By Nick Nitkowski

As I’m sure many of you know, “Coyote vs. Acme” is one of many films that Warner Bros chose to axe and throw away for a tax write-off after their merger with Discovery. They did this with this film as well as the “Batgirl” movie for DC and a sequel to the animated film “Scoob!”, that was practically finished. That is until an entertainment studio known as Ketchup Entertainment swooped in and saved not only “Coyote vs Acme” from the eternal abyss, but also another Looney Tunes film called “The Day the Earth Blew Up” which I found to be hilarious and very enjoyable. Now it’s finally time to see another film that the studio thought wasn’t worth anything more than a tax write-off. 

“Coyote vs. Acme” is a court case film focusing on one particular Looney Tune, Wile E. Coyote who has tried for decades to catch the elusive Road Runner by using Acme brand items that have always malfunctioned in some way when used. Fed up with this onslaught of failure, Wile E. Coyote hires a lawyer from a billboard to take on and sue the Acme corporation for their defective products.

I had been looking forward to seeing this movie for a long time, especially knowing that Warner Brothers tried to terminate it and keep it from being seen by the public. Now that I have finally seen it for myself, I can finally give my thoughts on the film. I personally think that “Coyote vs. Acme” was a good film with a few odd choices, but with the overall experience veering into the positive region. 

The odd choice in particular was the choice of animation style. If you’ve seen movies like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, or even “Space Jam” or “Looney Tunes: Back in Action”, you’ll notice that the settings in those films are predominantly real-world environments being shared with cartoon characters and objects. That’s this same environment utilized in this movie, but with one glaring difference; the cartoon characters are visibly 3D animated and made to look 2D-ish. I know that we live in a time where all animation is mostly 3D and very few utilize hand-drawn 2D animation like in the good ol’ days, but the 3D animation for these well-known and well-established characters looked a little bit off to me personally. I think it should have been more 2D style and less 3D style like in the previous Looney Tunes movies I just mentioned. It was a little hard for me to ignore, but if you can get past it, it may not bother you as much as it did me.

The story was fun and well executed. It’s a very different environment from what we’d expect to see the Looney Tunes in. But then again, I never expected to see them in trash like “Space Jace: A New Legacy” either, so there is that. I’m starting to think that WB doesn’t have as much respect for their own IP as they should. Anyway, back on track, you don’t expect to see the Looney Tunes in a courtroom undergoing legal proceedings to take on a giant corporate entity. I also didn’t expect it to work as well as it did. It still has humor woven in, both verbal and slapstick. I definitely laughed on more than one occasion. 

Overall, “Coyote vs. Acme” was an enjoyable and unique addition to the world of Looney Tunes. One that provides humor and has a very unique message that audiences will soon be given a chance to act on. Warner Brothers tried to kill this movie because they didn’t see the value in it. That thought wasn’t worth anything more than a tax write-off, but this is a unique opportunity for audiences to face this particular corporate giant and show them how wrong they were for attempting to terminate this movie. I highly recommend everyone to go support “Coyote vs. Acme” when it releases in theaters later this month. This is the perfect movie to prove Warner Brothers wrong with that. we, the audience, can take on Warner Brothers and show them that the audience can decide if a movie has value or not. I would love to see “Coyote vs. Acme” become a real-life success story.

🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 stars