MIB3 Men In Black 3 (Post-release)

Saw this Saturday evening. It was a nice time killer, nothing spectacular - worth a watch if you're looking for a movie to see. Was fun, got kinda long towards the end.

Josh Brolin was perfect as a younger Tommy Lee Jones. ...and Will Smith simply doesn't age.

I'm kinda ticked that this flick is getting into theaters and moving The Avengers into smaller theaters - and out of the Imax.

While I certainly enjoyed the film for it's attempt to make it character driven, I was a bit disappointed by certain elements that tended to contradict the first film.

For example, the relationship between K and O I felt was a complete retcon to the first film's depiction of K longing to be with his wife again. At first I thought this relationship was a new thing after K came back to MIB, but as we see in the 1960s segments, it's been going on for much longer than that. Did the writers just forget K had a wife during this time, or did everyone involved with the film HATE the wife subplot that they're trying to erase it from the franchise entirely? I hated how they wrote in that K's wife left him in-between Men in Blacks 1 and 2, and now with Men in Black 3, it's like it never happened.

WE HATE THE WIFE PLOT! -> <- Me

But overall, I thought it was a good film. The best parts for me was when the movie focused on Josh Brolin's depiction of Younger K. That was refreshing.

It actually wasn't as bad as I expected, way better than MIB2 for sure.

The giant neuralyzer didn't make any sense to me though. Why have that when younger K had a classic style neuralyzer on his belt?

Speaking of that dial-up neuralyzer, anyone happen to have seen anything else on that particular prop? I noticed he didn't appear to pop it open first before flashing it, so it might even be a leftover from the first MIB.


-Carson

I thought the film was pretty enjoyable, and it felt like MiB, but at the same time, the familiar feeling was almost a negative for me. Felt like a follow-the-numbers deal. It was better than MiB2 though.

Brolin was fantastic though. It was the sole reason I wanted to see it.

I'm also kinda sad that the big props didn't get more screen time. The shotgun and the 1969 SI weren't fired. Those were the two guns I wanted to see unloaded.

I think Will Smith has a case of Richard Alpert

Just got back from seeing this. We liked it, had a bit of everything. Maybe not as bombastic as The Avengers, but definitely enjoyable. Feels like a MIB film, and fits somewhere between 1 and 2 in terms of quality. Not as good as the first one, but better than the second.

If you're a MIB fan, I would definitely recommend seeing it.

You know I was thinking the whole time I thought K had a wife. I saw the first one and only half remember it and the second I cannot recall. It was good, and I read they had a lot of production problems which were not apparent in the finished product.

I hope it's not too early to ask about the time travel. Where did old K go with his gun or was he just waiting for Boris to come through the door? It confused me because the scene almost made it look like the gun was activated as a time travel device.

Great cameo from Will Arnett.

Nighteyes said:

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I hope it's not too early to ask about the time travel. Where did old K go with his gun or was he just waiting for Boris to come through the door? It confused me because the scene almost made it look like the gun was activated as a time travel device.

I think he was expecting Boris to hit him at home, so he was probably all set to pull the trigger as soon as anyone came through the door.

Jeyl said:

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While I certainly enjoyed the film for it's attempt to make it character driven, I was a bit disappointed by certain elements that tended to contradict the first film.

For example, the relationship between K and O I felt was a complete retcon to the first film's depiction of K longing to be with his wife again. At first I thought this relationship was a new thing after K came back to MIB, but as we see in the 1960s segments, it's been going on for much longer than that. Did the writers just forget K had a wife during this time, or did everyone involved with the film HATE the wife subplot that they're trying to erase it from the franchise entirely? I hated how they wrote in that K's wife left him in-between Men in Blacks 1 and 2, and now with Men in Black 3, it's like it never happened.

WE HATE THE WIFE PLOT! -> <- Me

But overall, I thought it was a good film. The best parts for me was when the movie focused on Josh Brolin's depiction of Younger K. That was refreshing.

Same here. It was entertaining but there were so many questionable plot elements. The forced father plot. The all-too-convenient future seeing character.

The focus on character totally saved this movie. MIIB had almost no character development.

benhs1898 said:

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The focus on character totally saved this movie. MIIB had almost no character development.

