Was it hated? I can't say how much I remember of it outside of spy girl in a leather catsuit and Brendan Fraser (main character) punching Brendan Fraser (as himself)
I think it was due the stigma that cartoons, especially 2D cartoons, are "just for kids." It's been plaguing the medium for decades. Thus adults don't go to see the film, and families are put off by the content that's not squeaky clean. (As though the Looney Tunes haven't always been full of risqué humor that flies over the heads of younger viewers.)
I hate this with a passion. This is a bit off topic but who thought 3d animation=also for adults while saying 2d is for kids? It's what has turned me off of western animation for the longest time, way before all the woke crap.
Only recently have I started catching up(I really enjoyed Megamind for example), I entirely disregarded it cuz I don't like the look. Not all look shit but especially the early ones? Look like plastic. Which might work for toys in toy story 1 but not for the human in it. The jokes in 3d animation I feel got a lot sillier than something seen in say Mulan, although that might be because all movies nowadays aren't as funny as movies used to.
As in, they were fine movies and rather liked by anyone who saw them, but a handful of people have been spamming that they are GOD AWFUL IRREDEEMABLE GARBAGE for a while to the point where people just assume it must be true.
Like, Space Jam was a fucking masterpiece for its target audience and filled with incredible good for anyone else. Jordan's acting wasn't even that bad. But people love to scream about how it was this god awful movie that everyone knew was awful and had no redeeming qualities (except Lola, sometimes).
Honestly, I give the 93 Mario Bros credit just for the sheer level of creativity and clear effort that went into it. Its probably the epitome of "would be heralded as great if it was original, but because its an adaptation its terrible." I don't think any part of it could ever be a good Mario movie (minus the casting of the two bros), but without the label it would sit aside a lot of other sci-fi dystopian cult classics.
Why is that movie so hated? It wasn't great, no, but Space Jam: A New Legacy was FAR worse.
Was it hated? I can't say how much I remember of it outside of spy girl in a leather catsuit and Brendan Fraser (main character) punching Brendan Fraser (as himself)
It certainly bombed really hard at the time.
I think it was due the stigma that cartoons, especially 2D cartoons, are "just for kids." It's been plaguing the medium for decades. Thus adults don't go to see the film, and families are put off by the content that's not squeaky clean. (As though the Looney Tunes haven't always been full of risqué humor that flies over the heads of younger viewers.)
I hate this with a passion. This is a bit off topic but who thought 3d animation=also for adults while saying 2d is for kids? It's what has turned me off of western animation for the longest time, way before all the woke crap.
Only recently have I started catching up(I really enjoyed Megamind for example), I entirely disregarded it cuz I don't like the look. Not all look shit but especially the early ones? Look like plastic. Which might work for toys in toy story 1 but not for the human in it. The jokes in 3d animation I feel got a lot sillier than something seen in say Mulan, although that might be because all movies nowadays aren't as funny as movies used to.
was it hated? I fucking loved that movie as a kid. it still holds up for a nostalgic movie as an adult.
A lot of movies have what I call "meme hatred."
As in, they were fine movies and rather liked by anyone who saw them, but a handful of people have been spamming that they are GOD AWFUL IRREDEEMABLE GARBAGE for a while to the point where people just assume it must be true.
Like, Space Jam was a fucking masterpiece for its target audience and filled with incredible good for anyone else. Jordan's acting wasn't even that bad. But people love to scream about how it was this god awful movie that everyone knew was awful and had no redeeming qualities (except Lola, sometimes).
I'm the same way with the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.
It's my favorite guilty-pleasure movie of all time.
I still maintain that, with a couple of changes, it could have been genuinely GOOD.
And yeah, the original Space Jam was a lot of fun--in fact, it's my second-favorite guilty pleasure movie.
Honestly, I give the 93 Mario Bros credit just for the sheer level of creativity and clear effort that went into it. Its probably the epitome of "would be heralded as great if it was original, but because its an adaptation its terrible." I don't think any part of it could ever be a good Mario movie (minus the casting of the two bros), but without the label it would sit aside a lot of other sci-fi dystopian cult classics.