Some Brave Bunnies!! American Reacts to Watership Down

Some Brave Bunnies!! American Reacts to Watership Down
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[@FedupEnglishman]

My favourite was when the film was out, A butcher had rabbits hanging up outside the butchers with a sign saying. 'You have read the books, seen the film, now eat the cast' He had to take ït down as it upset the kids walking past.

[@CEP73]

Watched this at a children's party at 7 years old. Im 51 now. Such an incredible film and the actual book is even more incredible. Wonderful voice acting from some of my most favourite actors.

[@Womberto]

John Hurt and Richard Briers really are incredible in this.

[@robertespley248]

Watching this as a kid way back in the 80's was just pure nightmare fuel.

[@sparky4878]

I just used the exact same phrase, our posts must have crossed. Which proves the effect this film had on an entire generation.

[@robertespley248]

Hah yeah. I still remember when my mum asked if I wanted to watch a cartoon and then put this on.Its a cartoon right? There's nothing scary in cartoons right ? Yeah this film scared the living daylights out of me

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

I'm a 90s kid and I liked this film, yeah it's realistic but it gave me a perspective of animals I didn't have as a kid, and made me appreciate how hard wild animals have it so don't intrude on them or make their lives more difficult

[@IntrinsicPalomides]

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Indeed, nature is brutal it really is survival of the fittest.

[@simo7321]

I can remember watching this at the cinema, as a 5 year old, terrifying!

[@iainharris3611]

You could try "When the wind Blows" if you can find it. It won't be an easy watch - makes "The Day After" look like Walt Disney.

[@JamesLMason]

Ah, a lovely little heartwarming tale of an elderly couple struggling against adversity.

[@emmatheavengerpeel]

also threads (1984) its the uk version of the day after,both films were designed to educate a mostly unknowing public on what a nuclear bomb dropping on us could bring,but where the day after has to have morals and hopeful message tacked on at the end ,threads educates and traumatises in equal measure

[@staygoldponyboy8881]

Great film, books even better. The author Richard Adams always maintained it was just a story about rabbits but it's much deeper than that.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

I can assure you that when that was release kids came out of the theatres crying. To make it worse the Bright Eyes song was number one in the UK charts for 6 weeks and so whenever you were in the car it would be on the radio.

[@LoneRanger100]

It came on van radio recently while I was driving and I was instantly 7yrs old again, sobbing.

[@kylebarker7362]

14:25 So apparently the makers of the film wanted to challenge the stereotype by making an adult-themed cartoon with the original novel. But when the film was completed and handed to the BBFC - that categorised movies - they read the synopsis "cartoon about rabbits - kids film!" and slapped it with a U for Universal audience without even bothering to watch it. Therefore kids as young as 4 were subjected to the imagery you're seeing. Fun times Also another classic film recommendation: Kes. Widely thought of as one of the best British films of all time.

[@shirleydanby4123]

Watched this as an 80's kid, loved it, particularly the art and the song " Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel, always makes me cry. Scary stuff but brilliant.

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Lovely song.

[@daftymcnumpty8198]

I'm 1 year older than this movie and it was one of my faves as a kid. So many good parts but when Kehaar tells the rabbits to piss off was always my fave part 😅

[@knottyeti]

I watched this around the same time in my childhood as I read Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH. Both went over my head initially but left a seed in my mind that changed me forever.

[@techtinkerin]

Rats of NiMH was awesome 👍

[@stumblepuppy606]

its a children's movie. Was one of my favourite animated movies as a small child

[@stumblepuppy606]

A close friend of my mother worked on this film as an artist

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

The bit with Cowslip has a lot more to it in the book. They have a big fight. Cowslip is just using them. It's a controlled warren that is used to rear rabbits for the man to eat/sell for meat or whatever. That's why theres snares everywhere, so they don't escape. Cowslip just uses the other rabbits to take his place

[@patrickholt2270]

I believe Frith means Peace in Old Norse, but don't quote me on that. I was reading some Tom Shippey about Tolkien, and it came up in connection with the name Frodo. The book is worth reading, and surprisingly deep for a children's book, nominally speaking. When it was written, Rabbit was a popular meat in butchers' shops and supermarkets. It's virtually impossible to find since the film. The book is full of the rabbits telling the tales of El-ahrairah, laying out their mythology and how they hope to get to join his Owsla in the heavens, which helps space out the violent scenes.

