Will Smith Becomes a Men in Black | Men in Black

Agent J (Will Smith) does all the tests to get an agent….| Buy or rent Men in Black here: amzo.in/movie/dn1/men-in-blac...
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic villain who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
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[@Otis151]

I’m a little worried J doesn’t know he can just use half of the pencil to write.

[@KaylansDrone]

Yea, but you can't NOT look stupid in front of everybody doing it though right? Edit: No, it looks even stupider lol.

[@Otis151]

@@KaylansDrone 😂😂😂

[@JizzoCalrissian]

What?? You mean, like a broken hologram?? Pencils are magic!!

[@joshjohnson2600]

Understand that he had to be funny in his transition from the Fresh Prince to a movie actor. He had it all. Then he slapped Chris Rock over his anger with his disgusting wife.

[@islixxn]

@@joshjohnson2600 pls stop being SUCH a reject like im not tryna read comments like this

[@MikeSmith-ch7jv]

"A person is smart, people are not" Thus is the blight of social media.

[@ryanparadise9677]

Ain't that the truth

[@sherylwiles8675]

​. . / \ 1😊😊😊 It I - \ '/ ' \ In -1 I

[@arightscepter]

Its the blight of collectivism.

[@BooN877]

Not the quote

[@stephenking5852]

Group thinking vs Individual thinking

[@samuelfawell9159]

“Your exactly what we have come to expect from government training” Oh I’m picking up some subtle messaging there.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Oh no the message was clear lmfao

[@jaydlsms]

i m so dumb bc an you like Tell me

[@TheTideKing004]

Subtle? He's literally facing the camera when he says it 🤣 can't get much more on the nose than that.

[@kinstonchaffin7568]

USMC veteran: Same 🤨🤔 but accurate.

[@kinstonchaffin7568]

USMC veteran: Same 🤨🤔 but accurate...

[@MrRolyat98]

In the novelization of the film, Agent K confirmed that everything James Edwards said about the alien firing range was true.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Wait, there is a men in black novel??

[@snifey7694]

​@@Mikey-ym6ok novel style of the film, its just the film but a author need to add more texts bout few insight details or inner dialogue

[@RoosterMontgomery]

Novelizations are a great way to experience the film a differently. They are usually written using the script before the movie was completed, preserving deleted material and anything that doesn't fit in the standard 90-minute feature. Bookstores don't advertise them like that used to.

[@vinceramirez6963]

I watch this scene a lot. I like how he critically thinks while everyone else sort of just reacts. K had already made his decision that he wanted J long before he even showed up for the tryout. This was more of a formality and the other guys were just there to sort of take up space while they analyzed J.

[@Korvolio]

What if all those "military men" are just the same people they recycle over and over again for the purpose of this test?

[@vinceramirez6963]

@@Korvolio brain damage I’d assume lol

[@Dubulcle]

What you're saying makes no sense. Their "reacting" is also using critical thought.

[@vinceramirez6963]

@@Dubulcle it makes perfect sense. Instead of “critically thinking” as you claim they do, they just started shooting at everything that wasn’t human. J was more aware of his surroundings. He had a logical explanation for every potential encounter. He gathered the facts. As K said later, there are x amount of aliens living on this planet and most of them are decent enough just trying to get by. One of those in the range could have been “just trying to get by”. The soldiers just acted out of a stereotype. It’s not hard to comprehend we just have to sit back and objectively think about it.

[@KeysofIDproductions]

Especially after Men in Black 3.

[@master-of-mind5881]

“You sure you don’t want some coffee?” Love that bit. So subtle yet so effective. Kay didn’t need to prove anything. Jay just needed to see for himself that Kay was telling the truth.

[@HookedOnSonics518]

I love that subtle dig Zed gives the other applicants when he says, "You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training". Unlike Jay, those guys are a bunch of unthinking yes men who will shoot first and ask questions later.

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

"Unthinking yes men", yet you form your opinions of others based on movies. You wouldn't last 5 days in the military without screwing something up or getting someone injured.

