Fresh and Exciting

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.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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 heard some people say this was a classic animated movie, but I didn't like it THAT much. It's mostly because I really couldn't associate with the characters. I couldn't recall any of their names. A lot of the film was pretty boring, too. With all that being said, I did overall enjoy this film. It's mostly because of the amazing animation. It's not until the climax that it gets particularly violent.I enjoyed the prologue with its own style of animation. I even like how they go to the place they want to halfway through the movie. They need to have females to procreate. They are rabbits after all. I thought that was a really interesting way for the plot to go. The most haunting part is when they show the rabbits being buried alive. ***

The Sun god Frith created all the animals. When El-Ahrairah and his rabbit people multiplied, Frith gifted some of the other animals with powers to be various predators. El-Ahrairah is given a fluffy tail and strong legs. With caution and cunning, the rabbits survive. In the present, Hazel leads a group of rabbits out of the warren when one has an apocalyptic vision. They face deadly obstacles, befriend a seagull and find a group under a tyrannical dictatorship.For a children's story, this is rather bloody and brutal. It can be scary for the little ones. It's a riveting adventure for the most part. The last part seems to have too many stories. The seagull tries to be comic relief but he doesn't get the job done. I would rather they stay with the rabbit farm story. There is one too many plots and I don't think the Efrafans are needed.

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!