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It's a bit disappointing, I'm sorry to say. It's just not as funny as it looks. I went to the movie with the whole family and, despite loving Road Runner, it fe

by glimshe 1mo ago

It's a bit disappointing, I'm sorry to say. It's just not as funny as it looks. I went to the movie with the whole family and, despite loving Road Runner, it felt repetitive and stale. Not too bad, but not great either. If you lower your expectations you may enjoy it more than we did.

steve_gh 1mo ago
Went to see it with family last night. We loved it.
- laddershoe 1mo ago
  I'd love to take my kids (ages 7-11) but they didn't grow up with the cartoons. Will they still find it entertaining?
  - close04 1mo ago
    > Will they still find it entertaining? Only one way to find out.
  - hundt 1mo ago
    I took my 7- and 10-year old and they enjoyed it, especially the 10yo. We watched a couple hours of Looney Tunes compilations on YouTube the day before to introduce them to the characters.
  - xrd 1mo ago
    My kids (9 yr old girl, 11 y/o girl, 13 y/o boy) said it was the best movie they have ever seen. They are not super familiar with Looney Tunes. It isn't uncommon that they would see something and immediately it becomes their favorite movie, but the discussions afterward were different. I loved it (52 y/o dad). I've been fascinated by it since hearing a few years ago about the tax write off situation. A bit of extra context: since seeing MacGruber, I want to see anything with Will Forte (I know that's misguided, but I can't help it).
    - ButlerianJihad 1mo ago
      Here you go: Will Forte on Studio C https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVpxD1HlmJ9bjg-IbceIVOul-nZt1dUC&si=cY4UoN2Hb_aeC8vR https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVpxD1HlmJ9bjg-IbceIVOul...
    - wredcoll 1mo ago
      Wait, are you implying you enjoyed macgruber??
      - xrd 1mo ago
        I LOVE MacGruber. And, I'm not afraid to be public about it. I know it is silly and the jokes are juvenile. But, he is so fully in the character for the entire movie, and it is a joy to watch.
        wredcoll 1mo ago
        I loved macgyver growing up (unusual I know) and I found macgruber just incredibly mean spirited, like, it wasn't a parody that loved its source material and audience, it felt like it hated it.
        xrd 1mo ago
        I never really thought it was a parody of that show. The name is similar, but did not feel like it attempted to parody it in any other way.
        wredcoll 1mo ago
        I am so incredibly confused. Literally the first line of wikipedia: > MacGruber is a 2010 American action comedy film based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, which itself was a parody of action-adventure television series MacGyver. How did you think this was some kind of independent original thing???
  - Doctor_Fegg 1mo ago
    My 10-year old loved it. I'd shown him a few Road Runner cartoons on YouTube beforehand.
  - mandevil 1mo ago
    My kid (9yo) had seen a couple of Roadrunner cartoons on Youtube, no more than that. e.g. I don't think he's ever seen a Sylvester-Tweety cartoon. It didn't matter, he enjoyed the movie a lot. Beyond the very basics of Coyote and Roadrunner, which everyone picks up very quickly- and if you don't they do a great modern version in the opening minutes to bring you up to speed- the movie doesn't need deep knowledge of the WB cartoon universe. It's not like the MCU that way. And the fact that it reinforced a message his mom and I have been trying to teach him (about the importance of not letting failure keep you from trying again) was a bonus for us.
  - sanderjd 1mo ago
    My five year old who has never seen a Looney tunes cartoon thought it was hilarious. (It made me think he'd probably love actual Looney tunes cartoons!)
  - mapotofu 1mo ago
    They will be entertained. I laughed harder than my 6 year old, he enjoyed it and probably also enjoyed seeing dad splitting sides. I think for your range they’ll understand and like it more. YMMV
troupo 1mo ago
I feel like all Looney Tunes movies are that: not too funny and drawn out. A complete aside: nothing wrong with that. A forgettable afternoon entertainment is also fine. And it ahouldn't be delegated to Illumination near-monopoly on it.
fortyseven 1mo ago
It's just might be the first negative word I've heard about it. I saw it opening weekend and it was a blast. Not groundbreaking, Roger Rabbit style, but a strangely wholesome, funny flick.
pizza234 1mo ago
I personally liked it a lot (although I don't think it's "great" either), because I find it very funny to see cartoon characters in roles that are far from their canon. I've even found moving the scene where Wiley shows the value of persistence.
- jolt42 1mo ago
  The Looney Toons Show from 2011 - I thought the same about role changes, but the show is an absolute gem, at least the second season when they got the characters to gel.
negzero7 1mo ago
It was a good popcorn movie. My family and I loved it and thought it was funny. The story line itself was predictable and repetitive as you said but the throwbacks, cameos, and nostalgia was very fun.
dragonfax 1mo ago
Loved it myself. Brought a friend that grew up on Looney Tunes and he had a blast. Couldn't stop laughing the whole time. It's pretty much constant jokes except for a few emotional bits that actually work, surprisingly.
EGreg 1mo ago
Saw it the other evening and I have to agree. The plot is — lame and inconsistent? I would recommend “who framed Roger Rabbit” over this.
AnimalMuppet 1mo ago
I thought it was reasonably good. A few moments were laugh-out-loud, a few were touching, a few surprise reveals, a few plot holes. Worth watching once, but not spectacular. But not worth watching in a theater. The big turn-off to me wasn't the movie itself. (Yeah, this is going a bit off topic.) I got in the theater ten minutes early. Eight minutes before the start time, they started showing ads for popcorn and soda. Ad after ad after ad after ad. Those ads continued until twenty five minutes after the scheduled start time. Total ads: thirty three minutes. Attached to a movie that I paid for. If theaters wonder why people don't go to movies any more, that's why. Or at least, it's a big part.
- cultofmetatron 1mo ago
  the price for movie tickets in america are insane too. I went to see the odyssey in malaysia. It was less than half the price for an equivalent experience.
- ViktorRay 1mo ago
  For me I actually like seeing trailers before the movies. Personally I feel like the trailers are part of the experience and I can’t help but feel some disappointment when a movie starts with no trailers in front of it.
  - qingcharles 1mo ago
    It's not the trailers most people are mad about, but ads for products that they stick before the trailers even.
  - skeeter2020 1mo ago
    Trailers have been a big part of the movie-going experience as long as I've gone to theatres. Coca-cola, Ford and Government of Canada ads? Not so much.
    - Hugsbox 1mo ago
      Exactly this... when I was a kid it was all movie trailers, now they play the same fucking ads I get on youtube.
jolt42 1mo ago
I didn't find the original R.R. particularly funny like the other Looney characters, I was more drawn in by the cleverness or "what is going to happen next?".

