Space Jam - A '90s Guilty Pleasure

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 2016)

This movie is far from being a masterpiece, but it is a dumb & fun film to enjoy, especially with your kids, as well. I mean come on, you've got Michael Jordon helping the Looney Tunes in a basketball game to save them from being enslaved by aliens for their amusement park, it is an unbelievable thing to see in film, but hey, Hollywood will green-light anything. This is a movie I've seen as a little kid on VHS, and I simply fell in love with it, and since then it has become a guilty pleasure of mine.
I wasn't put off by Jordon's acting, I thought he did... okay. Not Oscar-worthy, but I believe he did better than Shaq. I also enjoy the other famous b-ball players playing themselves in this, especially Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing. And you've got Bill Murray basically playing his nonchalant self. *Spoilers:* There's one moment when the villain first sees Murray, he says, "I didn't know Dan Aykroyd was in this picture." Love that. XD The animation with the Looney Tunes was really good for its time, aside from the basketball court which looks really fake, but, eh. And it's also good to see ALL of the Tunes in this, a majority of them attending the b-ball game.
The one thing one can't deny is the amazing soundtrack featured in the film, especially the title song, Fly Like an Eagle, I Believe I Can Fly, Basketball Jones, For You I Will, etc. I even always sit through the entire end credits just to listen to the songs in it. It's astounding this one film has so many great singers on its soundtrack.
Also, check out the DVD audio commentary to this film, it's actually hilarious, it has voice actors Billy West (Bugs Bunny) and Dee Bradley Baker (Daffy Duck) interacting with Bugs and Daffy, the latter two who steal the show. And it's always a bit funny to hear director Joe Pitka literally walk in and out of the commentary by hearing his footsteps and door closing.
I'm sorry, I couldn't be the only one who truly likes this film. It's certainly better than Looney Tunes: Back in Action, that's for sure. If you (or your kid) likes Looney Tunes, then give this one a shot, you may find some form on entertainment out of it. Not a masterpiece, but certainly not as bad as the Rotten Tomatoes rating makes it out.