@@JDMunoz-ct9xn He even brought something special to a spin off of Law & Order. Which he apparently took because he was the father of a young child and wanted to work close to home in NYC.
The actor who played Jeebs the illegal alien guns (and fake Rolex watches) seller is Tony Shaloub, anyone recognizes him as this character? He was famous for playing Adrian Monk, the titular obsessive compulsive detective in TV series "Monk".
"Roaches check in but they don't check out". If I remember correctly, that was a line right out of a really old commercial for "roach motels" which is a little box made for killing roaches. lol
I will forever have a soft spot for this movie. My grandparents took me to this when I was a kid and they *never* went to the movies. Ever. It just was not their thing, but their friends mentioned it being so much fun with their own grand kids so my grandparents surprised me by taking me to see it. I loved it. It was fun, had a lot of action, and quite a bit of comedy. And around this time Will Smith rose to stardom. Bad Boys, Independence Day, and Men in Black made him an A list actor. Loved him in this.
I’m the first Captain America when Tommy Lee shines and Hayley Atwell are driving Red Skull’s car, Tommy Lee’s character pushes a red button to go faster to catch Captain America up to the plane. Fun little Easter egg. Love the channel!!
The end of the movie perfectly describes the "goldfish bowl problem" ... where the goldfish has no clue what is outside the bowl, which is exactly the same thing for us and our universe.
I still cannot believe this movie came out in 1997. I was in the 7th grade but it doesn't feel that old. I guess thats one of the signs you've made a great movie, it never "feels" old. What a cast!
You forgot the comment Jay made when first looking at the photos of first contact, including a dumb kid lost in the back roads. "Aw, you brought that tall one flowers." He was going to go on a date with her, and helped form the original MIB, and they covered his disappearance with a car accident / coma story.
11:10 As a kid growing up this iconic view of the NYC skyline from where I lived in NJ was everything and now is something that's unfortunately never to be seen again and only in a distant memory. Very sad day it was.
Oh yeah, I went on that ride once. My bud and I were at Universal all day and the place was closing, and MiB was the only ride still open. The performer who comes out at the beginning had fun putting on a bit for just the two of us.
If I remember correctly, that alien at the end playing marbles with the galaxies, is considered the "largest movie monster in history", since...well it's playing marbles with galaxies, specifically our own, which means it's literally unfathomable in size. I can't remember where I read that but it's always stuck with me.
For such a silly movie, there is some really excellent acting on display. There are also a few moving and thought provoking lines of dialogue. "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Tommy Lee's delivery of "Try it." is somehow very powerful to me. Also Tommy Lee's speech about a smart person but dumb people, ending with "Imagine what we'll know tomorrow ," is so deep it almost seems out of place in this silly little movie. Great film.
The actor that played the alien with the pregnant wife (she gave birth to the cute little squid thingie), Patrick Breen, was also in Galaxy Quest, playing another squid alien (he was the one who told Alan Rickman's character that he always thought of him as a father figure. Which makes me teary eyed every time.) And has Vincent D'Ofrio ever been in a bad movie? I don't think so. Loved him in "The Cell". Oh, also Tony Shalhoub was in both movies, too, an alien in this movie (he got his head blasted off and then it grew back) and was the crew member in Galaxy Quest who had an alien love interest.
Fun Fact: The language you hear the Worm guys speak throughout the movies? It's Huttese. The same language that Jabba the Hutt & other characters speak in the "Star Wars" Franchise.
I'm fairly certain that Addie is too precious for this world and must be guarded at all costs. That was the best damn Squarespace advert I've ever seen 😄🤙
9:34 You know it wasn't until years after seeing this the first time that it occurred to me exactly why J was standing out here. He was literally pointing out that Zed had not actually told them anything. He was saying that they were the "best of the best", but he hadn't actually told them anything about why they were there. The shooting range part shows that he's willing to look past outward appearances as well and, to quote a cycloptic ninja, look underneath the underneath, which would definitely be a plus with MIB.
J’s explanation also showed how quick he could be on his feet in thinking up a plausible ‘explanation’; which would naturally be handy for someone handling a neuralizer.
In the shooting range, everybody else shot anything looking like an alien. The MIB deal with aliens of all types every day. Most living a normal life going about their business. Don't want someone who just wants to shoot anything weird looking he sees. Want someone who can determine what might actually be a problem.
2 best quotes in this movie are from Tommy Lee Jones responding to Will Smith. J: "people are smart" K: "a person is smart, people are dumb panicky and you know it." J: "well you know what they say, tis better to have loved and lost..." K: "try it" especially the try it one. it's so true. I wish I never met my ex-gfs.
The make-up was done by the legendary Rick Baker. He was nominated 12 times for Best Make-up by the Academy Awards. He won 7 times. The winners include Men in Black, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Nutty Professor, The Wolfman, and An American Werewolf in London which was the first film to win the award.
I loved that on the movie posters they played with the mysterious shadowy government agent with fake names theme by referring to the actors as Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones.
In case no one has mentioned it yet... Vincent D'Onfrio also played "Pvt Pyle (aka Leonard Lawrence)" in Full Metal Jacket. I highly recommend that film. It doesn't matter how hard you think you are, Full Metal Jacket will steal any innocence you have left.
