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| Director: Martin Rosen (1978) |
Watership Down does things a little differently than other
animated children’s films. The goal for Hazel (John Hurt) and the other rabbits
is to find a new warren after Fiver envisions the destruction of their current
home. They achieve this goal half way through, and the story turns to
liberating rabbits from a warren owned by the vicious dictator General Woundwort.
Despite its audience, Watership Down is remarkably violent,
with rabbits slice through each other on a frequent basis. But nothing compares
to the snare scene. Warrior rabbit Bigwig gets tangled around his neck, choking
and throwing up blood. Its harrowing stuff, even today. The films emotionally
upsetting too, with an ending seemingly constructed to make grown men weep.
Watership Down will be, and to an extent is, a timeless classic, destined to go
down as one of the most beloved animated features of all time.
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