Movie Review Repost -- Men in Black 3 (2012)

Sorry, guys. Still nothing new this week. I'll have something new for you next week but today we're going to take a look back at my review of Men in Black 3. I loved the first Men in Black when I was a kid and I still do today. Men in Black 2 was a lame disappointment overcome with a serious case of sequelitis. As for the third film, I haven't seen it since it was in theatres but I sure wouldn't mind watching it again. It was, and is still, pretty good.

  Better late than never, right? We've got a sequel that took ten years to get made, and you're reading a review that got written 20 days late. Sorry. But was this unexpected addition to the series worth it (the movie, I mean)?

  The answer is (probably) yes. It's good old sci-fi fun! The aliens are creative, the action scenes are astounding, and the special effects have improved in the ten years since the last film. The plot involves J going back in time to stop an alien supervillain (who also went back in time) from changing history and thus taking over the world. Unfortunately this means (for spoiler-ridden reasons) that K – Tommy Lee Jones' character – only has about 25 minutes of screentime.

  But that's OK, because instead we have Josh Brolin portraying the young agent K, and he does a spot-on job. He even looks just like Jones! Another example of great casting is Jemaine Clement as Boris the Animal. He was so good, I mistook him for Tim Curry with that really deep voice. And then there's Will Smith as agent J. He's still pretty good, but his performance isn't as funny or energetic as it used to be; it's starting to come off as a bit tired.

  When compared against the first Men in Black movie, this one isn't as funny, but it has way better special effects. Compared against the second movie, Men in Black 3 is much more memorable and it doesn't have a laughably hokey plot! If you like aliens, time travel, or just sci-fi in general, you'll quite like this one.

Final rating: three-and-a-half stars out of five.