Men in Black International - A Waste of Time

[@JMUDoc]

"Little girl spends her whole life wanting to be a Man In Black. Then she is one. The End."

[@kysike666]

I thought that was Michael Jackson

[@Ting-ez7lc]

"Woman wants to be a Jedi, then she is. The end."

[@TheJanissary90]

Black want to be in her Then he does The end!

[@orbitalpunch4711]

Then I laughed so hard to the comments section The end 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@matthewbowen5841]

Correction - "Little girl spends 10 minutes of screen time wanting to be a Man in Black. Then she is. The end."

[@insane_troll]

They should have had the original characters in it to humiliate them and kill them off. It worked so well in the Star Wars sequels.

[@bryguysays2948]

Yeah that pissed me off too. Nothing says to F*ck off to us older fans of the original 3 Star Wars like pissing on those older characters by killing them off as well.

[@liammcguire1954]

BryGuy Says Legends timeline and older characters: *Exists* Disney, Kathleen Kennedy, Rian Johnson, and JJ Abrams: so you have chosen death The thing that sucks about it is that they could’ve done the old character deaths better by having them go down fighting hard and have actual good character writing, creativity, and plot, tho that seems to be a foreign concept to Disney as of rn

[@bigb5362]

Lmao this reminded me of 21 jump street

[@zulfirdauszain8810]

Would be funny if they died like the rock and Samuel Jackson in the other guys

[@davidcatlett4052]

@@liammcguire1954 Yeah exactly. Use the sequel trilogy as a well done send off for the older characters (maybe not kill all of them in this trilogy) while building up the new characters in the background for future movies.

[@kohisaaakohisaaa7095]

One great reason to follow Critical Drinker: He watches all these trash movies and piss on them so I don't have to. His rants are far more entertaining than these movies anyway

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Exactly!

[@DragonRagovi]

He's destroying his sanity AND his liver over all of these terrible movies, just so we don't have to. He's such a sweet guy.

[@ramonserna8089]

And it allows us to debunk the argument - "but you haven't seen it, so you must be a hater to dislike something you didn't saw". Someone I trust saw it and it was trash as I suspected case closed.

[@robertabrahamsen9076]

You nailed it. I'm actually happy these (presumably) crappy movies exist because the Drinker's take on them is so entertaining. I disagree with him about Thor: Ragnarok, however. That one I did happen to see, and I'll never understand why anyone found it other than wretched. If the MIB reboot suffers by comparison, it must have been very bad indeed.

[@shubhojitghosh69]

Agreed

[@Diresilence]

Lets point out something. In the first Men in Black, Will Smith is able to join after... -He chased down an alien known for speed and dexterity. -Was not completely freaked out on the concept of aliens, or dismiss it when he was being interrogated by a weird agent or seeing an alien get its head blown off. -Was a capable police officer that inadvertantly knew of a criminal alien, and to let him slide because he could wrangle greater threats -Went to the interview, where he showed he had interesting ways to problem solve (Dragging the table to make it easier to write on the test), not just firing at aliens because they looked like a threat, firing on a perceived threat due to rather odd reasoning (Given the organization, this worked in his favor) -Getting a personal voucher from pretty much the top agent in MIB -Getting time to think if the job is worth it, basically flat out told "You'll never see your friends and family again... think on it" A solid chunk of the movie J is not a member, and has to work for it, only to end up as a junior role under a very senior mentor character during their investigation, where he makes quite a few mistakes during his first few days simply because he doesn't understand how things work in the MIB. By the end, through endurance, training, and self sacrifice (Bug kicked his ass around), he was a full agent, and had earned the position. This one? 15 minutes in "I want the job! I'm a loner and totally don't need friends or family! I also am shown to engage in criminal activity to get the job I want!" "You're hired!"

[@kebokev7519]

Yes bc she's a strong feminine woman 😂😂

[@0-mbay]

@@kebokev7519 strong diverse female character 😉

[@ethicsandcomplianceoffice]

That’s an excellent comparison

[@crozanegovult4526]

Seeing that she was reading "A Brief History of Time" as a girl reminded me that a little girl with reading material well outside her age range was enough for Will to put a round between her eyes.

[@roblindsay3422]

Would have been nice if they did something with that; e.g. had it so that SHE was the mole all along but unaware of it, vindicating Chris Hemsworth's character and leading to an inverted confrontation in the third act

[@DazraelArianos]

To be fair in the first movie the little girl reading well beyond her years was also totally calm in a dark alley surrounded by aliens. J targeted the only thing in the scenario that didn't belong.

[@ben_1]

@@roblindsay3422 Well yes, but she's a "diverse female character" and it's illegal for those to be villains.

[@justahyena8869]

That was one of the best parts of that movie, I saw it when I was a kid, read a bit above my level and it killed me lol.

[@danmccarron0]

LOL that's right good observation - he picked out the little girl with the physics books. 'Brief History of Time' isn't exactly high-level as far as scientific rigor goes in fairness. In the first movie those were ostensibly advanced physics books. then again while a middle school nerd could read "a brief history of time" it's still out of the range of a little girl barely older than a kindergartner. A plot twist going to waste!

[@Irishcrossing]

8 years old and she saved an alien and reads up on the history of black holes. She is literally the cardboard cut out that J shot during the testing scene.

[@danh5810]

If only that happened in this movie...

[@musiccer7446]

The book ain’t about the „history“ of black holes. You should probably read it, it’s way more than that

[@Chris-es3wf]

@@musiccer7446 is it also a history of how you got so up tight?

[@SHAMPOO-FISH]

Just saw that little Tiffany scene minutes ago 😭😭

[@CerebralTripz]

IM DYING LMAO! That is too true, now it has me thinking there might actually be some plot....nah.

[@ABeardedDad]

Remember when Will Smith ran down an alien on foot for 15 blocks... and caught it, and still didn't get a free pass? Even after that he still had to do a job interview. Yeah me too.

[@purpledragon1945]

Working for your status: what’s that?

[@VasanthSesh]

"The best of the best of the best... with honors." Still laughing at that so many years later.

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

Not only that but Will Smith was a cop and had to compete with FBI, CIA, Spec Ops, etc. So he had training and showed incredible physical prowess. That was 1997. Female minority gets a job because she wants it and has vague hacker superpowers? Current year -1. How progressive!

[@eacaraxe]

...was J actually competing with them for the job, or were they there to see how J reacted to peer pressure? Just a little hint as to how layered that scene was.

[@andrewdevine3920]

Remember MiB2? No, me neither.

[@TheRealW.S.Foster]

Quick Note: At 2:25 precisely, you can see Tessa's character as a child reading "A Brief History of the Universe", a book that's over 420 pages long and is usually meant to be read by an audience at least twice or thrice her character's childhood age. In short - it's pretty God damn stupid and heavy handed to make us believe Tessa's character is so great because she is reading a college-level book, when in reality there are hardly any children who could or would want read it. But hey, she's a young black girl that needs no establishment to tell her what to do right?! Edit: Keep in mind, by the way, that in the 1st MIB film, J himself called out something like this in that shooting range during the MIB screening / possible recruit scene - in that why would a little girl be having those type of books, which are way too advanced for her as a child? In short, it's suspicious then and it's suspicious now.

[@siddharthakvr5154]

Holy shit that edit part was great! These idiots probably didn't even watch the older films. Just saw the main characters'appearances and copy pasted it

[@ataricom]

That could be calling back to the girl with that quantum physics textbook in the original gun range scene, but if it was meant to be a homage then it's a shitty reference because Will Smith would have put one right in the center of her forehead

[@SeraphsWitness]

That's a great catch. Funny enough, Will Smith shot that girl. lol Seems like an overreaction frankly.

[@SethbotStar]

@@SeraphsWitness She's the only one who actually seemed dangerous at the time. An eight year old girl in a dark alley with monsters, reading a quantum physics book? She's about to start something.

[@tehgamernoob9329]

@@SethbotStar don't forget she was a white young girl in the middle of the ghetto

[@Aethgeir]

She's such a typical female lead. She's a genius who's also perfect and talented at everything. She gets everything handed to her, and never has to struggle, because she's just so amazing. Blegh!

