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[Stitch]

yeah sure why not. will watch when it shows up on netflix/prime.

 

[pramod]

I dunno...seemed very safe...and bland? It seems to be missing a lot of the sharp social satire of the Will Smith ones.

 

[interactivemonodrama]

Girls in black

 

[Mista]

Nah, not interested in this at all.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Hard for me to embrace MiB without Will but I will give it a fair chance. Or try to at least

 

[kunonabi]

I can't stand Thompson and I didn't care for Ragnarok so seeing them team up again is not a draw for me and these have done little to change that.

 

[triplestation]

This is some member berry shit. It's an expensive MIB cosplay. Ghostbusters 2016. It doesn't care about anything but the name. This is purely to sell tickets and make bank.

 

[The Skull]

Too much daft shit in it and just too many flat jokes, and it just feels like a dumbed down movie overall. Doesn't seem to be much in the way of practical effects for the aliens which was one aspect of the original that made it great. Hard pass.

 

[LegendOfKage]

This is just WAY too early to reboot something like this. Same with Hellboy. No desire to ever see either of them. I don't care.

 

[Halo is Back]

Just let it die....

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Characters and their chemistry make a movie good. Jones and smith just worked. You cant slap two people together and force it to work.

 

[funkygunther]

humourless wank

 

[Elcid]

Eh I honestly don't get why people watch movies like this. Is there nothing better you can do for 2 hours or potentially 15+ dollars? It just looks ok but tbh even if it was free on Netflix, I likely still wouldn't bother. It brings nothing new to the table.

 

[Kenpachii]

Will smith made the series really. It's like terminator without arnold.

 

[Chairman Tickles]

This seems like a cosplay remake of the real thing. Men in black IS will smith.

 

[squigglefizzle]

I like Hemsworth, but I hate Thompson. I think this is a pass for me.

 

[neobiz]

Is that Missy Elliott?! Is that a new song?

 

[Grinchy]

Tessa Thompson is so bad on screen. All you can do while she's acting is think about how bad she is at acting. She never just fits into the scene. It's like she's some movie studio owner's daughter and her dad forces her into movies.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I like her in Creed, I don't mind her as Valkyrie.

To me it's not a cast thing, this just looks corny (to me, just my opinion) in general.

 

[octiny]

Lol no thanks.

 

[CyberPanda]

Looks fucking awful.

 

[brap]

Tessa Thompson is so bad on screen. All you can do while she's acting is think about how bad she is at acting. She never just fits into the scene. It's like she's some movie studio owner's daughter and her dad forces her into movies.

Umm sweetie I just don't think you can handle a strong, confident, badass woman of color...

 

[Poikilothermy]

i'll pass

 

[Revolutionary]

Wait, they're not doing the MIB x Jump Street thing I heard about years ago? Shame, that seemed like a really fun idea.

This just seems like more of the same.

 

[Amey]

Trailer with dialogue only. No music & sfx.

 

[kunonabi]

Tessa Thompson is so bad on screen. All you can do while she's acting is think about how bad she is at acting. She never just fits into the scene. It's like she's some movie studio owner's daughter and her dad forces her into movies.

She was ok in Creed 2 but she's been bloody awful in everything else.

 

[lock2k]

MEN in Black? lol

 

[Grinchy]

She was ok in Creed 2 but she's been bloody awful in everything else.

God she was so bad in Westworld season 2. I mean, everything was bad in Westworld season 2 but she stood out as being one of the worst parts of something that was bad all over.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Wait, they're not doing the MIB x Jump Street thing I heard about years ago? Shame, that seemed like a really fun idea.

This just seems like more of the same.

That would have been too awesome.

 

[DeafTourette]

Y'all, it's not a remake or a reboot... It's an in-universe continuation of the MIB story. Just focusing on another duo.

 

[sol_bad]

Characters and their chemistry make a movie good. Jones and smith just worked. You cant slap two people together and force it to work.

I loved Chris and Tessa in Ragnarok, good chemistry between them, so I'm interested in seeing how this plays out.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Reviews are popping up, not sure how excited I am to see it or not.

 

[Insane Metal]

Blergh

 

[#Phonepunk#]

every time i see an ad for this, i feel like i've already seen the movie, cos i watched Thor Ragnarok.

they had decent chemistry in that one, they were kind of funny, but they aren't the new Richard Pryor / Gene Wilder.

tbh kind of sick of looking at Chris Hemsworth at this point. have we run out of actors?

 

[Cunth]

This thing has bomba written all over it

 

[Grinchy]

This thing has bomba written all over it

On the poster, they might as well replace Tessa Thompson's name with bomba.

 

[CyberPanda]

This thing has bomba written all over it

It will do ok at the box office, but it will bomb critic wise for sure.

 

[SirKicksalot]

‘Men In Black: International’ Taking in $26 Million Amid Franchise Fatigue

North American moviegoers spurned sequels with Sony's “Men in Black: International” heading for a modest $26 million opening weekend

variety.com

It's bombing.
Now let's rewatch the peak of the franchise:


1 and 3 are good, 2 and 4 are bad
Can we get that Jump Street crossover now, please?

 

[n0razi]

I didn't care for Ragnarok

WHAAAAA?

 

[entremet]

Ragnarok 2.

 

[cryptoadam]

So when do they blame Russian bots and toxic masculinity for this bombing?

 

[HarryKS]

So when do they blame Russian bots and toxic masculinity for this bombing?

I don't think this was done with this in mind. Let's not be too cynical either. It's not always the case.

 

[sol_bad]

Saw this movie over the weekend. It was ..... fine, not terrible and not great. I enjoyed Hemsworth and Thompson, their chemistry together is probably the highlight. The music was good, felt the same yet different. The action that was there was fun, they didn't have any intensity to them which in a way made them pointless. Some of the jokes fell flat on their face.

The actual plot itself was so "been there and done that", the writers helped with Punisher: Warzone and TF: Te Last Knight so it's not entirely surprising that it was a bit ho hum.
It doesn't hold a candle to the original film, it's safe to wait and watch this on the couch with Netflix/Amazon/HBO or wherever it releases.