I really liked the first two Men in Black movies. They’re a the sort of fun that I end up re-watching around once a year as a sort of guilty pleasure. I was a little surprised that they decided to make a third one, but I think it worked out well enough.

Tommy Lee Jones looks tired, but that’s almost completely offset by Josh Bronlin’s excellent performance as a younger K throughout the movie. The action was good, the alien effects were amusing, and the story mostly stayed out of the wya. There are a few rough points if you think about it hard enough, but that’s to be expected in this sort of film. Short solution: don’t think about it that much. 😄

So far as action movies go, it beats out Lockout readily enough, but it doesn’t come near The Avengers or The Cabin in the Woods. Still, third is none too shabby.

Ranked: 2012 Movie Reviews

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1. The Avengers
2. The Cabin in the Woods
3. Wreck-It Ralph
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Looper
7. Argo
8. Rise of the Guardians
9. Brave
10. Life of Pi
11. Skyfall
12. Men in Black 3
13. Total Recall
14. Cloud Atlas
15. Lockout
16. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
17. Dark Shadows
18. John Carter
19. The Amazing Spider-Man
20. The Bourne Legacy
21. The Hunger Games
22. Breaking Dawn - Part 2
23. Snow White and the Huntsman
24. Hotel Transylvania
25. Mirror Mirror
26. The Five-Year Engagement
27. Prometheus

I really liked the first two Men in Black movies. They’re a the sort of fun that I end up re-watching around once a year as a sort of guilty pleasure. I was a little surprised that they decided to make a third one, but I think it worked out well enough.

Tommy Lee Jones looks tired, but that’s almost completely offset by Josh Bronlin’s excellent performance as a younger K throughout the movie. The action was good, the alien effects were amusing, and the story mostly stayed out of the wya. There are a few rough points if you think about it hard enough, but that’s to be expected in this sort of film. Short solution: don’t think about it that much. 😄

So far as action movies go, it beats out Lockout readily enough, but it doesn’t come near The Avengers or The Cabin in the Woods. Still, third is none too shabby.