| Lonney Tunes Back In Action |
[Nov. 14th, 2003|10:38 pm] |
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With a slew of bad movies out there lately, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Scary Movie 3” to name a few and the next “Harry Potter” installment in five months (give or take a few days) the public needed a refreshing change. And it’s arrived in a nicely some-what animated package. Or at lest in this little Hufflepuffs honest opinion. “Looney Tunes Back in Action” was done just like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (only cleaner) and was an excellent film!
There was comedy, tons of explosions (both real and animated) and Batman! I mean aside from a little romance and some jelly bellies how much more do you need? The cast was such a potpourri of Tunes that I’m not even sure I caught each one! And on top of all that there was even a Metaluna alien which some might recognize from the film “This Island Earth” or if you’re a MST3K movie fan it’s also in their movie (as they make fun of “This Island Earth”).
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The story is easy to follow, Brendan Fraser (DJ) and Jenna Elfman (Kate) are accompanied by Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to finish DJ’s father’s secret mission to find the blue diamond which has the power to turn humans into monkeys (like the one seen on Friends) and then back into humans. Steve Martin (Mr. Chairman) wants the diamond to turn all humans into monkeys via satellite so that he can have them make ACME products. He then plans to turn them back into humans so that they will buy the products. While the transformation is taking place he keeps himself and Mary, a female VIP safe from the diamonds rays via a containment chamber. Naturally.
Along with the bright cast of Tunes there were a few other people who popped into the film that I feel needed to be listed. Just incase one wishes to keep their eyes peeled for them.
Human Characters:
• Batman
• Matthew Lillard (He played Shaggy in Scooby-Doo’s live action film)
• Robert Picardo (Currently staring in the Lyon’s Den but was the holographic doctor on Star Trek Voyager as well as a few Home Improvement episodes as the ‘Meat Man’)
• Jeff Gordon
• John Cleese
• The robot from “Lost In Space” (Please call him Robert)
Animated (majority are Looney Tunes):
• Bugs Bunny
• Daffy Duck
• Elmer Fudd
• Yosemite Sam
• Yosemite Sam’s cowboy henchmen
• Road Runner
• Porky Pig
• Speedy Gonzales
• Granny
• Sylvester
• Tweety
• Tasmanian Devil
• Female Tasmanian Devil
• Marvin the Martin
• Roadrunner
• Foghorn Leghorn
• The Three Bears
• Pepe Le Pew (Only in the movies can a skunk be a French policeman)
• Wile E. Coyote
• Scooby Doo (He and Shaggy are threatening Matthew Lillard because of how he portrayed them in the movie)
• Shaggy
• Ralph the Wolf (the Wile look alike with a red nose)
• Sam the Sheepdog
• One of Sam’s sheep (it pops out of Ralph’s lunchbox)
• The mad scientist who made the big orange monster who wears red sneakers
Now granted I’ve only seen this once so I probably haven’t caught all of the cameo’s and such but even those whose favorite Looney Tune is a lesser known or hard to find, will enjoy this film. At lest in MHO. Besides it’s a great film to see after a long week and a perfect family film. While an added bonus is a teaser preview for “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”.
Why, oh why, must they make us wait five more months?
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