You're so right about the ride! My best friend and I have an annual tradition of going to Universal and that's one of our favorite rides because we try to one up each other, usually best 2/3, and this past year I dominated for the first time. It's a great time.
Aww, cute reaction! Men In Black is one of my favorite movies of all time! As for the the twin aliens, I had to look it up a while back out of curiosity. Their names are "Idikiukup and Bob.' The first name sounds nothing like what its spelled like, but I guess that's alien language, lol! I occasionally get raccoon visitors, and one day.. two of them visited while I was watching "Men In Black." I named them "Idikiukup and Bob," lol! That's why I know how their names are spelled, lol! And since then, every raccoon that has come to visit are named after Men In Black aliens! Always great to watch your reactions, Addie! Until next time!
20:20 The tiny alien had meant to say the Galaxy was on Orion's collar. His cat. He used the word belt because his translator was gone and he was struggling to remember the English word for it and thought belt was it when he heard it.
My first professional job, I got to watch to this movie for one of one my first assignments. I worked with streaming video services so I was testing out features.
The *_REAL_* comedic irony of Jay asking: "Ay, Kay, you ever flashy thingy me?", considering - *_SPOILER ALERT!_* - in the 3rd movie, Kay flashed him when he was only a child.
when the trailers for this movie first came out, I had just finished reading an alien abduction novel (that had nothing to do with this story) that had the Men in Black as characters... so when I saw the trailers for this, I laughed louder than others.
@@RepublicTrooper125 the title was The Fallen, and it was a Christian novel about demons posing as aliens, as well as a wild time travelling story of these (demon/aliens) taking a pastor of a church all throughout history, and he got to see first-hand many historical events. and there was a sequel to it.
I was into UFOs and the Men In Black phenomenon for years before the movie came out. Had never heard of the comic, so I really enjoyed it knowing the background lore already.
THE MEN IN BLACK was a comic book originally published by Aircel Comics which was bought out by Malibu Comics and then acquired by Marvel. Yeah, just a little bit complicated.
Awesome reaction video. If you loved this Men in Black movie, you'd loved Men in Black 2, and Men in Black 3, maybe Men in Black International and the 90s Men in Black cartoon. Men in Black 2, Men in Black 3, and Men in Black International are the only ones I saw in Theaters.
I saw this movie as a teen back in 1997 and I have a real nostalgic love for it - kind of bittersweet nostalgia though to see so many lingering shots of the World Trade Centre in the background.
Great supplemental viewing after this is the MIB episode of Patrick Explains on UA-cam. He analyzes some of the reasons why this movie works so well and how it’s sort of a metaphor for city life and eventually leaving the city and settling down.
Fun story about the Universal Studios ride: Universal Parks have their own version of Imagineers, whose job is to figure out how to add that special "oomph" to each ride. Like on the old King Kong ride, when the Kong animatronic roared it also shot a burst of banana-scented air. Or how each ride has a fun interactive element to waiting in line, which keeps you entertained and gets you in the mindset for the ride. Well, they'd opened the MIB ride in Orlando, and it was getting lukewarm feedback. To see what was wrong one of their engineers spent a day just riding over and over, taking notes on what other passengers were enjoying and when they lost interest. Everyone loved the majority of the ride and the zapper game. But everyone felt the ending, where you get eaten by a giant bug, was kinda lackluster. The rest of the ride was so interactive and engaging that a static mouth-shaped door and some smoke machines didn't match up to the immersion. So he drove around the Orlando area to Wal-Marts, Eckard Drug, Sam's Club, Home Depot, and all sorts of other stores and bought as many humidifiers as he could fit in his car, and a bunch of extension cords. The current ride has a more efficient setup, but after adding some cheap humidifiers to the air conditioned ride suddenly made the air in the bug's mouth feel sticky and thick, adding a tactile sense to the experience. Without having to do any major redesigns, they fixed the biggest complaint about the ride experience. Incidentally, as a former Florida resident I would have just cracked the fire exit and let the natural humidity do the job.
