It depends greatly on the context of the film and the director's vision as to what optical candy gets used where in equal parts of when why and woah. I have made it a personal endeavour to find the best 3D content that the second generation 3D hardware is capable of rendering. But for the first time you actually get a strong story that challenges you a bit and also mixes in your love for, 'Back to the Future' movies (how can you not love 'Back to the Future', right?Įnjoy it, you won't be disappointed. The villain is excellent and Griff is one of those special characters that is a pleasure to watch (assuming I remembered his name correctly). If you liked/loved either of the first two, you'll not be disappointed by this one as the sly remarks from Will Smith remain intact while getting plenty of the goofy / creepy alien characters. The end catches you off guard and also pulls a 'refresh' of the storyline opening it up for effective future versions.

I've got to say it didn't disappoint and in fact, I think it had the strongest script of the three and definitely the most effective storyline. The first one edged out the MIB 2 in my mind and as our daughter showed interest, we watched both of the first two (tough for a kid to not love Agent F, the talking pug) recently and she asked to watch the third installment. 4 people found this helpfulĮxpected this to be yet another 'throw away sequel' even though I am a fan of MIB. For what is likely to be the final “Men in Black” film with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones’s characters, this offers a nice amount of closure while continuing the franchise’s themes of a larger world that most people fail to perceive. The way writer Etan Cohen describes time travel and Sonnenfeld films it is fun and visually distinct from most previous time travel films while still working for the aesthetic of the “Men in Black” franchise.īonus features on the Blu-Ray include a “spot the alien” game, a making-of special, background on the creation of the 1960s MIB aesthetic, a focus on visual effects, scene breakdowns, a progression reel, a gag reel, and the music video to Pitbull’s “Back in Time,” which recalls Will Smith’s video for “Men in Black” or “Black Suits Comin’ (Nod Ya Head),” though it is somewhat sad that Smith didn’t contribute a third song to this entry. Further, having most of the story occur in 1969 helps keep the plot fresh. It does explain Zed’s absence while introducing O (Emma Thompson), who will appear in “Men in Black: International.” Usually, a decade between films would be detrimental, but each film in this franchise feels so episodic that it the passage of time doesn’t detract from the story. The film is the first in the franchise not to feature Frank the Pug, Chief Zed, Jack Jeebs, or David Cross’s character, Newton.

That said, these films are action comedies rather than typical sci-fi movies, so continuity between films isn’t necessarily the writers’ biggest concern. There are some continuity issues introduced in this film, such as K’s line, “I guess you weren’t even alive in ’68” from the first film or that the ArcNet should have protected Earth against the Arquillian Battle Cruiser in that same film. While the previous entry in the franchise attempted to give J a love interest, the emotional heart of this film is the paternal relationship between K and J. If Boris kills K, not only will J lose his mentor, but K will not have successfully deployed a defense network that protects Earth from a Boglodite invasion in the present. This film see Agent J (Will Smith) having to go back in time to 1969 to defeat alien assassin Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement) from killing Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones in the present, Josh Brolin in the past). In “Men in Black 3,” director Barry Sonnenfeld returns to direct the threequel in the franchise he began.

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