Space Jam (1996)

20110110 Comment:
Feel-good movie.

Strongly associated with this movie is the song "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly.

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20260802:
The movie goes by so fast. They made a thing of the Lola, the female bunny, being a good player but that seems like downplayed later in the movie - she is shown scoring about as many points as the other players. Overall, the movie was okay. I feel like they made the aliens too big that defeating them from a large deficit felt unbelievable. Also, it's unclear how stealing talent converts into physical changes. Finally, as mentioned by the antagonist Swackhammer, Michael Jordan was not a Looney Tune (or at least he put that into question). As such, why not just recruit four more NBA players, why did the Looney Tunes only recruit Michael? After all, towards the end of the movie, other humans played as well.

Afterwards, Ben and I watched some classic Looney Tune cartoons and I was surprised how Bugs Bunny was quite different in the older cartoons.

Rating: 3.0/5

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20260805 Comment:
There appears to be some good reasons why the Looney Tunes didn't recruit more NBA players. First, there seemed to be this idea of a willingness to play. Michael Jordan, after being dragged in, was convinced to play. And it was his specific relationship to the game and determination to win that meant there was cooperation involved. If they had asked other players to come and play, then likely they would not have succeeded. Furthermore, most players didn't want to play due to the scare of losing their talent.

In fact, along the same lines, both Stan Podolak (Wayne Knight) and Bill Murray were willing participants.

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Instant Comments:
2: oh interesting "I Believe I Can fly" begins the movie
2: Ben complained that this movie had so much singing ("Space Jam" plays soon after "I Believe I Can Fly")
2: hehe the dogs name is Charles
2: they all start spitting (and it works!)
2: it looks like he's wearing black shoes even though the ones he got from home were white
2: hehe Bill Murray show up as fifth player, following up on the bit from earlier
2: so many songs in the credits
2: "That's All Folks"
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Released 19961115.
Watched 19961116 Theatre. Triangle Square 8 [SPACE JAM] 4:30 $3.75
Probably watched at least once more on VHS or television.
Watched 20260802 (Youtube - free with ads)
Space Jam (1996) Joe Pytka. 88 min.

Relevant Links:
Space Jam (IMDb.com)