I was born in the 2000s but spacejam is my favourite movie of all time and still feels nostalgic to me even if I never saw it on release so when I saw spacejam 2 was out I dragged my best friend to come and see it with me. After watching it I felt almost empty I thought I was missing something. so I went again.
that's when it occurred to me. space jam a new legacy isn't a movie based off of an advert like its predecessor, its an advert based off of a movie. we spend half the movie getting other Warner brothers franchises thrown in our face to the point where its more time than they get to play basketball which is the whole point of the movie. I don't mind when there are cross franchise cameos, sometimes they work really well but putting pennywise and the gang from a clockwork orange in a children's movie? not this. the goon squad is a lazy attempt at being cooler than the monstars the idea if them is really cool but the monstars had character and felt different from one another but the goon squad just felt like Warner bros put some super powers and animals together and expected everyone to go oooo spooky villains that look cool. one of the is literally called something like wet hot WET HOT is the best they could do. to be fair I did like the little bits of water he left on the camera but other than that the goon squad isn't it I'm sorry.
I would like to take a moment to thank Don Cheadle and idk if I spelt his name right but his role in Al G. rhythm is great and he had an amazing performance.
this movie was made to sell. it has so much merch and yes I do have the space jam converse but that's against the point. nothing in this movie felt genuine it just felt like Warner bros bringing back a movie that so many people love just to sell. this movie makes me feel like lady gaga when she told caitlin jenner she switched batistas.