Rabbit of Seville (1950)

Expected more

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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

This Bugs Bunny episode, based on "The Barber of Seville" was so cleverly done with only nine or so lines. For me, anyway, what usually makes a Looney Tunes episode is the lines from the characters and the abundance of them, but here there hardly any! Yet, this is one of my new favourites of the episodes from the Looney Tunes store. In this episode, a huge showing of "The Barber of Seville" is just about to be shown, when, after being hunted by Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny retreats into the door leading to the theatre. Elmer Fudd follows and out of the blue, someone pulls up the curtains for everyone to see. Everyone watches Elmer and Bugs doing "The Barber of Seville" - in their own style!I liked this episode because of the references to the opera (which I have heard bits of and like), the clever planning of Bugs' and Elmer's dance movements and the humour. This episode is very well done and very good quality. I recommend it to people who like Bugs Bunny and Elmer and for people who do not despise opera. Enjoy "The Rabbit of Seville"! :-)

This is a high quality Warner Brothers cartoon,...there's no doubt about that. It's from the most productive and best period for their toons, so the animation quality and the rest of the production values are top notch. The problem, for me, is that this cartoon is not for all tastes and seems overrated. Surely there are much funnier Bugs Bunny cartoons (such as all the wonderful ones he did with Daffy Duck). And, how many kids would really enjoy this cartoon since it is chock full of opera and many of the usual Bugs Bunny hijinks are missing. I think this short is a great example of "IMDb-think"--adults are the ones rating the films on IMDb and so the ratings are strongly skewed towards what adults like. I know as a kid, I hated cartoons like this. Now that I am older (though perhaps not any more mature), I STILL don't particularly like this toon. Nope,...give me the good old Bugs Bunny over this opera-infested snoozer.

Just about all you can say. This is my opinion is the greatest animated short of all time. Perfectly recreating the opera with about everything you need.Bugs as the snake charmer has always been my favorite part, especially the music behind it. Genius! And not Wile E. Coyote either, the directors, producers and animators all deserved every award in the books for this one.What's Opera Doc is another masterpiece, well constructed, and brilliantly done by the animators. But sorry, it ranks second place in my book as it's not as humorous as Rabbit of Seville. can't say much more except it's won=der-ful.F

This is one of the Best Bugs Bunny shorts that I've seen.The whole story of Bugs escaping Elmer through the opera "Barber of Seville" is pure genius. The whole short is filled with great music and funny scenes.and yes, Bugs DOES go in drag in it for a little bit and Elmer DOES wear a wedding dress near the end, but it is tastefully done with humor.I also crack up at the beard shaving scene and Bugs putting all of the stuff on Elmers scalp so that he grows hair. Then Elmer actually grows hair... which turns into flowers because of Bugs being funny. Then the chase goes back one.This is a short that I love along with "What's Opera, Doc" and "All This and Rabbit Stew" (which isn't shown anymore because of it's racial stereotype of black people.) and it deserves a 10/10 rating.