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Anyone Seen Men in Black 3?

by flowbee77
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Just came back from watching Men in Black 3.

Didn't like it. I was bored.

I thought about leaving in the middle of it and sneaking in to see The Avengers again; but I didn't. That would be wrong.........

So I left MIB3 after about 3/4 of the film and bought an Avengers ticket instead and saw that again.

There were some scenes in the Avengers I had missed the first time I had seen it.

Has anyone seen MIB3? What are your thoughts? I did not care for it.
  • Profile picture of the author Cataleya
    No, I haven`t seen it, not worth going the buck. But I did see the Avengers, I reccommend it
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  • Profile picture of the author shadowarrior
    I would like to see Men In Black 3. Even though you found it boring ....

    Please explain,why you were so bored and did not liked it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Halcyon
    Avengers was very good and I would see it again in a heartbeat.

    I was a little leery about seeing the new Men in Black because the third installment of movie franchises usually sucks.

    Sometimes they're pretty good like the 3rd Transformers but most of the time they're horrible like Godfather III. It costs my family almost 70 to go to the movies, I'm not wasting it for those odds.

    I'll wait for DVD to show up in RedBox.
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    • Profile picture of the author flowbee77
      Originally Posted by Halcyon View Post

      Avengers was very good and I would see it again in a heartbeat.

      I was a little leery about seeing the new Men in Black because the third installment of movie franchises usually sucks.

      Sometimes they're pretty good like the 3rd Transformers but most of the time they're horrible like Godfather III. It costs my family almost 70 to go to the movies, I'm not wasting it for those odds.

      I'll wait for DVD to show up in RedBox.
      I did not like it. But I was very surprised that the theater was not even half full. I thought there was at least going to be a sold out show but the ticket booth lady told me that most families were still going to go see the Avengers.

      I wonder what the Box Office numbers say.

      To me the film was just a repeat of the first film. The only laugh I got was the same laugh I got in the original film (where they reveal famous individuals secretly living among us as aliens; that was funny). Other than that I was really bored and it was one of the few times I actually walked out on a movie.
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      Originally Posted by Halcyon View Post

      Sometimes they're pretty good like the 3rd Transformers but most of the time they're horrible like Godfather III.
      Defaming a classic cannot go unpunished, you will be receiving a visit from our friend Luca Brasi... :p
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      • Profile picture of the author Halcyon
        Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

        Defaming a classic cannot go unpunished, you will be receiving a visit from our friend Luca Brasi... :p
        Darn it.
        Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in.

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        Godfather III was necessary to wrap up the Corleone Saga but like father NOT like daughter. Sophia Coppola set the stage for bad 3rd installments.
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        Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

        Defaming a classic cannot go unpunished, you will be receiving a visit from our friend Luca Brasi... :p
        I can see a sequel to Pirannha 3DD: Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes!
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  • Profile picture of the author foxglove15
    I saw it and I agree that it is boring, seem thrown together.
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  • Profile picture of the author nocentdvil
    I didn't watch any of the said movies though considering the views, seems I need to go for Avengers, but I'm gonna give a try to MIB3 as well
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    • Profile picture of the author flowbee77
      Originally Posted by Spy Program View Post

      yeah i have watched this movie and i don't like to watch again .
      now i am waiting to watch piranha 3dd movie.
      What is it with Piranha 3dd? I have heard many references to this movie lately. At first I thought it was a mockbuster (because of it's obvious reference to boobs) but apparently it is an actual film release. I did not realize it was that popular.

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      • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
        Well, I guess I am going to be the odd ball here.

        I saw MIB3 with my wife on Saturday and thought it was the best of all 3.

        Josh Brolin nailed K. We got to see why K became the way he is.

        I guess it really depends what you went to see the movie for. If it was for one
        long yuck fest, then yes, you were going to be disappointed, though there were
        some very funny parts in it. Will Smith is still brilliant and he and Tommy Lee have
        a chemistry that you don't find very often.

        The movie was very well made. The plot, though done before in other movies,
        was interesting and well executed. The end where J rewinds time in order to
        get the jump on Boris was brilliant.

        And while everybody is entitled to their opinion, I sometimes have to scratch
        my head and wonder if we're all watching the same movie.

