Masterful Cinema

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I honestly think this deserved an Academy Award win but however, Birds Anonymous, one of my favorites, deserved its Oscar win. This short is very good in multiple ways. In six minutes, it manages to cover a plot, an opera parody and much more. As Warner Bros. Cartoons was entering its last few years as the original studio, this short was made. Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese, Abe Levitow and Maurice Noble's working of the short allows this film to receive a 10 in my book.

This is my most favorite cartoon of all time. This was the first operatic cartoon I ever seen and I love the whole thing. I sing both parts Every time I see it. As I know it word for word. This cartoon like many other Bugs vs Elmer cartoon contains many things like cross dressing and Elmer falling for it. Now the HUGE WHITE HORSE seen in this cartoon has another appearance in a banned cartoon Herr Hare a 40's NAZI Propaganda cartoon. Same song plays in both. And it has the best punchline of any cartoon: "What did you expect from an Opera, a happy ending?" based on the stereotypical opera where most of them end sad.This is based on Siegfried and Broomhilda (Brünnhilde) love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_(opera). (If I recall correctly) and that this was the whole premise of the scene. Because of this cartoon every time I hear "The Flight of the Valkyries" By Wagner I sing, "Kill da wabbit, Kill the Wabbit Kill the WABBIT!" and that is because it reminds me of this cartoon.There has not been any cartoon that has come close to the favoring I have for "What's Opera Doc?" Nor will there ever be. If you haven't seen this cartoon I suggest you do it is great.

This is one of the most famous of these 7-minute Looney Toon cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the gang. However, we only have Bugs and his opponent Elmer Fudd in here. Fudd, as always, wants to have a rabbit meal, but it's not happening once again. Instead he (as Siegfried) falls in love with bugs as Brunhilde. It was a decent cartoon. I don't see it as epic as many do, but I guess its appreciation mostly comes through the fact that it is so different than the hundreds (maybe thousands) of other cartoons from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Opera is not exactly a subject that was used very frequently, if at all. They did not even shy away from an unhappy ending this time, just because it's always the case in opera. Oh well.. Bugs explained it, so he was alive which means he was playing a role and so was Elmer Fudd for the entire time. Oh wait, maybe they always do? The director is Chuck Jones, the writer is Michael Maltese and the voice acting comes from Mel Blanc. These three were among Warner Bros' most prolific filmmakers of all time and especially Blanc's over 1,000 acting credits are a figure for eternity. Good short film. Funny here and there, but as a whole not one of Warner Bros' best. A must-see probably only for opera lovers.

What's Opera, Doc? (1957) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Classic animated spoof of the opera has Bugs Bunny playing Brunhilde and Elmer Fudd playing Siegfried. As a child I remember hating this short with a passion and I'd go do something else anytime it came on. Looking at it as an adult I can see why many considering this to be one of director Jones' greatest achievements. While there isn't any big laughs and the action isn't your typical chase 'em stuff, the visual style of this thing is just downright amazing and the opera spoof certainly aims more at adults than kids. The visuals are what makes this film stick out for me and the perfect example of this happens early on during a rain storm, which just has some of the most beautiful backgrounds to any animated film. The clouds rolling in looks spectacular as does another joke involving a lightening strike.