Watership Down (1978)

An absolute waste of money

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

We all know the story. At least, all of those in my generation, who were most unfortunate (fortunate?) to have their parents select this VHS for them. The first time I watched Watership Down was not the last time I watched it. For some reason, despite the grotesque amount of gore and the pervasive amounts of adult themes, I watched it several times. Perhaps this was because, despite all of that, I could understand the thrill of the story.While I can't say I recommend it for small children, there's no story out there that's quite like it. It's a story of war, betrayal, survival, corruption - and it's all acted out with animals, chiefly rabbits.

I recall this damaging show/film airing on TV when I was around.. 6 or 7. I can think of no show in memory that I view more inappropriate for kids just based on my subjective personal experience with it at that age.Not putting this point first and foremost into perspective and the review here would miss most important point, as many have done but certainly not all. It might have been well acted and done for the time - fair. It was also terribly wrong to wrap a bunny story and sell it to unsuspecting kids - putting it in front of kids before they had the capacity to deal with the subject matter. This mistake was fail on the part of ABC and the regulators who had this responsibility at that time. Shame on them.Otherwise, I'm sure it's fine. Lots of Anime would better it, but to give it credit it did leave a hallow feeling which i think it was looking to create.Thx! :)

As an adult, I think showing this to children would scare them and of course would upset them. I'm very much an animal lover myself and all I have think of when watching this movie, was always the fear for the rabbits sake like. I know it's a cartoon but it does show you what it's like in the bunny rabbit world.You honestly wouldn't think a gorgeous cartoon like this would be so violent! The reason why I watched this movie, was only because it was seen on Danny Darko. I'm just glad that it was never mentioned or that I saw it from my childhood. Honestly it could probably haunt me and give me nightmares every night. I would consider this a really sad and dark movie, I actually am trying not to have tears on my eyes after watching this. It's probably best not for animal lovers to see this!

When i was younger this film is scared me when i was an little kid, so later in few years i watch again and it i have an strange feeling that it's was good like this film.it was make this film is happy (The scene of fly scene of Kehaar and even his humor), scared (the fighting of heroes against villains) and even sadness (the main protagonist Hazel is going with Black Rabbit Of Inlé to Frith).Which it was an great film to follow the book of the same name, and plus the music named "Bright Eyes" by Mike Batt which it was one of the beautiful and sadness music i have ever heard.Final Rating: 9 out of 10