What's Opera, Doc?

1957
8.3| 0h7m| NR| en
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Bugs is in drag as the Valkyrie Brunhilde, who is pursued by Elmer playing the demigod Siegfried.

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Rijndri Load of rubbish!!
Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
bugssponge 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.
Hitchcoc Elmer Fudd becomes the hero of Siegfried as he woos Brunhilde (played by Bugs Bunny in drag--if a rabbit can be in drag). This is a classic animated feature with full orchestration. It integrates the eternal effort of Elmer to kill the wabbit while repeatedly falling for the smart alecky rodent. The singing, of course, is quite horrible, but great credit to Mel Blanc for carrying on and staying in tune. What a remarkable talent Blanc was, carrying on the careers of all those Warner Brothers figures, from Yosemite Sam to Daffy Duck. Anyway, this is a gem of a cartoon. As a kid, I hated this use of classical music. Now, we can see the ingenious melding of the two forms.
TheLittleSongbird This Looney Tunes cartoon is a classic. Set to music from Wagner, with excerpts from principally Die Walkure(Brunhilde's war cry, Ho-To-Jo-Ho or Ride of the Valkyries), Flying Dutchman and Tannhauser(overture and O Star of Eve), this is truly delightful. The music is absolutely outstanding, and so is the artwork, seriously the backgrounds are so expressive, colourful and detailed. Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan both give stellar voice characterisations, and Elmer and Bugs(while the latter's persona is a tad underplayed here) are still their wonderful selves. While not as laugh-out-loud funny as other Looney Tunes cartoons, there is evidence of that, the sung dialogue is often priceless and the cartoon is somewhat beautiful as well. Overall, this cartoon is absolutely brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) I absolutely love this cartoon! I though it's one of Bugs Bunny's best cartoons ever and also Chuck Jones' finest cartoons too. I especially love the "romance" scene when Bugs dresses in drag as the Valkyrie Brunhilde and Elmer/Siegfried falls for it. As a kid I used to record the love song "Return My Love," play it on my tape player and pretend to be a beautiful princess standing on the balcony waiting for her Prince Charming; I am a hopeless romantic (*sigh*).All-in-all, the animation, the backgrounds and the music put into this cartoon are excellent! I would love to say: "R.I.P Chuck, we will miss you."