Men in Black (film)
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Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy action film, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the comic books of Lowell Cunningham.
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Written by Lowell Cunningham and Ed Solomon.
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[edit] Agent K
- A person is smart; people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.
- Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat. And fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.
- Human thought is so primitive that it's looked upon as an infectious disease in some of the better galaxies; that kind of makes you proud, doesn't it?
[edit] Agent J
- You see this? Huh? NYPD means I will "Nock Your Punk-ass Down!"
- You know what the difference is between you and me? I make this look good.
- Well, well. Big, bad bug got a bit of a soft spot, huh? What I can't understand is, why you gotta come down here, bringing all this ruckus! Snatching up galaxies and everything. My attitude is: don't start nothing, won't be nothing.
[edit] Zed
- You'll dress only in attire specially sanctioned by MIB Special Services. You'll conform to the identity we give you, eat where we tell you, live where we tell you. From now on, you'll have no identifying marks of any kind. You'll not stand out in any way. Your entire image is crafted to leave no lasting memory with anyone you encounter. You're a rumor, recognizable only as déjà vu and dismissed just as quickly. You don't exist; you were never even born. Anonymity is your name, silence your native tongue. You're no longer part of the System. You are above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "them." We're "they." We are the Men in Black.
[edit] Dialogue
- Edgar: I go out, I work my butt off to make a living. All I want is to come home to a nice clean house with a nice fat steak on the table, but instead I get this. It looks like poison. Don't you take that away — I'm eating that, damn it! It is poison, isn't it? I swear to God, I would not be surprised if it was, the way you skulk around here like a dog that's been hit too much or ain't been hit enough, I can't make up my mind! You're useless, Beatrice. The only thing that pulls its weight around here is my goddamn truck! [The Bug's flying saucer smashes into Edgar's truck. Edgar comes out of the house to look at the damage.] Figures.
- Beatrice: What the heck is it, Edgar?
- Edgar: Get your big butt back in the house. [Beatrice goes back inside. Edgar grabs a pump shotgun and stands over the smoking crater where his truck was parked.]
- The Bug: [inside the crater] Place projectile weapon on the ground.
- Edgar: You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
- The Bug: Your proposal is acceptable. [A long arm with long, bony digits grabs Edgar, pulls him into the crater and consumes him.]
