Watership Down (1978)

The animation in this movie is outstanding. Just like a few reviews, this movie has alot of blood in it. There were some scenes where rabbits were being murdered by foxes having scars on them and blood coming out of their mouths!I'd recommend you'd not watch this movie if you below the age of 9.

Watership Down is a 1978 animated adventure-thriller, directed by Martin Rosen and stars John Hurt as the heroic Hazel, the films main protagonist. Watership Down has always been widely known for its dark reputation and sometimes graphic imagery covered and hidden amongst an innocent children's story. After a prophecy is foretold by Fiver (Hazel's brother) about the destruction of their home (the warren). A small group of rabbits begin a journey to find a new home for their families, friends and allies. Along the way is where Watership Down starts to show its darker side, various rabbit deaths start to spiral the story into a much more grittier tale, with this some quite disturbing scenes, especially after the introduction of the ruthlessly, brutal General Woundwort. Watership Down features one of the greatest scores in cinematic history accompanied with an extremely emotionally hard-hitting, religiously depicted and ambiguously realistic scene, Art Garfunkel's hit single 'Bright Eyes' beautifully lifts and lowers the tone with the famous 'near-death' scene, this is where Watership Down shines at its peak. The film does however have some significant flaws these unfortunately being a lack of character development and variety within the main group, also a rushed final act and quick cuts between scenes almost feel half of the story was left out, as was the impact and emotion, also some seemingly developing story arcs that weren't fully explored to their max due to the short run-time. The ending as a result was not as hard-hitting and teary-eyed as it should have been because of this, but still a great concept. 7/10

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

WATERSHIP DOWN is a proper children's animation, made as it should be. Adapted from the classic Richard Adams novel, it tells the story of a group of likable rabbits who discover that their warren is about to be destroyed. They set off on an epic journey to find a new home, one that is fraught with danger along the way.There's no sugar-coasted Disney nonsense here, no sickly sweet sentimentality or the like. Instead, this is a frightening film for the kids to watch. There's swearing, the constant threat of danger, violence, bloodshed, and yes, death. But these are all the things that make it such a memorable production, equalled only by the likes of Studio Ghibli.This 1978 production has a charm all of its own. The simple animation harks back to the good old days and is charming in itself. The all-star cast of British voice actors is excellent and brings out the nuance of the characters. The inclusion of the song Bright Eyes is the icing on the cake. This is moving and atmospheric in equal measure. My only complaint is that a lot of the novel is rushed or skipped through for timing reasons, but I can fully understand why.