Men in Black III [Movie Review]

By Steel Trap on May 31, 2012

15 years after the initial film and all these guys can dream up is a time warp to total Suckville. THIS is from the director of The Royal Tannenbaums? Every joke for the first 20 mins falls completely flat… and we were high while we watched it. You’ve got 60s New York here people, Mad Men meets Mars Attacks with The Spy Who Shagged Me would’ve been the answer. Instead, we get MIB II in 3D with mid-century modern furniture.

Remember the 90s? The writers of Men in Black III think they do. The smartest comedies on TV were Seinfeld and (maybe) Friends, everything else was watered-down gimmickry. Unfortunately, these shows weren’t considered as required reading before hatching this turkey. Audiences were treated as halfwits then, and we ate it up with a spoon. This must explain the success of the first MIB. Think we’re being assholes here? Try watching Roseanne today and truly getting something out of it, such as… a laugh.

What’s Good:

Josh Brolin
New York in the 60s: Coney Island, Greenwhich Village, Warhol’s Factory
Special f/x, with true usage of 3D
The cars, Ford Galaxies all black and chrome
Amazingly, Will Smith looks the damn same

What’s Bad:

The humor
The plot
The two hours (!) you can’t get back
The stereotypes most of society has begun to put behind us but Hollywood would apparently like to preserve
The language: We cringed after hearing “shit” and “bastard” too often while sitting next to a hot MILF and her young daughter