by glimshe 1mo ago

steve_gh 1mo ago

Went to see it with family last night. We loved it.

laddershoe 1mo ago
I'd love to take my kids (ages 7-11) but they didn't grow up with the cartoons. Will they still find it entertaining?
- close04 1mo ago
  > Will they still find it entertaining? Only one way to find out.
- hundt 1mo ago
  I took my 7- and 10-year old and they enjoyed it, especially the 10yo. We watched a couple hours of Looney Tunes compilations on YouTube the day before to introduce them to the characters.
- xrd 1mo ago
  My kids (9 yr old girl, 11 y/o girl, 13 y/o boy) said it was the best movie they have ever seen. They are not super familiar with Looney Tunes. It isn't uncommon that they would see something and immediately it becomes their favorite movie, but the discussions afterward were different. I loved it (52 y/o dad). I've been fascinated by it since hearing a few years ago about the tax write off situation. A bit of extra context: since seeing MacGruber, I want to see anything with Will Forte (I know that's misguided, but I can't help it).
  - ButlerianJihad 1mo ago
    Here you go: Will Forte on Studio C https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVpxD1HlmJ9bjg-IbceIVOul-nZt1dUC&si=cY4UoN2Hb_aeC8vR https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVpxD1HlmJ9bjg-IbceIVOul...
  - wredcoll 1mo ago
    Wait, are you implying you enjoyed macgruber??
    - xrd 1mo ago
      I LOVE MacGruber. And, I'm not afraid to be public about it. I know it is silly and the jokes are juvenile. But, he is so fully in the character for the entire movie, and it is a joy to watch.
      - wredcoll 1mo ago
        I loved macgyver growing up (unusual I know) and I found macgruber just incredibly mean spirited, like, it wasn't a parody that loved its source material and audience, it felt like it hated it.
        xrd 1mo ago
        I never really thought it was a parody of that show. The name is similar, but did not feel like it attempted to parody it in any other way.
        wredcoll 1mo ago
        I am so incredibly confused. Literally the first line of wikipedia: > MacGruber is a 2010 American action comedy film based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, which itself was a parody of action-adventure television series MacGyver. How did you think this was some kind of independent original thing???
- Doctor_Fegg 1mo ago
  My 10-year old loved it. I'd shown him a few Road Runner cartoons on YouTube beforehand.
- mandevil 1mo ago
  My kid (9yo) had seen a couple of Roadrunner cartoons on Youtube, no more than that. e.g. I don't think he's ever seen a Sylvester-Tweety cartoon. It didn't matter, he enjoyed the movie a lot. Beyond the very basics of Coyote and Roadrunner, which everyone picks up very quickly- and if you don't they do a great modern version in the opening minutes to bring you up to speed- the movie doesn't need deep knowledge of the WB cartoon universe. It's not like the MCU that way. And the fact that it reinforced a message his mom and I have been trying to teach him (about the importance of not letting failure keep you from trying again) was a bonus for us.
- sanderjd 1mo ago
  My five year old who has never seen a Looney tunes cartoon thought it was hilarious. (It made me think he'd probably love actual Looney tunes cartoons!)
- mapotofu 1mo ago
  They will be entertained. I laughed harder than my 6 year old, he enjoyed it and probably also enjoyed seeing dad splitting sides. I think for your range they’ll understand and like it more. YMMV

