Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by: Lowell Cunningham (comic) & Ed Solomon
An NYPD police officer (Will Smith) gets an invitation to join an organisation called the MIB. Their purpose is hide the aliens visiting Earth, and defend the planet against the hostile ones.
The title of this post might be look all weird for y'all, considering my reviews usually have simple titles: the name of the movie and the year it came out. Well, I am trying new things, and this is something I've been thinking for a while: theme weeks! I'm trying to do these at least once a month, but there will be times that ain't possible. Only problem is, this week isn't going to be a full, since I'm out of town for a few days and realised that too late. Still, this is going to be at least 5 movies. Anyway, the theme for this week (18th-24th of July) will be aliens, so you can expect movies with extraterrestrial creatures, and we are starting with one of my favourites I haven't seen in a while: Men In Black.
This movie is simply so lovable, and it has affected many people who have seen it. Men In Black has such a nice atmosphere, and it's not gritty and dark as science fiction or fantasy written these days. How many people have seen this movie and were immediately (not entirely seriously) convinced aliens have visited us? When it's a movie like Men In Black, it's so much more fun believing aliens might exist. There are movies that make aliens seem like killing machines whose only purpose is to destroy human race OR they are the kind of wise creatures who are so much better than us. But the aliens in Men In Black are - apart from the villains - almost sympathetic. They seem nice and really ordinary.
Most of the charm of this movie comes from Will Smith. He is a talented actor, and his experience in comedy such as Fresh Prince of Bel Air has given him the ability to deliver comedic lines wonderfully. For him they are natural, and while Tommy Lee Jones's character Kay doesn't get as many one-liners, said by him the feeling is different.
The character Jay is exactly how many of us would like to be in a situation like this. Of course the aliens and secret organisations are all new to him and he is allowed to be openly confused, but he still seems extremely excited about everything instead of being too broody or too angry like most heroes in action.
This movie was made in 1990s, and the effects aren't what we see in the theatres these days, but they are still pretty damn amazing. When we are used to see the extremely beautiful science fiction, something as simple as Men In Black is a nice change.
Men In Black is simple science fiction comedy. It's a movie that made me like science fiction, and is still probably the reason I'm not into the kind of science fiction where everything is in space and where you can see the filmmakers tried way too hard. Men In Black has a quite simple setting, quite simple plots and ordinary characters. Jay could be anyone of us, chosen by almost randomly instead of having some kind of great destiny. This is what science fiction needs to revisit. This is amazing.
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
10 / 10
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