[@catbevis1644]

Watership Down is on the Hampshire-Berkshire border, about 60 miles W/SW of London. It's where I'm from originally. The area is under threat by developers and is a constant source of concern for locals who want to preserve it as a pretty English landscape. As well as Richard Adams (who wrote Watership Down), Michael Bond, who wrote Paddington Bear, was also a local. A little bit further away lived Kenneth Grahame who wrote "Wind In The Willows", Charles Kingsley ("The Water Babies"), Thomas Hughes ("Tom Brown's Schooldays"), Hugh Lofting ("Dr Dolittle") and I'm sure there's another children's author I've forgotten about lol. Within a thirty mile radius you could also add the writers associated with Oxford such as JRR Tolkien ("Lord of the Rings"), CS Lewis ("The Chronicles of Narnia"), Roald Dahl (oh, lots lol) and RD Blackmore ("Lorna Doone"). We really don't appreciate our literary heritage nearly enough in the area.

[@shaunrye7740]

Now Keirs said developers can build on green belt, I suspect the beauty will be destroyed

[@zetectic7968]

@@shaunrye7740 Troll

[@richardcook9794]

You forgot Jane Austin was born and raised roughly 3 miles away as the crow flies and Rubbish …watership down is not only part of the north Wessex downs ,it s also and AONB and SSI, it’s about as protected as it can get

[@catbevis1644]

@@richardcook9794 "Under threat" means that development is encroaching on the site, not like they're going to concrete over the whole lot in one go. From BBC news two years ago (random example, first on Google): A controversial project to build 1,000 homes on farmland featured in the novel Watership Down can go ahead, the government has ruled. Developers had appealed against West Berkshire District Council's decision to refuse the Sandleford Park scheme. The council said it was disappointed by the government's latest ruling but said outline planning permission for the Newbury houses had now been granted. Protesters said protected habitats and ancient woodlands would be put at risk. There have been five failed applications since the area was allocated for development by the authority in 2012.

[@shaunrye7740]

@@zetectic7968Troll? I’m pointing out a fact. Maybe you think destroying the countryside’s fine

[@geecee310]

I watched this as a child in the 80s. It’s a seminal animation/cartoon for children. Deep, dark in places, but visceral and ‘real’ - unlike so much other children’s [bland, anodyne] entertainment. It was punchy, but it didn’t leave a generation scarred or scared. Great piece of work.

[@philash824]

I beg to differ, I know plenty of people myself included that were scarred by this, I’m 49 years old and I still refuse to watch any part of this film

[@LoneRanger100]

This was Clockwork Orange for kids.

[@Annausagi2]

Even if it's got a bunch missing from the book (obviously can't cram in everything in an hour and a half), this movie is still a great example on how to adapt a story into film, IMO. One of my favourite details: Bigwig huffs: "Hazel-rah? That'll be the day I call him chief, that will." at the beginning of their journey, and at the end he tells Woundwort: "My Chief's told me to defend this run." ❤ It’s not only showing character growth on Bigwig’s part, but that the Chief’s respect and position aren’t based on size and strength, but on who’s the most intelligent.

[@chrisellis3797]

Compulsory school viewing every year at primary school. Crazy when you consider the themes, let alone the violence 😂

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

This is a great film,😢😂😂😂

[@vezhopkins714]

This is one of my fave animations because of the style (water colour BG and hand painted scenery) and the story .even though I saw it when I was 5 I knew that rabbits got eaten by most carnivores (watched a lot of natural history programs mostly with David Attenborough ) and that they need to have a warren to survive. so I wasn't shocked when the "violet" gets taken by the hawk , and I don't think it was ever for kids not toddlers any way, and the imagery of the gassing and destruction of sandelford (the warren at the beginning) was quite visceral but then I think that is what people used to do. the characters are voiced by some well known actors and the song is legendary :) but the end always gets me and seeing hazel go with the black rabbit of inley makes me tear-up. There is a hierarchy in warrens and the stronger more dominant males have a territory and are not that nice lo lower ranking members of the colony .

[@HaggardPillockHD]

I'll never forget watching this as a kid...

