Chix Chat on Film Review: MIB back to the future.

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2012)

Men In Black 3 takes us on a journey into the past that was very enlightening because you recognize that you are given answers to questions that you did not realize you had asked. It turns out that we witness a fourteen year partnership has transpired between Agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) that brings about the realization that the first MIB was fifteen years ago! We see that some of the original favorite characters real or otherwise like the worms are still around and others real or otherwise have moved on. The series has always had great villains whose endeavors will bring about the destruction of the planet, and the only reason we can continue in our daily lives is that we don't know about it. Thank you Men In Black for keeping me safe in my naiveté. This time around our villain is Boris The Animal (Jermaine Clement) who prefers plain Boris, who is over the top mean. It took me a moment to recognize who he is and then I thought Flight of the Conchords and Dinner For Schmucks, the make-up was done very well and I should also mention the special effects. Boris had an interaction moment that took me back to Time Cop, but I won't get into that since I don't want to give anything away. We know from the trailer that Agent J travels into the past to save the future and this adventure allows him to interact with a younger Agent K played by Josh Brolin. It was truly amazing how well he channeled the Agent K persona, if I didn't know that they were two different people it would have been hard trying to convince me that it wasn't actually a younger Tommy Lee Jones. The story has a lot of interesting dynamics taking place in the past all centered around Agent K and some surprising connections, the Agent K and Boris history is where the plot thickens. There were so many funny moments in this film and as with its predecessors there is a pulling at the heart strings moment. As always the special effects give these films such a realistic feel. I'm still impressed by how young Will smith still looks and how old Tommy Lee Jones looks. I hope that since the MIB helm is now in the hands of Agent O (Emma Thompson) that this won't be the final installment. The film gets a green light from me.