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Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas

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I disagree with a lot of reviewers. I thought this was a great Looney Tunes film! It was just all so cute! Daffy happens to be one my favorite characters, and he was great as the role of good ole Scrooge. ^_^

There have been so many times these past few years, where Warner Brothers has tried to revamp its Looney Tunes lineup, to appeal to a younger generation. Unfortunately, that has failed miserably with last year's WB cartoon series Loonatics, and the movie Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Although myself as being a die hard fan of the animated gems, I've never seen the looney lost. Recebtly, Warner Brother brought the classics back in style with their fourth volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, which definitely appeals to die hard fans of Bugs, Daffy, and all those funny characters. Now, a straight to video parody of a favorite holiday movie comes to home video.

Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, is a delightful, and silly take on Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. In the story, Daffy, plays as the manager of a department store called Lucky Duck, where he acts as if he is Scroogy against Porky Pig, and his other co-workers. In the film, Daffy is visited by spirits, each filled with humor from Granny & Tweety as the ghosts of the past, who show how saddened Daffy is, without having a family of his own, and gets lost in the shuffle from even being adopted in a orphanage, to the wild and wooly Tazmanian Devil, the fright of the future who is goofy as he debuted over 50 years ago. For Daffy, he has the real ego, and humpor to play a better animated Scrooge, than Scrooge McDuck did in Disney's Mickey's Christmas Carol years ago. The DVD has a great deal of humor, but it is sadly a bit too short for die hard Looney Tunes fanatics.

All in all, I just wish a bit more could've been added to Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes christmas. Still, it is one of the best original holiday movies I've seen within the past several years. If you haven't seen the Looney Tunes classics of the past, you might not consider this as a must buy. I loved watching this recently on Cartoon Network, and it was looney laughter.

Movie: B-

Extras: C

Price: B 1/2-

Overall: B-

My 5 year old granddaughter loves this movie - she can watch it over and over. I have to say that I found it very enjoyable also. I definitely give it a 5 star rating!!!

When you've got a mere 46 minutes to tell a highly condensed version of a classic Xmas story then it's obviously a good idea to cram as much story in there are possible and try your hardest to create a cosy, Xmas atmosphere. There's not much of that to be had in Bah Humduck! Cartoon writers have been milking the Christmas Carol goat for years. Modern spins on the story rarely work (Scrooged being a meta-fictional exception) and Bah Humduck distances itself from the source material so much that it is barely recognizable. Daffy stars as the boss of a huge department store who loves exploiting people in order to make many Xmas dollars. The Ebeneezer Scrooge story is shoehorned into this setting, but the colour schemes are far too high key and bright to evoke a true Xmas feel. Almost the entire feature is set inside this bland environment.

Far too much time is given to hijinks utterly void of comic timing. The first 11 minutes, which establish Daffy as a bad boss, are really nothing but him flying across the screen and smashing into various things. It's not funny in the slightest.

I feel that the people who made this were only interested in churning out a quick, easy product and had no interest in making it something special. A Charlie Brown Christmas [Blu-ray] was half the length and has been consistently popular for well over forty years. Bah Humduck will disappear without a trace.

Very disappointed by the movie. The commodification of the Tiny Tim character was saddening. I understand that Death is not an easy subject to deal with, particularly with young audiences. But to reduce the character to "I'm very thoughtful, but am entirely satisfied by pointless consumer goods" is ridiculous. There must have been some other way to deal with that aspect of the story. After all, Dickens was arguing for humanity and the importance of relationships over material. This movie seems keen to cash in on a piece of Christmas tradition, while grossly distorting it. My children will not be watching this again.

The animation in this movie is fairly solid. The voice work is also fairly solid. The writing, pacing, etc., is mediocre. At 46 minutes, this movie feels both slowly paced and rushed at the same time. The story has virtually no excitement and has none of the trademark "Looney Tunes" zany humor. Even the moments which are supposed to be "touching" fall flat because the viewer has no connection with the characters or storyline. You are dropped into the world of Daffy Duck, greedy store owner, without much logic or explanation. Bugs Bunny pays Daffy a visit and says, "You know that bad things happen to people that hate Christmas!" Bugs then warns Daffy that ghosts could be paying him a visit soon. No other details are given about why ghosts are visiting Daffy. The ghosts visit Daffy for about five minutes each. Daffy is quickly repentant and treats his employees better. The whole premise feels pretty half-baked because Daffy is never shown doing anything that harsh to his employees. When the ghosts come to him and he repents, he says calmly, "I would like a second chance." In the original story, Scrooge is absolutely at the breaking point before he repents and turns from his greedy ways. With Daffy, you have a feeling he is simply inconvenienced by the ghosts bothering him, and would just like to get a good night's sleep. Daffy doesn't do that much to redeem himself after he reforms, and still doesn't seem to be that benevolent at the end. So we are left with a "Christmas Carol" that misses virtually every opportunity for an emotional connection with the audience (which is what this story usually does best). This movie had a lot of potential but the execution was mediocre at best.

This was absolutely hilarious. All of the classic Looney Tunes characters were rolled into a modern spin of the "Scrooge" story. I laughed from beginning to end. Great fun!

This is a very cute, fun, new WB film, that has all the greats at it in their own Looney Tunes version of "A Christmas Carol", "Scrooge", or "Scrooged", and it is very cute and a lot of fun, with the always funny Daffy Duck as Ebenezer Scrooge!

A good one for family and holidays, for kids, and for those like me who just love cartoons!!

It's a little weird to see Daffy rather than Scrooge McDuck playing the part of a Scrooge, but Daffy proves to be even more of a greedy curmudgeon than his uncle ever was. As the head of a huge department store, Daffy is rolling in the Christmas profits while his employees work multiple overtimes and suffer Daffy's tyrannical abuse and endless demands. He refuses Marvin the Martian's request for time off to visit his Martian family, has no pity for Elmer Fudd's thirty-something triple shifts in a row, and he won't even let his assistant assistant Manager Porky have Christmas off to spend with his daughter Priscilla. Clearly, this looks like a job for Bugs Bunny, who does indeed show up to give Daffy the business and to set the stage for several ghostly visitors determined to show Daffy the error of his ways.

Virtually all of the Looney Tunes characters are represented here. I was especially pleased to see Speedy Gonzalez, as he has been the victim of much censorship as of late, and I must say that Yosemite Sam makes a most memorable Ghost of Christmas Present. Admittedly, Daffy's transformation is a little lacking in depth and sincerity, but I still found elements of the ending quite touching, especially Priscilla's interactions with Daffy. Thus, I do believe this latest Looney Tunes adaptation of A Christmas Carol does communicate the main theme of Dickens' story - and it does so in an atmosphere of great humor. I think young and old fans alike will find Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas quite entertaining.

I did not watch this one, but the kids did and they picked this one out. They seemed to enjoy watching it.