Men In Black Satire

The perfect comedy movie allows the mood of the audience to rise and fall periodically throughout the film. Men in Black uses multiple techniques to keep the audiences intrigued in a funny, yet still science fictional way. The movie is a science fictional film about a government agency, revolving around containing the secret that aliens are walking among humans everyday on Earth. The movie plot spins off into a comedic way, becoming more of a comedy than any other genre. Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, can be considered one of the best science fiction comedies of all time. The film elegantly combined the science fiction elements, with hilarious additions making a great science fiction comedy. For years to come, Men in Black will

remain a perfect science fiction comedy that will keep audiences enticed due to its outlandish alien beings, ridiculously hyperbolic scenes, and sarcastic jokes throughout the movie.
Throughout the film, Men in Black, Sonnenfeld utilizes many different aliens designed to be as "out of this world" as possible to create various effects on the audience. These aliens were humorous, creepy, and even suspenseful at times. These aliens were also major parts of the plot as well. For example in the beginning of the movie, before Agent J officially joined the men in black, Agent K convinced him that aliens were real by introducing him to the bug like aliens in the office coffee room. These aliens served the purpose of being a comedic presence as well as developing the plot by convincing J of the reality around him. On the other hand, a bug-like alien, taking the form of a human appearing later in the film, seems to be partly creepy, funny, and scary, as welling as becoming the main enemy in the plot of the movie. This element acts as an essential part of the movie which helps to lend to its science fiction characteristics as well as its comedic characteristics. Without the presence of these aliens throughout the movie, no plot would develop, most of the humor would be gone, and it could not possibly classified as a science fiction film.
The aliens throughout the movie lead to much laughter, however they are usually appearing in such hyperbolic scenes that one cannot help, but laugh out loud. These scenes are completely outrageous: over the top, excessive, and completely exaggerated scenes with no point other than to elicit large outbursts of laughter from the audience. One of the best examples of these scenes occurs when Agent J experiences being taken on his first encounter with "the bug" and must be given a weapon. After an overdrawn, large, and dramatic showing of the biggest gun in the vault, Agent J mockingly receives the "Noisy Cricket" an outrageously small gun small than his hand. When he fires this weapon however, it produces a devastating effect, throwing J, himself, back many feet into a car. This scene acts as a perfect example because it builds up an expectation, only to hilariously contrast the build up with a smaller than expected weapon, which is then taken to an over the top level as it produces such an incredible force when used. This large difference of the audiences expectation and the actual happenings in the scene create an outrageous scene that seems to just go over the top. Other scenes however use much more subtle ques to be considered over the top. The most notable of these scenes, would be the scene in which Agent J competes for the job at the agency and must take a written quiz. When he cleverly decides to pull the table to his own chair, Sonnenfeld uses a large contrast of sound, going from dead silent to a horrible, loud screeching to create the same effect on the audience. Whoever watches a scene such as this cannot stop laughing; the contrast creates such an over the top feel, that it creates a hilarious effect for almost every audience member.
The comedic backbone of the movie lies in its quick witted sarcastic comments that frequently fly throughout the movie.

Each member of the cast has a special way of delivering these jokes that makes them uniquely hilarious. Will Smith, playing Agent J, has a large number of these comments; one of the most notable of these jokes occurs when being questioned about what type of alien they are dealing with, he responds with "Uh, wait, that was on "Final Jeopardy!" last night. Damn, Alex said…" He says it with a condescending, almost mocking tone to deliver the perfect line. A majority of sarcastic lines said by Tommy Lee Jones, playing Agent K, are said in very condescending, matter of fact, and mono-toned way, helping to complete the image of K as an older, know it all, emotionless agent. One such line "Elvis is not dead. He just went home." perfectly encapsulates this image. K says this in a way to put down anyone for not knowing this simple fact that, to any rational human, sounds like pure nonsense. These kind of jokes are perfectly captured throughout the movie, painting a picture of the characters personalities as well as bringing audiences to tears. Although many such jokes are for a more mature audience, Ed Solomon, the writer of the screen play, uses this fact to his advantage to create a hilarious set of jokes from the first

minute.
The movie Men in Black sits in its own unique genre of a science fiction comedy film. From the first scene it uses many different aliens to act as a creepy, and funny part of the film. It uses over the top scenes that keep audiences laughing using ridiculous and outrageous events that elicit much laughter. The comedic portion of the movie also lies in its many, quick witted sarcastic jokes that are delivered perfectly through an extraordinary cast of actors. This movie is unique in its writing and directing which continues to make almost every member of the audience laugh. For all of these reasons, Men in Black has been a comedic staple since it had been released in 1997 and will continue to play a large role as a hilariously, unique science fiction comedy, for years to come.