Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Petri Pelkonen Bugs Bunny starts a war with a magician called Ala Bahma.When Ala is on stage, it's Bugs who comes out of his hat.Case of the Missing Hare (1942) is a Chuck Jones short.Mel Blanc is the voice of both Bugs Bunny and Ala Bahma.This short has a lot of hilarious stuff.Ever since Bugs gets a pie in the face and uses the Groucho Marx catchphrase: Of course you realize this means war! One funny moment is where Ala tries to lure Bugs out of the hat with a carrot, and Bugs hits Ala with a mallet that was meant for Bugs.And what about when Bugs pretends to be a little boy from the audience, assisting the magician.Bugs goes in the basket, and the magician sticks swords through it.Bugs screams inside the basket, as if the swords penetrate him.And that causes excessive sweating to Ali.Also the use of colors brings a stylish touch to this short.

phantom_tollbooth Chuck Jones's 'Case of the Missing Hare' is a slow- moving and not particularly funny cartoon. An early Bugs Bunny short, 'Case of the Missing Hare' pits Bugs against a weak magician character who never proves to be much of a foil for the rabbit. Opening with a feeble pie-in-the-face routine which serves as a flimsy pretext for a "Of course you realise this means war" moment, 'Case of the Missing Hare' quickly segues into the magician's magic act and Bugs's inevitable sabotage of it. Ultimately, the script isn't all that funny and Jones has little to work with but he also seems to be having an off day, showing none of the sparkle which characterises his work. The result is a flat, dull cartoon with little to no laughs.

Mightyzebra In this Bugs Bunny episode, we meet the rascally rabbit living happily in a tree. And why are some people not OK with this? It is perfectly fine - it is actually quite a good touch to the episode - funny in some aspects.Also, kissing can be quite funny, cartoon or real life. The way that the Looney Tunes characters used to do it can strike up a chuckle or two. In this day and age, I do not find it terribly funny, but it does not matter.Anyhow, this is a very funny episode, another one of those ones where Bugs Bunny earns revenge from a nasty stage person. The animation of Bugs Bunny is good, the jokes are good (especially where Bugs Bunny is imitating a dog with his fingers) and the theme of the episode is used well.In this short, a stage magician is putting up posters advertising his magic show. He so happens to pin a poster over the door of Bugs Bunny's home - a tree, funnily enough. Bugs Bunny starts to become annoyed with the stage magician, who in fact turns out to be an obnoxious meanie. Bugs Bunny will soon fight for revenge...I recommend this Bugs Bunny episode for anyone who likes stage magic (a lot of the jokes here are based on it), old Bugs animation and Looney Tunes. Enjoy "Case of the Missing Hare"! :-)

Mister-6 TIDBIT - Hey, all you up-and-coming magicians: it's not a good idea to get a bunny mad at you.In "Case of the Missing Hare", Bugs Bunny takes matters in hand when vile magician Ala Bama (as mystical as the same-named state) plasters posters for his show all over Bugs' woodland home and gets plastered himself with a blackberry pie. Of course you realize, this means war!That night at the theatre, the magician finds himself embarrassed, humiliated, clobbered and otherwise cut down to size by the vengeful Bugs as Ala tries to pres-ti-digi-toot (or pull) a rabbit out of his hat and fails...several times.Director Jones and writer Pierce create a case for all magicians to stick with working with more docile animals...like tigers or lions, maybe. And as always, Mel Blanc's voices make it all the funnier.Ten stars and a RED LIGHT for this nut "Case".