No wonder I couldn't help but yawn during The X-Files: I Want to Believe trailer, my sixth sense already knew the film was a sleeper! Even with the two-minute previews there was nothing about the film that excited me. Actually, I did get somewhat excited about seeing David Duchovny, as I can't wait for his return to Californication on Showtime; but that was it.
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The good people at AICN have posted the first screening report for The X-Files: I Want to Believe and they claim the film is not so much a sleeper hit, but just a sleeper.
There was some speculation that THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE has been kept under such tight wraps because we're in for something special. That, amongst the hype of DARK KNIGHT and whatever else has come out this American Summer, X-FILES 2 was going to be a big sleeper. Well, it sort of is, in that I almost fell asleep in it. In actuality, I believe that Chris Carter kept the plot a secret from not just the fans, not just the press, but the cast and crew as well. This is one of the most passionless affairs I've seen on the big screen in a while, like a B episode of the show. You know how when TV shows make their transition to the big screen, their modus operandi is to make everything bigger? (On that note, buy me a beer and I'll tell you why STAR TREK: INSURRECTION is the most successful Trek movie. No, seriously.) This X-FILES movie feels like a smaller version of the show. An episode with less scope, less imagination, and even less budget. How did they manage this?
Wow. Sounds awesome. Check out the entire report on The X-Files 2here.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens to theaters on July 25th.
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