troupo 1mo ago

I feel like all Looney Tunes movies are that: not too funny and drawn out. A complete aside: nothing wrong with that. A forgettable afternoon entertainment is also fine. And it ahouldn't be delegated to Illumination near-monopoly on it.

fortyseven 1mo ago

It's just might be the first negative word I've heard about it. I saw it opening weekend and it was a blast. Not groundbreaking, Roger Rabbit style, but a strangely wholesome, funny flick.

pizza234 1mo ago

I personally liked it a lot (although I don't think it's "great" either), because I find it very funny to see cartoon characters in roles that are far from their canon. I've even found moving the scene where Wiley shows the value of persistence.

jolt42 1mo ago
The Looney Toons Show from 2011 - I thought the same about role changes, but the show is an absolute gem, at least the second season when they got the characters to gel.

negzero7 1mo ago

It was a good popcorn movie. My family and I loved it and thought it was funny. The story line itself was predictable and repetitive as you said but the throwbacks, cameos, and nostalgia was very fun.

dragonfax 1mo ago

Loved it myself. Brought a friend that grew up on Looney Tunes and he had a blast. Couldn't stop laughing the whole time. It's pretty much constant jokes except for a few emotional bits that actually work, surprisingly.

EGreg 1mo ago

Saw it the other evening and I have to agree. The plot is — lame and inconsistent? I would recommend “who framed Roger Rabbit” over this.

AnimalMuppet 1mo ago

I thought it was reasonably good. A few moments were laugh-out-loud, a few were touching, a few surprise reveals, a few plot holes. Worth watching once, but not spectacular. But not worth watching in a theater. The big turn-off to me wasn't the movie itself. (Yeah, this is going a bit off topic.) I got in the theater ten minutes early. Eight minutes before the start time, they started showing ads for popcorn and soda. Ad after ad after ad after ad. Those ads continued until twenty five minutes after the scheduled start time. Total ads: thirty three minutes. Attached to a movie that I paid for. If theaters wonder why people don't go to movies any more, that's why. Or at least, it's a big part.

cultofmetatron 1mo ago
the price for movie tickets in america are insane too. I went to see the odyssey in malaysia. It was less than half the price for an equivalent experience.
ViktorRay 1mo ago
For me I actually like seeing trailers before the movies. Personally I feel like the trailers are part of the experience and I can’t help but feel some disappointment when a movie starts with no trailers in front of it.
- qingcharles 1mo ago
  It's not the trailers most people are mad about, but ads for products that they stick before the trailers even.
- skeeter2020 1mo ago
  Trailers have been a big part of the movie-going experience as long as I've gone to theatres. Coca-cola, Ford and Government of Canada ads? Not so much.
  - Hugsbox 1mo ago
    Exactly this... when I was a kid it was all movie trailers, now they play the same fucking ads I get on youtube.

jolt42 1mo ago

I didn't find the original R.R. particularly funny like the other Looney characters, I was more drawn in by the cleverness or "what is going to happen next?".