It’s been almost a decade since the disappointment that was Men In Black 2 (hey, that’s what you get when you cast Johnny Knoxville as comedic relief!) so it seems weird to me now that they’re unfolding Men In Black 3 next year.
More importantly, is it not weird to anyone else that neither Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones have aged that much in the last decade?
Then again, it seems like Tommy Lee Jones has been perpetually 55. At least since The Fugitive in 1993. So he probably made a deal with a warlock, or something.
Check out the new trailer below.
Josh Brolin’s impersonation of Tommy Lee Jones looks to be spot-on. But between this and his performance as President George Bush in Oliver Stone’s W., I wonder if he’s becoming concerned that he’ll be typecast as an impersonator of Texas-bred celebrities.
I certainly would be.
What’s your reaction to Men In Black 3? The mystery element has me intrigued. The time-travel component screams pure “trope” to me. Will Smith seems to be delivering the same smarm act that he’s been peddling since he punched an alien in Independence Day.
I’m kind of wondering if they didn’t introduce the time-travel idea and Josh Brolin into the story as to give Tommy Lee Jones less screen time and prevent the audience from asking questions about his potential dealings with age-defying warlocks.
Just a theory.
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Well, I usually hate sequels… especially those that happen so long after what they are… sequeling… but on the other hand I’m a sucker for all things time travel so I’ll probably go and see it.
At least from this trailer, it seems like a lot of “saw this movie already” and really, it seems to even lack the emotional punch of the first movie with its hook of ‘Every-man dropped into bizarre situation’. You’re right in that it seems a lot like the same brand of “yeah I did that” smile will Smith has been peddling for a decade or so.
I had long held out hopes that they would do a new MiB movie that made up for all the crap that was the second one, sadly, this does not seem to be that movie, at least based on this trailer. then again, maybe they just had a really bad trailer editor?
I can’t agree that Tommy Lee Jones hasn’t aged – in some of his recent appearances he looks pretty ancient, except in weird places where they’ve clearly used CGI to de-age him.