I'm pretty sure that Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones' parts in the film are what they've been rewriting.
MIB3? you there.
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Well, it's been a funky shooting schedule. The material shot in 2010 was the "present-day" stuff. The 1960s material was always scheduled to be shot a few months later, due to seasons and actors' schedules. But right before shooting was set to resume, the production was shut down until the script could be salvaged. It's my understanding that only Agent J goes back in time to the 1960s, where he meets the young K and O -- Jones' role in the movie is basically a bookend. His work, as I understand it, is essentially finished outside of re-shoots.
^ You're more informed about this project than I...lol. Then again like I said, I don't really have much of an interest.
Neither do I, but, as I said, the original Men in Black was basically Ghostbusters for the late 1990s. It's really a great comedy.
It's just amusing to see such a trainwreck of a production with no one having had the sanity to say, long ago, "Hey, maybe this isn't such a good idea."
Quite frankly I was surprised that they bothered to green light it...although I supposed with Smith and Jones agreeing to return it was a no brainer.
It was greenlit because despite it being a movie desperately in need of a reason to exist, it's guaranteed, like Men in Black II, to make a shit-ton of money despite its quality. Sony didn't care about the condition of the script until the actors started speaking out and saying they had no idea what was going on with the story, but were rather just showing up and doing their scenes.
Even Sonnenfeld seems like he's basically along for the ride. This is really a silly, silly production.
Even Sonnenfeld seems like he's basically along for the ride. This is really a silly, silly production.
It's a shame. I had high(er) hopes. It seemed they at least had a relatively fresh idea for this thing. Still, how many movies that undergo script rewrite end up good?
The first one is a very good movie. I felt the problem with the second was that it seemed to be a rehash of the first, but maybe the movie didn't lend itself to a sequel (although, I thought the kid's cartoon was decent).
Again: Ghostbusters. Great first movie, even had a pretty good spin-off cartoon. Not a movie in dire need of a sequel -- and when the sequel did come, it was basically the first movie with some surface changes.
^ Agreed.
The movie is a time traveling plot hole mess that no one thought about before going "Let's film this crap". For some reason they have to use the opening several minutes they filmed while rewriting the other 90 minutes completely. They rushed the movie in order to get tax credits that were set to expire but then were renewed.
It's a bigger mess than MIB2.
It's a bigger mess than MIB2.
Production problems aside, things are still rolling
Well whaddya know? Brolin makes a good young Tommy Lee Jones. Looks-wise at least. I can see the resemblance.
I hope it stays there.
The second one was bad enough.
Don't hit me for saying this but we need a "gritty reboot" or, rather, a re-imagining filled with a lot more darkness, mystery and otherworldliness to really "sell" what the MiB are supposed to "really" be like. Not wacky creature comedies.
This project is far too along in production for it to ever end up in development hell. You don't shoot half a movie starring Will Smith and then send it back to development. It will be released, in whatever shape it ends up being.
Hopefully it's better than the second one. Brolin makes for a good version of Tommy Lee Jones at a younger age, at least.
Hopefully it's better than the second one. Brolin makes for a good version of Tommy Lee Jones at a younger age, at least.
It may not be very faithful to the comic book source material (which I've never read), I still think "Men in Black" remains one of the best comic book-inspired movies to date.
Even with all of the advancements in special effects and the generally more sophisticated direction the genre has gone in since, I think it holds up. It may not be ambitious or portentous like most modern comic book movies, but I don't mind. It tells a simple, entertaining little story with good gags, clever dialog, and amusing but restrained performances. Also, the creature effects are still really cool.
Someone on another forum asked for each person's top ten comic book movies and I ranked it third behind "X2: X-Men United" and "The Rocketeer". That doesn't mean I necessarily think the third one will be great, but despite the tone of "Men in Black" making it feel slight, I still believe it was excellent just the way it was.
I'm not even really talking faithful to the comic-book source material but to the idea of what the MiB have become in the UFO/Conspiracy lore.
But the comedy/goofy aspect of MIB is was set it apart. The first film came out at a time where the sub-genre topic of government conspiracies was at a high (stemming from the popularity of The X-Files). MIB played on that concept resulting in the film's initial (and continued) popularity.
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