History Film / MenInBlack3

The film also stars Creator/JoshBrolin as the younger K, Michael Stuhlbarg as Griffin and Creator/EmmaThompson as Agent O.

''Men in Black 3'' (stylized ''MIB[[superscript:3]]'', but '''not''' ''MIB:[[ThirdIs3D 3D]]'', though it was released in 3D in select theatres) is the 2012 sequel to ''Film/MenInBlackII'' and the third film in the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' film series. It is directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, who directed the previous two films in the series, with the screenplay by Etan Cohen (''Film/TropicThunder'' and ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}''), and was released on May 25th, 2012.

''Men in Black 3'' (stylized ''MIB[[superscript:3]]'', but '''not''' ''MIB:[[ThirdIs3D 3D]]'', though it was released in 3D in select theatres) is a 2012 American science fiction-action film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/TommyLeeJones, and Creator/JoshBrolin. It is the third installment in the ''Men in Black'' film series. It was released fifteen years after the original ''Film/MenInBlack'' (1997) and ten years after the first sequel ''Film/MenInBlackII'' (2002), with Etan Cohen (''Film/TropicThunder'' and ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'') on writing duties.

A very dangerous Boglodite named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Boris the Animal]] breaks out of a lunar prison and swears revenge on K, who arrested him 40 years ago and was responsible for him losing his left arm. He successfully erases K from the present by helping his younger self to kill him in [[TheSixties 1969]], allowing a Boglodite invasion. J, somehow the only one in the present who notices the change, must travel back to 1969 to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Music/{{Pitbull}} sings over the credits this time, though his single "Back in Time" was included in his studio album ''Global Warming'', and not on the OST itself.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Andy Warhol was a MIB agent. And Music/MickJagger was a promiscuous alien.

** When J takes a little girl's chocolate milk, she mistakes him for "the president" (UsefulNotes/BarackObama). Creator/WillSmith has spoken of a desire to portray Obama in a biopic. Obama himself has said that if a biopic is made, Will Smith is his first-choice to star in it.

** Keone Young also played a character named Wu in ''{{Series/Deadwood}}''.

* IronicEcho: Throughout the film, Boris uses the CatchPhrase "Let's agree to disagree." Just after J outwits him with some SaveScumming, he throws the phrase back in his face.

* PlotArmor: The protagonists of course don't die, but J gets an especially jarring case during the final showdown when Boris' spikes, which so far dealt out {{One Hit Kill}}s to anyone they hit, merely mildly inconvenience him despite four hits to his body.
* PlotHole: In this case, ''characters ignoring or avoiding obvious solutions to their problems.'' With the organization being a space-oriented organization in a universe with CasualInterstellarTravel, many viewers scratched their heads at having to put the MacGuffin on Apollo 11 specifically. Reasons can be justified and finagled out through WildMassGuessing, and even some potential FridgeBrilliance, but the fact that this alternative is ''never brought up in dialogue at all'' despite the fact that Agent J has been saying "what about this or that" every two minutes so far is a minor plot hole.

* MortonsFork: When J tells K why he shouldn't go to Cape Canaveral, K punches him in the face twice: once for lying to him earlier, and once for telling him the truth.

** The flags of Greece and Spain at Cape Canaveral weren't the flags used by the respective countries at the time -- Greece had a white cross on a blue background and Spain's flag had a different coat of arms.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A black man achieving the rank of Colonel, without any apparent resentment or prejudice in ''Florida, 1969?'' Yeah, [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory good luck with that.]]

''Men in Black 3'' (stylized ''MIB[[superscript:3]]'', but '''not''' ''MIB:[[ThirdIs3D 3D]]'', though it was released in 3D in select theatres) is a 2012 American science fiction-action film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/TommyLeeJones, and Creator/JoshBrolin. It is the third installment in the ''Men in Black'' film series. It was released fifteen years after the original ''Film/MenInBlack'' (1997) and ten years after the first sequel ''Film/MenInBlackII'' (2002), with the writer for ''Film/TropicThunder'' and ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' on writing duties.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Zed, whose death happens offscreen. The film opens with J and K discussing what K will say at his funeral. He does not make an appearance when J goes back in time despite being alive and wellto avoid deal ing with the Creator/RipTorn, who was facing serious legal trouble at the time.

* {{Zeerust}}: Done deliberately with the MIB headquarters in 1969, where the aliens seen resemble the RubberForeheadAliens predominantly seen in 60's media.

*** This is why J is the only person who remembers K in the altered timeline as he was in the prime timeline; as Jeffrey Price tells him before the jump, [[spoiler: "That means you were there!"]], although J nor the audience doesn't know what this entails yet.

*** This is why J is the only person who remembers K in the altered timeline as he was in the prime timeline; as Jeffrey Price tells him before the jump, [[spoiler: "That means you were there!"]]

** 1969!O pulls away the current MIB director from J and K, noting that the "Viagrans" have arrived to talk about "[[TheLoinsSleepTonight an extraordinary new pill.]]"

*** This is why J is the only person who remembers in the altered timeline as he was in the prime timeline; as Jeffrey Price tells him before the jump, [[spoiler: "That means you were there!"]]

*** Both K and O shield K from the details of Boris's capture at Cape Canaveral, despite his senior-agent status, and tell him not to ask anything he wouldn't want to know the answer to.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted by both versions of Boris. Future Boris survives getting pushed off a great height, but he is burned alive by the rocket as it takes off. Past Boris falls after his arm is blown off, but he gets blown up by K.]]

* ExtranormalPrison: There's a prison for alien criminals on the moon. The guards have futuristic technology, and the fact that escape means exposure to vacuum also helps.