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The X Files: The Truth (2002)
Not the end
Contains Spoilers.
Yes, it offered the truth, but fortunately, it isn't the end of the X-Files.
The final episode of the X-Files for now, as said below, details the trial of Fox Mulder, imprisoned for killing a US Governments super soldier, a man that cannot be killed (which I might point out, he didn't do). Throughout the episode (written by Chris Carter and directed by my favourite X-Files director, Kim Manners), Skinner, acting as Mulders defense, calls up witnesses to testify on Mulders behalf, to attempt to expose the Governments knowledge of UFO's and extra terrestrial life, and show that Mulder couldn't have possibly killed this government Super soldier. Through the recounts by several key cast members (Krychek, Scully, that UN lady, etc etc etc) of the important events that have transpired throughout the X-Files's history, Skinner eventually proves to the tribunal that the super solider was not killed by Mulder, and indeed was never killed. Never the less, the military court sentences him to death by Lethal injection.
Through the night, Deputy Director Kersh (who was a member of the prosecution team against Mulder) helps Skinner & Dogget break Mulder out of the jail, and Mulder leaves with Scully to seek the truth.
The last half an hour is what the title is about, CSM, Cancer Man, whatever you wanna call him, tells Mulder (and Scully), that the world will be invaded by a race of aliens on December 22, 2012 (the day that the Mayan calender ends), and that the human race will effectively die. CSM then leaves him there to die. Luckily, Mulder, Scully and co escape in just enough time to get out of the hideaway of CSM, and they attempt to kill Mulder and Scully, but effectively, kill CSM. Meanwhile, at the FBI HQ, Skinner discovers that the X-Files have been permanently shut down, and there is nothing he can do to stop it. The show ends there really, leaving it open to another movie about what can Mulder and Scully do to help the human race.
What else can I say, the show ends rather abruptly in terms of the overall story, is shot superbly and offers a great summary of what has happened throughout the history of this brilliant show. Now we are left to wait for the next movie.
GoldenEye (1995)
Best Bond movie of em all
Why is the best Bond movie ever?
For starters, Brosnan is a welcome relief from the uptight and intense Timothy Dalton (not to say Dalton was bad, want bad, try Connery), but he delivered his funny lines with about as much charisma as a cooking oil frying, there was mess everywhere and it wasn't neat or pretty to look at, Brosnan takes it a different way, he is intense during scenes that are meant to be intense, and hes relatively funny during relatively funny scenes, and very uptight when confronting the new M about the Servenaya crisis. In a movie that goes away from the standard Bond fair of evil communists that Brtain must destroy, he delivers perfectly. He also meshes perfectly and funnily with Q in the gadget room scene, Bond touching Q's lunch always makes me laugh. His confrontation with M is also good (Judi Dench makes a very welcome entrance to the world of 007 as well, good thing to, i couldn't stand another minute of Robert Brown) the way she calls him a "sexist masoginist dinosaur" is brilliant, it goes in perfectly to the Bond franchise, with the Bond character use to bowling over women with his charms, its like he gets a football to his head and she knocks some sense into him. unfortunately, Samantha Bond is a poor substitute for Lois Maxwell, she is far too silly to be a Miss Moneypenny, Moneypenny is supposed to have feelings for Bond, secret feelings, the new Moneypenny shows no sign of this. Sean Bean however is the BEST bond villain ever. I don't know where i saw this comment, but my congrats go out to whoever said it, it summarises his performance perfectly " You can feel the hatred for Bond flowing through 006 at every second" and indeed you can, he purpose in the movie is put forward perfectly, there is no way you can be confused, and after you've seen the movie a couple of times, the lines he delivers starts making more and more sense, Ouromov is good also, the way he attacks his role is brilliant, he is evil, the first scene shows this yet everything in his mind is perfectly worked out. Famke Janseen is brilliant also, in her role, noone else could have played it so eveily sexyly.
To more important Bond points such as the action scenes, they are absolutely top notch, with the Tank scene and the first scene making you laugh at their outrageousness, yet you love them every minute, the last scene on the antenna cradle is also an 'edge of your seat' scene, with the music playing perfectly, and everything happening around him at once, it is hard to believe Bond an Natalya make it off alive. It is a weird Bond movie, because it gives you reason to like the villain, in other Bond movies, you plain hate the bad guy, or like him because hes so dumb, in this one, Trevelyan has a motive, and it makes you feel as if Bond should die, because he betrayed his best friend.
All in all the best Bond movie ever, for the acting, the music, and the story.