Sorry about the late post, I lost track of the time.
First off, this one is an absolute classic. If you haven't seen it, do.
This one is a from a few years ago, back when they didn't have quite so many special effects to make everything look flashbang. And it still managed to do pretty well. Admittedly, the main bad guy in the movie is simply a giant cockroach, but they managed to pull off everything pretty well.
Feeling a bit like the CIA meets Alien Invaders, Men In Black provides an interesting mix of sci-fi, comedy and action. With their unilettered names, and wiped identities,the MIB attempt to establish Earth as a neutral zone that aliens can live peacefully in. Obviously, however, not all aliens are completely happy with this, and so some friction arises. And so they get a Bug, which they have to clean up.
Both J and K provide their fair share of laughs; J as the wise-cracking new guy, K as the poker-faced veteran. A nice few gags also come from Frank the pug, who we are told is an alien as well.
The plot is sound, the comedy is good, the effects, visual and sound are all quite reminiscent of that era of movie-making. A classic movie that is highy recommended.
The thing I liked about MIB (and a lot of older sci-fi comedy) is that the special effects, as you mentioned, weren't as many. This meant they really had to make a good film that didn't rely on blowing the audience away. The last film I saw like that was the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide–the CGI was never the focus of the film, and in many parts they used low-budget effects too. MIB was a good film (though I haven't seen it in AGES!!!!), and the "special" effects weren't distracting from that. :D
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