Men in Black (1997)
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 K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
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It's like a "buddy-cop" movie, but with secret agents hunting aliens! It's funny, fast paced, full of action and cool nods to older science fiction romps from the 50's! The effects have dated a bit, but they still have their charm and most of the action scenes look as awesome today as they did in 1997. It's genre defying and timeless look and feel, make it always a good watch!
Men in Black is a wonderful Saturday morning cartoon taking the form of a highly-stylized Hollywood blockbuster, and is probably the best example of the inimitable charisma Smith is so famous for. Not all the humor holds up (corny one liners), but most of it really does (anything Jones says, everything D'Onofrio does).
Getting straight to the point, Men In Black 1 is a perfect Science- Fiction Comedy, it has an evenness of science fiction/comedy and seriousness, the sequel and third movie are too over the top comedic to the point of insulting the viewers intelligence, Men In Black would have been more epic if they had not gone there with the sequels.
This is, by far, one of the best cast-driven movies I've ever seen. The plot itself is ridiculous and the visuals are even more so. However the combination of Will Smith and the not-so-subtle straight men -- Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn -- makes the movie work. This is a movie that makes "Trite" work, exceptionally well. It's still my favorite MiB movie, closely followed by number 3. I do like sci-fi that doesn't take itself too seriously. If you're the same, this is a fun 2 hours.The one-liners are non-stop..."I AM half the man you are""We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of""I'm gonna come back and talk to you about them Rolexes"