So much to say, but just consider this. "Men in Black" came out 25 years ago. Yes, actually, it was July of 1997, but considering we just started 2023, it's fair to say 25 years. It hasn't been beat. The special effects are not "dated." The script, the plot, and the humor are so spot on most people don't even care the movie actually _is_ set in "present day 1997." It still feels fresh. This isn't a science fiction film, it's a treasure. Plus, the more you delve into this movie -- how it was made, how it was written and rewritten, how they almost cast completely different actors, but we all agree NO ONE could have pulled off the chemistry of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith -- well, suffice to say the movie exists as its own testament to one of its internal theme, "serendipity." If you don't know what that means, in short, it's the happy "accidents" of life that build up to something wonderful that in hindsight you realize, "Whoa! Was that ... destiny?" You don't believe me? Again, consider this. Research it and you'll find that Tommy Lee Jones was the THIRD person to be considered for "Agent K," and Will Smith was like the fifth considered for "Agent J." Here is what's so doubly funny about this. No only were both in their prime, not only did both embody the spirits of their characters, and not only did the two of them have a phenomenal chemistry that both were eager to have a sequel, I present again, "What IS this movie?" Why, it's "Men in Black.' It's about an para-normal organization shrouded in mystery and anonymity. And what are the names of the actors? Smith Jones Truly, could anyone have written this moment of serendipity better? Oh? It WAS planned? It WAS!? Oh, COOL! Yeah, sure, I'd LOVE to learn more. Just look at this pen you say? Um ... it looks famili...*POOF!*
I love your reaction to this movie, which I have always been fond of since its creator Lowell Cunningham is a good buddy of mine. I had the entire run of the original comics he wrote (which were different in tone, but still good, and Lowell had no issues with the changes they made for the movie) that he autographed for me back when the series was first released in 1990-1991. I'll still see him around town at times, usually at a book store, just a low key geeky dude (seriously low key. When interviewed by the local paper he simply referred to himself as the local nerd who made good) in one of his many beloved and cool bowling shirts. 😀 Smith and Jones do a great job in this movie, with Jones playing his usual too calm to be real self while Smith was typically over the top. Just a fun dynamic, and Linda Fiorentino was always an actress I liked and she did a great job as the ME. As a side note, she and Anthony Edwards (Goose in Top Gun) were fun to watch in the all but unknown movie Gotcha!, which is another favorite of mine.
Fun fact…the guy who created and wrote the comics lives in Knoxville. He used to come into Best Buy all the time and just spend stupid money when I worked there. They paid him very well for the rights to the comica
This movie came out around my 12th birthday and I went to the cinema on my own with friends for the first time but didn't realise I was old enough to see this so ended up watching space jam instead. I wish I'd seen this at the cinema instead of on tv later
Me and my roommate rode men in black in universal 33 times over 2 days during covid, and we ended up maxing out our score, then we got invited into a special facebook group for people who get max score and it was magical, also good movie
6:58 I was born in 1987 and I remember when this movie came out because my best friend and I went to see it in theaters with my older sister and my mom but we had to leave right after this scene because my friend had a panic attack. 🤦😎🤷
I'm glad you enjoyed this movie! It's a personal childhood favorite of mine, and I'd say the song is equally as iconic. People seem pretty split on MIB2, but I enjoy it overall. It definitely takes a bit of a different direction from the first one, but it's got the same general feeling. The scores of both movies are highly underrated and they're among Danny Elfman's best in my opinion,, right up there with the Spider-Man movies, his work with Tim Burton, and the theme song he wrote for Army of Darkness!! Unfortunately, I haven't seen MIB3. :( I'm not 100% sure what people generally think of that on or MIB: International.
The actor who played the alien with his head blown off that grew back also starred in a tv series called Monk. It's about a private detective in San Francisco that has long term memory loss but could recall details in every crime scene to solve a case. He used to be a police detective until he was injured. It's also a pretty funny show as he tries to struggle with his memory loss.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 the editing in Galaxy Quest for his role was next-level. Part of getting a PG rating was cutting all the scenes showing him smoking pot. The edits of him just being chill and stoned and eating munchies are so much funnier without the mj!
That wasn't Monk. Monk was the one where he went a bit peculiar after his wife was murdered. He is a compulsive-obsessive Neat Freak, Germaphobe and afraid of just about everything. Also he is a brilliant ex-cop private detective. The description you gave sounds like the show Unforgettable.
Good, very entertaining movie. The only thing keeping it from being over-the-top GREAT is the linear nature of the script. It they'd spent a little more time and come up with some legitimately interesting twists, it'd be on my "top ten" list... but it's still a great choice for when you need one movie everyone will enjoy.
Love this movie. Honestly never put it together until now that the actress who plays the coroner is the same actress that plays the lead in my favorite Kevin Smith film Dogma(Linda Fiorentino) lol. Incidentally, if you've never seen Dogma I strongly advise it for a watch as well. It's a bit more crude than your standard fare but also witty, thought provoking, and extremely hilarious and unlike some of Kevin Smith's other works it functions perfectly as a standalone movie. Also it's got the late great Alan Rickman playing as The Voice of God so there's that too lol
Speaking of Kevin Smith, I would also suggest the entire View Askewniverse as a whole, including including Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Clerks III (2022)
@@alextan1478 Oh, no doubt. I just recommended Dogma because of the actress coincidence and it's also a good microcosm of the type of sometimes juvenile, sometimes cerebral comedy Smith uses as well so it serves as a strong entry vessel to the View Askewniverse. As you've shown there's content for days from there :D
Fun reaction, Addie. Men In Black (1997) is one of my favorite sci-fi comedies. Even I discovered this movie after riding MIB Alien Attack at Universal Studios Florida. The spin level on that ride is more intense compared to the Cat in the Hat ride at Islands of Adventure, which is calmer. You're definitely gonna enjoy its sequels Men In Black II (2002) & Men In Black 3 (2012). BTW, nice color coordination with your sweater. The Squarespace ad with your image square in space at the start and the way you said "Oops!" at 24:39 was hilarious.
