Why ruin a good thing?

Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2002)

When the previews for MIBII came out, my sister and I were so excited we could hardly stand it. After seeing the first 3 times in theaters, then buying the video, we were hoping for another one just as exciting, witty, funny and creative as the first one. However, we were sorely disappointed when we went into the movie theater today and the first few scenes crawled by. I kept hoping that maybe Will had had a bad day on the set, and once Rip Torn came in, the movie would pick up it's pace a little. Well, I got what I asked for, only the whole thing was thrown into hyper-speed, with no logical sequence, and a last minute resolution thrown in. My lack of comprehension might have been augmented by the fact that my sister kept whispering hoarsely "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?" in my ears throughout the film. But not only was the plot hard to follow, there was no spirit- no spunk. Agent J, Will's character, has become so hardened by his experience that he has no more of his anti-authority spunk and "all that" attitude that made him so funny and charming in the first movie. It's as if they used up all their ingenuity on the first one and decided to throw another together just to make a couple billion on opening day before word got out that it, well, sucked. To make a long story short: if the original means as much to you as it did to me, don't ruin your good impression of the cast and crew of MIB by seeing this sequel.