  Space JamReviewed by: Larry Massey
Wow! The elements are all there. Michael Jordan to the Max. The best of the original Looney Tune cartoon characters with all their famous lines. Even exciting, jam-packed basketball action and a visit from aliens. What more can we ask? The movie starts out with scenes from Jordan's childhood, interspersed with Looney Tune Land and the recent visit of aliens from Moron Mountain (an ultimate theme park on another planet). The plot: to capture all the Looney Tune characters and force them to be in the amusement park so that it will be a thousand times better. But wait, the aliens are really short and Bugs (as in Bunny) comes up with the challenge of a basketball game to keep them in Looney Land or, if the aliens win, to make them leave forever. The challenge goes out, the aliens from Moron Mountain accept it, find out what basketball is and turn into a huge, tall, "monster dream team." Enter Michael Jordan. The aliens find a way to become super-talented in slam dunking and all spectacular aspects of NBA action (much to the dismay of some NBA superstars) and the game begins. Although the Looney Tune characters are not good at basketball, it is a sight to behold. Tweety Bird and Grandma, Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner, even Yosemite Sam all contribute to this memorable game of all time. And who wins? Not Michael Jordan as you might expect, but someone who is not even a cartoon character.
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I thought Space Jam was a pretty good movie. What I liked the most were the NBA players with lost talent; they created some good gags. But why would we want to see the warty rear end of a Monstar with his pants pulled down? That was stupid. Overall though, it was okay. 6½ out of 10. Jill, age 13 Frankly, I was surprised by all the rave reviews from Christians about Space Jam. No one mentioned the robbing of abilities for personal profit, the demonic faces the so-called innocent aliens took on or the amazing transformation attained by these same aliens into super-beings. As Johanna Michelson said in Like Lambs to the Slaughter, Satan is working on a pre-evangelistic campaign to lure our children to his ways. Space Jam is another example of this very thing. We don't watch Power
Rangers because of these miraculous changes available to mere humans. After reading your reviews of Space Jam, I thought it would be an acceptable movie. Needless to say, I was grieved to see what so many have deemed acceptable. As Christians, we need to wake up and see what is happening to our childrens' minds. When Satan comes disquised as an angel of light, will our offspring recognize him for what he is? I am afraid with movies like Space Jam, they will welcome him with open arms - because they have been watching it on TV for so many years. We saw "Space Jam" and it was awesome and spectactular. We liked
the Looney Tune characters and their personalities, the aliens, and
of course, Michael Jordan. Only one of us remembers the word "hell"
being used once. We would not recommend this movie for very small
children because of how the aliens went into the players body. Also,
they went to a fortune teller and that wasn't good. Great movie, a lot fun for the whole family. |
