6.19.2012
Men in Black 3
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Series: 3rd in the Men in Black franchise
Overall Grade: A-
Plot: A villanous alien, Boris the Animal, put away early in K's career escapes from prison (on the Moon) and vows to travel back in time to kill K and prevent K from ever capturing him and killing off his whole species. Agent J is the only one who still remembers K and so must travel into the past to keep K alive and make sure K kills Boris instead of sending him to prison, and thus prevent Boris' future escape.
Review: Some might be sad for the paucity of Tommy Lee Jones in this film, but Josh Brolin must get major recognition for pulling off an incredible impersonation of him the whole movie. He even looks like a young version of Jones, well cast!
I also enjoyed the secondary characters, especially Griffin (in the green coat in the picture), who is the last member of his species which was wiped out by Boris the Animal's species
For those who fret over time travel, just turn off your brains and enjoy the film. There aren't any major plotholes and, as promised, you do in fact learn why K becomes so dour and humorless, and it's sad.
Two of my favorite scenes are when K delegates the job of neuralizing bystanders to an exasperated J, who comes up with two hilarious explanations for what happens if you don't turn your phones off on an airplane or if you flush a goldfish down the toilet.
Overall a good summer action/adventure/scifi flick.
Labels: genre: historical, genre: scifi, media: movie, series: Men in Black