Speaking of Will Smith, I also suggest Bad Boys (1995), Bad Boys II (2003) (both directed by Michael Bay), Bad Boys For Life (2020), Enemy of the State (1998, directed by Tony Scott), Gemini Man (2019) (all five films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer), Independence Day (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Focus (2015), and Bright (2017).
.and speaking of Tommy Lee Jones, I also suggest The Fugitive (1993, with Harrison Ford), The Client (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Volcano (1997), Jason Bourne (2016, with Matt Damon, after the first four Bourne movies), and Ad Astra (2019, with Brad Pitt).
...and speaking of Vincent D'Onofrio, I also suggest Full Metal Jacket (1987, directed by Stanley Kubrick), Strange Days (1995, written by James Cameron and directed by Kathryn Bigelow), The Magnificent Seven (2016), & Death Wish (2018).
Instead of listing every movie these actors have been in, just stick with the best. Will Smith was in Independence Day. Tommy Lee Jones was in the Fugitive (although his best performance was in the miniseries Lonesome Dove). Vincent D'Onofrio was in the first half of Full Metal Jacket; he was also a great villain in the first season of the Netflix MCU series Daredevil.
@@Michael-cf9cj , I see your point. In fact, I enjoy some of their best movies that you mentioned above, but I also enjoy their lesser known movies as well, so I think it's only fair to suggest their underrated movies to Addie because I think that she would be bound to enjoy them, regardless of their popularity. She's open to watching anything (as long as it's not too scary or snake heavy) so I say, let's mix and match. When I made these movie suggestions, I really meant it.
favorite scene was the shooting range scene where Jay explains why little Tiffany gets the headshot. the idea being that the test was really a discrimination test. Jay saw all aliens as normal and thinks that the most dangerous alien can hide in human skin.
For a bit more Tommy Lee Jones, you may want to check The Fugitive, and Space Cowboys... For Will Smith, you would probably love Pursuit of Happiness, and Hitch
Vincent D’Onfrio did such an incredible job in this movie
Then he killed it as Kingpin
I haven't seen him in anything in which he did not do an incredible job
He's one of the greatest and most underrated actors of our time.
@@JDMunoz-ct9xn He even brought something special to a spin off of Law & Order. Which he apparently took because he was the father of a young child and wanted to work close to home in NYC.
He's actually in an Edgar suit posing as the Kingpin
The actor who played Jeebs the illegal alien guns (and fake Rolex watches) seller is Tony Shaloub, anyone recognizes him as this character? He was famous for playing Adrian Monk, the titular obsessive compulsive detective in TV series "Monk".
and Fred in Galaxy Quest
"And now you don't remember anything..."
Obi-wan just popping in from the side: "Hey! That's proprietary tech!"
"Roaches check in but they don't check out". If I remember correctly, that was a line right out of a really old commercial for "roach motels" which is a little box made for killing roaches. lol
I will forever have a soft spot for this movie. My grandparents took me to this when I was a kid and they *never* went to the movies. Ever. It just was not their thing, but their friends mentioned it being so much fun with their own grand kids so my grandparents surprised me by taking me to see it. I loved it. It was fun, had a lot of action, and quite a bit of comedy. And around this time Will Smith rose to stardom. Bad Boys, Independence Day, and Men in Black made him an A list actor. Loved him in this.
Enemy of the State as well.
The Square space ad was great. I wasn't expecting that. You got a genuine chuckle outta me 😂
I’m the first Captain America when Tommy Lee shines and Hayley Atwell are driving Red Skull’s car, Tommy Lee’s character pushes a red button to go faster to catch Captain America up to the plane. Fun little Easter egg. Love the channel!!
Addie, no matter how bad of a day I may be having, watching a movie with you fixes everything. Thank you....
D'Onofrio is always good but he really kills it in this one. Tommy singin/dancin in the car puts a smile on my face every time I see it…
The end of the movie perfectly describes the "goldfish bowl problem" ... where the goldfish has no clue what is outside the bowl, which is exactly the same thing for us and our universe.
I still cannot believe this movie came out in 1997. I was in the 7th grade but it doesn't feel that old. I guess thats one of the signs you've made a great movie, it never "feels" old. What a cast!
The quote I say from this movie all the time is “a person is smart, people are dumb”
You're only saying *_Part_* of the quote.
*_"A person is smart, people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it"_*
You forgot the comment Jay made when first looking at the photos of first contact, including a dumb kid lost in the back roads. "Aw, you brought that tall one flowers." He was going to go on a date with her, and helped form the original MIB, and they covered his disappearance with a car accident / coma story.
11:10 As a kid growing up this iconic view of the NYC skyline from where I lived in NJ was everything and now is something that's unfortunately never to be seen again and only in a distant memory. Very sad day it was.
Ironically, Dennis Rodman ended up playing an alien on an episode of "3rd Rock From The Sun". 😂
"You know what they say, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
I thought you said, "...I was writing about the ride at Universal.." Great reaction, as always. Thank you. 🤩
you'll have to excuse my laughter..."poor man and his cat" at 13:00
Oh yeah, I went on that ride once. My bud and I were at Universal all day and the place was closing, and MiB was the only ride still open. The performer who comes out at the beginning had fun putting on a bit for just the two of us.
