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Summary: AWW MAN!!! Another Disappointment !!!!
Review: Hollywood does not know how to make a weird movie anymore. They don't know how to create original ideas that are skewed in perspective and they've lost their grip on the youth of this nation. I find it funny that when I was a child there were films like ET and The EXPLORER'S, THE DARK CRYSTAL and TIME BANDITS, and now nearly two decades later we have trite juvenile crap like, LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION. A movie that tries so hard to be smug and cutting edge, and yet still appeal to the kiddies, and in the end it fails miserably.Bugs, Daffy, Brendan Fraiser's (as his stunt double), and Jenna Elfman star in this insipid little film that's aimed at no one. It seems that the head of the evil ACME CORPORATION (Steve Martin, Bowfinger) wants to turn the human race into monkeys and our hero's set off to stop them. In typical cartoon fashion Bugs and crew walk through the desert, go to Paris, wind up in space, area 52 (where the real UFO's are located) and Las Vegas. All while trying the capture the feel and inspired lunacy of the LOONEY TUNES cartoons that have been seen by generations of kids, unfortunately they fail. This saddens me because director Joe Dante (The Explorer's) shaped many of my earliest film memories. He knows quirky comedy, and seemed like the one who could revitalize a franchise that's been stripped of almost all of its dignity (you don't believe me rent SPACE JAM). Dante previous film SMALL SOLDIERS was a vastly underrated gem and that's what I was hoping from this film. What I got was a paint-by-numbers cartoon, and a phoned in comedy geared at 8 year olds who could only enjoy it if they happen to be mentally retarded. Can I blame Dante for the mess? No. In fact there were a few inspired moments I should take notice of. I loved the scene involving Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzales at the Warner Bros. Studio Cafeteria. This is easily the funniest most self-aware moment of the film. It's the only time the comedy is geared a tad bit higher, creating true satire that is at first self aware and at second funny as hell. In the scene Porky and Speedy discuss how hard it is to work in Hollywood and yet be a walking stereotype. I laughed here, this short scene actually made me stand up and notice for a small moment what a truly great director Joe Dante actually is. The other great moment involves the Louvre, and the old hallway of doors trick. Except this time Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer Fudd are running through paintings by the masters. The sense of exhilaration from this scene made me long for the days when Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc held the keys to the Warner Bros. cartoons and guarded their characters with love and affection. I miss the good old days. I miss movies that were both quirky and fun. I'm tired of sloppy train wrecks. I want my old Joe Dante back. I want the guy who made GREMLINS 2:THE NEW BATCH to make a Loony Tunes film that's funny, and smart, and not one that barely challenges a two year old. I hope a renaissance is just over the next hill. But alas I'll probably be waiting far longer than I want to.
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Summary: Winters Worst Movie
Review: Thsi movie sucks. Brendan Fraser and Steve Martin were so not funny in this movie. They both are usally quite funny, but this movie dosen't have that many funny parts. Its very babish. It dosent deserve any honors or awards, and should be kicked out of theathers immediatly. Don't waste your money seeing thsi movie its very bad and annoying!!!!
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Summary: An Inane Mess
Review: This is not a good movie. It is not even close to a good movie. It did keep my six year old occupied for 90 minutes... so it does have some merits. But movies like "Toy Story" (both of them), "Shrek," and "A Bug's Life" have proven that "kids" movies can be articulate, well-made, and enjoyable by all ages. "Looney Tunes" is a contrived, plotless, poorly acted mess. Two stars for special effects.
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Summary: The New Warner Brothers..
Review: I actually like this movie very much. It's fast, funny, enjoyable, The Looney Tunes gang make me laugh which is what they do best. And it seems to show that Warner Brothers is once again up and running as a major movie studio. The cameo apperance of Batman and several DC Comics characters hopefully means that Warners will soon be making better/good movies on them.
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Summary: A mixed bag, though filled with moments of sheer brilliance.
Review: Dante's homage to the late, great Chuck Jones ends up being somewhat hit and miss, especially due to the rather irritating villain played by Steve Martin, but the pacing is fast, the animation is spectacular, and there's enough great strandout moments (Area 52, the Louvre) to make up for the film's shortcomings. Both Jerry Goldsmith's score and Danny Elfman's niece are delicious.
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Summary: Bugs & Daffy
Review: I thought the movie could be better. They had some really funny scenes such as the Walmart Scene. Good way to sell...lol. From the moment you see Daffy get fired you know that you are in for a ride. There is no reason why Daffy should be thrown out. In this movie they had some really great actors which made the movie pretty good. I would have to say that the plot of the movie needed something more. Main plot save the world the second plot that was noticed save dad. There was another one which was get Daffy back into the movie. It is worth watching but I am not to sure that you should see it in the movie theaters.
