Men in Black 3
2012 Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
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They are back... in time.
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
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I was in my late teens when the first two Men in Black films came out and I really, really enjoyed them. Taking my age into consideration and the fact that it has been ten years since the last installment I really was not sure what I was in for with Men in Black 3. I must say, I was very pleasantly surprised.
While Tommy Lee Jones wasn't in the film for nearly as much as the younger version of Agent K, the filmmakers could not have picked a better replacement than what they found in Josh Brolin. He was pretty believable as a younger, smidgen happier K.
I think what works so well in these movies is that they…
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Tommy Lee Jones is melting. If they do a Men in Black 4, he will be but a puddle on the floor.
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It's Men in Black, it's fun, it's better than the 2nd, that's all you need to know. I ordered an omelette, I got an omelette.
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When my friend Drew insisted that I join him and his wife to see Men in Black III, I ignored the call and let it roll over to voicemail. Undeterred, Drew was persistent and continued to text me and eventually wore me down - for which I am grateful. Because to my surprise, at the third installment of a franchise I thought was past its prime, at a movie I really didn't want to see, I had the biggest laughs and great summer movie fun.
Director Barry Sonnenfeld (who also directed MIB 1 & 2) surprises us with the most suspenseful, heartfelt and funny story in the series. He also makes great use of the top-level cast which includes Tommy Lee…
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There are two undoubted stars in the latest Men in Black film - Josh Brolin’s uncanny Tommy Lee Jones impersonation and Rick Baker. As with the previous two films, Baker’s creature effects work is exemplary, particularly his kitschy ‘60s influenced creations. Fittingly, given the film’s time travel conceit, it feels a movie out of time. Its chalk and cheese buddy cop dynamic and alien conspiracy setting is pure ‘90s meaning the whole film is a little outdated. However, throwbacks can still be enjoyable if they are entertaining but I’m not sure Men in Black III really is.
It is still bright and breezy but it rarely feels as much fun or as enjoyably imaginative as the first film (I’m still…
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"Men in Black 3" offers up everything one would expect from another entry in the MiB series: a light-weight, jocular adventure regarding saving the Earth from alien invasion with plenty of nifty special effects and the solid chemistry of stars, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. This edition sees our heroes involved in a time travel odyssey that has Josh Brolin portraying, uncannily, the young Agent K. As expected, the experience is fun and entertaining, but nothing extraordinary.
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Given the fact that I was never a big fan of the Men In Black franchise, this film actually surprised me.
I've seen the other two a while ago but can only remember bits and pieces, and so I can't appropriately determine which is the best of the three. But I can honestly say that this third one is the best fit for me. The story was interesting and well-developed to a greater extent than you would normally expect from a blockbuster comedy sci-fi.
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Watch this for one reason only... Josh Brolin makes for a better young Tommy Lee Jones than Tommy himself. Stunning. The film? Mnerr. Makes me think they captured lightning in a bottle the first time.
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Really entertaining and more intelligently done than I would've anticipated. Better than the other two, that's for sure.
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Watching this made me think that I never liked the first two Men In Black films to begin with. Josh Brolin was great but that's about all I enjoyed.
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A flawed improvement over Men in Black 2.
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Much better than it had any right being. Particularly after the half-hearted MiB 2, I expected nothing more than a blatant cash-in film. And while that's still most likely true, there were enough quirks and memorable performances to make MiB 3 worth seeing.
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Better than I expected and definitely better than Men in Black 2. Josh Brolin a tremendous Tommy Lee Jones job and great to see Michael Stuhlbarg here as well. And Barry Sonnenfeld HAS to be a Mets fan ... Shea Stadium returns! (Alas, no Bernard Gilkey, though we do get Cleon Jones). More enjoyable than it has any right to be.
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I heard mixed things about this movie all last year. Some thought it was a pleasant surprise and others… didn’t. For the most part I’d say I fall in the former camp. This isn’t a summer classic or anything, but it manages to resurrect this mostly dead franchise a lot more easily than I expected. In fact, it might objectively be the best film of the trilogy (which isn’t really saying a whole lot). The basic adventure at the film’s center is a lot better than what we’ve seen before anyway and there were a handful of fairly witty moments throughout. This is the film that MIB2 should have been.
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Waarom een 3 maken... Toch nog de moeite waard wel.