If I remember correctly, that alien at the end playing marbles with the galaxies, is considered the "largest movie monster in history", since...well it's playing marbles with galaxies, specifically our own, which means it's literally unfathomable in size. I can't remember where I read that but it's always stuck with me.
Vincent D'Onofrio was beast mode in this movie played his villain role flawlessly
Pure nostalgia. Didnt realize how long its been since ive seen this movie!
I am so old I may have seen this when it was released in the theaters.
@@paulmartin2348 I was 3!
I’m an Addie fan. She’s gone from top 20 to top 5 favorite reaction channels 👍
She grows on me every time i watch her
@drolgh8 just curious, if i may ask, why not just subscribe to her? at least that way you'll get notifications on everything she reacts to?
@@nadeeml9276 yes that comment didn't make sense, sub .....end of .
@drolgh8 It's a button you click, not a solemn oath.
Same here!
lol, the square in space killed me. One of the best ads ive seen in a while. gj Addie.
Oh, yeah, another thing. They guy who played Jeebs was also in Galaxy Quest.
just want to say the hair is absolutlely gorgeous Addie, especially in the grey sweater 11/10
Check out the movies Men In Black ll(2002), Men In Black 3(2012), Bad Boys(1995), Bad Boys ll(2003), and Bad Boys For Life(2020).
This is the first movie I ever saw in theatres as a kid! I have a lot of fond memories of it for that reason
For such a silly movie, there is some really excellent acting on display. There are also a few moving and thought provoking lines of dialogue. "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Tommy Lee's delivery of "Try it." is somehow very powerful to me. Also Tommy Lee's speech about a smart person but dumb people, ending with "Imagine what we'll know tomorrow ," is so deep it almost seems out of place in this silly little movie. Great film.
I've caught myself using that quote about people being dumb on numerous occassions. That line is highly underappreciated.
In all fairness, the "loved and lost" line wasn't written for this film, it's a quote from Tennyson.
@@lukebarber9511 of course it is. He was flippantly quoting an English trope. K knew it. And responded like he had heard it a million times
Ahahahahahaha, excellent ad at the beginning 😂
The actor that played the alien with the pregnant wife (she gave birth to the cute little squid thingie), Patrick Breen, was also in Galaxy Quest, playing another squid alien (he was the one who told Alan Rickman's character that he always thought of him as a father figure. Which makes me teary eyed every time.) And has Vincent D'Ofrio ever been in a bad movie? I don't think so. Loved him in "The Cell". Oh, also Tony Shalhoub was in both movies, too, an alien in this movie (he got his head blasted off and then it grew back) and was the crew member in Galaxy Quest who had an alien love interest.
Fun Fact:
The language you hear the Worm guys speak throughout the movies? It's Huttese. The same language that Jabba the Hutt & other characters speak in the "Star Wars" Franchise.
Fun fact: K speaking Spanish in the beginning is legit as Tommy Lee Jones is fluent in real life.
I'm fairly certain that Addie is too precious for this world and must be guarded at all costs. That was the best damn Squarespace advert I've ever seen 😄🤙
The Men in black was actually an Aircel comic, but Aircel's parent company Malibu was bought out by Marvel prior to the movie being made
9:34 You know it wasn't until years after seeing this the first time that it occurred to me exactly why J was standing out here. He was literally pointing out that Zed had not actually told them anything. He was saying that they were the "best of the best", but he hadn't actually told them anything about why they were there. The shooting range part shows that he's willing to look past outward appearances as well and, to quote a cycloptic ninja, look underneath the underneath, which would definitely be a plus with MIB.
J’s explanation also showed how quick he could be on his feet in thinking up a plausible ‘explanation’; which would naturally be handy for someone handling a neuralizer.
In the shooting range, everybody else shot anything looking like an alien. The MIB deal with aliens of all types every day. Most living a normal life going about their business. Don't want someone who just wants to shoot anything weird looking he sees. Want someone who can determine what might actually be a problem.
2 best quotes in this movie are from Tommy Lee Jones responding to Will Smith.
J: "people are smart"
K: "a person is smart, people are dumb panicky and you know it."
J: "well you know what they say, tis better to have loved and lost..."
K: "try it"
especially the try it one. it's so true. I wish I never met my ex-gfs.
The make-up was done by the legendary Rick Baker. He was nominated 12 times for Best Make-up by the Academy Awards. He won 7 times. The winners include Men in Black, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Nutty Professor, The Wolfman, and An American Werewolf in London which was the first film to win the award.
one of the greatest Films ever produced
So much fun. (The legendary) Rick Baker's alien designs and prosthetics are just great.
I loved that on the movie posters they played with the mysterious shadowy government agent with fake names theme by referring to the actors as Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones.
1:43 If Addie were a Stoner. 🤣🤣🤣
That whole ad was comedy gold. 👍✌❤
I loved your square in space ad. Also that expression in the thumbnail is hilarious. Great reaction video!
Most profound line in the entire movie: "Try it."
Yeah, I was sad that got edited out. There were a couple lines/jokes that got cut short.
