Extra points if you actually knew that the Men in Black movie franchise was adapted from Lowell Cunningham's The Men in Black comic book series. The original 1997 Men in Black was a mammoth success, earning 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, making $589 million at the box office, and even being nominated for 3 Oscars (and winning one for Best Makeup). 2002's follow-up was a considerable step down, failing with critics (39%) and making "only" $441 million. However, this didn't stop production of a third film, which after many stalled starts finally came to fruition in 2012. Expectations were low for MiB3, and rumblings of on-set problems and script re-writes on the fly certainly didn't help, so what a surprise it was when the third outing turned out to be a highly entertaining romp, even if it didn't meet the high standards of the original. The movie earned solid reviews from critics (70%) and made $624 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing MiB film to date (unadjusted for inflation), so why doesn't anyone ever talk about it beyond "I suppose it was better than I expected"? MiB succeeded because of its interesting time travel narrative, wacky characters, a brilliant Josh Brolin performance and a surprisingly emotional ending, prompting even director Paul Thomas Anderson to proclaim, It was f***ing great...The time-travel stuff cry my eyes out. Im a sucker for that stuff. If it's good enough for PTA, there probably should be more fanfare for this movie, which smokes the dreadful second film and is far closer in quality to the first film.
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