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everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Not one of my favourite Looney Tunes and Bugs Bunny cartoons by all means, with some of the material being of the time (also prefer cartoons with a wittier touch rather than a propaganda touch) and younger audiences may find some of 'Herr Meets Hare' goes over their heads or a touch heavy-handed.That's understandable, because the references that 'Herr Meets Hare' has are less than subtle. Again though this is part of the fun (and to be honest the people that are referenced are as far from subtle as one can possibly get), and the cartoon did have balls for doing this when World War II was still very much happening, with the Nazis still terrorising innocent people and Hitler still in power.'Herr Meets Hare' has beautiful animation, colourful, meticulously detailed, rich and very smooth and fluid. It's lusciously and energetically scored too, and it was great to hear the Venusberg theme from Wagner's 'Tannhauser', pre-dating one of the greatest cartoons in history 'What's Opera Doc' which used the same music to iconic and even more memorable effect. The music not only adds so much but enhances the action too.While not as hysterical as other Looney Tunes efforts, the dialogue is fresh and witty and the gags are no less than very funny, the best bits hilarious. The vulture and the scene with Hitler do raise some quite big laughs, but even funnier are Bugs' brilliant if obvious disguises (always amazing that his opponents nearly always fall for them so easily), especially the Hitler and Brunnhilde guises.Bugs leads the cartoon brilliantly, such a charismatic and funny character, and Goehring is a very worthy and effective opponent. Mel Blanc does impeccably as ever with the vocals, is there anything this enviously talented man cannot do? All in all, very entertaining cartoon if not one of my favourites. 8/10 Bethany Cox

This short opens with Bugs emerging from a hole in the Black Forest; after consulting a map he comments that he 'knew he should have taken the left turn in Albuquerque' as a fat Hermann Göring goes by. Bugs asks him the way to Las Vegas; and he says there is no Las Vegas in Germany; Bugs appears genuinely shocked but takes it in his stride. Bugs goes in to torment him by suggesting that his medals are fake, prompting Göring to start cursing Hitler... just as Bugs disguises himself as Hitler! There are more gags that I won't spoilt... one of which was so good that it was recycled to use in 'What's Opera Doc'; possible the best Bugs Bunny short made.This wartime short was pretty funny and if anybody deserves to be laughed at it is the Nazis. While some fun is had at the expense of German stereotypes I can't see too many modern Germans being too offended by anything here. The jokes were good; I particularly liked the way Göring tried to capture Bugs using a vulture. It was unusual to see Bugs get caught although Bugs being Bugs he turned this to his advantage and got to have a joke at Hitler's expense. If you are a fan of Bugs Bunny or if you are interested on wartime propaganda this one is certainly a must see.

This was the last of the three World War II cartoons shown on the TURNER CLASSIC FILM "Cartoon Alley" show yesterday. This one is of interest because of it's connections with the future Bugs Bunny cartoons. First off, this is the cartoon where Bugs is driven off course in his underground travels by making the wrong turn at Albuquerque, New Mexico for the first time. Secondly, in his confronting Goering (a fat, blond figure in lederhausen, who vaguely resembles horrible Herman), Bugs vanishes for a few seconds, and reappears (to the strains of the "Venusburg" music of Wagner's TANNHAUSER) as Brunhilde on a fat German horse. This, as mentioned elsewhere here, is the original for the classic scenes between Bugs and Elmer Fudd in WHAT'S OPERA DOC? But there is a trifle more here which I don't believe is in the later cartoon. Goering sees "the beautiful" Brunhilde, runs off and returns in Wagnerian - Middle Ages costume, complete with Viking helmet - and as he looks at Brunhilde again the horns on the hat take on an "erection" appearance that is unexpected.The cartoon is set on Goering's estate in the Black Forest, where the second man of the Reich hunted and acted like his own idea of what a "Rennaisance" man was like. In fact, Goering did more than shoot game on his estate - he shot up. Goering became a total drug addict, and his system was not cleaned out until the Allies put him under medical control at Nuremburg. Ironically, in real life, when that happened his brain power actually resurrected itself, and he was able to present a formidable presence at the war crime trial.This aspect is not in the cartoon (it was barely known in early 1945). Instead we see Goering relaxing at his estate, which Bugs accidentally invades. Bugs is able to momentarily trick Goering into believing he is Hitler (and into confessing that Hitler annoys Goering - which leads Bugs as Hitler in stripping Goering of all his decorations). But eventually Bugs is captured by Goering's pet vulture, and Herman takes Bugs in a bag to Berlin to give to Der Fuhrer. Hitler is playing solitaire at his desk, and barely seems to hear Goering, but stops his game, and starts talking like a pitchman (saying "Tell you what I'm going to do!"). He gives another medal to Goering, and then opens the bag, screams in fear, and flees. Goering follows suit, and does the same. Then we see Bugs rise out of the bag, made up to look like Joseph Stalin - which explains why this cartoon did not get shown on television in the 1950s and 1960s when I first got into Bugs Bunny cartoons.

A lost Bugs Bunny hits the surface in Germany's Schwarzwald where he meets up with Goering (Eh Doc, which way to Las Vegas?). Goering tries to catch him with his bird as this Bugs short is taking all the well-known steps: Bugs dresses up a couple of times (including one time as Hitler), and Goering is foolish enough to fall for it. Then Goering finally catches Bugs and takes him to Hitler. This is such a funny scene! As Goering goes in he shouts 'Heil Hitler'. Hitler doesn't even look up from his solitaire card-game (!) and says: 'Heil Me'. That really cracked me up.A funny propaganda short, this one: 7/10.