Matrixston
Wow! Such a good movie.
Wordiezett
So much average
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Neil Doyle
The major trouble with ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA is that neither character is the fully realized creation he would become later on. Still, it's easy to see why the two very different kind of characters were naturals to be set up against each other.The timid and fumbling Elmer is only anxious to use his new camera to photograph wildlife. He comes across a sleeping rabbit and prepares to set up his camera. When Bugs objects to being photographed, the cartoon turns into the usual back and forth shenanigans of pursuit and chase.Brightly colored, it's fun to watch and interesting to see the early development of both characters. The bunny, after rescuing Elmer from nearly drowning in a pond, asks him if he's perfectly alright. When Elmer responds in the affirmative, Bugs tosses him back in--which is probably the reason so many of the other comments object to the sadistic nature of the Bugs Bunny character.But it's all in fun and sure to please most fans of the duo. Arthur Q. Bryan does the Elmer Fudd voice.
ccthemovieman-1
Elmer Fudd is reading "How To Photograph Wildlife" and he's ready. He has all the equipment, from tripod to flashbulbs. He heads out into the beautiful countryside. The first thing he sees are "wabbit twacks, er, rabbit tracks.The rest of the cartoon is basically Fudd trying to photograph the rabbit (a forerunner of Bugs Bunny) but very little happens. I didn't anything funny in here....nothing. There were a few odd things, like th rabbit putting his elbow in Elmer's butt (really) but nothing humorous.The only good aspect of this early Elmer Fudd cartoon is the artwork and colors. Bright, bold colors in the foreground and nice watercolor-like drawings in the back (reminiscent of "Bambi") were the only highlights of this animated short. However, it was obvious that the characters we all know - Fudd and Bugs Bunny - were in the early stages of development.
Lee Eisenberg
In Elmer Fudd's first appearance, he tries to photograph wildlife, but an unidentified pesky rabbit - clearly Bugs Bunny's forebear - keeps interfering (cartoon rabbits show no mercy, do they?). One will note that both characters are very sedate here - as opposed to the wacky antics with which we usually associate them - and maybe that makes "Elmer's Candid Camera" seem a little weaker than when it first debuted. But if we interpret it as what it was originally meant to be, then it's acceptable. If nothing else, it's a good historical reference. Available on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection.I wonder, are there any people in the world today named Elmer? There was Elmer Bernstein, but he's passed on.
Akbar Shahzad (rapt0r_claw-1)
ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA (1940) is the debut of Elmer Fudd and the Bugs Bunny prototype. Woody Woodpecker is much better suited to that annoying and painful shriek of a laugh. Elmer? He's better than the rabbit at least. Besides, what is it with that sadistic rabbit? All Elmer wanted to do is take pictures. Except for those small flaws, and the weird, primitive animation, I have no complaints about ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA.
