Men In Black III - Review Thread

[sshuttari]

REDVADER!!!! You have not seen MiB 3 why did you vote??? dang it you do this too many times!!!

Also after having sometime to think about it... I think I find this movie better then the original... Did I just open a hornet's nest :O

[DarthVader 2004]

Um i did so see the movie sorry to say I just haven't gave my review yet. I saw it early because there are early pre friday screenings even in the hick state of WV dude. Its very insulting that you assume your the only person to see a movie early.
Do you need dam review or my ticket screen stub.
Anyways as far as the movie goes It was better then 2 which i didn't think was as horrible as people keep complaining about.
Anyways I will not give away plot to anything other then likely know from the trailer.
The movie takes place with a New Boss played by Emma Thompson. Its likely there idea of there version of Dench as M. Wished I could have seen more of Tommy Lee Jones but in a way the blessing is that Josh Brolin made this movie great. His K makes the movie worth saying and his mimicing is spot on and you kinda laugh to hear him talk.
Will Smith as J is about the same really because the character doesn't seem to change much except he cracks being older joke.
The trailer did a good job about not giving away stuff and the movie in many ways is better then the trailer.
Go see this if like sci fi and weird looking aliens. Brolin, Jones and Smith are worth the ticket price this time my friends.
Its not the best Sci Fi Movie mind you because the Villain is likely not per say as good as The Roach Alien or even Boyles Villain. Its just that the actors drive a better movie.
I am giving this an 8/10 on here but really its 7.5

[FranklinTard]

sshuttari thinks only he can see movies early.

[sshuttari]

Alright glad you saw it RedVader. you have in the past done that before...

[DarthVader 2004]

I do not comment say i saw and movie and didn't. Don't like being called a liar dude.

[Neverending]

WOW! This is the surprise of the summer. Men in Black 3 has a lot of HEART and takes the partnership and relationship between agents K and J to a whole new level. It'll most likely satisfy fans who felt let-down by the second installment. Josh Brolin is a great replacement for Tommy Lee Jones. Jemaine Clement is menacing as the villain named Boris. And, Michael Stuhlbarg is very amusing as Griffin, a character that's basically a lazy plot device. Plus, kudos to make-up designer Rick Baker, production designer Bo Welch, cinematographer Bill Pope, and music composer Danny Elfman who FINALLY completes a trilogy.

Now that being said, the film does have it's flaws. There was too many continuity errors and omissions. For example, K's original partner, the old guy who retires during the opening scene of the original film, is missing for no reason whatsoever except to make it easy for the villain to cause all that trouble in 1969. Also, while I enjoyed all the references to Frank the Dog, it would have been nice to have had him included. The Worms also had too little screentime. The movie just felt weird without them.

Let me also point out that I don't feel this film is better than the original. The first film balanced comedy, action, and science fiction very well. Something that both sequels failed to do.

[sshuttari]

Originally Posted by Neverending

Let me also point out that I don't feel this film is better than the original. The first film balanced comedy, action, and science fiction very well. Something that both sequels failed to do.

Lies!!!!!!

[Neverending]

MIB was funny, had good action scenes, and explored the Men in Black concept to its full potential. MIB II was funny at times... and that's about it. MIB III made great use of time travel, had some decent action scenes but 99% of the comedy fell flat and forced.

[sshuttari]

Guess I'm alone...

[Neverending]

I think you are, I'm afraid. I really, really loved that this film was more emotional than the other movies but it can't be ignored that it got in the way of everything else. Maybe if Barry Sonnefield didn't insist that all his films be 90-minutes long they could have perhaps explored other things.

That's also my criticism of MIB 2. It just felt too short to me. Not enough time to explore K's backstory with the villain. Not enough time to develop J's relationship with Rosario Dawson.

MIB had the benefit of a simplistic plot, so the running time was never an issue.

[carnage4u]

I saw this yesterday and was surprised how much I liked it.. I didnt expect very much at all to be honest, but reviews were somewhat positive so I gave it chance.

[DarthVader 2004]

I gave it a 7/10 but its really a 7.5/10. The erased my first poll thingy which was 8/10 and i am glad they changed it because while it was a desent showing the down side is i wished there was more Tommy Lee Jones simply for the fact that Tommy and Will have this great comic timing while I don't think Brolin could duplicate that chemestry and while Brolin is hilarious seeing him do K. Its not quite the same. So I knocked back to a 7.5/10.

[Ewok Droppings]

RedVader - are you related to the Whites by any chance?

[DarthVader 2004]

Not sure what you mean.

[Neverending]

I'm leaving this for MB801 for whenever he decides to show-up:

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[sshuttari]

Originally Posted by Neverending

MIB was funny, had good action scenes, and explored the Men in Black concept to its full potential. MIB II was funny at times... and that's about it. MIB III made great use of time travel, had some decent action scenes but 99% of the comedy fell flat and forced.

But this is the first time where I felt like you actually cared about Agents J and K... That alone gets it best MiB movie for me. Yeah your right 1 is great and had funny and action scenes... But do you really care???

Also I thought the action and comedy in this movie was just fine.

I wasn't dieing of laughter in the first one

[Neverending]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

do you really care???

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[Neverending]

By the way, when exactly did K become so serious and emotionless? Here he is jamming to Elvis in the first movie:

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[sshuttari]

I cared more about this guy... And he was in it for 1 minute in the entire one film... And he wasn't even Human!

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[Neverending]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

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That's the clip I wanted to post, but the jackass who uploaded it ruined the ending. Bastard. Here's the full clip, although you gotta log into your Facebook account to see: http://movieclips.com/xDtk-men-in-bl...n-orions-belt/

But that scene right there is the main reason I love the original so much. These characters were treated a lot more seriously. In the sequels, all the aliens are either bad guys or used for comedic effect. Griffin in part 3 is some-what of an exception. But as much as I enjoyed his character, he's basically there so the screenwriters could be lazy.

You asked if I cared about the characters with the original and the answer is yes. Will Smith was at his prime and his charm wins you over. Tommy Lee Jones was a great straight man and his desires to return to a world before MIB was very touching. Honestly, that should have been the end of K. The sequels should have had whats-her-face. Even if they had to re-cast the role because the actress is a pain in the butt.

I understand what you're saying. MIB 3 is very emotional and relationship between K and J reaches a new level. But the fact is that I always cared about these characters. Even in the damn cartoon.

[sshuttari]

Well I just look at this way... I will more likely watch MiB 3 more than the first 2.... But I could be wrong... I guess I got to let the film sink in more.

[Neverending]

I guess time will tell.

[MovieBuff801]

Originally Posted by Neverending

I'm leaving this for MB801 for whenever he decides to show-up

Seeing this tomorrow. Patience, Neverending. Patience.

[PG Cooper]

In 1997, the first Men in Black film introduced the idea of an organization whose purpose was to monitor alien activity. It was a cool idea, and the film that came out of it was pretty cool too. It had a great cast, good effects, and the whole thing was a lot of fun. In 2002 audiences were treated to an immensely disappointing sequel. After that, there was nothing. It always disappointed me that the series seemed to stop after the second film. The premise seemed like something that could spawn a number of exciting stories. Instead, it seemed the series would end on a very sour night. But now, ten years later, the series has had new life breathed into it with Men in Black 3.

The film opens with an alien named Boris (Jermaine Clement) escaping from prison. Boris was arrested 43 years ago by Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and has been plotting his revenge ever since. Instead of just trying to kill K, Boris goes back to 1969, before K arrested him, and kills him in the past. So Agent J (Will Smith) has to travel back in time to save a young K (Josh Brolin).

As a fan of this series, or at least the first film, I have a lot of problems with this movie. I feel continuity has been ignored and changed for the sake of convenience. In particular, K’s back story has been changed and I don’t mean in a time travel way either. I mean the filmmakers just decided to tweak it to match the story they wanted to tell. For example, in Men in Black 3, K has/had a romantic relationship with a female Agent named O (Emma Thompson). This character was never even mentioned in the other films. On top of that, the first film revealed K had a wife and that he still had feelings for her. What happened to her exactly? Another odd change is in the character of K himself. In this film, the older K is written as being basically emotionless. This goes against the character’s previous appearances. Yes, K always has been more stoic than J, but he also had a sense of humour and an emotional core which for some reason have been stripped away in this film. The film tries to explain this by hinting at some event in K’s past (before he met J) that changed him. I have two big problems with this. The first is that we never actually find out what said event was. But second, and more importantly, known of this was mentioned or alluded to in the previous films. Before, I was a serious dude with a dry sense of humour. Now he’s an emotionless zombie with a tragic past? Cut me a break.