In case no one has mentioned it yet... Vincent D'Onfrio also played "Pvt Pyle (aka Leonard Lawrence)" in Full Metal Jacket. I highly recommend that film. It doesn't matter how hard you think you are, Full Metal Jacket will steal any innocence you have left.
That was probably the cutest Square Space add I've seen...
The little SquareSpace skit at the beginning was hilarious😆
You're so right about the ride! My best friend and I have an annual tradition of going to Universal and that's one of our favorite rides because we try to one up each other, usually best 2/3, and this past year I dominated for the first time. It's a great time.
Aww, cute reaction! Men In Black is one of my favorite movies of all time! As for the the twin aliens, I had to look it up a while back out of curiosity. Their names are "Idikiukup and Bob.' The first name sounds nothing like what its spelled like, but I guess that's alien language, lol! I occasionally get raccoon visitors, and one day.. two of them visited while I was watching "Men In Black." I named them "Idikiukup and Bob," lol! That's why I know how their names are spelled, lol! And since then, every raccoon that has come to visit are named after Men In Black aliens!
Always great to watch your reactions, Addie! Until next time!
My raccoon visitors are Butch and Sundance (and sometimes they bring Etta along).
The little red button cameo'd in the Captain America movie
Men in Black 2 and 3 are also good movies.
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The tiny alien had meant to say the Galaxy was on Orion's collar.
His cat.
He used the word belt because his translator was gone and he was struggling to remember the English word for it and thought belt was it when he heard it.
Addie! I loved the SquareSpace ad. I was laughing. Well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"Meet the twins Brrbrii and Bob."
My first professional job, I got to watch to this movie for one of one my first assignments. I worked with streaming video services so I was testing out features.
I normally skip ads, but you are funny and a good actor :D
I went to school on the back lot of Universal so I did that ride a number of times. It is definitely a fun one.
You'll like the whole series. They're all very re-watchable. Thanks for the reaction!
The *_REAL_* comedic irony of Jay asking: "Ay, Kay, you ever flashy thingy me?", considering - *_SPOILER ALERT!_* - in the 3rd movie, Kay flashed him when he was only a child.
when the trailers for this movie first came out, I had just finished reading an alien abduction novel (that had nothing to do with this story) that had the Men in Black as characters... so when I saw the trailers for this, I laughed louder than others.
What was the name of the book?
@@RepublicTrooper125 the title was The Fallen, and it was a Christian novel about demons posing as aliens, as well as a wild time travelling story of these (demon/aliens) taking a pastor of a church all throughout history, and he got to see first-hand many historical events. and there was a sequel to it.
@@kingscorpion7346 cool, sounds like an interesting read. Thank you for the info!
You laughed louder? That's so cool! 😀
I was into UFOs and the Men In Black phenomenon for years before the movie came out. Had never heard of the comic, so I really enjoyed it knowing the background lore already.
Straight up classic. Deserved a better legacy than it has:
At least there's the cartoon. It always felt a lot more like the first movie to me
THE MEN IN BLACK was a comic book originally published by Aircel Comics which was bought out by Malibu Comics and then acquired by Marvel. Yeah, just a little bit complicated.
Awesome reaction video. If you loved this Men in Black movie, you'd loved Men in Black 2, and Men in Black 3, maybe Men in Black International and the 90s Men in Black cartoon. Men in Black 2, Men in Black 3, and Men in Black International are the only ones I saw in Theaters.
5:59 Well, there's Spiderman, but he's a special case. And a comic book, movie, and tv show character.
Yay this is such a good movie can't wait for you to see the other two.
I saw this movie as a teen back in 1997 and I have a real nostalgic love for it - kind of bittersweet nostalgia though to see so many lingering shots of the World Trade Centre in the background.
Great supplemental viewing after this is the MIB episode of Patrick Explains on UA-cam. He analyzes some of the reasons why this movie works so well and how it’s sort of a metaphor for city life and eventually leaving the city and settling down.
Fun story about the Universal Studios ride:
Universal Parks have their own version of Imagineers, whose job is to figure out how to add that special "oomph" to each ride. Like on the old King Kong ride, when the Kong animatronic roared it also shot a burst of banana-scented air. Or how each ride has a fun interactive element to waiting in line, which keeps you entertained and gets you in the mindset for the ride.
Well, they'd opened the MIB ride in Orlando, and it was getting lukewarm feedback. To see what was wrong one of their engineers spent a day just riding over and over, taking notes on what other passengers were enjoying and when they lost interest.
Everyone loved the majority of the ride and the zapper game. But everyone felt the ending, where you get eaten by a giant bug, was kinda lackluster. The rest of the ride was so interactive and engaging that a static mouth-shaped door and some smoke machines didn't match up to the immersion.
So he drove around the Orlando area to Wal-Marts, Eckard Drug, Sam's Club, Home Depot, and all sorts of other stores and bought as many humidifiers as he could fit in his car, and a bunch of extension cords.
The current ride has a more efficient setup, but after adding some cheap humidifiers to the air conditioned ride suddenly made the air in the bug's mouth feel sticky and thick, adding a tactile sense to the experience. Without having to do any major redesigns, they fixed the biggest complaint about the ride experience.
Incidentally, as a former Florida resident I would have just cracked the fire exit and let the natural humidity do the job.
