Rating: 
Summary: Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers!
Review: Space Jam is a great movie for Looney Tunes animation but the acting was terrible therefore making any and all live action sequences bad by default. I'm a big fan of Looney Tunes however so the actual animation portions of the film redeem the time spent watching it.
This review is for everyone who is a fan of the extra cartoon shorts on this dvd realease. When I saw that "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers" was added as a bonus feature I was pumped. I bought the dvd immediately and was greatly dissapointed by the fact that it is the censored and cut version! HOLY COW! Warner Bros! How could you do this?! "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers" is amazing and you happened to transfer the version in which Yosemite Sam is completely cut out from the cartoon? The only reason this version exists is because it needed to be cut for time on television at some point.
Warner Bros, please release the uncut version of "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers". Possibly as an extra on Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. III.
Props for releasing "The Duxorcist" and "Night of the Living Duck" which alone make this Space Jam dvd worthy of purchase.
Please consider also releasing other newer shorts like "Box Office Bunny", "Carrotblanca", "Chariots of Fur" and the half dozen Chuck Jones shorts made in the 90s before he passed away.
Rating: 
Summary: A Great Folktale, Sadly Unappreciated...
Review: SPACE JAM is now available as a deluxe 2-DVD set, and it's
about time! Drastically misunderstood and ridiculously
panned, Joe Pytka's madcap hook-up of Bugs Bunny,
Michael Jordan, and the wackiest basketball game in
film history is really a gem of a charming folktale,
playfully letting the viewer in on "the real reason"
for Jordan's 1st return to the game that he has
mastered so well.
It's unfortunate that so many apparently have some
serious problems dealing with an African American
celebrity respectfully placed in a Fantasy situation.
Nevertheless, the film is a load of laughs, with
some wicked satirical pokes at several of the NBA's
most testosterone-happy superstars, suddenly
deprived of their professional manhood!
Check the scene with macho-man Charles Barkley
getting a serious dose of comeuppance from a girl's
team on a playground court! Whether you know the
sport or not, the scene is a riot!
For all the disdain that this film has gotten for being
an apparent boardroom idea, SPACE JAM itself is
a well-made film, with a solid story cleanly told.
Jordan -in being smart enough not to play anyone
but himself- comes off very warm and highly
personable. Too, for one who's not a professional
actor, he works remarkably well, considering that
cartoon characters that he's with onscreen had to
be put in (via computer and traditional animation)
long after his performance. All in all, Jordan
copes with the camera far more competently than
one would have reason to expect.
Truth to tell, Shaq could learn a thing or two
regarding underplaying here!
As for Bugs and company, they receive the royal
treatment in a tale which places the freewheeling
Looney Tunes at odds with the terror which has
dogged their trail from their conception: corporate
disrespect, and commercial belittlement.
Their solution is a bizarrely logical melange
of live performers and fleshed-out cartoon
characters hitting the hoops with all the zeal
of a Globetrotters gig, and twice the crazy
antics to run through!
Between a sterling job bringing the Warner
Bros. characters to full-dimensional wit and
performance, guest shots from Theresa Randle,
Bill Murray, and Wayne Knight, a lunatic
nemesis voiced by Danny DeVito and a
heap of NBA players having a good ol' time
getting zapped, seanced, or pulled down
the daddy of all rabbit holes, SPACE
JAM is one great ride.
Add to all this a sleek new character
in the form of Lola Bunny, and some
serious Carl Stalling-inspired symphonic
scoring from the superb James Newton
Howard, and the sum result is easily the
finest achievement in this mode of
storytelling since WHO FRAMED ROGER
RABBIT.
Certainly, JAM's rollicking big-hearted
mythos is far and away superior to the
cardboard narrative of the more recent
LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, where
live performers as capable as Brendan
Fraser, Timothy Dalton, and Steve
Martin were pathetically hemmed-in
by a bland storyline and cheesy
characterizations which were thinner,
and more non-dimensional than the
Toons themselves!
With BACK IN ACTION, someone
missed the point. The LOONEY
TUNES never left the building.
Or the scene.
A wild hare,
searching for Air.
Viewer, be fair!
Try SPACE JAM!
You might have
some fun.
Rating:
Summary: A Review of the Two-Disc DVD
Review: The new "Space Jam" 2-Disc DVD is a fun addition to any Looney Tunes or family DVD collection. Disc One features the film, which can be enjoyed with commentary from the director, as well as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Most DVD commentaries are a bore to sit through--and this one does have its over technical moments (especially if you have young children who "believe in" Bugs or Daffy), but the comments from the characters are very witty--including a jab that Bugs throws at Michael Jordan early in the presentation (concerning his brief baseball career). Rounding out the first disc is the theatrical trailer of the film (this is almost a MUST with me for any DVD). The Second Disc is a nice bonus and could have easily been packaged as a stand-alone item. It features a "Making of Space Jam" and several Looney Tunes shorts (from the 1980's and 1990's), as well as the 1988 television special, "Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars". Speaking of music videos, the second disc also features "Fly Like an Eagle" and "Monstars Anthem". This is a great gift for any Looney Tunes fan. Folks who liked it as children in 1996 (when the film was released) should still like it as teens. Children who have never seen it will also enjoy it. In short, it's a keeper.
Rating:
Summary: Is Warner Brothers finally making good DVDs..?!
Review: Well Warner Brothers announced recently that they will start making better quality DVDs. Space Jam is the first. I purchased this and the LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION DVD set. So far, not bad. The Special Edition of SPACE JAM is actually quite good (with some flaws however). Disk One has the widescreen version of the movie with excellient picture and sound quality. The audio commentery however really stinks. It sounds more like three radio DJs debating the music industry rather then on any informative dialoge on how the movie was made.
Disk Two has the bonus features, and they are a pretty mixed package. The five Looney Tunes Cartoons on the disk range from very funny to rather forgetable. The behind the scenes featurette on Space Jam is pretty good, but it runs only 30 minutes and I hope it would have run a bit longer. All in all, pretty good.
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