[@noless]

a Mary Sue

[@lucyfyrearchoftwilight9282]

Well, they got the "handed everything to her" part right. Even generally unattractive women have it far easier in life than most men.

[@joeydrewstudios321]

She got the Rey treatment

[@1mchartmann]

@@noless reality it should be called a Mary Shit lol.

[@greebj]

This is the black woman that every woke angry black woman wants to be. Given everything they think they deserve, gets to pay out and be the final judge of everyone without comeuppance and they get to save the world because duh nobody but a black woman is capable of doing it guuurrrrrrllllllll

[@HarryPNess-us2vs]

Tessa Thompson acting emotions: Happy: 😒 Sad: 😒 Angry: 😒 Content: 😒

[@tackyman2011]

She's the female Orlando Bloom.

[@masterpenguin8472]

Seriously, she obviously wanted no part in this dreck. And I don't blame her. This was a great big massive train wreck of a film, it was.

[@muscleman3478]

@@tackyman2011 True, but at least Bloom doesn't have perpetual smug bitch-face syndrome like this 'empowered' atrocity.

[@aderemiporsche]

It is called the perpetual resting bitch face and Tessa Thompson somehow has made a Hollywood career from it.

[@stupendous7848]

Master Penguin someone obviously saw Thor: Ragnarok and said “Hey, i’ve got an idea. This....but it’s Men in Black”. Like for real, that’s probably exactly what they did.

[@MetalThornTree]

"Hilarious!" - Empire "Amazing!" - The Star "It's Shit!" - The critical drinker

[@ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord]

And I know who's review i trust most.

[@niktorrente6640]

2/3 are garbage, 1 is a movie analyst

[@TimoRutanen]

"I get paid to give great reviews" .. What a cushy job that must be.

[@faridjoaquin9074]

*Shait

[@McLOUD_Mouthed_Idiot]

LOL, nailed it!

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

2:24 Young Tessa Thompson is such a genius that she reads quantum physics books, just so that you know how absolutely brilliant she is. Remember when, in the first film, J _shot_ a little girl for reading books like that, because those books were way too advanced for her and she was definitely up to something? That scene was great. That MOVIE was great.

[@codymoe4986]

He shot a cardboard silhouette of a little girl.. Bit of a difference...

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

@@codymoe4986 The underlying logic is the same, though: what kind of girl her age reads Stephen Hawking? It's aberrant behavior, and in a world like _MIB_ where alien invaders can be hiding amongst humans, it can potentially get a girl like her in trouble. But now in this movie the logic has changed: a girl her age reading a book like that is intended to show how _smart_ she is, in the most unrealistic way.

[@MrToonsy]

@@codymoe4986It’s just a *LITTLE* difference!

[@kaylahensley1581]

Yeah, but Little Tiffany was also unaccompanied in the alien "ghetto" so she was clearly up to something and possibly an aggressive alien in a Little Tiffany suit. Tessa was being too advanced for a little kid in the safety of her own home.

[@RevoltingPeasant123]

There’s a deliciously ironic twist within the feminist pursuit to expel a stereotype of women being single layered, helpless characters waiting to be rescued by men. All they accomplished was to create a new and equally uninteresting one. The shallow but flawless woman who exists only to upstage men.

[@cooljim1376]

They chase men around a table despite claiming they have no need for them.

[@christopherthomas7980]

The women in Ghostbusters are incredibly flawed. But they each brought a unique strength to the team that combined made them stronger

[@Ergeniz]

@@christopherthomas7980 Not at all. None of them really fulfilled a concrete niche and were just all over the place.

[@chickenboy176]

Andoc I know, kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2eUeoNrZbiVias

[@kingovharts]

If they wasn't so hell bent on pushing these political agendas they would see once upon a time that they had written stories with strong female leads who were flawed interesting and layered. You didn't need to be slapped in the face and constantly reminded that it was a female being the hero of the story because you were focused on just that.......the story. Everything else fell into place. But the sell outs in Hollyweird serve their dark overlord masters.

[@atila_santos]

This movie is pretty much a long list of check marks begging for approval: - Black woman feminist protagonist - Thor as the side kick - A woman in charge of MIB - Beautiful locations - A lot of CGI stuff - MCU level jokes - Plot twist for villain - A cute little creature

[@crimsoncomet3756]

I'm glad they didn't add gay or lesbian character just to make it diverse

[@crimsoncomet3756]

No not black wamen.... it's African American Wamen. And the title of this movie should be Men in African American Opsss Wamen in African American....ahhh!! what a beautiful movie title!

[@MrMorrison226]

@pink girl well with how things are and most people don't know much she's pretty much black by default

[@MarijnvdSterre]

@Mark P. I haven't seen the movie so not sure, but isn't that suppose to be O, who already was in charge in MIB3? Who had a thing with K.

[@sonicdash9652]

"MCU level jokes" No wonder why I gave up on MCU after Civil War.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

Movies are so bad now. I actually started reading again.

[@amannamedsquid313]

Yeah, me too. Haven't really watched any brand new TV shows or new movies in about 2 years.

[@vyrenvygolo2429]

@@amannamedsquid313 i didnt watch TV in the last 6 years.

[@dermagnus8482]

I started to buy DVDs from classics from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

[@dermagnus8482]

@@GLARebel Exactly, A dangerous trend.

[@pretorious700]

Me too. Just finished the James Ellroy American Tabloid trilogy. Outstanding.

[@Krazzy88]

Other characters: "You killed my parents, I'm here to kill you for justice." Tessa Thompson: "You brainwashed my parents. I wanna work for you."

[@alexevier]

seems about right

[@hmcredfed1836]

just like real life^^

[@Dowlphin]

Mileage may vary on that one.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Walked into this movie waiting for another one to start, it was the most BORING AGONIZING 5 minutes of my life. Did the same with DUNE 2022 and I was amazed and couldnt wait to see the whole thing

[@Dowlphin]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Yeah, Villeneuve's take on Dune clarifies and reminds us what matters in screen entertainment; what makes all the difference. The base formula is not easy but extremely simple: Whatever compels the audience to keep watching is a success. (Well, within sane limits. "There is a pressure trigger under your seat cushion" would be cheating. 😅)

[@shipmcgee452]

Hemsworth plays the same character in the recent Ghostbusters. The "dumb hunk" sidekick that feminists fantasize about dominating.

[@L75hatesshuffle]

I don't know Hemsworth is like Henry cavill... He's too charming to be mad at him for taking a mediocre role...

[@kysike666]

Idk why Chris has no balls at all and let them step all over him for money..

[@cooljim1376]

@@kysike666 Obviously his priorities are set more on putting food on the table than whatever it is the film is doing. To be honest, I can't really hold it against him for having that kind of mentality.

[@axelord4ever]

Anyone walking into the acting business HAS to be aware that they won't be able to pick all their roles, and that they will absolutely do characters that run contrary to their own personality and trait, and character that they'll come to despise. Heck, playing against one's own type is a mark of talent, and not that many actors can pull it off. Can't fault him for taking on the role. I mean, wouldn't you have jumped on the idea of playing a prominent character in a MiB movie? Prior to 2019, I sure would have.

[@07foxmulder]

LennyHatesEAP I don’t know, I didn’t find his role in Ghostbusters mediocre. He was one of the only good things about the movie.

[@LordSkullkid]

Remember when Will Smith had to actually train to earn his place in the MIB instead of being handed everything because of his gender and race?

[@Nurgles_Rot_]

He was so far out of his depth. Hell Zed gave K the "is this really the best we can do" look. He had to prove himself and work at it.

[@LordSkullkid]

@@Nurgles_Rot_ he was pretty clumbsy at the beggining. But K saw potential. He was actually a police officer before. Not a random chick that somehow hacked the Hubble telescope

[@Nurgles_Rot_]

@@LordSkullkid true. But he had to earn Ks respect and trust.

