You won't be disappointed!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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.

What's Opera, Doc is one of Chuck Jones most highly regarded cartoons. Many animations fans and even filmmakers consider it to be the best animated film of all time. No one can fault it for lack of ambitions, it lampoons opera, ballet, the Elmer/Bugs relationship, and the stylistic backdrops of Maurice Noble are impressive. In 1992 it became the first cartoon short to be deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . Indeed!So why do I risk the ire of Chuck Jones fans by saying it is not my favorite carton, not even my favorite Chuck Jones cartoon, or even my favorite Chuck Jones Opera Cartoon (which would be The Rabbit of Seville)? For me there are several faults in the cartoon that I perceive as imperfections. I shall now list them all.1). Bugs Bunny is depicted as a coward. Bugs usually is completely unperturbed when Elmer or some adversary threatens him, and he reacts calmly and rationally. When the situation calls for it, he runs away, but often enough, he plants a kiss on the face of his attacker before he leaves and his departure is part of his strategy. In this cartoon, he runs away when Elmer demonstrates his powers on a tree and also when his wig falls off. He is clearly shown frightened, with his ears down, and even terrified, and this is completely out of character for Bugs.2). Bugs loses. Bugs has lost to Elmer Fudd only three times and all of them are unsatisfying films because he's the hero and we want to see him prevail against Elmer, that big cowardly baby.3). Elmer speaking in someone else's voice. Elmer/Siegfried discovers that "Brunhilde" is really Bugs in a wig. The rabbit runs off, casting a long shadow and Elmer calls upon the elements to destroy Bugs: North Wind, South Wind, lightning, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, and smog. SMOG! But the voice yelling "SMOG" is clearly not that of Arthur Q. Bryant, and is a distraction.4). I know that this is a minor point, but when Bug's skirt flies up, shouldn't we be able to see his rabbit tail? 5). What is the significance of the ending? If Bugs has died, why is he talking? Is Bugs telling us that he has faked his own death, and maybe he will continue to hector poor Elmer after the curtain goes down? Is Bugs telegraphing the fact that he and Elmer are just actors, playing the roles of characters in an opera? The Nostalgia Critic made a joke about the punch line of this film. When Bugs asks, "What did you expect in an Opera, a happy ending?" The Nostalgia Critic tearfully says, "No, but I expect one in a cartoon."6). Are we really supposed to find it funny that Bugs pronounces ask as ɑːsk and spoils the couplet by not rhyming it with task? 7). Some of the material, such as Bugs/Brünhilde riding on a fat horse as an entrance were lifted directly from Herr meets Hare by "Friz" Freleng.

Now, I know people may disagree with me, but this cartoon just isn't funny in my opinion! It is well designed, however. I would recommend this cartoon for opera lovers and classic cartoon buffs, but it just doesn't suit my tastes. The only thing that made me chuckle was when Bugs said "Bye!", but that wasn't enough to make it funny for me. Overall, it was a disappointment......... .......... ................................

Whenever I think of animated cartoons that truly stand out as classics, "What's Opera, Doc?" is probably the preeminent cartoon that comes to my mind. An excellent spoof of Wagnerian opera, it is one of the most well-loved and well-remembered of all Warner Bros. cartoons. If anyone ever thought there couldn't possibly be any elegance connected with an animated cartoon, they need only to watch "What's Opera, Doc?" in order to be proved wrong. Director Chuck Jones, writer Michael Maltese, layout designer Maurice Noble, orchestrator Milt Franklyn, voice artists Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan - all of these folks and numerous others knew that this cartoon would take a lot of hard work, and all their effort definitely paid off! My favorite moments from "What's Opera, Doc?" include the following (DO NOT read any further until after you have actually seen this cartoon). The opening of this film reveals some rather intimidating cliff shadows of Elmer at his most dangerous. Elmer is rather funny with his opening quiet vocalization of "Be vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits" and especially with his frenzied "Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!" sung to a familiar Valkyrie theme; Bugs then sings to a horn accompaniment as he casually asks Elmer what he's up to. Bugs' and Elmer's love duet (with Bugs disguised as Brunhilda) is nicely punctuated by Bugs' fluttering eyelids. The musical accompaniment momentarily breaks away from being Wagnerian as Bugs' helmet & wig disguise drops off his head and bounces down the stairs."What's Opera, Doc?" is brilliant, simply brilliant! Chuck Jones was a very educated man who knew that if you're dealing with Wagnerian opera, by gad, you'd better have a large orchestra! Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan turned out to be fairly decent singers in their respective Bugs & Elmer characterizations. The dance sequences between hunter and rabbit were authentically recreated, and the uses of light, shadow, & color are almost beyond compare. Sometimes I think it's easy to become unaware of all the hard work & effort that goes into a brief animated cartoon; when we watch the cartoon, all we see is pure art, not the actual work that went on behind the scenes. As a result of all that hard work, "What's Opera, Doc?" is now available on DVD for all of us to enjoy and appreciate its elegance. If you're a fan of the Warner Bros. cartoons, you simply cannot miss "What's Opera, Doc?"