[@moe583]

Hi yes man

[@derpsalot6853]

@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine ah yes a personal attack instead of refuting his point, thereby proving his point. bravo!

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

@derpsalot6853 I was stationed in At MCAS Iwakuni in Japan for 3 years while I was a Marine. (An "unthinking yes man" as OP put it. I was already into anime but while I was there I really started becoming a hard-core fan I love your playlist! Shelter is definitely one of my favorite music videos of all time. I'm sure you've seen Made in Abyss, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, and I Want to Eat Your Pancreas?

[@matthewparker5277]

​@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine leave it to a marine to take something too seriously, it's just a movie, plus everyone knows that the Army is better 🫡

[@Takedown]

That last part is so important. "Is it worth it?" "Oh yeah. If you are strong enough." Probably the best answer he could have got.

[@Champion1506]

"Awww, you gave the tall man some flowers" got me rolling 😅🤣

[@raven4k998]

imagine shooting a little girl between the eyes because she's got quantum physic books🤣🤣🤣

[@thebasic95]

What's funny is that the director said that J's explanation on why he shot little Tiffany was 100% right

[@ThePariahDark]

This movie is just one of those gems... no matter how many times you see it, after a few years, that glimmer of brilliance shines still.

[@ridetheheckler]

That 1500, 500, 15 minutes ago line is fabulous screenwriting.

[@nez9751]

Yep, the best but being .. imagine what you will know tomorrow

[@solaris9426]

Except the bit about us knowing the earth was flat 500 years ago is false. I think it was known it be false even when this movie was made. We knew the earth was round for thousands of years.

[@TONGA09]

@@solaris9426 yeah but... you know... religion and the dark times

[@Zakatak-mf4iq]

@@TONGA09 Not really. Even in the middle ages most people knew it was round. There was a ton of controversy about the nature of the universe itself, whether earth was the center of the Solar System and etc., but that was a different subject.

[@davidwattie7032]

@@solaris9426 A clock is round and flat so is a pizza. Round does not mean globe.

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

I love how every aspect of this test is to gauge how aware you are of suspicious things that are uncanny and don't seem quite right yet have many excuses to be explained as normal or just something no one really thought through. Likewise the only reasonable options that present themselves to you are things that make you seem unusual, awkward, or dumb. You're taught from the very beginning to see things for what they really are and take the most obvious route that leads to a solution even if it makes you look strange.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

I think this was all a formality. I think they knew from the beginning they were gonna make James an agent.

[@RamdomView]

Things looking strange is why Neuralizers exist.

[@sonrouge]

Wonder how much that front door agent gets paid.

[@MDE_never_dies]

Alot of money

[@cranbers]

I figured it was a newbies hazing... Why didn't will smith have to sit at the door for awhile? Would of added some funny value... just like in lethal weapon when theyhad to be street patrol and managed to find something crazy going on with action.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Yeah this dude g- ELEVATOR

[@JohnDoe69986]

​@@cranbersnah probably the old timers job instead of retiring and getting zapped

[@samrowland2816]

I'd say he's secretly the most bad-ass agent. The first line of defence for an agency like that and he's just one guy? He's probably trained in 6 forms of alien kung-fu and has dual Noisy Crickets in spring loaded sleeve holsters.

[@NWJF]

"is it worth it?" Is such a brilliant question. When faced with a major decision, someone on the other side was selling it to me. I asked them, "talk me out of it, tell me why i SHOULDN'T do it..." They said. "I cant". So i did it.

[@BmanHall1]

8:19 - One of the most profound lines of all time in one of the silliest movies ever made.

[@Alex13501]

Yep, i wish people would take this in to consideration when they use word "never" : )

[@joey6058]

Little by little you discover K's backstory. He was some youngster going to give flowers to his date (the woman he spies on thru satellite). By dumb luck he discovers the alien and MiB and makes the decision to drop his whole life and join.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

Wonder if the flowers he gave the alien was originally for his chick.

