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Summary: one huge boring disaster...........
Review: i could not wait for my dvd to arrive last week, and, sorry folks, here's one i simply cannot finish! it's a nonsensical crashing bore! not the toons, not frazer, elfman, or martin can give it any life! a total waste of money. picture quality and audio very high quality, but that's about it.
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Summary: Suprisingly Good, but bugs bunny's voice was wrong.
Review: One of the neat things in it were it had all kinds of cameo appearances by old OLD cartoons and movie monsters like Robbie The Robot. I don't know if you ever watched Dr. Who, but there was even a scene that had the Daleks in it screeching EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE as they were shooting laser beams everywhere. Basically, bradon frasier plays a guy who's dad is basically the most famous actor of all time who plays a james bond type of guy. Which is funny cause they make fun of james bond movies by having movie posters of him saying titles like "the spy is me" and stupid things like that, his dad is actually played by timothy dalton, so that helped too. Anyways, he's trying to be a stuntman but can't get a job. His dad gets captured by a evil guy (head of ACME corporation) and so brandon is off to save his dad. Daffy Duck tags along because he has just been fired from warner brothers and has nothing better to do. Bugs Bunny shows up trying to convince daffy to come back to work. The evil guy is played by steve martin and he was absoluetely HORRIBLE! I mean, he was the worst acting I've seen in a long time. They should have gotten Mike Myers, or Robin Williams cast for that particular part. Steve Martin is funny, but not in this role. Anyways, in the end they rescue the dad, save the world, and blah blah blah. But it's pretty funny. Joan Cusak does an appearance as a wierd willy wonka type of scientist in a secret base in the desert called Area 52 (They explain area 51 was made up as a cover story to cover up the existance of Area 52. At area 52 is a sign that says something like "Area 52, keeping things secret from the world for 47 years" or something like that. A lot of subtle humor, I'm not sure kids would get most of it, adults will though. Kids will laugh I guess at just the cartoons on the screen, even though they don't have a clue what's going on. There's scenes in Hollywood, Las Vegas, France, and Africa. The one thing I didn't like is, since the original guy died, Mel Blanc, who did most of the voices, they haven't been able to get somebody who could do a decent Bugs Bunny voice, actually quite a few of the voices weren't that good, which is just stupid cause I knew people in high school who could do some of those characters just as good as the original guy, you're telling me that warner brothers can't find somebody who can do a dead-on bugs bunny voice, BS.
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Summary: Better Than the Theatrical Release
Review: The Looney Tunes Back in Action widescreen DVD is definitely better than when it was playing in theaters. It's easier to enjoy it when you don't have dozens of people laughing at funny moments in the film. The special features are pretty well made. If you need a few good laughs, curl up on your couch with your family or with a nice big bag of peanut m&m's and watch Looney Tunes Back in Action. I was amazed to find out that Brendan Fraser, one of the stars, made some of the voices of the characters.
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Summary: Not an essential movie but a lot of fun!
Review: I find it really sad how cel artwork used in animated cartoons is becoming a dying art form in recent years. While computer animation is really amazing as "Monsters Inc." and "Finding Nemo" demonstrates, I feel that they should never stop making straight-out cel animated movies. To me, cel art requiring hand painting and drawing is really creative and amazing. If you liked "Space Jam" from several years back, then you are likely to enjoy "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" and I would say that they really do return to action on this good, fun but somewhat disjointed flick. In a lot of ways, this film brings back memories of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" from my childhood and this is a really good thing for me. If you're looking for anything thought-provoking or requiring intellectual challenge, then you will want to pop in something else for now but for everyone else who wants a good time and can withstand thin acting in parts then by all means go and give this movie a watch. There is plenty of entertainment to offer and will make you laugh. It all begins where Daffy Duck is jettisoned from his workplace because of competition from his cartoon rival, the witty and funny Bugs Bunny, but Daffy Duck runs into a recently fired stuntman named Bobby Delmont. Delmont is eager to find and rescue his father who was recently kidnapped by renegade ACME criminals and several of the antagonistic Looney Tunes characters like Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and two really big cartoon criminals help in trying to retrieve a powerful artifact called the Blue Diamond and use it's power through an orbiting satellite and transform all of the Earth's human population into monkey's in order for them to buy his products and turn them back into humans in order to make a gigantic fortune out of it. Not all of the Looney Tunes characters show up in the movie but enough of them do to make the movie acceptable. My favorite of the Looney Tunes are Bugs Bunny and Tasmania. I really love how the former rivals Daffy and Bugs clash in the early part of this movie but then eventually work together to prevent the Diamond from being used for ACME Corporation's malevolent schemes. Tasmania's twisted and demented character is just incredibly hilarious even if he is only in a few scenes through this film. The acting by the cast playing the non-cartoon characters is a bit hammy in my opinion. Brendan Frasier does alright as the insecure Bobby Delmont whose trying to find his father and save him from ACME Corporation. While not necessarily bad or awful by any means, Jenna Elfman looked rather uncomfortable on this role and her character Kate came off as being dry and totally uninteresting at best nad it almost looked like she was just ready to leave the set altogether. To me, the Looney Tunes characters were who really carried this film. The acting is good during several clumsy disaster scenes and there is even a cameo appearance from Batman during a botched filmmaking scene but there's more there than I want to give out. While not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" succeeds in being a highly entertaining and fun flick even if the acting by Fraser and Elfman comes off being skiddish and even clumsy at times. Give this movie a try. While I'm not saying that this movie is really a must-have, it offers enough to warrant keeping it and younger audiences should see it just for the sake of keeping Looney Tunes alive for all the years to come and older audiences to continue to enjoy their childhood favorites. Even if this movie is forgotten in the future, The Looney Tunes and all of our beloved classic cartoons that we have enjoyed over the last 75 years since 1928's Mickey Mouse are immortal and will never die off from our memories.
