Watership Down (1978)

Listal's Favorite Animated Films Poll (342 movies items)

" 4 Voters: Ruisperkele, Nebb, Mihail, ToonHead2102"

150 from the 70's: My Fave Films From The 1970's (150 movies items)

"An animated flick about a bunch a bunnies that creeped the heck out of me as a kid. And if a cartoon about a bunch of bunnies can creep the heck out of me, even if I was a just a kid at the time, then you know that it's gotta be at least somewhat cool. "

Greatest Film Tearjerking Moments Q - Z (51 movies items)

"The "Bright Eyes" sequence in which Fiver (voice of Richard Briers) found out that Hazel (voice of John Hurt) had been badly wounded by a shotgun, and chased the ghostly Black Rabbit (voice of Joss Ackland) to reach Hazel before the angel of death could claim him, as Art Garfunkel's melancholy song was played: ("How can the eyes that burn so brightly suddenly burn so pale?"); and the touching final scene in which the Black Rabbit appeared to an aged Hazel, requesting: "I've come to ask if you'd "

2013.Movie.Journal (w/ title stills) (79 movies items)

" Watched on ITouch(Youtube) 04.27"

Saturn Award for Best Animated Film (64 movies items)

"1978 Winner "

New-to-Me Films of 2013 (199 movies items)

" As detailed by this film’s beginning synopsis of its mythological origins - invented by novelist Richard Adams’ himself - the rabbit, from its beginnings, was doomed to be hunted and killed by the more dominant predators of the world. As Frith, their sun god, counsels to the mythological rabbit prince El-ahrairah, “All the world will be your enemy”. This beginning sequence really sets the stage for what is to come. It introduces a quirky animation style, vibrant with color and cheerfuln"

Cinema '78 (17 movies items)

" Not only one of my favorite animated films but favorite films period. A select few rabbits break from a greatly overcrowded warren and brave all sorts of threats in their search for a new home on one of the grandest adventures ever."

SHOULD IT HAVE WON? 1978... POLL (12 movies items)

"Fortunato. Total Votes - 1"

Traumatizing

“Let’s cut to the chase, Watership Down turned me into an emotional wreck, the only film I’ve seen to date which actually made me depressed. I’ve seen plenty of ‘downers’ before, but Watership Down is in a completely different league of its own. While viewing the film I considered to stop watching it, but I put with the ordeal, and I can undoubtedly say I never want to lay my eyes on this film again.

However don’t take my words the wrong way, Watership Down is not a bad film, far from it. The plot is quite fascinating featuring a society of rabbits who follow human political standings and divisions, plus the animation is beautiful even with the film’s strong violence and gore. While much has been written about the film’s violence, even with my first viewing on thi” read more