UM, CONCLUDING THOUGHTS FROM THE OTHER COMMENT: I felt like they made Scully waaaaaaaaaaay too Catholic. I mean, she's Catholic but suddenly it was SO MUCH ABOUT THAT. I think that's what weird about her skepticism of/reaction to Father Joe? It was ENTIRELY DERIVED from her faith and not her science. And for some reason I wouldn't've expected her to choose a Catholic hospital to work in? You can tell she's out of place there.
BUT: I did love that she did sort of believe and she actually admitted to it at the end, the same way I loved that Mulder kept saying things like "i'm only half of the team" and was so sensitive to Scully's feelings? THEY GREW UP!
ANYWAY: yes. There were some really good moments that I will treasure forever and ever. Including basically everything about their scene in bed together (I didn't expect Mulder to pop up there! I was like, "aww, Scully! WHOA -- HEY! :D :D :D!") because... it was wonderful? And I said this already, but the scene leading up to the kiss was so emotionally ON POINT for me. And I loved everything involving Skinner! Aaaaaand yeah. I think there was more. I was not totally on board with the Scully/little boy (again, very platonic punctuation mark) plot but I did like that the surgery was the ending. I guess it just hurts that only people like you and me, who have so much of our lives invested in these people's lives and relationships with each other can really appreciate anything about this movie? I mean, it's great that it was for us, but... even FTF, with all the convoluted mytharcy stuff, was more accessible to outside viewers, I think. :(
The nearly empty theater broke my heart, but probably not as much as the reviews/numbers will. This sentence has me convinced we're going through the exact same series of emotions :( :( :( It huuuuuuuuuuuurts.
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Date: 2008-07-26 04:14 am (UTC)BUT: I did love that she did sort of believe and she actually admitted to it at the end, the same way I loved that Mulder kept saying things like "i'm only half of the team" and was so sensitive to Scully's feelings? THEY GREW UP!
ANYWAY: yes. There were some really good moments that I will treasure forever and ever. Including basically everything about their scene in bed together (I didn't expect Mulder to pop up there! I was like, "aww, Scully! WHOA -- HEY! :D :D :D!") because... it was wonderful? And I said this already, but the scene leading up to the kiss was so emotionally ON POINT for me. And I loved everything involving Skinner! Aaaaaand yeah. I think there was more. I was not totally on board with the Scully/little boy (again, very platonic punctuation mark) plot but I did like that the surgery was the ending. I guess it just hurts that only people like you and me, who have so much of our lives invested in these people's lives and relationships with each other can really appreciate anything about this movie? I mean, it's great that it was for us, but... even FTF, with all the convoluted mytharcy stuff, was more accessible to outside viewers, I think. :(
The nearly empty theater broke my heart, but probably not as much as the reviews/numbers will.
This sentence has me convinced we're going through the exact same series of emotions :( :( :( It huuuuuuuuuuuurts.