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- First reviewDecember 11, 2010
- Last reviewJune 3, 2012
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MIB-3: script and 3D/IMAX a surprising disappointment
PostedJune 3, 2012
DoesNotUsuallyReadReviews
from White Plains, NY
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
1
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5
Special Effects
5
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
1
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5
Camerawork
5
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5
WARNING: SOME SPOILER INFO IMPLIED BELOW, but does NOT give away the ending:
Bottom line: don't waste extra $ on IMAX or 3D for this one and you won't be sorry if you wait for TV/cable on-demand. Not as good as first two MIB movies.
First acknowledge what was great: the protagonist actors were fabulous. Line deliveries were excellent. I understand what Sonnenfeld was trying to do with dialogue, timing, etc., but he didn't pull it off. Second half of movie was better than first. Villain was uninteresting, not funny, not clever.
Movie calling attention to itself in restaurant wasn't cute.
Loved Griff's character.
Certain special effects really fun, but not ground-breaking (and not necessary for the great parts of the movie ... and there were some really fun parts).
IMAX didn't feel like IMAX and the 3D didn't really add anything ... though in fairness had the 3D been "obvious" or extreme it would have felt like being in Disney instead of being involved with the characters in the movie.
Nice warm, fuzzy ending for "J," but would like to know what's really up with J&K; how to justify their partnership in relation to the first two movies -- and where did K go early in this movie (and why)?
Feels like they tried to "fix it in the editing room" and didn't spend enough time thinking out the script. Disrespectful to the audience, especially the fans.
Overall, disappointing. Sorry.
Pros great actors, 2nd half much better than 1st
Cons script unworthy of the series, tempo extreme: dragged or flew by, villain not interest
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Not worth $ or time compared to the other 6
PostedDecember 11, 2010
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from Hartsdale, NY
The movies kept getting better until this one, which was clearly designed as a marketing ploy to get one to: a. pay to read the previous books; b. pay to see the previous movies; or, c. essentially pay twice the amount for the movie coming out next summer. I felt cheated, particularly for $16.50 per ticket. The cinematography was second-rate and overdone compared to the others, little plot was laid down in three times as long as it should have taken, new book items were included (such as the mirror not seen before and with no explanation -- this is far different than the way other new information was introduced), and there was nothing IMAX-worthy about this episode. In contrast, I hope the next movie is not merely the opposite and thus so much action that there is no character interaction. If all I wanted was lightening bolts, I'd watch The Weather Channel. This was about the money, and that's too bad. It cheapened the franchise terribly -- and I was a big fan, despite my age.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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