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"Some alien encounters are hoaxes perpetrated by your government to manipulate the public. Some of these hoaxes are intentionally revealed to manipulate the truth-seekers who become discredited if they disclose the deliberately absurd deception. No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus. Even the former leader of your United States of America, James Earl Carter Jr., thought he saw a UFO once... But it's been proven he only saw the planet Venus. Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you, it was Venus. Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare seeing is believing? Gauntlet Crew, your scientific illiteracy makes me shudder, and I wouldn't flaunt your ignorance by telling anyone that you saw anything last night other than the planet Venus, because if you do, you're a dead crew." ~Charon

"We've got Will Smith at the top of his game, Tommy Lee Jones being just the right balance of goofy and serious, and constant comedy that still makes me laugh. I feel like Jake Peralta from Brooklyn Nine-Nine is VERY inspired by Smith's Agent J. Like Peralta, J is immediately a character you want to see succeed. He never gives the appearance of knowing what he's doing; he's laid-back and comical, but he's also extremely intelligent and damn good at what he does. It mixes the best parts of a buddy comedy with solid doses of sci-fi and cop mystery, overall leaving what is just a very enjoyable movie." ~Johnbobb

"What It Is: I forget.

Why It Matters: A huge cog in the evolution of both science fiction and superhero films into consistent popcorn flick blockbusters, Men In Black spawned a trilogy of some of the most successful science fiction films and helped solidify Will Smith as a bankable superstar.

What I Think: Aside from the delightful and somewhat wicked send-ups of both immigration policy and pop culture, this movie is pretty lightweight. That said, Tommy Lee Jones is maybe the greatest straight man in the business, able to deliver the lines without any buffoonery whatsoever and simultaneously provide credibility and insanity to the concept of this film. I do think this movie has aged better than some on this list thanks to the interestingly topical discussion on immigration and illegal aliens. It's more prescient now than one might expect." ~scarlet

"This movie held up better than I remembered. What really makes the movie for me is the great chemistry between Agent K and Agent J. Theyre also fun characters even when theyre not with each other. Thrown in some cool, yet outdated, looking aliens, some decent action and comedy and its a pretty fun ride. " ~JONA

"I'm surprised how little I remembered about Men in Black- and yes there's an obvious joke there and I'm perfectly aware of it. Anyway the only things I retained a decent recollection of going into this movie other than who starred in it, was the dang theme song that plays during the credit, and that the pug was an alien. That's it. I didn't recall the ending, I didn't remember a single thing about the villain- an amazing feat given it's so repulsive... I didn't even recall that Will Smith didn't start out as Agent Jay. I may have more memories of the sequel than of the original in fact. Well this was a fun kind of weird adventure sort of buddy cop movie in a sense. I didn't not enjoy it, I just don't think it holds up to some of the other movies on this list. " ~Genny
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