Will Smith Becomes a Men in Black | Men in Black

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic villain who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

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[Otis]

I’m a little worried J doesn’t know he can just use half of the pencil to write.

[MikeSmith-chjv]

"A person is smart, people are not" Thus is the blight of social media.

[samuelfawell]

“Your exactly what we have come to expect from government training”

Oh I’m picking up some subtle messaging there.

[HookedOnSonics]

I love that subtle dig Zed gives the other applicants when he says, "You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training". Unlike Jay, those guys are a bunch of unthinking yes men who will shoot first and ask questions later.

[master-of-mind]

“You sure you don’t want some coffee?” Love that bit. So subtle yet so effective. Kay didn’t need to prove anything. Jay just needed to see for himself that Kay was telling the truth.

[vinceramirez]

I watch this scene a lot. I like how he critically thinks while everyone else sort of just reacts. K had already made his decision that he wanted J long before he even showed up for the tryout. This was more of a formality and the other guys were just there to sort of take up space while they analyzed J.

[MrRolyat]

In the novelization of the film, Agent K confirmed that everything James Edwards said about the alien firing range was true.

[Takedown]

That last part is so important. "Is it worth it?" "Oh yeah. If you are strong enough." Probably the best answer he could have got.

[Champion]

"Awww, you gave the tall man some flowers" got me rolling 😅🤣

[thebasic]

What's funny is that the director said that J's explanation on why he shot little Tiffany was 100% right

[ridetheheckler]

That 1500, 500, 15 minutes ago line is fabulous screenwriting.

[ThePariahDark]

This movie is just one of those gems... no matter how many times you see it, after a few years, that glimmer of brilliance shines still.

[BmanHall]

8:19 - One of the most profound lines of all time in one of the silliest movies ever made.

[joey]

Little by little you discover K's backstory. He was some youngster going to give flowers to his date (the woman he spies on thru satellite). By dumb luck he discovers the alien and MiB and makes the decision to drop his whole life and join.

[sonrouge]

Wonder how much that front door agent gets paid.

[RealKaukus]

4:38 that look on his face says it all. He knows J is the right dude, he thinks its kinda hilarious and pretty funny - the last face says "shit.. another Agent K i have to deal with"

[Jackrabfanyo]

5:37 J the only one checking his safety before putting the handgun down. Subtle detail.

[daffidavit]

Best of the best, "Marines, Air Force, Navy Seals, Army Rangers, NEW YORK PD". That cracked me up when he nonchlantly included NYPD in the list.

[ThatBugBehindYou]

I love how every aspect of this test is to gauge how aware you are of suspicious things that are uncanny and don't seem quite right yet have many excuses to be explained as normal or just something no one really thought through. Likewise the only reasonable options that present themselves to you are things that make you seem unusual, awkward, or dumb. You're taught from the very beginning to see things for what they really are and take the most obvious route that leads to a solution even if it makes you look strange.

[tl]

Tommy Lee Jones looks so young-old here.