I Believe I Can Fly

[vovat]

So, bethje subjected me to a movie that she'd suffered through on her seventeenth birthday, Space Jam. I was expecting crap, and for once, my expectations were met! I get the impression that the film was pitched by a hyperactive six-year-old. "Yeah, so, it's got, like, Michael Jordan, and also Bugs Bunny, and they play basketball together! And there's aliens, too!" But really, it's even more bizarre than that, and not in a good way. Why were Wayne Knight and Bill Murray in it? What was the deal with Lola Bunny? Didn't Bugs already have a girlfriend? Why does R. Kelly sing the word "door" so oddly? And why do we keep seeing these lame attempts at making the Looney Tunes relevant to today when I'm sure Warner Bros. is still making plenty of money from the sixty-year-old reruns? Even the sappy inspirational message didn't really come across at all well. So self-confidence is the key to success in sports, yet basketball talent is something tangible that can be stolen by obnoxious aliens? And why can't Jordan succeed at baseball by believing in himself? Maybe the moral is that the power of positive thinking only works when it comes to basketball.

Comments

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

The old cartoons are much, much better ...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what ISN'T better than Space Jam.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

I thought Lola was ok, but the rest of movie was pure crapola. I can't believe I used to own the soundtrack.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

The daughter of someone Beth works with apparently has the soundtrack as well.

[kristenjarrod.livejournal.com]

Every time I run across a Space Jam commercial in my old commercial collection I get the warm fuzzies for 8th grade ... that's about it. I tried watching it once with some family during one of our Alaska vacations and I couldn't get into it.