Men in Black 3 (2012)

  Yes, you get a bonus post today because I feel guilty that I only got one in yesterday.  After the barbecue, Rob and I went to see Men in Black 3.  I was fully expecting it to suck but it turned out to be pretty decent, considering that it's been fourteen years since the disappointing sequel.

Agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) are going through a rough patch in their relationship when an evil alien from K's past named Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement) escapes from the Lunar Supermax and steals a time traveling device.  J wakes up and is the only one that remembers K at all.  Their boss, Agent O (Emma Thompson) explains that K died at Boris' hands forty years ago.  Without Agent K and his Arcnet defense system, Boris' alien buddies will overwhelm the Earth.  J decides to go back to the day before K is killed and save him.  He goes to July 15, 1969 and discovers Young Agent K (Josh Brolin, a creepily accurate Tommy Lee Jones impersonator) is hot on the trail of Young Boris and convinces him to let him help out.  Hijinks ensue.

This one definitely went back to the original as far as entertainment values are concerned.  I didn't hate the second one, but it definitely suffered from an inflated sense of its own importance.  This one manages to be funny and still not lose the sense of the characters or why we should care about them.  I do not own Men in Black 2 but I will end up buying this one.