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A very, very funny movie!
When i first saw the trailer for this movie, I thought it was going to be another cool violent alien movie like Independence Day. But this movie is nothing like ID4. This is a comedy, and it is one of the funniest movies ever made! I don't know why, but I always crack up at the part where Edgar (the bad alien) knocks the table with all the bug killer stuff on it over on the street! HAHAHAHA! Tommy Lee Jones is the suave, cool, know-it-all, fast talking, well-experienced special agent "K." It is his new job to train rookie MIB agent "J" (played by the hilarious and very talented Will Smith). It is the MIBs job to "protect the earth from the scum of the universe, and this time, they have to save the entire galaxy from a big bad bug named Edgar (played very creepily by Vincent D'Onofrio). Also starring in this sci-fi, special effects extravaganza are Linda Fiorentino (who plays the sexy and seductive Dr. Laurel Weaver), Rip Torn (who plays the head of the MIB, Zed) and Tony Shalhoub (who has one of the funniest moments in the move after he gets his head blown to bits by K followed by one of the most amazing use of special effects I have ever seen: his head morphs back into place!). A must-see if you're looking for action, comedy, and just plain fun!

Pure Praise
Pure Praise

I was surprised there were not more reviews about this movie. I suppose sarcasm is not everyone's cup of tea -- perhaps because sometimes it delivers a turd in the tea cup -- but this movie is explosive, fast paced, thoughtful, humorous, original, and even at times wise. Don't overlook it as Hollywood ooga booga it is a thoroughly grounded film. The plot is well constructed, the characters are thoroughly developed (there are even some genuinely emotional moments), the topic is zany yet plausible, and the scenery is fantastic. I love movies that make New York look like the city I know. See Spike Lee movies for this (he is, in my opinion, the best). Men in Black does a great job using the armory on Park Ave. and 25th street and the Meat Packing District, Downtown by the Hudson River, Flushing Meadows, the NJ Turnpike, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel just to name a few key places. It's fun to sightsee while watching an 'alien' movie.

Beyond scenery, there is an overwhelming point to this movie also that sometimes gets overlooked. In one brilliant moment right after J (Will Smith) fires his weapon in public, K (Tommy Lee Jones) scolds his rookie partner to be more discreet by saying, "There's always an Archillion battlecruiser or an intergalactic plague threatening to wipe out life on this sorry little planet but the things that keeps people going on with their happy little lives is that they do not know about it." Tell that to the Republicans using the potential for terror attacks as a campaign tool. There are always and always have been a multitude of threats to every life. That's the emotional starting point from which we can honestly relate to this movie and these two nameless agents. What makes them true heroes is they are not only working for us but they are working without getting any acclaim, well, accept for from this movie.

The next thing is chemistry. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are great together. They play off each other well. The more you watch this movie the more you will laugh. Like all great things it gets better with time. There are little things like sudden changes in tone & slight raggings, that bring out the humor potential of both actors. The most underrated actor is Vincent D'Onofrio who plays Edgar/the Bug. Between the make-up, the voice, and the bizarre movements he actually becomes a bug. It's unbelievable how believable it is. This is no easy feat.

The last thing worth praise, is the music. The music performed by Danny Elfman is sarcastic and inventive to go along perfectly with the other aspects of the movie. He takes the traditional John Williams Star Wars and Indiana Jones riffs of heroism and inverts them and dismantles them to produce some of his own top notch melodies.

I think sometimes movies that are funny lack the acclaim they deserve. Just because it is going to make you laugh doesn't mean it isn't saying something. Look at Chris Rock or Kurt Vonnegut for examples of humor meant to tell you something that you couldn't bare to hear if it was told to you straight. Men In Black reminds me of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" in that way. The movie works on many levels at once. In Swift's story he claims that the Irish should just eat their babies as to not have such a burdensome problem. Really he's attacking the society and the English. In Men in Black you have a very interesting view of society. That is, how much should we know? And how much to we want government to work in secret?

Final point, get this movie, you won't be disappointed.

cheese
People warned me this movie was cheesy, but I just had to see it for myself. God it sure was. But adleast it wasn't as bad as the sequel.

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