Men in Black 3 (2012) - I'm Agent M!

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2012)

It's been nearly 15 years since the original "Men in Black", which has always been one of my favorite movies, and it's been nearly 10 years since the disappointing sequel. Now after years of production issues, script problems, and minor casting decisions, director Barry Sonnenfeld brings us the third chapter in the franchise with "Men in Black 3", and even though I have a few pros and cons with the movie itself, this is still one of the more entertaining movies of the year. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as Agents J and K, still fighting aliens and zapping people's brains. But let's face it, since it's been so many years, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are starting to lose a lot of the chemistry that they had in the previous movies, and I wasn't really buying their chemistry anymore, even if Tommy Lee Jones does make that annoying stone-faced look throughout, which looked like he had no interest in being in this movie (but he was hardly in the movie at all, so I'm not mad at him). This just shows why I absolutely hated the first 20 minutes of the movie. Throughout the first half, it was filled with cheap jokes that fell flat, dull and careless moments, and some weird plot holes that make no sense. I started to hate the first half, as it went on and on and on. Also, Jemaine Clement, from "Flight of the Conchords", plays the villain, named Boris the Animal. But, come on, Jemaine Clement's character is probably one of the most least interesting villains in the history of cinema. He had nothing to do, besides growl and growl and....growl! Seriously, I was disappointed on how the movie started. But, once we start the time-travel aspect of the movie, that's when I started to like the movie, and enjoy it. Agent K has suddenly been erased from time, and now Agent J has to go back in time, to 1969, to save his partner from being killed by Boris the Animal. That's when the movie started to catch up, and that's when I started to enjoy and love it. The time-travel part of the storyline really caught my attention, and it was pretty interesting and entertaining. Also, Josh Brolin delivers a top-notch performance, impersonating a young version of Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K character. I really loved how Josh Brolin was able to play a younger Agent K, in such a clever and stylized way. I also really loved the chemistry between Brolin and Will Smith, because these two really got along more, and I easily bought their chemistry easily. Also, Michael Stuhlbarg plays a friendly alien named Griffin, who can be able see the possibilities of the past and future. At first, I got a little annoyed by his character, but then later in the movie, you start to know him a little bit more, and then I ended up liking him. Yeah, this guy seems like a nice guy. It was around the second half where the jokes got funnier, the storyline started to impress, and I was more entertained. Rick Baker's alien make-up effects are still refreshingly brilliant, the special effects are perfectly clever, and there is a surprising heartwarming moment near the final act that will definitely warm your heart. So, "Men in Black 3" was such a fun movie to watch, and I was really entertained by what the movie offered at times. I would say forget the first 20 minutes, and then afterward, you'll enjoy the ride. So, go check out this movie, before I go to your house, and use that neuralizer to zap your brain, and forget about this review! "Men in Black 3", in my review, "undeniably entertaining, but sometimes poor".