[@yanastase]

The fact Z got a button to bring the little tiffany is a proof that J was right

[@nez9751]

I’ve always loved this scene, will smiths character doesn’t see past the aliens , they were just sneezing etc, showing no prejudice, but brings up the white girl.

[@daffidavit]

Best of the best, "Marines, Air Force, Navy Seals, Army Rangers, NEW YORK PD". That cracked me up when he nonchlantly included NYPD in the list.

[@tl7294]

Tommy Lee Jones looks so young-old here.

[@JizzoCalrissian]

"Yold"?

[@tobe1207]

This was his prime. When he was young,he was a scroungy looking little fck

[@sidekick6371]

He was retiring almost 40 years ago.

[@dianeluna1092]

🎶 "Here come the Men in Black. Galaxy defenders!"🎶

[@RealKaukus]

4:38 that look on his face says it all. He knows J is the right dude, he thinks its kinda hilarious and pretty funny - the last face says "shit.. another Agent K i have to deal with"

[@Vikita1795]

I'd either be the one who writes on my knee, pulls the table closer, or goes and sits on the floor next to the table. 🤣

[@GordanFreeman23]

I dont know what is so funny about him ripping the cover page and his reaction after :D 2:14

[@mrnewamsterdams.a4151]

It's not until you see the ending of MIB 3, do you really understand why he was choose..

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Indeed. But he proved in these tests that he had an inquisitive mind, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and the persecution of the alien guy proved he had the persistence required for the job. MIB are not soldiers who just obey orders without making questions. Also, when Zed says that those uniformed young men are the expected product of government's training - it's not a praise.

[@gabejonsson3354]

To be fair in the timeline where K died and wasnt there to recruit him he still ended up in MIB

[@seraph790]

Chosen

[@MDE_never_dies]

@@gabejonsson3354A possible plot hole really. But all they had to do was drop a line or too like “When [insert letter of the alphabet other than K] saw potential in you and brought you into MIB….]

[@J.Castle]

​@@gabejonsson3354nepotism 😂

[@robertomancha6840]

Will smith becomes multiple people dressed in black? This I gotta see to believe 😮

[@nohitter34]

When the alien is pouring the coffee and he's like "oh shit" 🤣 I've never picked up on that line lol

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

08:25. Mistake. 500 years ago, people knew the Earth is spherical. Columbus didn't take the opposite way on a whim nor to prove anything. He just believed the distance to India was shorter - and had no idea there was a pole-to-pole continent in his way.

[@brandonmckittrick2822]

Been known for thousands of years that the earth was spherical. Not sure where flat earth theory came from.

[@cameroncooper5941]

@@brandonmckittrick2822 Morons wanting to go against the grain for no good reason, and idiots who genuinely buy into it because they think it makes them special.

[@evilmiera]

Religions mostly. Also everyone didn't know it everywhere.@@brandonmckittrick2822

[@rayngryphon6793]

Wrong. Columbus had maps over a thousand years old. People were coming (Scottish knights Malta) since 1000 ad.

[@bryanemilius1606]

The guy who wrote sleepy hollow looked at the history of Christopher Columbus and decided that it wasn’t good enough for writing. So he made a ton of changes, removing his foolishness, the cultural and population destroying genocide of the Taino people he caused, and lied about how people thought the world was flat back then.

[@bencarlick9874]

I just realized - I used to think it was smart to use the big table for the writing test. But there was a tiny table right next to him the whole time that was a bit higher - probably would’ve been the best to put the paper on.

[@Danofcanada]

It’s an 60s like ashtray

[@cranbers]

I could never tell if he got it right because of all his observations of the aliens? When he explained it the guy in charge looked impressed. But then it seemed like Will smith was like eh, or did that all bs and I owe her an apology?

[@RainAngel111]

He got it right because K vouched for him. His observations of the aliens are obviously excellent considering their job, but he also gets pretty mouthy with Zed.

