"A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court" is an American animated short film from 1978, so this one has its 40th anniversary next year. The legendary Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc reunite here to bring back Bugs Bunny in a television special. Unlike the old Warner Bros cartoons, this one runs for over 20 minutes and includes also more characters than those that they usually fit in under 8, also more antagonists. This is set during the days of knights, princesses and dragons (yep SciFi is missing as a genre here) and Bugs really just wants to do his stuff, but the bad guys messing with him obviously only has bad consequences for them. Anyway, like I said earlier this film is not really working. It lacks focus and seems all over the place with the runtime. You can add the overlong title to the "too much" in the title of my review. The only really good aspect is once again Blanc's voice work and he was still at least as good as he was decades earlier, maybe even better. Okay anyway, all in all this one did not leave me impressed and it may have to do a bit with personal bias as the Middle Ages were never a time that interested me too much. Okay mention of Ray Bradbury though. I still believe Mark Twain would not have liked it either. Only worth checking out for the really biggest cartoon enthusiasts.
Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court
(1978 TV Movie)
Too much of everything
30 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers