Originally Posted by kuro_neko
Unfortunately they are marketing this as kind of something larger than it is I think, with the secretiveness and action in the trailers.
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That's my major worry. The X-Files as a format is obviously hugely successful, and it is one that I think can make a decent transition to the big screen. But if you market it as more than it is -- a long episode of the show -- and keep the plot a secret not because there is some huge revelation but just "because we can" you're going to end up with a lot of "Is that it?". As it stands, as a decent $30million episode I'm sure it does more than enough to stand out as a good X-Files episode, and definitely enough to please us X-Philes but not enough to convince critics that it's existence is really necessary. That bode's well for me as a fan, but not for the future of the series.
Ebert likes it!
Edit: Nice little 3 minute retrospective to watch before the movie.