[@journey95far49]

Thats because woke shit was not trendy in the 90s-early 2000s

[@kysike666]

That is The Blm/Antifa/Dems Way

[@Amcor09]

First film: Man - Hard working policeman who takes risks and uses unorthodox methods to achieve his goals. Gets job. This film: Woman - Turns up. Gets job.

[@Ackalan]

I guess she took her parents advice on how to get a job. "Just walk in in a suit and hand over your resumé and ask if they are hiring."

[@therebel4332]

I've literally just said that in another comment lol. The fact he's fearless but flawed makes him a perfect foil for TLJ sidekick,, that was the good thing about old movies, they didn't portray these characters as super strong with no weakness, they had weakness and it was... human arrogance. Smiths character was brash, witty, fearless,, but a little hot headed, jumped in a little to fast without thinking it through, and his fearless nature got him in to hairy moment.. he was a flawed anti hero,, he had weaknesses but you cheered him on throughout the movie. How can we cheer on this character? she's flawless (portrayed as such), she's beyond intelligent, she's super fast reactionary super woman with no weakness whatsoever.... so why bother cheering for her? she doesn't need any help after all she's the finished article ffs. And that is the reason they just don't get it... Viewers don't want flawless.. they want someone anything but so they can get behind them,, the underdog versus the franchise.

[@samblack5313]

Equality of outcome, anyone??!? 😂

[@laurocoman]

I mean, that's quite realistic, if Harvey Weinstein, Roman Polanki or half of Hollywood is running the place.

[@rockspoon6528]

It's so realistic it freaking hurts.

[@nuki5051]

Ghostbusters 2016 and MIB International - Chris Hemsworth really DOES know how to pick a franchises outside the Marvel Universe. In this pace he soon will be known as Chris Hemsworthless.

[@GingerZombie29]

I can only think of Rush and Extraction.

[@Alex-dk2ew]

Add Thor Love & Thunder to wrap things up

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

@@GingerZombie29 "In the Heart of the Sea" is also very watchable. Without the twist in the second half it could have been a masterpiece of classic proportions. Still an awesome movie and worth a watch.

[@SeraphsWitness]

I think he's the only spot of hope in those movies. lol

[@bwtv147]

Movie stars have expenses to meet. They know stardom often has a short shelf life. When offered a paycheck they take it.

[@cjwharton1]

my 10yo son - after watching the first three MIB movies all the way through - wanted to watch this, and then 20min in decided he wanted to rewatch Dredd instead. makes a father proud :')

[@weswolever7477]

Give that kid a cigar and a whisky

[@derekhofstetler3998]

@@weswolever7477 Might wanna slow down with them there cocktails.

[@Memnon45]

Hell yeah, you get a thousand dad points. Now get the kiddo some ice cream.

[@yourfatboy5359]

Aww so wholesome

[@lyrehartbone1084]

What a great kid!

[@crossbones116]

Chris Hemsworth seems like a cool bloke, and has a nice variety of the characters he's played. Conversely it feels like Tessa Thompson plays *the same* character in literally everything.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

As a fellow Australian I’d love to have a beer with him and just hang out. Meanwhile I’d want to stay as far away from Tessa Thompson as possible. I feel like we just wouldn’t get along.

[@caseytatum5837]

Remember when in the thick middle of the corona virus craze,every other celeb(god i hate that word) went crazy cause of the lack of attention? Meanwhile mr.Hemsworth: nah im good,i actually like this cause i get to spend some time at home in australia with my family and friends Yea that says a lot,hes basically just not part of the whole pedowood circle and seems to be just a genuine good guy with actual values

[@fastenedcarrot9570]

And that character is an insufferable twat.

[@SoWhosGae]

She was very different in Annihilation tbh.

[@tntTom174]

just like that lesbo batwoman chick. they only put her somewhere to tick a box. Same goes for that dull face from Twilight with single face expression, same goes for new SW chick. [and no, I dont need to know their names at all, thank you very much]. On the other hand I don't think is just their fault, but it's also required from them when they sign up for something. Dull[y]wood ftw.

[@morden279]

Middle aged white male authority figure was the villain - my shock has been imagined.

[@Partylikeits-br7bb]

So is Darth Vader, Joker, Voldemort, Norman Bates, Hans Gruber, Keyser Soze.....

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@Partylikeits-br7bb lol, Norman Bates? He just oozes authority running around his crappy motel.

[@jon4715]

Party like its 1993 Keyser Soze an authority figure? What are you talking about. Such a misguided rebuttal.

[@Partylikeits-br7bb]

@@jon4715 Dude's a crime lord. He has authority in his line of work. Its not misguided at all.

[@Partylikeits-br7bb]

@@mikespearwood3914 The point was that there are many of white villains, but "anti" sjws think there's some agenda going on every time a white man is a villain.

[@seangannon6081]

I like how in the first movie MIB we’re only interested in “ the best of the best of the best sir!! with honors” and they were put though tests and we can assume they were all hand picked for their skills. All she did was show up and ask.

[@SilverAxe13]

MiB3 was such a satisfying conclusion to this franchise. But of course, OF COURSE, they couldn’t just let it go. Of course.

[@RenegadeVile]

Yeah, that movie was surprisingly good. Much better than trilogy enders made over 10 years after the fact.

[@thevlaka]

Agreed

[@TF2Fan101]

Renegade Vile Bad Boys For Life would like to have a word with you.

[@ferinca7655]

Just sit back n watch people fall into a never ending put of failure with a chuckle and a whiskey. No need to give such a fuck.

[@Roman-eq7ed]

Agree. Except for the one plot hole that bugged me. Allusion to him meeting the young kid before his recruitment, because in the first film, he was recruited SOLELY based on his athletic aptitude, and surpassed his competition based on his intellectual aptitude.

[@ashkebora7262]

So ... the arms dealer ... has lots of arms. Is Hollywood full of twelve year olds?

[@hatework4282]

That's just silly. They keep the 12 year olds on Epstein's island.

[@reverbthevocal421]

It's not even as creative OR funny as an arms dealer being a guy selling ripped off arms.

[@fahimalvi9521]

@@hatework4282 damn it! Was about to comment something like that.

[@fahimalvi9521]

12 year olds? Nah. They hire kindergartners with milk and cookies for paychecks to write the scripts. Because all of the budget goes to making crappy direction and keeping the pockets full of the shill critics and BS marketing.

[@Thane36425]

And how is a human arm supposed to work without a shoulder? Maybe it could flop around some but it wouldn't be able to punch or do anything useful. Maybe if it had been on a tentacle or elephant trunk thing, but that wouldn't have been an arm.

[@dislecsyk991]

For all the talk of MIB being simple entertainment, that exchange between them where Kay says "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals" has always stuck with me as one of the most insightful things a film has ever said.

[@ChrisPeteG]

100% I reference that line more often than I ever imagined I would.

[@MegaCrocosaurus92]

The first Men In Black is a perfect blockbuster! Does everything it should without feeling like you're left hanging at any time. Quick wit, fast pace, lovable characters, fun visuals. A gold standard to live up to!

[@drewg4261]

I repeat that quote often.

[@whiterabbit75]

It certainly explains why Disney Star Wars made so much dosh.

[@kamilkisiel6598]

This is reference to Le Bon's book "Psychology of the Masses"...

[@snailthelostcow63]

What I'm impressed about the MiB trilogy is probably how Agent J is still treated as a rookie despite the increasing experience. You can see his growth but each sequel are him jumping to a bigger pond than he already mastered before.

[@GuiiBrazil]

Just another tragic franchise. Started as a masterpiece, ended as a pop song.

[@falconeshield]

I'd say Charlie's Angels, but Bad Boys meets that criteria better

[@big_lolo_01]

@@falconeshield I thought that Bad Boys for Life was good. But hey to each their own.

[@hardylopez2923]

M8 bad boys is goat

[@bridgenorton537]

Masterpiece? MiB was fun no doubt but not exactly a stroke of perfect cinematic genius

[@Blueflag04]

Fast and Furious

[@CuppaTeaExe]

The funny thing is: ever since I went to watch this movie, I forgot I watched it until I was reminded that the movie existed.

