Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Edgar Allan Pooh " . . . is the hobgoblin of small soles," so Bugs Bunny sets out to prove WWE wrong in FORWARD MARCH HARE. Though Bugs is later shown to have much keener eyesight (and, consequently, reading ability) than a human, all of the events of FORWARD are predicated upon Bugs mistaking an Army Draft Notice addressed to "B.(ERTRAM) BONNY" as a missive intended for B. BUNNY (that is, himself). As one might expect, it takes many days for an army officer to exclaim, "Jumping catfish, we've inducted a rabbit!" Setting aside this example of military intelligence, FORWARD is about as graphic as FULL METAL JACKET in depicting the horrors of boot camp. For instance, when Bugs is punished with K.P. (Kitchen Patrol) Duty and ordered to clean and dress a flock of roosters for officers' mess, the very literal hare tricks out the fated fowl in tuxedos! This reminds me of a Real Life incident in which a close relative of mine drew similar duty, only his was to cut grapefruit for 50 men at breakfast. Never having handled this jumbo citrus fruit before, he bisected all of them pole-to-pole, instead of at their equators!

TheLittleSongbird I adore Looney Tunes and Bugs Bunny, and while I loved Forward March Hare as a kid I only like it now. I also think that the story is rather silly, the idea of not being able to tell the difference between a human and a rabbit is rather hard to swallow, and instead of the arrogant, intelligent and sharp-witted personality that he is so famous for he is rather obtuse and somewhat of a buffoon, messing things up a lot of the time and not realising. However, the animation is wonderful especially in the beautiful silhouetted opening sequence, though the fluidity and lavish colours are apparent also in the military sequences. The music score is terrific, characterful and enhances the action brilliantly, and the dialogue is fresh and witty, "So they're inducting rabbits" is just one of the jewels. Not all the gags work, but there are a fair few that do, the sequence with the eye-chart shows briefly Bugs in the persona we know and love, and Bugs knocking all the soldiers over, the sergeant exploding and Bugs running around with a baseball bat are just as effective. The Sergeant is a great character, while Mel Blanc's voice work is brilliant. All in all, decent but not great. 7/10 Bethany Cox

slymusic Bugs Bunny mistakenly receives a draft letter from the United States Armed Forces. Seeing his patriotic duty, he immediately complies. But with Bugs wearing an ill-fitting uniform, you can be sure that there are some good laughs to come in "Forward March Hare", directed by Chuck Jones.Here are my two favorite sequences from this cartoon. First, Bugs does an about-face and knocks over all the other soldiers like bowling pins. The hot-tempered sergeant does a wonderful silent take and then explodes, after which Bugs exchanges dialogue with the sergeant and the colonel regarding some Looney Tunes characters. And second, Bugs is hilarious as he runs with a baseball bat in order to silence the "bugler".One final point I must make: The next time you watch "Forward March Hare", do yourself a favor and pay close attention to Carl Stalling's music score throughout the film. It is terrific!

phantom_tollbooth Throughout my childhood I sat transfixed through many hundreds of Warner cartoons and as an adult my appreciation and love for them has grown. Chuck Jones's 'Forward March Hare' is one of the many cartoons I distinctly remember watching and enjoying as a youngster. However, I watched it last night on the excellent Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 and something didn't quite ring true about it. Slowly, it dawned on me what it was. Bugs is an idiot! When I was young, of course, such a blatant disregard for character didn't register. It's also worth mentioning that Bugs' character has often been experimented with very successfully. I love the cartoons that cast Bugs as the loser for a change, such as 'Falling Hare' or 'Tortoise Beats Hare'. However, even when playing the loser, Bugs generally remains a strong, smart-alecky personality. In 'Forward March Hare' he is an oblivious buffoon with nary a wisecrack to offer.Throughout the cartoon, only one gag (incidentally, the funniest in the whole film) fits in with the Bugs character we know and love: It involves an eye chart and a jaw-dropping display of superior eyesight, presumably due to enormous carrot intake. Apart from this one display of superior abilities, however, there is no sign whatsoever that Bugs is aware of his disruptive behavior. From the mix up which kick-starts the action through numerous military disasters (including an unintentional misunderstanding of an order to dress some chickens), Bugs is wide-eyed and willing to serve his country but can't stop messing up. The moment when he attempts to hammer in a nail with live ammunition confirms that Bugs isn't heckling, as he usually would in this situation; he's just plain getting it wrong.Character experiments in the Warner Brothers cartoons were often very rewarding (notably, the expanding of Daffy's character from nutty maniac to greedy, manipulative but ultimately sympathetic loser), and putting a new slant on Bugs' character frequently worked a treat. However, while 'Forward March Hare' proves entertaining enough, the concept of Bugs the well-meaning buffoon is impossible to accept for any long-standing cartoon fan.