Today we have the first teaser trailer to Men in Black 3, which doesn’t hit theaters until May 25, 2012. At that point it’ll have been a decade since the first sequel and roughly fifteen years since the original came out. Within that span of time simply put, well – a lot has happened.
I’m not going to be overly critical of the teaser, I see the same old goofy nostalgia and seemingly it’s like watching business as usual. The teaser is set up with purposeful jokes that had me laughing a bit, smiling, showing a bit of the premise and it was enough for me. I’ll be there in the theatre for it. While you can see framing set up for 3D, I think the one curious take away was despite how long it’s been since the first two films. The visual design is only minutely touched. It’s a curious decision, where although Men in Black has always dealt with ‘futuristic’ sensibilities. I get a feeling of the movie having an almost retro appeal in reference to its own timeline and films.
If I have one hope, it’s that the run time will be at or slightly over 100 minutes. The first sequel I always felt was too short comparably to the original. I can definitely, absolutely do without the Will Smith partial soundtrack. With everyone in the audience wearing 3D glasses, I wonder if there will be some type of neuralyzer gag as well, but that’s just a random thought.
Give the teaser a watch! Post your comments below.
Cool. They also just released a G.I. Joe 2 Trailer. Looks pretty awesome
Yeah, Josh Brolin as a younger Tommy Lee Jones… That’s spot on! The rest of the trailer looks like same old same, but that’s not a bad thing.
Josh Brolin has Tommy Lee Jones nailed. It was freaky!
The first Men in Black movie is still one of my fovourite movies of all time. The second, err…..not so much. However I do like the overall feel of this trailer.
The fisrt movie was quite dark and quirky, but I feel the second movie lost that and became very bright/overly comical. This appears to me to have a little mixture of the two and I’m fine with that.
That scene with Josh Brolin is just perfect in both casting and acting. I find myself looking forward to this one more than I did the first sequal.