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Summary: Entertainment at its best
Review: "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" is pure entertainment. It's funny, it's out there, and viewers of all ages can enjoy it.
The plotline is rather weak - okay, it's downright absurd - but who really needs one when you have such fun characters?
The incorporation of the cartoon characters into real life is almost flawless, and I say 'almost' only because Jenna Elfman fumbles a bit when interacting with them. Brendan Fraser is a complete professional, as usual. Steve Martin is funny at the beginning, but becomes more and more grating with time.
The thing I love most about this movie is that adults and children alike can have fun while watching it. The physical comedy is appealing to children, while adults can appreciate the subtle parodies and satire on American society.
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action" succeeds because it does what it is meant to do: it entertains the mind and enlightens the heart.
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Summary: Shake your tail feather
Review: It's quite obvious: Space Jam: It was all right. Not that great
Daffy Duck's Quack Busters: That was hugely entertaining.
Bug's Bunny/Road Runner Movie: Awsome
Daffy Duck's Movie -- Fantastic Island: Animation as flat as pancakes that get hit by steam rollers. Hadn't seen the film. Looks bad!
Looney Tunes Back in Action: Best Bugs Bunny movie. Place it on par with Daffy Duck's Quack Busters and Space Jam. The last Bugs Bunny movie was okay, but this one was even way better. I thought the scene when they go to France and Elmer Fudge was chasing Bugs and Daffy into all the paintings, that scene was so funny. I can especially can see their shadows. The scene when Bugs said "I found Nemo" reminded me of my favorite movie Finding Nemo. This movie was over funny. It's hilarous. YOU SHOULD SEE IT!
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Summary: Not As Good As Expected
Review: Like most people in America, I grew up with the hilarious antics of the Looney Tunes, wich may be why I expected this movie to be great. It wasn't terrible, but it could have been so much better. All of the acting was great, but the storyline was very lacking. In the first twenty-five minutes, the story was just starting to pick up and I haden't laughed yet. The storyline in a nut shell is that Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Brendan Frasier, and Jenna Elfman are on a road trip to save the world from being turned into monkeys by evil Steve Martin. Of course there are lots of cameos along the way including Joan Cusac and Heather Locklear. My favorite scenes where a race in space between Bugs, Daffy, and Marvin the Martian and the whole Area 52 bit. You'll like this movie if you like Looney Tunes, but you'll probably agree that it could have been much better.
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Summary: Croosin' with the "Toons"
Review: "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" is the perfect marriage of live action and animation. To complete this picturesque scenario, it takes a "humanized" all-star cast (Jenna Elfman, Brendan Fraser, Timothy Dalton, including others), along with some zany Looney Tunes charcters (yes, most of them are here, folks, from Bugs Bunny [that "wascallwy wabbit"] to Yosemite Sam), with all of the above combined to make one colossal motion picture for everyone aged seven to seventy. Everyone's out to recover an artifact that could wind up causing universal damage (a pricey gem known as "The Blue Monkey"). Its dastardly, evil "owner" (Steve Martin) wants to make certain the world is freed from all human existence, and prefers to "monkey around" with evolution, so to speak. It's a race against time, as our female assistant (Elfman), son of a movie star (Fraser), Bugs, Daffy Duck (and an all-star cast of "Tunes" attempt to free a senior movie star (Dalton) from the clutches of one mad scientist (Martin), who is the head of ACME Corporation. When I say "LT:BIA" is a "universal" motion picture, I am not just speaking in tongues, as the gang literally spans the globe to search for clues. This journey stretches from Las Vegas to Paris, France, to the wilds of Africa (FACTUAL NOTE: The Nevada Desert does not contain any species of various cacti - just shrubs of tumbleweed and tons of sand. The saguaro cactus plants were there to provide a backdrop for Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner to make their spectacular entrances). All of the elements that were featured in the classic Warner Bros. cartoons are here: classic character lines (ex: "What's Up Doc", "What In Tarnation", etc.), various sight gags (ex: automated device running out of fuel inches before touching ground, the positioning of Daffy Duck's beak, etc.), including others not mentioned here. Bill Goldberg (another wrestler turned actor) gives a masterful performance as one of the bad guys as well. Even the brief cameo of Michael Jordan is worthy of a look-see. Also, besides the too-brief appearance of Speedy "The Fastest Mouse In All Mexico" Gonzales, the only thing really missing, is Speedy's slow-footed cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez. If only this journey included a visit to Mexico (including Speedy's and Slowpoke's mouse buddies), then "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" would have netted a five-star rating for sure. As it is, it earns all four stars for its directorial and animation qualities (not to mention a fine human and not-so-human main and supporting cast), which makes it a must-see motion picture. As Porky Pig would say: "TH-TH-THE-THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!!".
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