Men in Black 3

I don't like MiB, I never enjoyed it very much and I went to see the third film out of professional duty. The first third is tragic - the screenwriter on the set who wrote the dialogues for the characters a little in advance must have been very lethargic. Then Will jumps through time, Josh shows up, and I enjoyed myself ever since. There aren't many jokes in the film, but some of them are great and intelligent (blacks who don't steal cars, Warhol's last sitar concert...). But when Will meets Josh, a strange thing happens wherein MiB starts tugging at my heartstrings. In addition, unlike the second film, they have a pretty nice and only moderately dull story, and from the aesthetics of the 90's they are able to extract pastel oomph and several miraculous events, which must mainly impress American audiences. The simplicity seemed contagious to me, as did a certain intimacy and focus on the relationship between the two guys in black. The final twist is not done in such a way that it’s pulling your leg so that the director can show the audience an additional trick. BTW, I feel that Sonnenfeld has relatives in space and that he sent them money from the budget. But I was satisfied for the 180 crowns I spent on it. (31/05/2012)

Lots of humor, dozens of various gorgeous aliens from the workshop of Rick Baker, the sensational Will Smith, the unrivalled Tommy Lee Jones and the awesome Josh Brolin as his younger self. Yes, the plot again revolves around saving the planet, but the time travel makes it original and very entertaining. I'm not sure if Barry Sonnenfeld and co. are planning a fourth installment, but I don't think it's necessary anymore. The trilogy was brought to a very dignified conclusion (the beautiful finale!).__P.S. The joke about the president drinking cocoa was almost lethal. (28/09/2012)

It took ten long years for the third MiB to get a chance to make amends for the disastrous no. 2. And they succeeded. Decent entertainment, good jokes, an interesting idea with time travel (although the story has logic holes in it like a sieve), fine Will and superbly cast Josh Brolin. T.L. Jones seems like he’s here just from a sense of duty, but never mind that. The majority of the movie sits on young K. Otherwise I was pleased that the dubbers from part one were hired again for this movie. (19/07/2012)

No revolution (not even a reboot). Just OK action with one-liners, perhaps more one-liners (or just plain chattering) than politically incorrect shooting at aliens (not counting the lady from the prologue, all of the negative characters are “different”). In other words, it’s mostly about the characters and the relationships between them and since the women here are either in a negative role or a non-action-oriented boss, the relationships are strictly heterosexual in accordance with nerdy romances. The nostalgic recollection of the years when truth and love were not yet empty concepts and there were still events that could also bring the American people together, not just divide them (as the media’s memory tries to convince us), is unusually intense and even unintentionally funny towards the end (the little boy and the sea). Due to the excessive tugging at heartstrings, the film’s creators are not too successful in piling on audio-visual attractions and references to 1960 pop culture to conceal the fact that it is actually a cowardly escape from the present. The coarsest jokes, or rather the only two coarse jokes with Warhol and Jagger, are the comedy highlights of the film, which is given more juice by Jemaine Clement in the unexpected role of a truly hideous villain. But not even his diabolical laugh can drown out the impression that Men in Black 3 is needless and empty and that we’ve seen it already many times before. 60% (22/05/2012)

A couple of good lines, the talented comedian Will Smith with his captivating spontaneity, Boris The Animal and a superb impersonation by Josh Brolin, that's about it. Otherwise, it is is a mediocre and pointless threequel that essentially lacks any greater ambitions, neither visual nor intellectual. I don't deny my relatively skeptical view towards the whole franchise, but after the first one, no other installment entertains me anymore. (24/04/2013)