[@aaroncabello8221]

@@RainAngel111 He was mouthy with Zed, but if you look at Zed's face you can see the hint of a smile because J was right the whole time and he most definitely saw J making observations before acting. Also funny thing is knowing how K used to be decades prior, odds are he made that face because J reminded him so much of K in his youth lol

[@jman5949]

In the cartoon, turns out that "Little Tiffany" was the favorite disguise of the Bug Queen.

[@RedCard94]

Quintessential Will Smith in 1997, in his prime

[@nwezetx1]

Summer 1996.

[@cambreezythecolorman0716]

One of my favorite sci-fi movie like that outfit that Will has on

[@Jknoles78]

I forgot how great this movie is. Just figured out what I’m doing with my Sunday.

[@ourclassicmovies1929-es1jd]

It's like Hollywood can't make great movies like this anymore

[@jamezbond45]

One thing that's also important to note, other people have mentioned that the soldiers are mostly meant to serve as a foil for J so they can analyze him. They don't want unthinking shoot first grunts. They want people who can relate to others and work with them, notice that for a lot of MIB work they're almost like social workers for the various alien refugees. They need somebody who can build that human-alien relation as well not being afraid to get dirty and do some shooting when a criminal comes rolling. J is in that sense effectively the perfect MIB agent.

[@toriko4603]

Back in the day will still had hope in his voice and life.

[@ProstoZurab]

I like how K is smiles for the first time in this movie

[@devilsorchard1449]

3:15 is one of the funniest things ever put to film.

[@wils5923]

He was disqualified and let go by MIB though, after slapping a civilian person.

[@jakecaffery4063]

I love that Kay was laughing and it’s just that no one could hear it

[@wampir66]

"Sure you don't want some coffee?" Now that hit the spot xD

[@SyndicateBrink]

I love this movie cuz it feels like one of the last films where Jones seemed to legit enjoy his time making a movie

[@The_Burrito]

The fact that one of the Air Force guys is a missileer is hilarious. Ah, Space Command.

[@razgrizraven]

Little do they know. She's the biggest threat in the room. MiB lore, she's the leader of the bugs.

[@johnbrylledomingo6377]

4:42 That was super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@Otis151]

Bad muzzle discipline during the gun range scene with Zed. Otherwise, too funny of a scene. 😂

[@arnieiam]

This film is definitely a HUGE influence on Rick and Morty

[@Andyamalik]

I enjoy the part about the catch, I would embrace that. Sever all contact and cease to exist

[@LazyDeltaKicks]

I do too, but god that's a such a hard choice.. Never being able to see your family or friends ever again or ever make new friends outside of work... That's quite the price to pay.

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

@@LazyDeltaKicksI mean, on the plus side you’re guaranteed to get a decent retirement. Hell I wouldn’t mind working as a mailman

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

I wouldn’t call working as a mailman a good retirement.

[@equarg]

I think that’s what I need to do…….

[@marloncebo242]

The last scene has a different meaning once you remember that K wasn't looking for a partner. He was looking for a replacement.

[@hello3146]

Just want to say that I love the way Tommy Lee Jones is aging. I hope he never retires and I can watch him until one of us goes. Also, after reading Wills book, it is a clue to the violence at the Oscars.

[@Unodostres00]

The most unrealistic part of this whole series is that the MiB believe the NYPD to be the best of the best

[@karenharris3183]

creative writers are needed . Then so is this fella to brighten my life.

[@Nisabest]

Amazing movie

[@johnroscoe2406]

Will Smith Becomes a Singular Plural in Black

[@hithere8753]

With honours 😂😂

[@kamele.belkacem4514]

7:46 🤣🤣🤣

[@stevewager3861]

This is more of a slapstick comedy when i watch it now

[@geraltofrivia9424]

"You're everything we've to come expect from years of government training" : the burn is real ah ah

[@marks.9448]

"Will Smith Becomes a Men in Black" the sentence is wrong: will smith become a men in black? is the real question (at least its what i read first)

[@420haxx]

*Will Smith Becomes a Men in Bleck*

[@clancamper]

5:15 These "best of the best" can't practice basic gun safety and aims the gun straight at Edwards for a second, the others in the back strafe him too. They are talking about all the shots they took, Edwards taking a closer look at the aliens. Little detail I never noticed before now.

