Men in Black 3 Reviews

Men in Black 3 review

Posted : 8 months, 2 weeks ago on 9 September 2012 01:36

Men In Black 3, in addition to mutating alien form, this one has got time travel stuff too, although a bit of it has been pitched back in MIB 2 as well. The movie is about exploring the background of quiet & tight lipped Agent K. Agent J, will smith in the movie is going back in time to stop Boris the Animal in order to save his partner Agent K, while doing he uncovers lot more.

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Men in Black 3 review

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago on 17 August 2012 02:55

I don't understand how I have heard so many people say this was horrible... I really enjoyed it. It was funny, and much less cheesy than the first two as well. I had my expectations low when I went to see it and then came out with them much higher. I thought that this one had a more complex story line, better acting, better action scenes and graphics.. but that's just me.

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Better than Part 2

Posted : 11 months, 1 week ago on 14 June 2012 11:18

Just a quick review... Men in Black 3 is a fun filled action-packed film that also pays attention to emotional aspects. This is way better than it's horrible predecessor. Ethan Cohen's screenplay, the direction, the make-up, the eye-popping visual effects and the 3D shots... wow it was all in the right place with higher degree of entertainment. Josh Brolin as the young Agent K was the best, accompanied by equally great and funny Will Smith as Agent J. The ending was ridiculous though, they could have given BANG in the end to tell us it's over. This is the only thing they could have really worked out because a good conclusion sometimes makes a movie far more more better.

Nevertheless, it's a good movie. Nothing new or ground-breaking but still fulfills the meaning of "entertainment". Have a nice day... :D

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Men in Black 3 review

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago on 4 June 2012 06:19

Per motivi vari, ho rimandato sempre il mio incontro con gli uomini in nero e, adesso, un po’ me ne dispiace. Non so dire se questo sia il film migliore della serie - come ha detto David Letterman intervistando il regista Sonnenfeld nell’occasione stravagante come i suoi personaggi - ma certamente regala cento minuti di azione e divertimento senza cadute di tono o di stile. La storia è il seguito degli episodi precedenti, ma ne è anche la premessa visto che Will Smith (J.) viene rispedito nel 1969 a salvare la pelle al suo futuro collega K., la cui versione giovanile è interpretata da Josh Brolin con la stessa imperturbabilità di Tommy Lee Jones nella parte per così dire contemporanea (c’è anche una giovane O., ma Alice Eve perde clamorosamente il confronto a distanza con Emma Thompson). In questo modo, con la scusa di impedire la vendetta del rude e ispido ipercriminale Boris (Clement), la sceneggiatura può giocare con i piani temporali, tra ammiccamenti al passato – compreso un Andy Warhol che è un agente sotto copertura che non ne può più del ruolo - e una colorata ricostruzione dei giorni che precedettero il lancio di Apollo 11. Circondati dal consueto via-vai di alieni di varie razze (sotto le cui spoglie, benché non accreditati, si nascondono anche Tim Burton e Lady GaGa) e aiutati dall’’illuminato’ Griffin dell’efficace Michael Stuhlbarg, i due MIB uniscono ancora una volta le differenze caratteriali per fare trionfare il bene: la sfida finale avviene sui tralicci che sostengono il razzo che spedirà in orbita Neil Armstrong e compagni. Tutto lo sballottamento non viene neppure notato dai milioni di telespettatori che assistono all’evento (a differenza di un vecchio episodio di Star Trek di ambientazione analoga) ma la verosimiglianza storica non pare essere stata la prima delle preoccupazioni – in quegli anni si parlava di Cape Kennedy, non di Cape Canaveral – mentre la precedenza è stata data al ritmo, sia dell’azione sia dei dialoghi intessuti di battute fulminanti. Insomma, si ride e ci si appassiona per un film che aiuta a svuotare il cervello e consente di uscire dalla sala più leggeri.

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Better than we had any right to expect

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago on 30 May 2012 06:08

"Somehow history has been rewritten. There has to be a reason this is happening, and K seems to be in the centre of it..."

For all intents and purposes, Men in Black III should have been an utter catastrophe. Compounding the law of diminishing returns and the fact that it has been a decade since the poorly-received Men in Black II, production on the flick was troubled: cameras began rolling without a finished script, and filming started and stopped. Hell, Sony apparently considered just killing the movie on account of all the rewrites and filming breaks. It's therefore phenomenal how cohesive the finished movie is. If you were none the wiser, you would never assume that Men in Black III's journey from page to screen was so problematic, as its storytelling is astonishingly fluid. Surprisingly, too, MIB III is far better and more energetic than we had any right to expect. While it lacks the original film's spark of witty brilliance, this fun threequel does come close to matching the exuberance of the first Men in Black.

The last survivor of a planet-destroying race of aliens, Boris The Terrible (Clement) is incarcerated in a high security prison on the moon. When Boris escapes, he returns to Earth determined to exact revenge on Agent K (Jones) for shooting off one of his arms and arresting him years earlier. To prevent the removal of his limb, Boris travels back in time to 1969 to murder K, successfully erasing him from the present and causing a time ripple. In the present, only Agent J (Smith) can remember his now long-deceased partner, and he takes it upon himself to prevent K's death. With an alien attack threatening to destroy present-day Earth, J follows Boris back to 1969 where he meets young Agent K (Brolin). Forced to become reluctant partners, K and J set out to stop Boris' master plan.

