"Space Jam" starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes was our film last night.
Again, and as is usually the case, this is a film we've seen before. You'll hear them tell you that when kids find something they like they tend to keep coming back to it again and again. It's especially true of my kids and their movies.
My son calls this movie 'a classic...' He was genuinely thrilled to bring it home.
The story is simple. The Looney Tunes are to be kidnapped by aliens and enslaved at an extra-terrestrial theme park (maybe it's not so simple...) and somehow Michael Jordan gets embroiled in it. The evil aliens decide to challenge the Looney Tunes to a 'game' to see whether they're to be enslaved or not and they decide on basketball. The evil aliens steal the 'skills' of a set of NBA stars and the Tunes get trained by MJ.
The rest unfolds pretty much as you'd expect.
The thrill of it is in seeing your beloved Looney Tunes in a story world that's very different from where we see them on Saturday mornings.
Two things strike me about it.
The CG stands up these years later and my kids--including my two year old--stay hooked to it all the way through.
If you or your kids love basketball you'll love this film. If you're not a huge sports family your kids will still love this film if for no other reason than they get to spend a couple hours with Bugs and Co.
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