For those who didn't see LT: BIA when it was in theaters...

[Brandon Pierce]

... and now it's on video/DVD, what are your comments on the film. I write this because I believe there were at least 3 people here who didn't get the chance to see it in theaters. So what were your opinions.

BTW, there were some *flaws* in the film I just noticed:

-Bugs doesn't have the Groucho Marx glasses on, until the camera gets a close-up on him.

-When Brenden Fraser gets into the Pizza Car, he rolls up the window so Daffy can't get it, but in the next shot when Brenden Fraser drives out of the garage, the window is rolled back down!

-Jenna Elfman, Bugs, and Daffy, are standing closer to the Area 52 jello entrance much closer than they are in the previous shot when Brenden Fraser entered.

A few other things I noticed....
-A former "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?" cast member actually has a cameo in the movie! Archie Hahn who was on "Whose Line?" way back in 1992,before he was banished for disobeying Improv rules. In this movie, Archie plays the stunt director that fires Brenden Fraser (he's sitting next too Crusher).

-Why are Bugs and Daffy worried about the guard seeing them take a picture of the Mona Lisa? It isn't illegal to take a picture of the Mona Lisa!

-After watching the deleted scenes, I realized, that a lot of stuff featured in the PS2 video game (the Tweetyasaurus for example) were inspired from deleted scenes in the movie!

-in one of the Behind-theTunes programs, they show a guy voicing Daffy, and we all know Daffy's voice was done by Joe Alaskey. But, the man they show voicing Daffy is most certainly not Joe Alaskey! What the...?

[J. B. Warner]

Don't have it yet, though my dad promised he'll order it from amazon.com pretty soon (like within a week). Very much looking forward to it, despite what my local paper said in their review of the DVD (they claim that the movie is lousy, but worth buying to see "Whizzard of Ow", which they claim is as funny as any cartoon made in "the 50s or 60s" and stays true to the Road Runner formula...idiots).

Only thing that weirds me out right now - why are the TV ads referring to it as "Looney Tunes: Back in Action - The Movie"? It's not like there's any other version of it (aside from the PS2 game).

[Killtacular]

-in one of the Behind-theTunes programs, they show a guy voicing Daffy, and we all know Daffy's voice was done by Joe Alaskey. But, the man they show voicing Daffy is most certainly not Joe Alaskey! What the...?
Jeff Bennett was originally going to voice Daffy, but this changed. Supposedly Bennett's Daffy is really good too. I'd have to hear it in action though. The man's got lots of range.

[Banned Bunny]

While maybe not illegal, taking pictures in museums is frequently against the rules. Flash photography is forbidden in particular, to avoid sending any unnecessary photons into the work of art.

[Emmanuel Cruz]

I never watched the movie in the theaters. (Maybe because I never go to them.) But I managed to see a little of the movie, and I've decided to buy it. I heard that it was a pretty good movie, and gold compared to "Space Jam."

I was on the IMDB today, and I checked how much dough the film made at the box-office. A little more than 20 million dollars. Wow.:(

-Emmanuel:bosko:

[Daniel P]

(they claim that the movie is lousy, but worth buying to see "Whizzard of Ow", which they claim is as funny as any cartoon made in "the 50s or 60s" and stays true to the Road Runner formula...idiots).Hahaha. That's hilarious. The 1960's Rudy Larriva Road Runners are better than "Whizzard of Ow"...


Only thing that weirds me out right now - why are the TV ads referring to it as "Looney Tunes: Back in Action - The Movie"? It's not like there's any other version of it (aside from the PS2 game).I found that confusing too. Maybe they are trying to attract Lola Bunny pajama-wearing people who were big fans of "Space Jam" but not the actual Looney Tunes and by adding "The Movie" as a subtitle, they'd think they were buying something just like "Space Jam."


-Dan

[Chris Wood]

Only thing that weirds me out right now - why are the TV ads referring to it as "Looney Tunes: Back in Action - The Movie"? It's not like there's any other version of it (aside from the PS2 game).
That's pretty simple. Many kids theatrical features have "movie" attached to the title. It's so when parents (and others) see it on the shelf at Blockbuster or Best Buy they know it is an actual big budget film, and not just your usual TV show.

Another example would be Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I just recently watched Back in Action on DVD (I missed it when it was in the theaters). I didn't have any high expectations for it, but I must say I was still disappointed with the movie. There were a few funny bits with the Warner characters here and there, and Daffy did get to act like the old duck he used to be (such as emerging from the glove box of the very car he was just thrown out of) but overall I thought the film was rather dull.

The biggest surprise to me was that I found Steve Martin's bizarre portrayal of the head of the Acme Corp. to be the funniest part of the movie. (From the commercials I saw, I assumed his overacting would get on my nerves after awhile.) Jenna Elfman was the worst element of the film. (Maybe she would have been better if most of her scenes were not deleted.) I knew the plot of the movie would be rather stupid, but I didn't think it would be so dull, either.

The biggest disappointment by far was the animation. I was surprised by this because I had such faith in animation director Eric Goldberg (who did the best segments of Fantasia 2000). But the animation seemed rushed, while the characters (especially Daffy) were sometimes drawn and animated in this angular style which reminded me of Disney Films like Emporer's New Groove. The animators tried to do some exaggerated animation and takes now and then, but they seemed to miss the mark, such as when Bugs does that weird "take" when the spy car is about to crash (before it runs out of gas). He looks like a Big Daddy Roth drawing, his expression is not like something one of the animators from Termite Terrace would have drawn it.

The only scene that impressed me was when Bugs and Daffy kicked Elmer while performing the Can-Can in the Toulouse-Lautrec poster in the art museum. The animation in that scene was the best of the movie. Another strange thing I noticed was that in some scenes the characters seem to have been animated with computer and then cel-shaded. Specifically, Nasty Canasta when he was fighting Brendon Frasier in Yosemite Sam's casino. Canasta, in some quick shots had that 3-d look of a Macy's Thankgiving day parade balloon, and he was animated in a stiff, awkward way, like the way characters in videogames are animated.

[Osmosis Jones]

I believe the reason they added "the movie", is because the movie bombed at the box office. So no one really knows it's a movie, or a theatrical one no less. Some people may believe that it's a collection of old cartoons. I told friends of mine, after seeing it, how great it was, and some people didn't even know it existed, because the advertising campaign for the movie was so bad. So as a result it became, "the movie".

[Toss]

I didn't get to see it at the theatres thanks to my 'rents. Is it really worth seeing on video, or is it just one of those movies you have to see in the theatres to appreciate, like the Emperor's New Groove?