Men in Black 3: Apparently not awful
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lumineaux"Men in Black 3," another movie I hoped would be an occasion for scathing commentary, debuts with just darn OK reviews.
A.O. Scott of the NY Times gets a few shots in: (http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/movies/men-in-black-3-with-will-smith-and-tommy-lee-jones.html?ref=movies)
"Can you think of a new movie with less reason for existing than “Men in Black 3”? What? “Battleship”? Yes, O.K. Good point."
"The music sounds less like a score by Danny Elfman than like a score by Danny Elfman’s smartphone app, and it carries dreadful intimations of forced fun."
Roger Ebert actually seems to like the movie: (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120523/REVIEWS/120529988), but tosses off at least one bon mot to keep me happy:
"I am not sure how undercover an MiB agent can be when he dresses exactly like the Blues Brothers, but never mind, they get the job done."
A.O. Scott of the NY Times gets a few shots in: (http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/movies/men-in-black-3-with-will-smith-and-tommy-lee-jones.html?ref=movies)
"Can you think of a new movie with less reason for existing than “Men in Black 3”? What? “Battleship”? Yes, O.K. Good point."
"The music sounds less like a score by Danny Elfman than like a score by Danny Elfman’s smartphone app, and it carries dreadful intimations of forced fun."
Roger Ebert actually seems to like the movie: (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120523/REVIEWS/120529988), but tosses off at least one bon mot to keep me happy:
"I am not sure how undercover an MiB agent can be when he dresses exactly like the Blues Brothers, but never mind, they get the job done."
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Date: 2012-05-24 11:13 pm (UTC)"It’s silly to feel sorry for a big studio movie, especially a second sequel bound to make buckets of money, but director Barry Sonnenfeld’s Men in Black 3, arriving 15 years after his original and 10 after Men in Black 2, is so creaky and out of touch it inspires pity. Its opening sequences are a near marvel of confusion, mayhem and embarrassments for its actors. If it was a person, you’d worry it had dementia."
Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/24/men-in-black-iii-somebody-get-tommy-lee-jones-a-gold-watch-already/#ixzz1vpckKNsn
And from CBS News:
"When even the most charismatic actor on the planet can't fake excitement, you know you're in trouble."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501368_162-57439682/review-was-anyone-clamoring-for-men-in-black-3/
And yet despite all this, I still kinda want to see the movie.