Men in Black 3

If you run out of ideas in the present, time travel can throw in some plus points, and that's what the third Men in Black did. Another adventure of "J" and "K" that offers a decent premise that, in my opinion, was not used to its full potential. The main villain has a properly disgusting look on the one hand, but on the other, I found him reprehensibly uncharismatic. Josh Brolin was a great past version of Tommy Lee Jones, while Will Smith tries to add in some "juice" here and there, but it mostly fizzles out quickly. Michael Stuhlbarg's character could rival Paul Newman with his eyes and was pleasantly alien. Another thing that bothered me at times were the blatantly artificial scenes. As a result, MiB3 is not funny, action-packed, or sci-fi enough, though the mild plot twist at the end did make the film a little better. A solid three stars! (03/04/2021)

Men in Black is a legend that was created by the director Barry Sonnenfeld. Barry reminds me of Burton and his movies. They also cooperate often, just like in this very movie and in any case, it’s a shame that Barry doesn’t film as many movies. However, I was really excited to see Men in Black 3. I remember how I used to rent the first one at a video rental shop and downright indulged in it. I rented it each and every time I didn’t have anything else to watch as a young fella. The sequel was a bit weaker, but that was to be expected. It was still fun, even though it wasn’t “it” anymore. And then the third movie was a pleasant surprise that completely reverses Tommy Lee Jones’ story basis and it basically gets rid of it for about a half of the entire movie. Then there’s the story itself, which has fairly decent plot twists. I must say that considering the ending and the fact that this is a third movie, it was really well done. I had fun, I relaxed, I finally saw Will Smith once again… what more could I possibly want from a third movie of any saga from any world?This was truly well beyond average. (06/06/2013)

Will's unflagging comedic talent and Brolin's perfect copy of Jones' gesticulation, diction, and facial expressions, are all beaten down by a flimsy script and routine direction that doesn't take the best from the characters, the 1960s, or anything else. With the exception of the "Mommy, the President is drinking my chocolate milk!" joke, it’s terribly boring. (09/10/2012)

It took ten long years for the third MiB to get a chance to make amends for the disastrous no. 2. And they succeeded. Decent entertainment, good jokes, an interesting idea with time travel (although the story has logic holes in it like a sieve), fine Will and superbly cast Josh Brolin. T.L. Jones seems like he’s here just from a sense of duty, but never mind that. The majority of the movie sits on young K. Otherwise I was pleased that the dubbers from part one were hired again for this movie. (07/19/2012)

No revolution (not even a reboot). Just OK action with one-liners, perhaps more one-liners (or just plain chattering) than politically incorrect shooting at aliens (not counting the lady from the prologue, all of the negative characters are “different”). In other words, it’s mostly about the characters and the relationships between them and since the women here are either in a negative role or a non-action-oriented boss, the relationships are strictly heterosexual in accordance with nerdy romances. The nostalgic recollection of the years when truth and love were not yet empty concepts and there were still events that could also bring the American people together, not just divide them (as the media’s memory tries to convince us), is unusually intense and even unintentionally funny towards the end (the little boy and the sea). Due to the excessive tugging at heartstrings, the film’s creators are not too successful in piling on audio-visual attractions and references to 1960 pop culture to conceal the fact that it is actually a cowardly escape from the present. The coarsest jokes, or rather the only two coarse jokes with Warhol and Jagger, are the comedy highlights of the film, which is given more juice by Jemaine Clement in the unexpected role of a truly hideous villain. But not even his diabolical laugh can drown out the impression that Men in Black 3 is needless and empty and that we’ve seen it already many times before. 60% (05/22/2012)