Space Jam, a look akin to vaping rancid butter crossed Joe Dante’s (
Looney Tunes Back in Action) face. Then he answered my question with a question of his own: “Have you seen it?” It’s with more than a little outrage that I report that the original is
Fantasia compared to the CG throttling Bugs and the gang receive in this belated sequel. “Athletes acting never goes well,” LeBron James winkingly observes. Though he holds his own against the squash-and-stretch horde, the biggest laugh in the film goes to an appearance by Michael Jordan. Unlike their high-minded counterparts at Disney, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies seldom sent kids packing with a moral to ponder. Better to pile on more animated mayhem than dwell on the soppy live-action exchanges between James and a fictional son who would rather compete in a video game competition than go to basketball camp. The drawings are cold and brittle, the voice work even less appealing. (Couldn’t they afford Billy West?) R
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Ah, the drive-in movie theater. Let me tell you about Tompkins Countyâs drive-in history.
The Lakes Car Drive-In was located at 1645 Trumansburg Road. Originally called The Lakes Car Theatre, it opened on July 2, 1957 with âThat Certain Feeling,â starring Bob Hope, and Charlton Heston in âThree Violent People.â It began screening more adult movies on June 14, 1972, when it was renamed The Lakes Car Drive-In. I remember seeing family fare when I was a kid, particularly âWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory;â the nightmare boat sequence scared the dog out of me, sitting in the back seat of the family Rambler. I also recall the first time I heard cussing in a movie, when my dad took my brother Anthony and me to see âPattonâ at the drive-in when my mom was out of town. It closed in 1987 when the screen was struck by lightning.Â