        Oh well. I guess taste really IS subjective.
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        • Profile picture of the author flowbee77
          Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

          Well, I guess I am going to be the odd ball here.

          I saw MIB3 with my wife on Saturday and thought it was the best of all 3.

          Josh Brolin nailed K. We got to see why K became the way he is.

          I guess it really depends what you went to see the movie for. If it was for one long yuck fest, then yes, you were going to be disappointed, though there were some very funny parts in it. Will Smith is still brilliant and he and Tommy Lee have a chemistry that you don't find very often.

          The movie was very well made. The plot, though done before in other movies, was interesting and well executed. The end where J rewinds time in order to get the jump on Boris was brilliant.

          And while everybody is entitled to their opinion, I sometimes have to scratch my head and wonder if we're all watching the same movie.

          Oh well. I guess taste really IS subjective.
          I did like Josh. He's an excellent actor and mimicked Tommy Lee very well. I just felt I had seen this before. If this had been the first movie I would have liked it a lot. The visuals were excellent throughout the film. But I just did not have any emotional investment in anything that was going on. I just did not care what happened in terms of the plot or the characters; that's why I walked out on the film. And it also seemed dated; it felt like a late 90s action flick to me.

          If this were a TV movie I probably would have enjoyed it as free. But given the price of the movie ticket, it was not worth it for me.

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          • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
            Originally Posted by flowbee77 View Post

            I did like Josh. He's an excellent actor and mimicked Tommy Lee very well. I just felt I had seen this before. If this had been the first movie I would have liked it a lot. The visuals were excellent throughout the film. But I just did not have any emotional investment in anything that was going on. I just did not care what happened in terms of the plot or the characters; that's why I walked out on the film. And it also seemed dated; it felt like a late 90s action flick to me.

            If this were a TV movie I probably would have enjoyed it as free. But given the price of the movie ticket, it was not worth it.
            First off, let me say that if you don't like a movie, you don't like a movie.
            Nobody, and I mean NOBODY has the right to say that you're wrong to not like
            a movie because taste is subjective.

            However, this is what puzzles me. You say if it was the first movie
            in the series you would have liked it.

            Either the movie is good or it's not. If the movie was likable on its own,
            barring past productions, why should past productions matter?

            It has been so long since I saw MIB and MIB2 that I don't even remember
            them...not even one scene. Maybe that's part of the reason I liked this
            movie. I knew enough of the history between J and K to appreciate where
            this one was going.

            You say you didn't care about the characters or what happened to them.
            That's fine. Then how can you say that you would have liked this movie if
            it was the first one? Would you have cared about them more having no
            history behind you?

            The reason I DID care about this movie was BECAUSE of the history. If you
            didn't care about the characters, I have to seriously question how much
            you really liked MIB and MIB2.

            Get where I'm coming from?
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            • Profile picture of the author flowbee77
              Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

              First off, let me say that if you don't like a movie, you don't like a movie. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY has the right to say that you're wrong to not like a movie because taste is subjective.
              Thanks It's nothing personal, I just did not like it. Just being honest and sharing my experience.

              Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

              However, this is what puzzles me. You say if it was the first movie in the series you would have liked it.
              Because it would have been a pleasant surprise. But I have seen all the cool stuff before and it does not awe me as a "first time experience" would have. I've seen it before in the first movie.

              Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

              Either the movie is good or it's not. If the movie was likable on its own, barring past productions, why should past productions matter?
              Because it's MIB3 and it's part of the franchise. Even Tarantino mentions, as an example, that the two sequels to the matrix ruined the mythology of the first one. It's part of the experience of the film as a whole. But even if I disregard this, MIB3 as a separate film was still boring to me. And honestly I was not the only one who walked out on the film which was not even half full.

              Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

              The reason I DID care about this movie was BECAUSE of the history. If you didn't care about the characters, I have to seriously question how much you really liked MIB and MIB2. Get where I'm coming from?
              As I mentioned above, the first film was a pleasant surprise with a lot of cool scenes (the border scene, the aliens among us, etc). This one just seemed like a continuation rather than an evolution.

              Thanks so much for your comment. Again nothing personal, It was just a film I did not like. But I did actually WANT to like it, which is why I bought the ticket in the first place.

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              • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
                Originally Posted by flowbee77 View Post

                Thanks It's nothing personal, I just did not like it. Just being honest and sharing my experience.



