Men in Black 3

Yes they made this movie for the sole purpose to make money and not to entertain. Yes Tommy Lee Jones looks 105 years old. And yes I was dumb enough to pay 3D money to see this movie. It's sad really; because Will Smith refuses to take chances. I read an article, in Time magazine I think, that broke down Big Willy's strategy to selecting what movies to make or star in. Basically he looked at the top 10 grossing movies of  all time and they all either had special effects, special effects with creatures, or special effects with creatures and a love story. So he sticks to making only these types of movies or some variation of them. Which is ok since he's open and honest about why he makes movies, and thats to make money. But again its at my expense because I like movies with fx and creatures. And  I also learned how to play drums to the DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince album, so I cant help but support Willy, but man, even I have my limits. It's not like Smith is that great of an actor but when he tries he's actually pretty good, see Pursuit of Happyness or Hancock (kidding).  So its a shame he refuses to step out of his comfort zone every now and then because it's not like he's struggling for money. Or maybe Xenu has taken most of it by now, who knows. But just look at his IMDB page and look at what he has coming up; I, Robot 2, Bad Boys 3 and yes even Hancock 2!!! While you're at it, why not just do Seven Pounds 2; "even in heaven Will Smith gives parts of his body to save others FROM HELL!!!! " Actually now that I think about it, if all he does for the rest of his career is sequels and or prequels to his previous efforts, that really kind of tight. But moving on...

Men in Black 3 starts off with the struggling relationship between Agent J (Smith) and Agent K(Jones).  J doesnt feel like he really knows anything about K and K doesnt really care to let him in. Then all of a sudden this strange alien Boris the Animal shows up (played by Flight of the Chonchords Jemaine) trying to kill K  because K took his arm back in the day when he arrested him. He is unsuccessful so he decides to go back in time to do so and that's where the movie takes off. The script is actually a fairly decent one written by Ethan Cohen and no NOT Ethan Coen of the Coen brothers. There's enough decent backstory to keep you interested. Plus it helps that Josh Brolin nails his Tommy Lee Jones impression. Honestly, when I first saw the trailer I thought it was a voice over but it actually turns out to be Brolin. Who by the way still looks the same as he did when he was in Goonies. Which is both good and bad; good that he still looks about 35 but bad that he looked 35 at age 17. Which is in part why I thought Goonies was funny in the first place. But anyway, Jermaine is a waste as Boris because none of his comedic talent is allowed to shine in this character. He is just a basic boring mean alien. Nothing really memorable about him except for his gross hand. Jones is hardly in it because he's too old to do action movies and the first 20 minutes is full of recycled jokes from the first 2 MIB movies, complete with awful Will Smith stand up jokes. All that was missing was a Will Smith MIB rap song; which might have made this movie fresh but instead it just ended up being pretty WEAK. If youre bored and having a netflix night, it might beworth a look with a few beers but nothing more.