[@RFSA180]

Mega lolz.

[@Cassius1706]

Lol, I feel you. I can’t even remember if I’ve watched it or not. I have a feeling that I did but I don’t remember anything about it

[@patanu]

Its like the movie mind wiped you after you saw it.

[@danielbjorklund2362]

Well thx for reminding me not to watch it....again.

[@Skewrz]

I didn't even know this was a movie until this video showed up lol. Thought it was only 3 movies. I think I will keep pretending there is only 3.

[@AlexLasson27]

This is without a doubt the most aggressively mediocre movie I’ve ever seen. Not only does it stay in its own lane, but it also goes 10 miles under the speed limit. I wish I could neuralize myself so I could forget I ever watched it.

[@billlumbergh9251]

Lol than you would watch it again lol sounds awful

[@axelhopfinger533]

I wish i had a time machine so i could go back to the 1930s and prevent this whole godawful, soul crushing timeline from ever coming to pass.

[@LyaksandraB]

I remember when Moana came out, I kind of hated most of it. It was the most cookie cutter, bland, checklist filling Disney movie ever. I watched it again last week, and after all the other garbage from every front I've been subjected to, I found it quite entertaining. I think the media will slowly erode us until we find fun in trash they can churn at the snap of their fingers.

[@RevoltingPeasant123]

More like 10 miles per hour above stationary.

[@Sonofthebear]

no need to neuralize, i forgot it by the time credits rolled

[@Evaunit98]

Mib3 had such a good ending, it closed out the series with a conclusive and pretty nice ending, but that doesn’t matter to studio execs who want to make a quick buck

[@paoloverdini8374]

So basically the movie ends with Tessa achieving her goal after 30 minutes, and then there are approximately 90 minutes of flashy credits scenes?

[@bunnieskitties293]

Might not have been a bad plot to have the entire movie being an outsiders attempt to get into the Men in Black.

[@Dreadjaws]

15 minutes, not 30.

[@osets2117]

@@bunnieskitties293 that is a far more interesting concept than what this movie face us

[@Rocket5150]

Literally 12:32 minutes into the movie she's da best whamen agent evar! Non-binary earthlings in dark dress.

[@WelshWidgetMan2O1O]

Basically.

[@texanplayer7651]

Can we talk about the fact she scored a 95% on the first week in Alien Languages? In 5 years I still can't reach a 50% in Spanish and I'm supposed to believe she could learn and speak fluently at least 2 or more alien languages with no roots to any existing languages in our Planet within only 1 week? And then I'm expected to identify myself in her and clap?

[@mortuitissedai2085]

More believable to be fair-some people to have an extraordinary language affinity: and due to the ambiguity of 'alien languages,' I think it's acceptable. Could be wrong.

[@stevenscott2136]

It might just mean "she got a 95 on this week's exam". I got all A's in Spanish, too, but that doesn't mean the UN would hire me as a translator. Of course, we know this is already more thought than the film crew put into it.

[@Slav4o911]

Spanish is not a challenge, try Japanese. But it seems nothing is a struggle when you're Mary Sue... everything just... works.

[@Blueflag04]

@@Slav4o911 or Germany

[@leonardoresende3232]

@@mortuitissedai2085 still , you could have the best affinity to be a violin player but you cant even play after 1 week , it is downright impossible in any circumstances to be able to be fluent in a new language on one week no matter how talented you are.

[@TheKrensada]

The best part? when she retires, she is wiped of her memory of the existence of the MIB. so she will have lived her whole life not ever knowing that she ever was a member of the MIB.

[@TheKrensada]

@Roman Francis all real possibilities. Mib has the worst retirement plan.

[@Numenorean1]

@@TheKrensada Better than democrats.

[@TheKrensada]

@@Numenorean1 Zing!

[@epicghandi6141]

@@Numenorean1 damn libtards, am i right? wanting basic services like medical treatment, workrights and justice without belonging to a rich minority.

[@floricel_112]

No man, since she was good and fantastic at her job and didn't need to prove herself since J did and go through the tests, she'll get special treatment and be allowed to retain her memories as part of MiB after retiring and until the day she dies

[@Tony-rn5fm]

at least will smith actually EARNED his suit and glasses......................!

[@Shou_22]

Yeah... And he actually worked hard to earn his bigger guns...

[@RogueFox2185]

Funny thing is I could actually see Hemsworth’s character being a decent MIB agent in a movie with much better writing and him as the protagonist.

[@chicostephenson]

this could have worked if someone bothered to write a script.

[@jothecocopop]

Me too. Like Drinker said, the movie easily could've had his and Tessa's roles switched around. But, y'know, he isn't "dIvErSe eNuF" or some other bullshit.

[@elonmusket5676]

@@chicostephenson wasn't there like a script writer for each actor or something like that

[@brooklyngal6334]

@@jothecocopop Exactly. I guess they didn't realize that would've been a win for their "muh diversity." Tessa's character would've been the boss over the straight, white man and showing him the ropes, leading him on the wild adventures around the world.

[@DarkRipper117]

Why wouldn't they continue the formula of giving proper send off to legacy characters like they did before, like Tommy Lee and Will Smith, then this new guy standing for/with Will Smith's character as a trainee....it's not that difficult.

[@dennisvo8842]

Rey: I'm the greatest Mary Sue in the galaxy Molly: hold my privilege

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Batwhamen: All male roles will be absolute perfection... when they fit a woman. *falls through a hole* Molly: 🖕🏿

[@StsFiveOneLima]

But does she have 'privilege'? I mean....she's not 'white', since if (apparently) you are part black you classify as 'black' instead of 'white'.....

[@voteDC]

@@StsFiveOneLima I believe the privilege line is in response to the current trend of having every female main character be hyper competent and near flawless, despite never doing anything to earn that.

[@SPTX.]

@@StsFiveOneLima Are white actually privileged though? They don't get all the gibmedats. Is working to pay for other's welfare a privilege? Is being denied the pension funded by your work money a privilege? Is being denied a position because someone with the right skin color (which is never white, or yellow for that matter) applied at the same time as you a privilege?

[@b.chaline4394]

Mulan 2020 : hold my Qi

[@Mrman09]

there is no MIB without will smith and Tommy lee should never have been redone

[@mattboy2313]

It's like Pirates of the Caribbean without Johnny Depp. 😐 😐 😐 Too soon?

[@pixiedust6630]

@@mattboy2313 Too soon 😥

[@ianallen738]

@Roman Francis part two sucked so much ass that part three fell into the black hole it left behind in its wake

[@jonsturgill8868]

Most sequels and ALL prequels should never been created.

[@alqaeda7040]

Will Smith is actually really smart, he never accept to a role in a remake movie, Independence Day and Men In black

[@Sylmarys24]

I just love how dedicated this man is to the all-mysterious Tatiana

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

If you give her enough cash, absolutely nothing of her stays mysterious, believe me... 😜

[@CP-fz4sr]

The part that bothered me is the simplicity and easiness of her becoming a Man in Black. Nothing to it, no training, no worthiness of the job, she just fell right in. Meanwhile, the original movie, the man HAS to prove himself, and over and over to become something. And they wonder why these types of movies dont make it. WOW...

[@julius-stark]

The answer to all your questions about Molly boils down to her being a strong independent woman of color which negates the need for training, vetting, or character building.

[@RanMouri82]

The irony being that she's a walking stereotype. Yay progress.

[@jeremytitus9519]

It's fucking irritating. My little sister's about the same colour as Tessa. Looks kinda like her. She's busted her ass for everything she's got, and the world keeps busting her back down for it, but she keeps on slugging. She doesn't need role models who are perfect and get everything handed to them. She needs role models who fight and struggle and overcome.

[@beyondedgeverse1139]

@@jeremytitus9519 Yeah, but that's not the plan. This dumb, entitled attitude actually undermines the idea that you have to work for things, which is how the world is. There aren't many really positive role-models in media at all and you know that, that's why you're on KZbin, watching real people create content instead of watching that shit.