The way Men in Black 3 looks at K and J’s relationship was also off to me. For some reason, there is a lot of drama going on between the two in the beginning and there’s no reason as to why. Things are just really tense between the two of them for no real reason. The film tries to make this drama come to a close near the end. I’m not going to say what happened, but I will say that there’s a scene which expands in there relationship and history. I’m sure the scene was intended to deepen the relationship between the two, but I personally found it forced and unnecessary.

Even beyond my gripes as a MIB fan, this film still has a lot of flaws. The story for example, feels really slapped together. You can tell the filmmakers really wanted to have time travel and pair J up with a young K, but they didn’t really put a lot of thought into why. As a result, the film has the incredibly lame villain of Boris the animal, whose motivation is as basic as it gets. He wants revenge on K, and his race destroys planets. I wouldn’t have minded such a basic character if he were at least threatening, but he isn’t. The writing on the character was awful and Jermaine Clement’s performance didn’t help. I also feel the character O was pointlessly thrown in and Emma Thompson’s performance was a tad irritating. Finally, the humour in the film was really weak. There were some jokes that worked, but a lot that felt forced and fell flat. This isn’t the worst Men in Black film, but it does have the weakest humour.

So I’ve talked about what didn’t work for long enough, I suppose I should get into what the film does well. The performances of the three leads are easily the film’s highlight. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are still great as K and J and both play off each other well. I may not have liked the writing on elderly K, but Tommy Lee Jones is still awesome. The standout performance of the film is Josh Brolin as the young K. He captures Tommy Lee Jones’ mannerisms so well it’s almost scary. I quickly forgot I was watching Josh Brolin as he captured K so well. It also helps that Smith plays just as good off Brolin as he does Jones.

The film also has some technical elements worth praise. The 1960 settings and costumes were done nicely for example, and I love the various creatures and make-up by Rick Baker. The special effects were also great for the most part, and there are some exciting action scenes too.

You’d think after ten years, the film wouldn’t feel quite so rushed. I get the feeling that the people involved really wanted to make another Men in Black film even if there ideas of what a third one would be weren’t fully fleshed out. The end result is a film that feels forced. But with that said, I did enjoy the film, if only for the cast and technical details. Is it the Men in Black film I’ve been waiting for all this time? No. Do I feel like this series has a lot of potential that will likely never be seen? Unfortunately, yes. Still, as a rental, there’s some decent entertainment to be found in Men in Black 3, especially if you were a fine of the first one. If nothing else, the film is worth seeing for Josh Brolin’s performance.

Rating: C-

[sshuttari]

MIB3 Hits $202M Worldwide and Avengers hits 500 Milion Domestically!


Walt Disney Pictures announced today that the global blockbuster has crossed the $500 million mark domestically in a record 23 days (the previous record of 32 days was held by Avatar), making it only the fourth movie in history to cross that mark. "The Avengers" is currently the #4 film of all time globally with $1.295 billion and trails only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($1.328 billion), Titanic ($2.185 billion) and Avatar ($2.782 billion).

Men in Black 3 began its run with $202 million worldwide for the first few days of release in 106 territories. Of that, an estimated $70 million will come from 4,248 North American theaters during the Memorial Day weekend. The film received a B+ CinemaScore from general audiences and an A- from moviegoers under 18. For the Friday-to-Sunday period, Men in Black 3 took in $55 million, which is ahead of both Men in Black ($51 million) and Men in Black II ($52 million). The film took in $17.925 million on Friday, was up 8% Saturday to $19.445 million, is expected to do $17.630 million today and another estimated $15 million on Monday. IMAX sales contributed approximately $12 million to the worldwide total, which is 20% higher than their previous record for a worldwide memorial day release.