                Because it would have been a pleasant surprise. But I have seen all the cool stuff before and it does not awe me as a "first time experience" would have. I've seen it before in the first movie.



                Because it's MIB3 and it's part of the franchise. Even Tarantino mentions, as an example, that the two sequels to the matrix ruined the mythology of the first one. It's part of the experience of the film as a whole. But even if I disregard this, MIB3 as a separate film was still boring to me. And honestly I was not the only one who walked out on the film which was not even half full.



                As I mentioned above, the first film was a pleasant surprise with a lot of cool scenes (the border scene, the aliens among us, etc). This one just seemed like a continuation rather than an evolution.

                Thanks so much for your comment. Again nothing personal, It was just a film I did not like. But I did actually WANT to like it, which is why I bought the ticket in the first place.

                That's cool. Funny thing is, I didn't think I'd like it. I didn't like II as much as
                I, though I don't remember either movie much, and figured III would be the
                worst. But it surprised me. I think Will and Josh instead of more Will and Tommy
                made the difference. It was a slightly different dynamic and getting to see
                K younger was cool.

                Maybe if it was more Will and Tommy as before I wouldn't have liked it as
                much.

                But like I said, taste is a subjective thing, which is what makes it so
                wonderful. For every movie, song, piece of art, TV show or whatever, there
                is going to be one person who loves it, likes it, thinks it's meh, or downright
                hates it.

                That's what makes the world go round.
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                • Profile picture of the author flowbee77
                  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

                  That's cool. Funny thing is, I didn't think I'd like it. I didn't like II as much as I, though I don't remember either movie much, and figured III would be the worst. But it surprised me. I think Will and Josh instead of more Will and Tommy made the difference. It was a slightly different dynamic and getting to see K younger was cool.

                  Maybe if it was more Will and Tommy as before I wouldn't have liked it as
                  much.

                  But like I said, taste is a subjective thing, which is what makes it so
                  wonderful. For every movie, song, piece of art, TV show or whatever, there
                  is going to be one person who loves it, likes it, thinks it's meh, or downright
                  hates it.

                  That's what makes the world go round.
                  I did like Josh. This film does showcase how excellent an actor he really is. Plus he's married to Diane Lane, which to me means he is also one hell of a lucky guy
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                  • Profile picture of the author justinthomsony
                    Well, I haven't seen this flick yet. But I am great fan of Will Smith. I will see this movie once. I have just waited for this movie. The promos and posters of this movie are really looking so entertaining and interesting.
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  • Profile picture of the author ATTENTION
    Loved it... dancing back and forth between dimensions and even touching on subject matter like that is a rare find. Always a Will Smith fan anyway. Will didn't show much macho-firecracker-testosterone-youthful edge though -- almost appeared to have the old-man grunt going on when he ran or bent over. Still -- great storyline, wonderful twist at the end.
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  • Profile picture of the author computermesh
    I honestly didnt even know that MIB3 was out. I was satisfied with the first 2 movies and have always felt that movie makers are copping out always taking the time travel route with there films as a way to fluff out more content.
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    Might be watching this movie tomorrow evening.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by Chimu View Post

      Im still considering it but after reading everyone's comments I might not see it. I've never seen the previous MIB movies either so I'm not sure if I should see this one or not. :/
      If you haven't seen the other two there is no point in seeing this one as you
      miss all the history and the movie won't make much sense to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author bowwowquirky
    No, I haven`t seen it,but I will see as soon as I can.I hope I will enjoy it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Levintry
    I read that it is boring, but i still want to see it so badly. I will probably hold off and rent it when it comes out on DVD. The wife and I are going to see Snow White and the Huntsman this weekend, it looks great!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    I agree with Steven. I enjoyed the movie. I went to see it with my son and didn't expect to really like it. I'm more into "human drama" but my son...not so much. So we often have trouble finding movies we both enjoy. This was one of them.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Steve and Rose

      Thank you for your review! When I saw the previews for MIB 3, I really wanted to go and see it as I absolutely loved the first two. However, after reading the first reviews here, I was disappointed and didn't want to waste my money.

      But now, you both have me excited to see it again and I'm going to!

      As I said, I loved the first two, as a matter of fact, when I feel like I need a smile, I still go and watch this. I love it.

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