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

I feel the most bad for Chris Hemsworth. Such a talented actor, why Hollywood hates him to the point of being a dumb Ghostbusters secretary, an incompetent MIB, or even a fat God, we’ll never know...

[@RogueFox2185]

Hollywood must have a passive-aggressive hate boner for the guy, that’s the only way I can see why they keep doing this to him.

[@MirandaSinistra]

He's a box office draw, audiences love him but they hate him. So they'll use him to bring people in but still give him shit material to stick it to the Patriarchy.

[@sebicmiel4221]

But then he played a badass mercenary in Extraction :)

[@nicosmind3]

Hes blonde, Swedish, and a male. So that at least 3 reasons for Holywood to hate him over, and probably demand evey day that he apologises for his imaginary privilege

[@truestory2990]

He's a good looking Anglo male. That image must be constantly deconstructed, undermined and ridiculed.

[@harter517]

You can never recreate Vincent D'Onofrio’s performance as the bug in the original. He made that movie as the antagonist. He was serious enough through all the comedy that you hated him and couldn’t wait for the MIB to take him down. But you also laughed at his imaginative physical comedy of trying to walk around in his “Edger Suit” as a gigantic cockroach. A brilliant acting display by a brilliant actor.

[@lbaker3602001]

The way I got this position is; I'm, Entitled, Privileged, and a Woman. How did you get your position?

[@jimthompson8947]

I kissed her ugly cheek.

[@petricaleksa]

you could have just said "im a woman" and it would mean the same

[@andrewstafford123]

You forgot a person of color

[@Adamkalb1]

Privileged how? There is white privilege, and male privilege, so what other privilege could Tessa possibly have?

[@petricaleksa]

@@Adamkalb1 male privilege ahahaha this guy

[@radspencer8187]

I feel sorry for Liam Neeson. He is like an Irish Sean Bean at this point. In most movies he is in, he either dies or goes evil..

[@arthurcooper]

Yeah, but at least in Batman Begins, the older mentor turned bad guy thing was done well

[@zulfirdauszain8810]

Guess his bills needed to be paid

[@99baji99]

It's pronounced "Seen Bean" if you were unsure.

[@barefootwalk1798]

If I were Hollywood, I'd cast a guy with his charisma in a role with lasting emotional impact on the protagonist too. Especially if that protagonist is cast for physical appearance or one of the other, ehm, diverse reasons possible, instead of acting ability or fit for the role.

[@kolbywilliams6288]

Neeson is nowhere near as good as Sean Bean, though. He’s decent, but to be honest, it’s mostly just his voice that people want from him.

[@paulwick8307]

What an acting powerhouse! Even when Tessa isn’t killing it as an emotionless plank of wood....she can still, somehow summon the raw emotions of a completely separate plank of wood. Don’t underestimate diverse female character 1!

[@weswolever7477]

The poster girl for erectile disfunction acceptance

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Is one a good actor if they are amazing at playing the self insert shit 2010's protagonist? Like, you're a horrible actor but you're amazing at playing this very wooden role?

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Tessa is actually a great actress. This movie is crap sure but she isn't. Just watch Westworld and Annihilation for starters.

[@kman9884]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 She wasn’t good in Westworld, though.

[@lizzydevoy9778]

😂

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

For me, it's just about preserving the Universe these movies were based on. I wasn't too thrilled about the 2nd Independence Day movie, but at least it stayed true to the lore of the Universe it was building off of. This movie does everything to bury it, could have been cool if the daughter was Agent J's daughter before he became a Men in Black Agent and renounced everything. That would have been a cool series, her trying to live up to her father, finding out who her father is, and trying to track down her father. This is why movies like this don't do very well out of the Nostalgia factor, once the Nostalgia bug is lifted, the movie fails on every level.

[@robertwilliams2520]

The more I see of Tessa Thompson, the more I wish I'd seen less.

[@Adrian-fe8js]

Yep, she was the main reason I couldn’t wait to never see this movie

[@alloxxxsaurus]

Thank you!

[@katemaloney4296]

I thought I was the only person who thought that.

[@MP-lc7vy]

Honestly it's nothing wrong with her acting. It's just the characters she is type cast as. She was ok in Creed and Sorry to bother You for a supporting role, but she needs to pick something that is atleast somewhat original besides these throwaway sequels that nobody will remember.

[@dragonknightleader1]

She's like every other actor of her generation; they're better models than personalities. You go back to earlier movies and those actors had charismatic actors with enormous personalities from Arnold to John Wayne. Then movie buffs bring up someone like Tessa Thompson or Ryan Gosling and I sit there thinking, "these actors aren't so great." That's why Hollywood is trying to drain what charisma is left out of their elder actors like RDJ or Phoenix or Arnold and even that's not working if the movie itself sucks.

[@MaverickhunterXZero]

Tessa Thompson was the most boring parts of Thor 3. The character didn't add much to the story and the interactions with Thor were so cringey. She's not a good actor and the script had to bring Hemsworth's character down to make her look better. Just like they Eventually did in the MCU.

[@jeremytitus9519]

In Thor 3 she's also a villain. She kills slave gladiators for fun. The Hulk, at least, is a crazy rage-man. She's just a psychopath. There isn't even a redemption arc. She just gets away with being a murderess and then in Endgame gets to rule Asgard or whatever.

[@JarinXeno]

@@jeremytitus9519 The male power fantasy is to become a hero and save the day. The female power fantasy is to be a villain and to get away with it.

[@jazaractus]

Agreed. I don't have an issue with a coloured actress playing the part of Valkyrie - although I would have preferred a comics-accurate depiction of the character. But even if they wanted a coloured actress, they should have at least got one that captured the essence of the character. Valkyrie is supposed to be tall, with great posture and looks imposing. Tessa Thompson is short, hunched, and looks half asleep most of the time. WTF. She was indeed the absolute worst part about Thor Ragnarok.

[@CalamityM]

@@JarinXeno those are both male fantasies too. Why else would there be dozens of games where you can play a villain main character?

[@flatebo1]

Jeremy Titus She doesn’t so much kill slave gladiators as capture people to be sold into slavery as gladiators for Grandmaster’s death arena...for drinking money. She’s a slave trader. And she was loudly praised by the same black representation activists that drooled all over Black Panther, a movie about the hereditary right to wield absolute power over lesser people. Kind of makes you wonder just what sort of “freedom” those folks actually want.

[@Caboose816]

"You're here, because you're the best of the best. Army Rangers, Navy SEALS, NYPD, FBI, and... You. What have you done? Stumbled on a crash site? My God, you're prefect. Go put on a suit. The rest of you, let's administer this eye test."

[@Sousabird]

@Raw Engineer those other candidates were all tested and in competition with each other. Not just handed the job. Also, Zed implies that they disdain the candidates government experience, telling the failures that they're, "everything we expected from years of government training" or something to that effect, so her experience with those agencies isn't worth much, if anything.

[@Boshek2019]

Liam Neeson being the mole is THE most obvious plot twist I’ve seen in a movie

[@jeremysolomon7791]

I called it in the first 5 minutes

[@williamwallace3780]

Would like to see a Tessa Thompson biopic that details her signing a contract with the devil to become famous and forgetting to ask for talent.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Ha

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

That would be 99% of Hollywood's "talent" right there.

[@ReginLeif]

Never even heard of her. What's she been on?

[@itsamematt9618]

@Regni Leif shes been on, coke, ecstasy, Heroin and. OH you mean movies Ha yeah um she was that Valkyrie chick from Thor 3 and Nothing else.

[@SirCaustic0]

Molly has grown up into Tessa Thompson, the most cruel fate that could ever befall a little vulnerable girl.

[@raghu5657]

😂😂😂

[@caiusmadison2996]

Its Tessa Thompson; Cuties Sympathizer. Get it straight!

[@UltimateThanos]

I’d say becoming a Hollywood actress is a much worse fate.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

At least she didn't grow up into Amy Schumer.

