Watership Down

[Stigmata]

Sitting at home, I can hear the bypass traffic right now.

Still lots of bunnies about though.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Still lots of bunnies about though.

 

[Tank Girl]

god, my heart sinks everytime I see that

 

[Badgers]

Saturday breakfast film. They have just met Cowslip!!!!

 

[Kaka Tim]

One of my favourite books. When i was a kid and now.

Film makes a pretty good fist of it as well.

Dark, scary and disturbing - and bigwigs last stand always gives me a lump in my throat.

 

[Geri]

I can't bring myself to watch this - I think it would be too upsetting. It took me quite a few months to pluck up the courage to watch Au Hasard Balthazar.

 

[maya]

This book was in the 'grown-ups' section of our local library when i was 9, yet still I managed to find it and become utterly traumatised
But it's a great book, the way he invents a mythology and culture for these animals, to make us empathise with their plight- & when El-ahrairah came for Hazel, I was in tears. Beautiful.

Visiting relatives in Sweden, i found the swedish version of the film, and on the back of the DVD the synopsis cheerfully read: "a sweet and fun(!)story about rabbits finding a new home"... um, I think they lost something in translation... (Or maybe the person writing the blurb on the back doesn't actually have to see the film- suckerss)

Re: Swedes-> Bo Hansson made a concept album about Watership Down, playing the hammond organ. Unfortunately it's shit. But his LP "Lord of the Rings" is great.
I have to stop killing this thread now

 

[Captain Hurrah]

"There's no white bird here, Bigwig."

 

[Steel Icarus]

Queued round the block 3 nights running before getting in to the pictures to see it. Most upsetting.

Watched it last about 5 years ago. Sobbing like fuck at the end. "If they catch you, they will kill you...but first they must catch you".

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Prince with a thousand enemies.

"But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."

 

[Steel Icarus]

Just made the mistake of watching the end on YouTube. Need to go and hug my baby for a bit.

 

[Stigmata]

Fucking Bigwig is the man

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

when i rewatched it later on i wasn't so traumatised

but useually i steer clear of anything that i know will just really depress me

this is why i have never watched grave of the fireflies even though i'm an anime completest

actually loads of shows i love are actually a bit messed up....

 

[Kaka Tim]

How the fuck is watership down depressing?

Poignant and sad yes. Dark, threatening, frightening and sinister at times. But the protaganists overcome these formiddle obstacles through guile, wit, whatever the rabbit equivalent of 'humanitiy' is and indomitable courage - like in any other classic adventure/hero story.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

watership down isn't really depressing hence why i can watch it without too much trauma

there is a little death and a somewhat bleak outlook but still has optimism

the optiomisom bit is why i can still watch eva... that and enile... lots of denile...

 

[elbows]

However, whenever anybody mentions Watership Down, my first mental image is of this little fella

Matthew Butler, child singing-superstar from the rather excellent TiswasOnline

Osymyso remix.



When I was ickle some friends ame round to watch this but it was rather spoilt because one of their parents told them the ending so they wouldnt get so upset! And of course the kid had a big gob and spoilt it for the rest of us.

Personally Im more into When The Wind Blows.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Been reading the book for the second or third time over last couple of nights on the graveyard shift, just finished it and trying not to cry.

Brilliant book

 

[ginger_syn]

I loath this film. The book is brilliant and I am on my third copy of it because the previous two fell apart . The plague dogs is also an amazingly moving book but have not watched the film partly because of the total cock up that watership down was turned into.

 

[Badgers]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16135594

Campaigners are calling on a Berkshire council to stop plans to build 2,000 homes on an area that featured in the novel Watership Down.

 

[Badgers]

Richard Adams getting involved

 

[Ax^]

 

[Badgers]

For Frith's sake, we need petitions

 

[Badgers]

Sleep well Fiver

 

[cesare]

 

[Firky]

Was it the Animals of Farthing Wood that were subject to social cleansing?

 

[DotCommunist]

For Frith's sake, we need petitions

Set the Black Rabbit of Inle on the developer cunts, shit em up

 

[Greebo]

Was it the Animals of Farthing Wood that were subject to social cleansing?

Yes, well remembered.

 

[Badgers]

 

[cesare]

 

[DotCommunist]

Its not sad- Hazels lived a long life and set up a thriving warren against all odds


'Don't you know me?'

'yes my lord'


*Art Garfunkel*