More than just a commercial

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2020)

Space Jam is good. Not outstanding, not perfect, definetly won't make you laugh out loud throughout but acceptable and entertaining at points. I like its meta humor, Michael Jordon's character and his story was researched and well-done, the animation and live-action sandwich is pretty fluid, and I can appreciate the premise.
Where does it lack you may ask? Well, for having the Looney Tunes, they really aren't that funny. They're kinda loud and obnoxious but not unbearable characters. They're at least somewhat in character. Also the writing is pretty mediocre, especially for a premise that sounds pretty dang cool on paper and CAN work with the right people. But, I fell as if they kinda went halfway and stopped when they could've really dived for a deeper, funnier script. A few moments made me cringe, a few bad jokes just made me stare blankly at the screen in disapproval. But not bad.
Whatever, at least its not boring. What really carries this movie for me, though, is the basketball scenes. They're fast-paced and pretty fun to watch. You could ignore some of this movie's flaws just for these scenes alone. They don't save the entire thing, but it was just enough to make me enjoy myself.
Overall Space Jam is a pretty neat 90s flick that not everyone will be down with, but just enough will think its the slam dunk they've been waiting for. If you want to see it, I say go ahead but if you don't, your better off with about 90 minutes of classic looney tunes than this film. Thanks for reading.