Kay: Not bad for your second day of work, huh?
Jay: It definitely rates about a 9.0 on my weird-shit-o'meter.
Me: Same, honestly.
Edgar is the same actor that plays the Kingpin in Daredevil.
Check him out in the first couple of seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He’s amazing in that show too.
His most famous role is likely when he played Pvt. Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.
Great movie! Vincent D'Onofrio deserved a frikkin' Oscar for his performance. 😁
So much to say, but just consider this. "Men in Black" came out 25 years ago. Yes, actually, it was July of 1997, but considering we just started 2023, it's fair to say 25 years. It hasn't been beat. The special effects are not "dated." The script, the plot, and the humor are so spot on most people don't even care the movie actually _is_ set in "present day 1997." It still feels fresh.
This isn't a science fiction film, it's a treasure.
Plus, the more you delve into this movie -- how it was made, how it was written and rewritten, how they almost cast completely different actors, but we all agree NO ONE could have pulled off the chemistry of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith -- well, suffice to say the movie exists as its own testament to one of its internal theme, "serendipity." If you don't know what that means, in short, it's the happy "accidents" of life that build up to something wonderful that in hindsight you realize, "Whoa! Was that ... destiny?"
You don't believe me? Again, consider this. Research it and you'll find that Tommy Lee Jones was the THIRD person to be considered for "Agent K," and Will Smith was like the fifth considered for "Agent J." Here is what's so doubly funny about this. No only were both in their prime, not only did both embody the spirits of their characters, and not only did the two of them have a phenomenal chemistry that both were eager to have a sequel, I present again, "What IS this movie?" Why, it's "Men in Black.'
It's about an para-normal organization shrouded in mystery and anonymity.
And what are the names of the actors?
Smith
Jones
Truly, could anyone have written this moment of serendipity better?
Oh? It WAS planned? It WAS!? Oh, COOL! Yeah, sure, I'd LOVE to learn more. Just look at this pen you say? Um ... it looks famili...*POOF!*
Love the intro and paid promotion, you’re adorably funny
I love the neutralizer. It's perfect weapon to erase people memories.
I love your reaction to this movie, which I have always been fond of since its creator Lowell Cunningham is a good buddy of mine. I had the entire run of the original comics he wrote (which were different in tone, but still good, and Lowell had no issues with the changes they made for the movie) that he autographed for me back when the series was first released in 1990-1991. I'll still see him around town at times, usually at a book store, just a low key geeky dude (seriously low key. When interviewed by the local paper he simply referred to himself as the local nerd who made good) in one of his many beloved and cool bowling shirts. 😀
Smith and Jones do a great job in this movie, with Jones playing his usual too calm to be real self while Smith was typically over the top. Just a fun dynamic, and Linda Fiorentino was always an actress I liked and she did a great job as the ME. As a side note, she and Anthony Edwards (Goose in Top Gun) were fun to watch in the all but unknown movie Gotcha!, which is another favorite of mine.
Fun fact…the guy who created and wrote the comics lives in Knoxville. He used to come into Best Buy all the time and just spend stupid money when I worked there. They paid him very well for the rights to the comica
This movie came out around my 12th birthday and I went to the cinema on my own with friends for the first time but didn't realise I was old enough to see this so ended up watching space jam instead. I wish I'd seen this at the cinema instead of on tv later
Me and my roommate rode men in black in universal 33 times over 2 days during covid, and we ended up maxing out our score, then we got invited into a special facebook group for people who get max score and it was magical, also good movie
Addie, you should watch the next two in the series.
Oh Yes! I can't wait for the next two MIB movies.. The 3rd one is my favorite 🙂
6:58 I was born in 1987 and I remember when this movie came out because my best friend and I went to see it in theaters with my older sister and my mom but we had to leave right after this scene because my friend had a panic attack. 🤦😎🤷
6:00 I legit lol'd. That was adorable.
Addie, that Squarespace ad, tho . . . Lol, also: the way you say “mewvies” (myoovies??) is my FAVORITE. Kthanks for everything! Bye!
Yes! 🤩 The square hit the corner! 🤘🏾😝 I saw it! 🤪 And nobody can convince me otherwise!!!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪
100% for your ad! You've got great comedic timing!
Sugar…. In water. I swear I use that line wayyyy tooo much in my life
You gotta react to another great Will Smith movie...Independence Day! It's the reason that I'm now a syfy nerd! My favorite movie of all time.
I'm glad you enjoyed this movie! It's a personal childhood favorite of mine, and I'd say the song is equally as iconic. People seem pretty split on MIB2, but I enjoy it overall. It definitely takes a bit of a different direction from the first one, but it's got the same general feeling. The scores of both movies are highly underrated and they're among Danny Elfman's best in my opinion,, right up there with the Spider-Man movies, his work with Tim Burton, and the theme song he wrote for Army of Darkness!!
Unfortunately, I haven't seen MIB3. :( I'm not 100% sure what people generally think of that on or MIB: International.
