Hare Force
Hare Force
| 22 July 1944 (USA)
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Granny lets Bugs Bunny come in from the cold, but her dog Sylvester will have none of it.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Robert Reynolds This is a Bugs Bunny cartoon produced by Warner Brothers and directed by Friz Freleng. There will be spoilers ahead:The short opens on a dog named Sylvester and his mistress, a grandmotherly type, with the woman wishing the dog good night and the dog comfy and cozy by the fire. There's a knock on the door and the old woman finds Bugs Bunny in the cold. She brings him in and puts him in the dog's spot and covers him with the dog's blanket, saying "Good night, little bunny" as she goes up to bed.The dog becomes angry and jealous, contemplates Bugs's demise in colorful fashion before tossing him out. Bugs, of course, cons his way back inside. It helps that Sylvester isn't the shiniest pebble in the pond and vacillates between seething rage and a suddenly tender solicitude for Bugs.The bulk of the cartoon has the two in a struggle with regard to who gets tossed out and how they get back in again. The best bits are when Bugs retrieves Sylvester when the woman comes down to see to the commotion and when Bugs and Sylvester start behaving like boxers preparing for a fight ("How's the weather, John L.?"). The penultimate scene has the two alternate in being thrown out, to come back in and throw the other out, until the final toss, which is clever. The closing scene is a classic.This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume Three and is well worth having. Recommended.
phantom_tollbooth Friz Freleng's 'Hare Force' is an inferior forerunner for his masterful 'Kit for Cat', which appeared four years later. 'Kit for Cat' pitted Sylvester against an unnamed kitten in a battle to be adopted by Elmer Fudd. 'Hare Force' takes the same situation but inserts Bugs Bunny in place of the kitten and a dog in place of Sylvester (although the dog's name here is also Sylvester,'Hare Force' predates the existence of Sylvester the cat by a year). Although it came first, 'Hare Force' is significantly inferior to 'Kit for Cat'. The situation feels ill-suited for a Bugs Bunny cartoon and the gags are largely routine. Sylvester the dog is an underdeveloped character who seems to shift too easily between intelligent and stupid when it suit's the storyline. 'Hare Force' is ultimately a reasonably entertaining but rather awkward short. Recasting the picture with more suitable characters worked wonders and 'Kit for Cat' was one of Freleng's greatest masterpieces. 'Hare Force' is little more than an interesting prototype by comparison.
ccthemovieman-1 Cartoonists must have liked the name "Sylvester" back in the classic here. In this Bugs Bunny animated short, the first animal we see is "Sylvester," but not the cat that we all know. This time, it's a dog, snuggled up and pampered by his owner, nice and warm "as a bug in the rug" next to the fireplace on a cold winter night.That's quickly interrupted when there's a knock on the door and it's a frozen Bugs. The old lady immediately gives him the rug and blanket and plops him down at the fireplace. The dog is not happy.From that point, it's Bugs verses Sylvester, battling it out on who's going to stay warm and enjoy the fireplace. Bugs, as usual, is far superior in the brains department and his opponent has more heart. Unfortunately, in most of these cartoons the wise guy (Bugs) beats out the dumb goodhearted opponent.Some funny touches included Bugs roasting a carrot and later, the dog howling outside while Bugs glances at a sad painting of the dog over the fireplace and a note the supposedly-dumb dog leaves Bugs!More good stuff out of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's easy to see why he was the most popular Looney Tune character of them all. P.S. The ending of this is guaranteed to make you smile.
Lee Eisenberg This time, Bugs Bunny is stuck outside in the dead of winter, until a kindly old woman lets him into her house. The only thing is, her dog Sylvester doesn't like anyone getting his spot in front of the fireplace, and proceeds to try and get Bugs out of the house. Pure mayhem between Bugs and Sylvester ensues, and I didn't predict that ending.Considering that the dog is named Sylvester, it's probably a preview of how the famous cat with that name would do everything possible to eat Tweety but always get his comeuppances. Maybe.Overall, not the greatest cartoon, but still OK.