I read the book Watership Down over 30 years ago. It was assigned reading for my 6th grade class. That was the only assigned reading I can remember being ahead of the class on-it was that good. I think we watched the movie in class as well but I don't remember well so watching it again here in 2019 I'm really straining my brain cells to remember it all.
A clairvoyant rabbit by the name of Fiver (Richard Briers) convinces a group of his fellow rabbits to leave their warren due to an impending danger of an unknown nature. The group, led by Bigwig (Michael Graham Cox), has to make a long journey to reach the place of Fiver's vision. They encounter all sorts of problems and the problems never ceased.
It's funny that a book/movie about rabbits could be so intense. This may be an animation but don't think Disney, Illumination or anything cutsy like that. This was like a rabbit form of ghetto life: they had to deal with predators, environment, and even their own kind. It was some serious survival of the fittest.
Apparently, this movie was redone in 1999 and 2018. I think I'll skip the '99 version but the 2018 version with CGI animation should bring a new, fresher, more realistic flavor to it all.
A clairvoyant rabbit by the name of Fiver (Richard Briers) convinces a group of his fellow rabbits to leave their warren due to an impending danger of an unknown nature. The group, led by Bigwig (Michael Graham Cox), has to make a long journey to reach the place of Fiver's vision. They encounter all sorts of problems and the problems never ceased.
It's funny that a book/movie about rabbits could be so intense. This may be an animation but don't think Disney, Illumination or anything cutsy like that. This was like a rabbit form of ghetto life: they had to deal with predators, environment, and even their own kind. It was some serious survival of the fittest.
Apparently, this movie was redone in 1999 and 2018. I think I'll skip the '99 version but the 2018 version with CGI animation should bring a new, fresher, more realistic flavor to it all.