MIIB had what I'd like to call reverse character development. They took a character who put aside one of the coolest and most awesome job in the entire galaxy to be with the one he missed the most, and now he's back like it was just meh.

Also, can we have a story where Earth isn't in danger of being destroyed for once? I already know how that will always end up by the end.

Jeyl said:

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MIIB had what I'd like to call reverse character development. They took a character who put aside one of the coolest and most awesome job in the entire galaxy to be with the one he missed the most, and now he's back like it was just meh.

Also, can we have a story where Earth isn't in danger of being destroyed for once? I already know how that will always end up by the end.

I dunno, I really thought they might not make it this time.

benhs1898 said:

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I dunno, I really thought they might not make it this time.

Well, technically, one reality didn't make it.

The MIB cartoon did a great job of showing a lot of 'day to day' stuff of the MIB, and I thought it was pretty good.

Enjoyed this film. But I'd rather have seen The avengers for the 3rd time instead lol

Alan Castillo said:

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BUT ...... I swear, except for the prison scene, my legs were about to walk out on their own from the start, till the first 5-10 minutes or so passed. It started off horribly IMO ! It stank of slow, cheesy, corny, slap-stick, repetative and yukky all over. I was dreading all of it was going to be like that. O's 'speech' almost nailed it for me labelling it badly.

Then it suddenly just went from terrible, to super-mega-cool (round about where 'history is changed' in a flash/wave), and didn't slow down one bit

Nobody else got that feeling in the first few minutes ?

I cringed at that speech scene myself. So glad the film got better.

Reading this thread made me remember a scene that was in the first trailer that wasn't in the finished film, probably showing more of the day to day stuff. It was the scene where K and J talk to the alien that looks like wall graffiti and sounded like John Leguizamo. My guess is that it was just ultimately a throw away scene? Gotta love when films do that.

Boogeyman13 said:

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Reading this thread made me remember a scene that was in the first trailer that wasn't in the finished film, probably showing more of the day to day stuff. It was the scene where K and J talk to the alien that looks like wall graffiti and sounded like John Leguizamo. My guess is that it was just ultimately a throw away scene? Gotta love when films do that.

Nice recollection, I totally forgot about that scene. Guess there was more to that scene than what was shown in the trailer but ended up being deleted.

Loved it.

I just got back from seeing it tonight with my son. I must have seen a different movie than you guys. I thought it was very weak and lacked any feeling or magic of the first. It seemed like they were there to hit their marks and say their lines then rush home for dinner. It was unfunny, dry and cliched. Josh pulled off the K impersonation fine, but what he had to work with script wise was blah. I was in a packed theater and only heard maybe two chuckles from the audience -- I swear I heard crickets when it was over. I really wanted to like it but man that was bad.

I could go into more details but I don't know how to hide the spoilers.


Doug

With all of the decent reviews this movie is getting its definitely on my to watch list for this weekend.

x_zan_x said:

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With all of the decent reviews this movie is getting its definitely on my to watch list for this weekend.

That was my mistake. Hope you see the movie these other saw, but it wasn't what I saw that's for sure.



Doug

I really liked it. This is a good sequel and wasn't rushed into it. Most movie franchises just plug one movie after the other, this one was different and done right.

Sure they cannot please everyone but they did a really good job with this movie.

Saw it for $6 earlier in the week, and thought it was a great sequel to MIB, though I agree with Jeyl about O and K.

Almost as good as the first film to me, and way better than MIIB, which I have only seen once and have no desire to see again.

wannab said:

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I just got back from seeing it tonight with my son. I must have seen a different movie than you guys. I thought it was very weak and lacked any feeling or magic of the first. It seemed like they were there to hit their marks and say their lines then rush home for dinner. It was unfunny, dry and cliched. Josh pulled off the K impersonation fine, but what he had to work with script wise was blah. I was in a packed theater and only heard maybe two chuckles from the audience -- I swear I heard crickets when it was over. I really wanted to like it but man that was bad.

I could go into more details but I don't know how to hide the spoilers.


Doug

I dozed off twice. When I fall asleep during a movie that is usually telling me something.