11:00 » weren't they on that ride you talked about? 😶 // i really expected an "oh, i saw them there!" or something like that (lol)
The actor who played the alien with his head blown off that grew back also starred in a tv series called Monk. It's about a private detective in San Francisco that has long term memory loss but could recall details in every crime scene to solve a case. He used to be a police detective until he was injured. It's also a pretty funny show as he tries to struggle with his memory loss.
He was also in Galaxy Quest
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 the editing in Galaxy Quest for his role was next-level. Part of getting a PG rating was cutting all the scenes showing him smoking pot. The edits of him just being chill and stoned and eating munchies are so much funnier without the mj!
That wasn't Monk. Monk was the one where he went a bit peculiar after his wife was murdered. He is a compulsive-obsessive Neat Freak, Germaphobe and afraid of just about everything. Also he is a brilliant ex-cop private detective. The description you gave sounds like the show Unforgettable.
You know, watching it again now that we have the MCU I can really say that this feels like a comic book movie, and feels like a Marvel movie at that
Liked this video based solely on the cuteness of your SquareSpace ad lol
Good, very entertaining movie. The only thing keeping it from being over-the-top GREAT is the linear nature of the script. It they'd spent a little more time and come up with some legitimately interesting twists, it'd be on my "top ten" list... but it's still a great choice for when you need one movie everyone will enjoy.
Love this movie. Honestly never put it together until now that the actress who plays the coroner is the same actress that plays the lead in my favorite Kevin Smith film Dogma(Linda Fiorentino) lol. Incidentally, if you've never seen Dogma I strongly advise it for a watch as well. It's a bit more crude than your standard fare but also witty, thought provoking, and extremely hilarious and unlike some of Kevin Smith's other works it functions perfectly as a standalone movie. Also it's got the late great Alan Rickman playing as The Voice of God so there's that too lol
Speaking of Kevin Smith, I would also suggest the entire View Askewniverse as a whole, including including Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Clerks III (2022)
@@alextan1478 Oh, no doubt. I just recommended Dogma because of the actress coincidence and it's also a good microcosm of the type of sometimes juvenile, sometimes cerebral comedy Smith uses as well so it serves as a strong entry vessel to the View Askewniverse. As you've shown there's content for days from there :D
Yes, I will second Dogma. Not many have attempted that movie and I love Kevin Smith items.
Fun reaction, Addie. Men In Black (1997) is one of my favorite sci-fi comedies. Even I discovered this movie after riding MIB Alien Attack at Universal Studios Florida. The spin level on that ride is more intense compared to the Cat in the Hat ride at Islands of Adventure, which is calmer. You're definitely gonna enjoy its sequels Men In Black II (2002) & Men In Black 3 (2012). BTW, nice color coordination with your sweater. The Squarespace ad with your image square in space at the start and the way you said "Oops!" at 24:39 was hilarious.
Speaking of Will Smith, I also suggest Bad Boys (1995), Bad Boys II (2003) (both directed by Michael Bay), Bad Boys For Life (2020), Enemy of the State (1998, directed by Tony Scott), Gemini Man (2019) (all five films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer), Independence Day (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Focus (2015), and Bright (2017).
.and speaking of Tommy Lee Jones, I also suggest The Fugitive (1993, with Harrison Ford), The Client (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Volcano (1997), Jason Bourne (2016, with Matt Damon, after the first four Bourne movies), and Ad Astra (2019, with Brad Pitt).
...and speaking of Vincent D'Onofrio, I also suggest Full Metal Jacket (1987, directed by Stanley Kubrick), Strange Days (1995, written by James Cameron and directed by Kathryn Bigelow), The Magnificent Seven (2016), & Death Wish (2018).
Instead of listing every movie these actors have been in, just stick with the best. Will Smith was in Independence Day. Tommy Lee Jones was in the Fugitive (although his best performance was in the miniseries Lonesome Dove). Vincent D'Onofrio was in the first half of Full Metal Jacket; he was also a great villain in the first season of the Netflix MCU series Daredevil.
@@Michael-cf9cj , I see your point. In fact, I enjoy some of their best movies that you mentioned above, but I also enjoy their lesser known movies as well, so I think it's only fair to suggest their underrated movies to Addie because I think that she would be bound to enjoy them, regardless of their popularity. She's open to watching anything (as long as it's not too scary or snake heavy) so I say, let's mix and match. When I made these movie suggestions, I really meant it.
favorite scene was the shooting range scene where Jay explains why little Tiffany gets the headshot.
the idea being that the test was really a discrimination test. Jay saw all aliens as normal and thinks that the most dangerous alien can hide in human skin.
Fun fact: the alien that Will Smith chased in the beginning was played by Ray Park aka Darth Maul.
For a bit more Tommy Lee Jones, you may want to check The Fugitive, and Space Cowboys...
For Will Smith, you would probably love Pursuit of Happiness, and Hitch
Galaxies as marbles . . . Really makes you wonder.
Great reaction.
Remember being hyped for this movie when they were showing the trailer at the time lol
Linda Fiorentino, who plays the medical examiner, won her role in this movie during a poker game with the Director.
Mortgage?? You mean morgue? Turn off your auto-complete! 😂 She was actually the deputy medical examiner. David Cross was the morgue attendant.
@@BDUBZ49 😅