[@trolleriffic]

@@jeremyusreevu237 Or Brie Larson. Nobody deserves that fate

[@derlich09]

"Don't ask questions. Just consume product, then get excited for next product." - Jay Bauman

[@Sayquidnidly]

"You may not have notice...but your brain did"

[@Ramsey276one]

I Refuse

[@wanderingsoul7935]

What baffled me is how she went from working in a call center to expert in alien weaponry, at least Will Smith's character was believable, being a cop used to chasing down criminals. I got about 20 minutes in and had to turn it off, I didn't want to witness the butchery. Why can't these people create new stories? There seems to be a huge lack of creativity in Hollywood these days, they seem blissfully unaware and out of touch with the public.

[@chrisjohnson1049]

“I’ll be fixing your wagon soon enough.” That is the quote of the week.

[@lawrencet83]

The drinker has some of the best one liners with that drunken Scottish accent! 4:48

[@igodreamer7096]

love it

[@HNedel]

yeah, can't wait for that one!

[@Gallowaves]

Imagine if they had tweaked the plot slightly and had one of her parents die at the beginning of the movie because of an altercation between an alien and the Men in Black. Then she sees them erase her other parent’s memory to cover up the death and she spends her life trying to find this secret organization to prove she wasn’t crazy all along. Years later she sees a report about a ufo and it leads her to encounter the Chris’s character and his partner. She assists them in killing the alien but it results in Chris’s partner dying in the process. Impressed by her skill, Chris takes her back to the Men in Black headquarters to be trained. She struggles at first, but ends up finishing at the top of her class. She’s about to get assigned a partner and it turns out Chris has been waiting on her to finish and personally requested her to be his new partner. They go on work on a case that Chris had been following with his old partner that just so happens to be connected to the events that unfolded in Tessa’s childhood that resulted in the death of her parent. Tessa’s memories from the day her parent died provide new evidence in this dead end case and they both go on to solve it and find closure. I came up with this story in like 5 minutes and it’s already a significantly better plot.

[@jacobbenns6090]

Dang broski, id watch that, solid plot

[@jeremytitus9519]

A more intimate plot without world-threatening stakes. I dig it, bub.

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

Whassup, fellow Filmento sub.

[@johngrepo9976]

Be careful, someone in a black suit is coming over with a flashy thing and boom- all over

[@Sorain1]

Hell, I like that better then my thoughts on the topic and I took twice as long to write em out.

[@defundhollyweird8675]

I guess Chris Hemsworth isn't taking this acting stuff serious anymore and is content with just cashing checks...cheers mate!

[@stupendous7848]

i know, he was great in Rush. can’t believe it’s the same guy from this and Ghostbusters 2016

[@sel3735]

He was good in Extraction this year.

[@paulware4701]

Michael Caine said, decades ago, if you want a better standard of living you've got to be willing to make a crappier standard of movie (I think he'd just done The Swarm). Guess times haven't really changed all that much.

[@mikespearwood3914]

​@@paulware4701 Yep, you've got to accept your fair share of tripe roles in Hollywood.Those Hollywood producers can be vindictive. George Lazenby refused to do the next James Bond movie after OHMSS, and the angry producer told him they'll never cast him again for any role. That was effectively the end of his acting career.

[@poiuyt975]

I really appreciate that Drinker is capable of entertaining me for almost 15 minutes, while talking about a movie that I didn't even know existed. :-)

[@ABeardedDad]

"Literally her only reason for existing, is to join an organisation she knows almost nothing about" - which she accomplishes before the end of the first act. So what is she striving for in the rest of the film? What motivates her? Oh yea haha... feminism. Edit: whoop called it.

[@KingRumar]

Yup, it's that cut and paste in Hollywood.

[@who9782]

Wait what?.....

[@zackreynolds21]

In a movie with an infinite universe of possible species, they STILL managed to make the villain...a white man

[@randomdude189]

And the protagonist a woman of color albeit very light skinned lol

[@MaskedStickman]

To be honest that also happened in the other movies A white and a black agents fight against an alien that looks like a white human

[@samblack5313]

TheSurfinBird 69 What skin was he wearing......... I’ll wait.

[@lowhp_comic]

@@MaskedStickman but they weren't directed with an agenda in mind, and they weren't directed like shit and it made sense

[@rockspoon6528]

I get your point, but this is an alien in a costume. That it chose a white male to be its disguise should, actually, imply that white males are the least likely to be villains.

[@davedavy5406]

The description of Molly seems to be pretty much the girl that J shot in his 'simple test' at the shooting range..."8 year old girl, bunch of monsters with quantum physics books...she's about to start some shit!"

[@J5L5M6]

Holy shit. The man's got the same first and last name, but when you're right, you're right.

[@zubbworks]

Bruh you right. Didn't even see that, kinda funny. Wonder if it was intentional.

[@snodog00]

Remember when movies had characters that were motivated by personal experience or trauma? Remember when movies could string a plot together that didn't rely on convenience, luck, or in-universe magic? Remember when movies had characters that actually had to struggle to achieve their goals? Remember when movies had villians with proper motivation and creative schemes to achieve their goals? Remember when movies didn't overly rely on mcguffins to motivate the plot? Remember when movies had reasons for characters to travel from place to place to place beyond "cause that's just where it is lol"? Remember when movies were good?

[@edwinmartinez9215]

Pepperidge farms remembers

[@theanimeslayer3999]

Your title offends Tessa Thompson it should be; "humans in black!" According to her! Remind me again how this charisma void gets work?

[@RFSA180]

She's a right fucking mood hoover

[@heru_ur6017]

Missionary position

[@matthewbond375]

She purty

[@go_rilla262]

She's HIB positive

[@seanc9520]

Going to be queen of Asgard too😤

[@AzureRoxe]

I literally just started watching this movie and i'm wondering. Wasn't the point of the Neurolyzer that it affects ANYONE who sees the flash? Hence why even the MIB, who are standing behind the flash, are wearing glasses to nullify it. Molly saw the flash, but was magically not affected?

[@ColdHardTruthNews]

Logic and consistency has no place in woke, progressive view-infected pieces of....."entertainment".

[@martindixon54]

I believe Drinker missed an opportunity to say "because the script needed it to happen", quickly followed by "Fuck off, film!" at that point.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I kind of noticed that as well....

[@troo_6656]

You can add that to the pile of plot holes, if Disney sequel trilogy thougt me anything it is that there is always a room for more of these.

[@captnwinkle]

@Trolling snowflake leftist 24/7 that's the Libtard way

[@thesupremeatheistintellect64]

Men In Black doesn't sound very inclusive, it needs to be re-titled People In Black.

[@MsDavid47]

You cant say black its African american.

[@ahmataevo]

People of Color in Clothing of Color!

[@High99222]

Women in black please, otherwise is sexist (sarcasm)

[@motherurck7542]

They made that joke in the movie....

[@therabman_5606]

Gender fluid humans wearing black

[@Raxacoricofallapatorius]

What I gathered from the personalities of Molly and Henry while watching the movie: *Molly* Literally has no falws and is immediately good at everything with no development, her character is one of the best examples of a Mary Sue I can think of. ( (2:25) She's reading a complex Stephen Hawking novel at the age of like 5 for christ's sake). *Henry* Although he's supposed to act as a mentor of sorts in the movie, Chris Hemsworth pretty much reprises his role as Kevin from Ghostbusters 2016 acting as a cocky comic relief, although they at least tried to lower his stupidity a wee bit for this film. Most of the jokes in the movie were made at the expense of H to further drill it into the audience's brain that it's funny how dumb he is. It's honestly annoying how little character development any of the characters have, especially Molly who (as Critical Drinker mentions) literally joins the MIB and has no other goals or aspirations for the rest of the movie. Basically, please don't waste your time watching this movie. Trust me, watching the originals would be a much better use of your time.

[@ahsanjaved83]

At least Will Smith was a cop before he was recruited

[@louisduarte8763]

"N-Y-P-D means I will Nock Yo Punk-ass Down!"

[@dre6289]

There is an art to the "dumb fun movie" that people don't respect. The "dumb fun movies" we are getting lately aren't so fun.