[@pauljeanne6443]

A lot of alien working in manhathan “cub driver”😅

[@2000viewer]

Now I want to re-watch MIB

[@OfficialBlazy]

1:39 xD

[@ronnien8214]

I dont care i would have used that table but definitely not drag it 😂😂

[@SamMan1776]

7:53 😢😢😢😢

[@Chris0416able]

Can't believe this was shown in 90s.

[@kazuthesamurai7346]

Hollywood films used to be immersive and sincere

[@samdrow8268]

6:46 no way YT got "among us" capitalized in the captions 😭

[@MontyQueues]

the military guys accept anything given to them, the smith remains skeptical

[@cobaltblue5523]

Watch out i think they were saying jokes about his wife 😂😂😂😂

[@RoosterMontgomery]

When K is walking away with civilians in the background, one understands why MIB dress the way they do. Yes, K stands out in a black and white suit amidst people wearing various outfits but try describing him. "Middle aged male, black and white suit." Not much to go on unless you really got a good look at his face and even if someone could identify him, they- *neuralized*

[@Nothing51337]

500 years ago everybody knew the earth was flat... and 15 minutes ago you knew that people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll learn tomorrow...

[@heisdeadjim]

What is missed about the egg seats was the table was the test. Also none of them safed their weapons.

[@SZRLM]

God this movie is so fucking well thought out and executed.

[@aidan_hiatt]

I genuinely thought the title was "Will Smith becomes Black" Like... How does that work? Does he just get darker?

[@merimay368]

Fuck, i forgot how much i loved this movie, gotta rewatch it

[@ozanareyiz7773]

4:30 why do you have to say that? Who made this film I wonder?

[@NerdLord]

Ha nailed it but after that slap nah imma pass

[@Kielimies]

If only we had a separate singular form to go with the plural "men".

[@boisebadboy93]

Wanga!

[@Vikita1795]

I read this and heard the worms' voice 😆

[@randomname9758]

Hey it's the slapper at the Oscar.

[@lightsabr2]

Many many years later "second lieutenant" doesn't really hit like it did when this came out. Sitdown, kid. You don't have one troop who cares.

[@bunnylord1918]

man im slow i just now realized that K was the "dumb kid who got lost on the wrong back road"

[@ghorpestad]

Elevator, up or down ? How you know ?

[@tobe1207]

Idk why these aliens never took off similar to the Minions

[@Aegon1]

7:47 dang forgot the age of this movie

[@DarrylDePaula-xt5kg]

Let’s go babe lol 😂

[@forgottenvy]

😂 the fact that god is a tentacle monster in that verse......

[@dweemiesdarkmount]

What happened to J and M in the new movie?

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

🤔 🤣😂 Will not wrong.

[@stephenking5852]

The other book is general relativity, the opposite to quantum physics. One is small-scale, the other is big-scale, and both are the most basic branches of science.

[@ace_v2905]

I don’t think it’s basic for an 8 year old tho

[@KenjiAsakura09]

For an eight year old?

[@ocelotmetal]

Basic common sense and logic is what is all about.

[@robertgift]

6:05 Had to Pause and read the formulæ.

[@moragag9307]

7:48 TWC 🇺🇸❤🙏🏼

[@louisedykes4794]

You are what we expected from government training…yup sums your problems very succinctly

[@brucegor]

Damn hes a funny guy. To bad he flipped out

[@BrickDanger-er8dw]

3:33 Krik Krak -- those were not just strippers

[@Nothing51337]

The coffee room guys telling k zed got them mocha and milk lol k says ok