i have to say that i really like the rendition of the song (i'm assuming it's marilyn manson redoing the annie lennox song?) but i had to stop the film mid-way due to sheer horror.
this will give me nightmares much like The Wall did.
Aw, I hope you're not too traumatized. I saw this movie as a child and I remember being really frightened, it's horrible they still have this movie in the children's section of the video store.
The book Watership Down is one of my favorites...the movie not so much.
feel free to break into hysterics. i didn't even know about Watership Down until cycomonkey enlightened me. i thought the movie clips were from some scary rendition of winnie the pooh or something.
now i shall read it. in my free time. *snicker* like that exists or something.
I must be a horrible person, because I kept laughing when I watched this video. However I was laughing more at the fact that a children's movie (or what would be considered a children's movie when it came out because animation was still very much designated for children -- less so today) is so completely violent. I had forgotten how much fighting there was, and not just fighting -- violent bloody attacks and murders -- and it seems absolutely absurd today that a film of this nature would be shown to children. And also that rabbit going to attack the dog was pretty fucking funny. I mean, honestly, what is he thinking? Kids shows will still have fighting in them, but not that much blood. I think it's the blood that makes Watership Down so grotesque, because it's a really weird juxtaposition to have a relatively unrealistic visual representation of the rabbits (they're obviously not real rabbits, which is partly what probably justified the showing of this to children -- most people can tell it's not real) with the realistic
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I remember the movie being scary, but I didn't realize just how VIOLENT it was. My initial reaction was shock, because I honestly didn't remember all the blood and gore, maybe I blocked it out. The book depicts the harsh reality of nature and how vulnerable rabbits are, they have so many obstacles to overcome. It's really a metaphor for human society as well (at least that's what I took from it).
The animated movie was absurd and missed the point of the novel. It's horrible that this is considered a children's movie...it was the 80's though.
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i have to say that i really like the rendition of the song (i'm assuming it's marilyn manson redoing the annie lennox song?) but i had to stop the film mid-way due to sheer horror.
this will give me nightmares much like The Wall did.
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The book Watership Down is one of my favorites...the movie not so much.
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now i shall read it. in my free time. *snicker* like that exists or something.
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Kids shows will still have fighting in them, but not that much blood. I think it's the blood that makes Watership Down so grotesque, because it's a really weird juxtaposition to have a relatively unrealistic visual representation of the rabbits (they're obviously not real rabbits, which is partly what probably justified the showing of this to children -- most people can tell it's not real) with the realistic ( ... )
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The animated movie was absurd and missed the point of the novel. It's horrible that this is considered a children's movie...it was the 80's though.
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