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Summary: Not High Art, but Definitely a Fun Flick
Review: If you're looking for a stimulating, thought-provoking drama, then pop something else into your DVD player. If, however, you're looking for some old fashioned, anvil dropping, coyote flattening fun, then you will enjoy this film. The human cast alone is worth the price of admission, as Brendan Fraser and Jenna Elfman goof their way through the admittedly thin plot, while Steve Martin, Timothy Daulton, and Heather Locklear (among many other WB favorites) make notable appearances along with the animated likes of Marvin the Martian, Wil E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Michigan J. Frog, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Taz, and many others. The best part of the movie is that you really don't care that the plot is incredibly thin. I couldn't even tell you what the plot was--I just had a fun time watching the film. That this film works so well is a testament to what Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc created so many years ago. Although I was a bit disappointed with the deleted scenes (the Bugs & Daffy animation that serves as lead-ins to the deleted scenes looks like it was done by a high school student on a home PC), the overall package gets a resounding thumbs up. Since it was a rental, I did not have an opportunity to check out the CD-ROM features before I had to return the disc, but must say that the film was enjoyable, light fare for a Sunday afternoon.
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Summary: Enjoyable for everyone, regardless of age
Review: This was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. It's a shame it did not do well at the box office because it was really well done. My friend and I are both young adults and we were laughing all the way through. They poked fun at everything, including James Bond (using former Bond actor Timothy Dalton was added bonus), former Looney Tunes and their cartoon gags, the "Star Wars" movies. This was the first time I had seen a movie with Brendan Fraser and he was great. There were times when he stole the scene more than Bugs and Daffy, esp. in some scenes when he was trying to keep Daffy from going crazy over riches such as gold. There was nothing offensive about this movie. Although compared to "Space Jam", this movie was much better, it mainly focused on Bugs and Daffy and gave little screen time to other cartoon characters.
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Summary: Not good movie and not a bad one either.
Review: At first, I was quite excited to see this movie. There is two reasons I thought this is a good movie before I actually watch it is because back in a couple of year ago a movie called Space Jam starring Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes stars such as bug bunny and daffy duck and second reason was this movie starring Brendan Fraser, his movies in the past was all very good, so I was expecting this movie to be as good as his older movies in the past. Well, I was expecting this movie to be one of a best movie to see. After I watched this movie, I was quite disappointed of it. This movie is somewhat funny and most of all, the plot of the movie was stupid. First it started out a interesting plot and then the rest of it to the the end of the movie was totally stupid and the whole adventure was turned out to be nothing more than just a movie, so overall there wasn't much of a plot for this movie at all. Although this movie have some interesting person in the plot like James Bond himself, Timothy Dalton, Jeff Gordon, and Bill Goldberg. For the first time you watch this movie was alright but after the first time it'll starting to boring you.
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Summary: A real treat for Looney Tunes fans ...
Review: Read the other reviews and what people seem to have missed is that Back in Action is really a tribute to the glorious Looney Tunes of the past. The all-time greats that made "cameo" appearances include Michigan J. Frog from "One Froggy Evening", Marc Antony from "Feed the Kitty", Owl Jolson from "I Love to Singa", Daffy as Duck Dodgers, and lots more! The scenes that relate to the famous Hunter's Trilogy and Daffy's problem with pronouns were hilarious. But I can see that all these inside jokes can get lost on people who have no knowledge of the golden era of Looney Tunes. This DVD is a real keeper.
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Summary: Ridiculously Fantastic
Review: I have heard a lot of reviews criticize this movie because it's plotline is ridiculous, or at least count this as a downside to the movie. These reviews are missing the point. Of course the movie is ridiculous: it's Looney Tunes. Yes, the Chairman's plot to use the Blue Monkey diamond is silly and unrealistic: it is supposed to be!If the Looney Tunes are going to save the world, they should save it from something silly. You want serious and deadly, go watch Batman. Moreover, the movie is extremely accurate with the personalities and personal styles of each of the cartoon characters as they have been portrayed in the original cartoons. All of this is not to even mention the multiple movie references and commentary that this movie dishes out. As a matter of fact, "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" is the only movie that I have ever seen that actually makes fun of it's own product placemnt. All in all, this is a movie that is remarkably funny and remarkably true to the spirit of the original "Looney Tunes" cartoons.
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Summary: Not fun anymore
Review: Looney Toones was so funny when i was kid, but what happened? This film is almost as nearly unbearable as Space Jam! Brendan Frasier must have been really desperate for a paycheck!
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