virgina was made to look like Siberia for some reason.. they should've set the action in Colorado. Glacial winters aren't a trademark of the Virginias. Too much snow in the visuals, not enough Snow in the soundtrack. Mark Snow. Some of the background music, particularly in Father Joe's trance scenes was just Off. Wrong mood, wrong speed. Too quick/techno spooky.
Scully and Mulders musings about life would've made a great coda to the series without the rest of this movie. And as usual, Gillian Anderson steals the fire in most of their scenes.. and she's aged better.
Love the show and loved Fight the Future, but Chris Carter shouldn't direct. This is the absolute least amount of love for the fans I've seen from this group. It's like they're saying 'we've moved on, why haven't you?'
Rent if you must. Or buy mine as soon as I get the digital copy away from my cat.
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