[@dre6289]

@Phelan Idk. Everything feels like it is written by a 25 year olds. Have you seen "army of thieves" on Netflix? A perfect example. It's just predictable painful cliche after predictable painful cliche. It feels like it's written for the dumbest member of my 20 something year old friend group. Pretty much 8 out 10 movies feel like that to me now.

[@dre6289]

@Phelan time to start making movies on KZbin to show em how it's done.

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

yeah, they're just dumb lol

[@rhettorical]

When people set out to make a fun movie, it can end up being fun even if it's silly and full of plot holes. When people set out with an agenda, it usually sucks. Terminator and Robocop and the like are amazingly fun films that are remembered as good because they're entertaining, even if they're ultimately pretty silly. The first MIB is the same way.

[@Dap1ssmonk]

@@dre6289 that’s because they are. Most things are written for the lowest common denominator. It happened to video games too.

[@Skyerzen]

Yo, I worked on The Amazing Spider-Man as a previs artist and clearly remember the director Marc Webb and editor Alan Bell griping and complaining how the script was shit, but because of the writer's strike a few years earlier, they couldn't do much about it. Apparently writers petty much asked for their work to go unchanged even if shit unless some big hoops are jumped. Most producers simply keep directors from even stirring that hive and allows writers to write the stupidest of things unchallenged. I know a few writers myself since I live in L.A. They tend to be pompous dumbasses who have NO IDEA about anything and don't even do their research on topics that they are writing about. I hate the state Hollywood is in right now.... :(

[@Paulafan5]

And Studios won't care if it's crap; they want the film out at a certain date. That's what happened with Spider-man 3. Raimi wanted more time, but the studio wanted it at a certain time and that's why the film is clearly rushed. Another few rewrites and maybe it would have been good.

[@Skyerzen]

@Alex it gets worse. I doubt you would, but do you remember the sewer scene on the first Andrew Garfield Spider-Man? The one with the lizard? The whole fight is my idea. I "directed" it. What happened was that Marc, the director came down to our room and said. From this scene, to this scene, you come up with whatever you want. The script only said. "FIGHT" We came up with a bunch of ideas but production kept shutting then down because they were too expensive. (CG water is expensive) But there had to be water. I came up with the idea of doing the whole thing under water cuz that's cheaper. At first it for turned down because production didn't know it would be cheaper but I insisted until it got passed. Otherwise I would still be animating versions for that scene

[@Cuteness_overload-g3g]

The headshake at the noisey cricket feels like a middle finger to will Smith's character

[@phillipwalling7470]

The Noisey Cricket is the most OP small gun. Will Smith was lucky to have that as his first weapon.

[@Cuteness_overload-g3g]

@@phillipwalling7470 yes but it was also both comedic and important to the character. Its so iconic its odd they mock it

[@Kekoapono]

The mole is almost always the person who says there’s a mole. Writers, just STOP ALREADY!

[@Kiido11]

@Főfasírozó MOLÉ MOLÉ MOLÉ MOLÉ MOLÉ

[@ThrottleKitty]

I can not for the life of me remember the name of the show, but I remember a reality show where they told the contestants there was a traitor in their midst. Each of the contestants had weird personas and nicknames, for context. (IDK why) One of the team was a sketchy masked guy with the nickname "rotiart" .... Guess who was the traitor.

[@walterkoziol3822]

So damn true. That's like any body of water. If there's a fight bear one you know damn well someone is gonna get wet. This has been going on for fifty plus years.

[@SleightlyPersonal]

My favorite mole was in Ozzy and Drix.

[@michaelregis1015]

@@Kiido11 "SHAT UP!"

[@agentcarter2219]

Poor Chris Hemsworth...first Ghostbusters 2016 and now this...smh

[@richtifilmpalast5373]

His agent must be like: *cough*.... "Naaah... i'll bee fiiine...!!" *cough* *continuingcountingdamoneeeey*

[@chrisj403]

Yeah, he's probably not very happy with his agent

[@fattiger6957]

I guess he doesn't care that he's basically the male Megan Fox as long as he gets a paycheck. Objectification of woman = bad. Objectification of guys = A Okay.

[@PrechtGaebolgHades]

Well his extraction movie was good.

[@normadgarmez7026]

Not to mention Fat Thor in Avengers Endgame. I'm like he's a god, not a super human like Hawkeye, Iron Man, and Black Widow.

[@silverscorpio24]

Remember when Jay earned his position because he thought outside of the conventional box? This girl is just like those FBI agents who get neuralized after his written test.

[@ottoroberts5163]

Silver Scorpio what kind of little white girl be out here at nigh with all them physics books?!

[@abcdefg5472]

just watched this on Netflix (after the MiB Trilogy) and I just sort of knew that I would find a video about it being shit on this channel, and look what we've got here. Absolutely spot on.

[@VulturePilot]

“Aren’t you glad you lived long enough to watch all your favorite franchises burn to the ground?”

[@freezysyahz]

NOOOOOO

[@thubtumbing4]

"Feels great, Rich"...

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

What is left really? lol.

[@androidemulator6952]

"Some people just want to watch the world burn.." Dont know who said it, but seemed to fit.. :)

[@CorporalFriendlyShark]

I’m sick of everyone telling me Tessa Thompson is some kind of Oscar-winning callibre of actress (sorry, ‘actor’ - actress is sexist) All she does is spout sexist, racist jargon about black women good, white man bad.

[@toffee2547]

Kinda funny given her career is basically just riding the coattails of white men.

[@bironjames9948]

She mixed herself olol

[@intheclear3492]

She also defended Cuties

[@RustyC216]

(Plankton Voice) SHE WHAT!?

[@amannamedsquid313]

@@intheclear3492 Now THAT is just wrong.

[@Brantlins]

The fact that Hemsworth was in this AND ghostbusters makes me hesitant to ever see another one of his movies

[@jimthompson8947]

Yep. He sucks.

[@rimurutempest4945]

@@jimthompson8947 Nah, he’s great and is a charismatic actor. The problem is, of the two movies examples, they play him as a joke. Either playing up the ego of his character to Parody his Thor role, or make him the complete opposite and attempt to make him lame. That’s just bad casting. He’s great when given a script that is good and fits his strength as an actor.

[@pretorious700]

He's just cashing the big checks and laughing uncontrollably.

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

@@rimurutempest4945 He's is comfy being a dumb "hot" guy. He'll keep making shit movies to get a paycheck.

[@sigmamalegrindset132]

@@rimurutempest4945 Yeah but his character's confidence is funny and charismatic. When this "molly" in MIB international is just toxic arrogant asshole.

[@mentallyillfinger]

Man, MiB wasn't just about aliens and flashy visuals, it was about Jay and Kay's relationship with one another. That was the glue keeping that series together. I loved MiB3 and even liked MiB2 but even I knew it had to end there. When I saw this "sequel" I was frankly disgusted

[@jeremysolomon7791]

Well said

[@LC-jw2cd]

Why is it that every time Hollywood releases a movie like this, every one forgets that they exist😂

[@SlightlyDerangedCube]

Because they’re literally that forgettable.

[@SantosAl]

Cause that's how bland they are.

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

Thank God everyone forgets these movies They don’t deserve to be remembered and I certainly don’t want people having nightmares remembering them

[@GPReimer]

Without even seeing the film I figured out who the mole was after you said “Liam Neeson thinks there is a mole in the MIB.” Why would they have an actor like that in a small role unless he’s the mole lol

[@NexusKin]

Its like Andy Garcia in that dogshit "Max Steel" movie. Obviously he was the main bad guy!

[@pfeilspitze]

Also, it's Liam Neeson, so after _Batman Begins_ it's not like we're surprised by this twist-not to mention that he's a white man in a position of power in a modern movie.

[@christrevor3450]

Literally like the guest actor that week on Law and Order … I wonder who the rapist is?

[@kingbash6466]

Ah yes, the 2019 sequel that bombed worse than Terminator: Dark Fate.

