X-Files: I Can’t Believe It
4 months, 1 week ago on Monday, July 28th, 2008, in the morning
This won’t come as a surprise to those of you who know me, but I was a huge fan of the X-Files back when it was on TV. I loved the show, and even saw the first movie on opening night even though it was the same day I returned from a 7-day Alaskan cruise!
Last night I saw the new X-Files movie with my pal Sheila, and I’m bummed to say it was not very good. I thought the story and script were the main culprits. I didn’t find the plot to be engaging, and I thought a lot of the dialogue was simply not interesting. Sheila is also an X-Files fan (hey, it makes her cool to me!), and she also found the movie to be slow and a bit boring.
As much as I wanted to like it, I can’t recommend it. Stick to the first movie, which while not great, is at least entertaining. Of course, the best episodes of the TV show are really what are worth watching to get an X-Files fix.
Oh yeah, one of the reasons we went to the movie was Sheila had free passes. We got to the theater, walked up to the box office, and Sheila happily presented her two free passes. …only to be told they were for a different theater chain! These MIT graduates just aren’t what they used to be.