The Men in Black series started out as a goofy take on alien invasion films, but, for some reason, Men in Black III is more of a straight action flick with not as much emphasis on laughs. The budget was ridiculously high (reports place the final price tag at $375 million, including marketing), essentially forcing director Barry Sonnenfeld and the writers to focus on large-scale action set-pieces to effectively compete for summer box office dollars. To be sure, though, there is still a smattering of humour, and it's of a better standard than anticipated. Whenever the script mines for comedy, there are laughs to be had (J's one-liners are often amusing, although they may have been improvised by Smith). But what's disappointing is how few and far between the best laughs are, not to mention there are no genuine belly-laughs here on the same level as 1997's Men in Black.

As to be expected from a big-budget 2012 blockbuster, Men in Black III is an attractive film. With such an enormous budget, Sonnenfeld and his team have created some truly eye-popping action set-pieces which were brought to life with borderline photorealistic digital effects and animatronics. Fortunately, the legendary Rick Baker returned here to design and create the new set of aliens. Baker's efforts are predictably brilliant, stuffing Sonnenfeld's frame with imaginative extraterrestrials and further blurring the line between what's animatronic and what's digital. Then there's composer Danny Elfman, a series veteran whose music gives the picture further energy and zest. (For the record, the franchise's trademark theme is present and accounted for.) The climax is a bit on the clunky side, though - most troublesome is a fight between Boris and Agent J which yields an especially confusing moment that looks to be the result of frantic re-editing. Plus, the final minute or so introduces a cheap gag designed to close the door with a smile, but the moment feels forced and redundant.

It has been four years since Will Smith last starred in a film, but the actor has not lost his charisma or magnetism. Back as Agent J for the first time in a decade, Smith is as charming as ever, scoring laughs through top-notch comic timing and spot-on line delivery. But the show-stealer here is Josh Brolin as young Agent K, presenting a note-perfect imitation of Tommy Lee Jones. He nails Jones' mannerisms, steely facial expressions and deadpan line deliveries, not to mention Brolin actually resembles the actor. It's more than mere mimicry too, as Brolin embodies young K to effectively present an early version of the iconic character. It's impressive stuff. Best of all, Brolin has honest-to-goodness chemistry with Will Smith, and his inclusion makes the pairing of Agent K and Agent J feel fresh again. In fact, some of Men in Black III's finest moments involve the two men casually bantering rather than battling aliens. Meanwhile, Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) is a solid villain who makes a menacing impression whenever he's on-screen. Also in the cast is the underrated Michael Stuhlbarg who plays a fifth-dimensional being with the ability to see all versions of the future. His quick-paced talking is outstanding, and Stuhlbarg always remains eminently watchable. However, Tommy Lee Jones is unfortunately relegated to an extended cameo appearance, showing up for 20 minutes tops over the entire movie. Jones is great in his limited scenes, so it's a shame that there isn't more of them.

This reviewer is one of the three people on the planet who enjoys Men in Black II, but MIB III is definitely a marked improvement over its immediate predecessor. Still, it's not as good as the original MIB. The partnership of Smith and Brolin gives the series back its spark, yet the endeavour does seem a bit routine. Oh, and there's no Frank the Pug, which is worsened by the fact that Sonnenfeld apparently wanted to rub this in - Agent J has a large poster of Frank on his wall, and in the background at one stage there's a poster advertising "The Amazing Speaking Pug". Seriously, what gives? This aside, Men in Black III is a fun time. It even closes with a poignant twist that strengthens K and J's relationship and will make you watch the entire series in a new light. Room is left wide open for a fourth instalment, too, which this reviewer is actually looking forward to.

6.8/10

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A good movie

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago on 28 May 2012 04:03

What a nice surprise! At first, I was really wondering what was Will Smith thinking... I mean, he hasn't released anything for the last 3 years and seems to be linked to at least 20 different projects and the one gig he picks up is a sequel for a 10 years old franchise that nobody is really actually expecting. Fortunally, the end result was actually pretty good. At first, you have a slow (and rather boring) introduction where he argues all the time with Tommy Lee Jones and if it was funny the first time, it was rather annoying for the 3rd time around. But fortunately, Jones disappears pretty quickly and then the movie finally started to get interesting. Indeed, first, you have a really spectacular jump from the Empire State Building (I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was pretty awesome). And then, J meets the younger version of K, portrayed by Josh Brolin who just blew me away. Not only he physically really looked like a younger Jones, but he sounded just the same. From now on, I was just sold and enjoyed the whole time travel paradox. Of course, the rest of the movie is just made of preposterous action scenes and of some weird looking aliens, but it was fun and I had a good time. To conclude, even though it is nothing amazing, it remains an enjoyable blockbuster, it displays that Will Smith still rules the box-office and it is definitely worth a look.

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