[@bniisantos]

dark Fate didn't bombed

[@CDRW24]

@@bniisantos According to Wikipedia: "Though the film was met with a mixed to positive response, it was considered a box-office bomb, grossing $261 million against an estimated production budget of $185-196 million and an additional $80-100 million for marketing. With a break-even point of $450-480 million, losses for the studios involved reached $130 million, and plans for any future films were cancelled."

[@kduhtdkzrt]

Ugh. Did you have to remind me of that one?

[@matthunter983]

@@bniisantos ma'am...Hillary lost..deal with it

[@sardonicspartan9343]

@@bniisantos 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@turdle69420]

i genuinely appreciate the fact that you are showing cam footage with foreign subs. It's really an expression of it's own and truly genius

[@lordzed83]

I could have told EVERYONE its waste of time after 1st trailer

[@syaba5336]

This legit sounds like a self insert fanfic....

[@rovospire]

But worst. Fan fic are people who love something so much they spend free time building the world up. These people are fans, they hate the fans and depsise what we all enjoy, but they want the money, buy want to do their own lazy crap that's easy for actors to do.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

It's a Mary Sue

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Give fanfiction some credit; I don't have to pay for them and feel like the Star Wars prequels; misguided and badly thought out but not cynical. This is Power Rangers Megaforce with some money thrown at it.

[@guilherme5094]

I'm a simple man, if MIB doesn't have Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, I'm out. And Tessa Thompson has the gift for making things even worse.

[@dragonknightleader1]

Tessa Thompson has no charisma like every other actor of her generation.

[@hollowwoods7130]

It's sad what they did with the plot. The title alone made me so excited. It has an excellent concept. Like, a threat so big they have to reach out to different branches around the world? Yeah pretty damn cool.

[@ccmyart]

Tessa "I've got only one expression" Thompson says it all.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

ccmyart Be fair- it’s 2; smug, or resting b

[@rickhunter6513]

ccmyart she’s no Brie Larson....there can only be one

[@liamh3964]

Also her head jiggles like a bobblehead every damn time she speaks

[@EliteRock]

Tessa Thompson and Brie Larson both have the same problem - they're so fucking uptight they couldn't "emote" (i.e. act) if their lives depended on it.

[@NatsumiMichi]

@@EliteRock They should have kept their mouths permanently hung open...worked wonders for both Rey AND Bella Swan.

[@maxkennedy8075]

Did the writer have a cocaine tasting to get to and submitted his first draft as his final work?

[@franciscolaurean8550]

If anything having cocaine would make the story better

[@LyaksandraB]

You're cute. He wrote the script WHILE at the cocaine tasting.

[@frankficcle7081]

Cocaine is the only thing that makes this movie bearable.

[@mariaregina4242]

@@LyaksandraB lmao right

[@darthvincor]

It seems to be a theme in modern movies: female lead has no obstacles and does stuff for reasons... And that's a wrap. Let's send it to the distributors. Clink champagne glasses.

[@daltonkay4142]

The test was the coolest part of the first MIB. Especially the shooting range scene.

[@snappertrx]

True fact: I actually like the third movie. Caught it one night on the television and it kept my interest from start to finish. Too bad it didnt end there.

[@ojroche5217]

Andoc Definitely better than the second.

[@jon4715]

Third one is better than decent. It’s a legitimately good sequel and washed away the bad taste from MiB2.

[@Xayjohns]

I really enjoyed the third one.

[@lastremain7867]

Yeah the third movie was great better then MIB 2

[@Zathren]

Wow. So much love for the third. Though I question why so much hate for the second. If I had to rate them all, it wouldn't be that different for those three. MIB = 8 MIB2 = 7 MIB = 6 out of 10

[@brimis5349]

That review is spot on. I saw this movie when my cable company did a free watch a thon event, and I saw it right after breakfast...I could have used my time more wisely... like mowing the lawn instead.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

Or taking a nap and waking up revitalized!

[@duartecid3978]

"The only joke in the movie that lands..." - You missed the scene where Molly goes to bed with a copy of: 'A Brief History of Time.'

[@josephbrown9685]

Ahahaha. Such bullshit. I can’t imagine many grown women who would read that, much less a little girl.

[@morganseppy5180]

@@josephbrown9685 I read it a couple of times. You really can't imagine women reading a well-known book written by our generation's Einstein? Really?

[@josephbrown9685]

Morgan Seppy I was being a bit of a jerk about it. I personally don’t know any, but I’m sure there are plenty that have read it.

[@fattiger6957]

That's called a visual cue, a very super subtle way to smash your audience over the head with the fact that 'THIS CHARACTER IS SMART AND STUFF' cause smart people read smart books and junk. The screenwriter must have spent an hour patting himself on the back for that very clever bit of visual storytelling.

[@Sillimant_]

@@kayla_white01 well, from what I've seen, that's not wrong

[@jcohasset23]

I agree with a comment I saw on another channel that a better thing for the movie would have been having Molly immune to the neuralizer for some reason (maybe she's part alien or something even though it's cliche), she grows up with everyone thinking she's crazy for believing in aliens, and when she finds the MIB they want her to stick around to find out why she's immune and during that time she ends up proving herself as Agent material. Sure it's not original but it's smarter and could make the characters more interesting than they were in this.

[@Sayquidnidly]

Mr Plinkett voice: "stop dancing, stop dancing, stop dancing, stop dancing, stop dancing..."

[@Furiafelina]

🤣👍😆👍 “stop dancing”

[@flaksoft8003]

"WHATZ WRANNG WITH YAR FAACE ?"

[@lesternewlife]

This movie is the worst thing since my son

[@electricbayonet2]

3:54 Hey, remember how K actually had a reason for giving J the Noisy Cricket back in MiB? It _seemed_ tiny and humiliating, but when actually used it turned out to have more firepower than K's full-sized space pistol. Giving it to J was a way for K to keep him from getting too cocky on his first job without depriving him of protection if he should need it, and it worked. But what the hell is going on here? There's three of them (complete with an awful and inexplicable redesign) in some kind of velvet-lined jewelry box, and Thompson holds one up with the smuggest possible expression and the two-fingered 'I need to pick this up but hold it in such disdain that I will make as little contact as possible' grip? It's amazing how a two second clip is remarkably good at summing up how, despite the original MiB not being all that complicated, the people making this trashfire _still_ failed to understand anything about the source material.

[@eldictator1]

Amazing how a good mainstream blockbuster, popcorn movie from the 90s seems fucking amazing compared to the shit they spew out now

[@markknife1]

In my foggy memory. I remember when J used the noisy cricket with a suppressor in the animated series. Like he understood the need for the cricket, and what it brought to the table, but needed it to be controlable whenever he had to use it.

[@jeremytitus9519]

Nah. The noisy cricket is still the worst and most nonsensical thing about the original film. It's basically a man portable cannon. If the lesson is that J shouldn't take appearances for granted, then K should have used something that didn't risk extreme collateral damage if pointed in the wrong direction. You don't knowingly hand your partner artillery under with expectation that he will use it like a firearm. Imagine J deployed it while K's (or anyone else's) life was threatened, and the recoil disabled J long enough for the perpetrator to complete their dirty work. Or imagine J takes out the perpetrator AND the victim AND several bystanders. K's scheme is PSYCHOTIC.

[@electricbayonet2]

@@jeremytitus9519 I can see where you're coming from, though I'd argue that J's police background and his performance during the tests made K pretty confident that he would handle the NC with the respect appropriate of its status simply as a firearm. Everything around and behind your target is potentially at risk, even if you hit what you're aiming at. I had figured that, from the mere fact that J even used the NC, he understood that it was still some kind of fancy space-pistol that warranted the same care as a traditional firearm. It was just the way it looked that made him feel foolish carrying it while K had a 'proper' gun. I might just need to rewatch the scene, though. I could just be misremembering it all.

[@CleverDan31]

The moment you mentioned a traitor, I knew it was Neeson. No point having him in a buddy cop film if he isn't a turncoat mentor.

[@Klaisak]

Love how she is SOOO good with weapons, yet still has her finger on the trigger in every scene she is shown with a weapon....