Well, I mean, it was and it wasn't a break-up. I mean, it wasn't. We knew it wasn't actually going to happen, they knew it wasn't going to happen. There wasn't really a question. But at the same time it was -- they were using break-up words, they were acting out some sort of break-up minidrama. They were treating it like one, however briefly. I don't know. It was felt... bizarre. One of the quirks of the Mulder/Scully dynamic was always that no matter how completely pissed off they were at each other they always refused separation. They'd rather suffer each other's silent anger than be apart. I guess it's different now that their connection is personal rather than (technically) professional, but it still felt so WEIRD. And it was such a little thing, after all they've been through! (...uh, all that aside, I still think I'm okay with the way it ended up being handled.)
But Scully hits the nail on the head early on, with the "long-term isolation" thing, I think. That does make sense. Poor bb :(
Okay the credits scene though: it's like, it's something I need to see about four times before I can be like "HA, WONDERFUL." But the first time was an exercise in "WHAT THE SHIT IS THIS???????" (my jaw was literally agape) and unfortunately I could not rewind and let it sink in. So I'm stuck on "WHAT?"
Yeahhhh, yeah. But I if this was going to be our end, I think I would've liked a chance to delve back into the mytharc. I don't know. If this is the last film, regardless of how you or I or anyone feels, popular consensus will say the X-Files went out with a whimper and not a bang, and I haaaaaate that thought. But I don't know. (Me not knowing is pretty much the theme of the evning.)
ALSO, PLEASE, THERE IS NO NEED TO STFU. I neeeeeeeeeed to talk about this film. I need to figure out a way to understand how I feel about it and the only way is by discussing and rehashing and seeing it, oh, a few hundred more times. (By the by: I'm really really really glad you loved it. I'm really really glad you're defending it to me and I was really glad to see that you loved it when I read your review last night. I'm still wavering on my own feelings and I'm leaning negatively in more than one aspect, but I'm taking every single bad review -- whether it's from an actual critic or just an LJ friend -- like a sucker punch to the gut. I can't even look at most of the reviews. LOL TAKING FICTION WAY TOO PERSONALLY, but I guess my point was that every person who loved it is making me feel a little better.)
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Date: 2008-07-26 03:38 am (UTC)But Scully hits the nail on the head early on, with the "long-term isolation" thing, I think.
That does make sense. Poor bb :(
Okay the credits scene though: it's like, it's something I need to see about four times before I can be like "HA, WONDERFUL." But the first time was an exercise in "WHAT THE SHIT IS THIS???????" (my jaw was literally agape) and unfortunately I could not rewind and let it sink in. So I'm stuck on "WHAT?"
Yeahhhh, yeah. But I if this was going to be our end, I think I would've liked a chance to delve back into the mytharc. I don't know. If this is the last film, regardless of how you or I or anyone feels, popular consensus will say the X-Files went out with a whimper and not a bang, and I haaaaaate that thought. But I don't know. (Me not knowing is pretty much the theme of the evning.)
ALSO, PLEASE, THERE IS NO NEED TO STFU. I neeeeeeeeeed to talk about this film. I need to figure out a way to understand how I feel about it and the only way is by discussing and rehashing and seeing it, oh, a few hundred more times. (By the by: I'm really really really glad you loved it. I'm really really glad you're defending it to me and I was really glad to see that you loved it when I read your review last night. I'm still wavering on my own feelings and I'm leaning negatively in more than one aspect, but I'm taking every single bad review -- whether it's from an actual critic or just an LJ friend -- like a sucker punch to the gut. I can't even look at most of the reviews. LOL TAKING FICTION WAY TOO PERSONALLY, but I guess my point was that every person who loved it is making me feel a little better.)