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Director:
Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring:
Will
Smith
Tommy
Lee Jones
Josh
Brolin
Jemaine
Clement
Michael
Stuhlbarg
Emma
Thompson
In
1997 the first men in black movie hit our screens. The film was a
massive success, loved by many and even redefined the genre. The
first movie was a major boost in leading man Will Smiths career and
15 years later he's easily one of the best known faces in Hollywood.
Men
in Black 3 certainly doesn’t disappoint, Its packed with tonnes
action and background, in some ways more so than the first two
movies. Yes the background aspect is sort of a given considering the
plot is mainly about travelling back in time but there’s no doubt
it has been done spectacularly. The young actors of K (Josh Brolin)
and O(Alice Eve) have been superbly chosen and its difficult to think
how the casting could have been improved upon, for example Young K
seems to have captivated the older K's(Tommy Lee Jones) mannerisms
and voice spot on. Sadly as the majority of this film is set in the
past we don't see nearly as much of 'K'(Tommy Lee Jones) or the new
character 'O'(Emma Thompson)as many fans may have hoped for.
In
this film the Action and special FX are really stepped up from the
previous instalments. There are significantly more Aliens and more
extra terrestrial enemies, this calls for more action as agents J and
K are given amazing weapons and a lot more opportunity to use their
“Space guns”.
Perhaps
one of the only downsides to this movie (if it can even be considered
a downside) is that in comparison to the previous instalments the
mood of this film seems somewhat lighter, although it was pretty
light to begin with. I’m not saying that this is necessarily a bad
thing but its no doubt very different. Where the previous films
presented the MIB agency as a mysterious, secretive organisation this
film seems to show it as more open and less serious than previously
thought.
The
jokes in this film seem to be a lot more in your face and blatant
then the previous titles, when watching it seems that the jokes are
forced and while the same style of comedy is often implemented for
some reason it doesn't produce the same effect as the
earlier instalments, possibly due to the jokes being less subtle and
seemingly more forced. On the other hand although many of the jokes
don't induce fits of laughter (while many do) they all consistently
bring a smile to your face.
There's
no doubt that the absolute best thing about this film and indeed the
series is Will Smiths character “J”. J is still his
light-hearted, comical self even with the added years, he turns
somehow manages to turn even the most serious situations into
something laughable, luckily this added comedy rarely breaks the mood
and only adds to the experience. Its difficult to think how effective
this series would have been without the charismatic acting of Will
Smith, Its certain the atmosphere would be different and many of the
jokes probably wouldn’t have worked as well as they did but its
clear this is an example of perfect casting.
We
give Men In Black 3 a 7.5/10.
Its a good film and in many ways it is as good, if not better than
the previous 2 films, however in many other ways its very different
and we think that the change works very well. This film is defiantly
worth a watch and is sure to bring a smile your face, it seems to be
the type of movie that can be watched many times and will
consistently give the viewer a great experience.
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