[@Aurochhunter]

2:22 For some reason, the image of that bird has stuck in my mind for years.

[@Cb-46]

I saw this as a child when it was released and absolutely loved it. Such a beautiful amazing movie.

[@wordsmith52]

One of the reasons it was such a good movie was because it was based on a good book of the same name. The author used to tell the story (which he made up) to his kids during long car journeys etc in the 1950s. It was later published as a book and that is even better than the movie in many ways.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The people who made this also made another animated show showing animal testing called "Plague dogs", I'd argue its more traumatic than this, and as someone who loves dogs it genuinely made me teary eyed

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

the ppl who made thi probably have pyshopathy

[@paulhoulton638]

I watched this movie to death as a young child. It’s still one of my favourite animated movies.

[@JamesLMason]

My late mum introduced me to this film and I referenced it at her funeral "My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today." Another film she "subjected" me to is Ring of Bright Water.

[@stuartfraser9745]

loved this when i was a kid, still do, always used to make me cry at the end absolute classic :)

[@IanHopkinson-lu8xo]

I always thought water shipdown had a little Animal Farm and 1984 about it

[@Kentishsaxon]

This taught me life and death when i was a kid still hard not to cry at the end

[@tyger166]

If my sister ever used to get on my nerves I used to sing Bright Eyes and she used to cry, lol

[@RosieLee777]

I love this film. Especially Art Garfunkel.

[@emmatheavengerpeel]

ah watership down ,years before channel 5 even started broadcasting my mam wud tell us the easter bunny had been and then she'd stick the watership down tape in for us kuds to watch,while she made dinner ,she said it helped us build character , also to prevent one of us ever wanting a let rabbit 😅

[@sparky4878]

Who’d think a cartoon about rabbits could be pure nightmare fuel?

[@flexprime2010]

knowing i know one with mouses(red wall) i think it is quite standard

[@djokealtena2538]

If you love the movie you'll love the book. There's a whole bit of rabbit lore in it. This author had another book done by this studio, equally as visually pretty. It's called Plague Dogs. And yes, my parents made the mistake thinking this was appropriate for kids. But I loved it. Kids these days are softies though they would be scarred for life😂.

[@thehappywerewolf]

Your a stronger man than me I'm 51 and cry like like a baby at the end. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@racheldicker5611]

I'll blind him , scary, books brilliant by the way

[@roachpole1]

Very GOOD film

[@rnw2739]

A briliant film and the score by Angela Morley is absolutely beautiful.

[@robsmith6281]

1978 I was 7 years old watching this film. A very graphic film almost dark.

[@vezhopkins714]

that's nature

[@sp72929]

No sugarcoating the reality - life, death, sacrifice, betrayal, false tyrannical leaders…. Cried my eyes out as a child but loved it and never forgot it, because it felt so real. This is what fairytales originally were supposed to do - give children a safe imaginary place to understand and learn to deal with sometimes cruel realities. Nowadays stories for children are way too safe, there is no real danger, No real loss, No real consequences because the hero always gets their happy ever after. Life doesn’t not function like that. The stories I remember most are the like this one, or the tales of Hans Christian Andersen that are bittersweet at best - his Little Mermaid is very different to what Disney made of it.

[@Benson...1]

Before anyone says it, the name watership down is a real place in southern England (In Hampshire)

[@davidtaylor4204]

And all the places in the book are real. I live nearby and go up there quite often, but I have never seen one bloody rabbit! Andrew Lloyd Webber owns most of the land around there.

[@misschieflolz1301]

14:25 - I see you finally realise why this film is so infamous. Yes, it has a universal rating... even on DVD here. It IS intended for kids. It's also absolutely horriffic.

[@simo7321]

My parents took me to the cinema, when this came out. I would of been 5 at the time, they though it was a kids cartoon! The where so wrong!

[@BarryFrancis]

My mum took me to see this when I was about 4 years old. She hadn’t read the book this is based on so she didn’t know that some of the rabbits got killed in it, she just thought it would be a nice cartoon with some rabbits in it. When the rabbits died I started crying and she had to take me out of the cinema. Consequently for years after I couldn’t hear the song Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel without bursting into tears.

[@MegaWizeguy]

Bright eyes 😢

[@biggreg513]

So pleased you chose to watch this EB. Still an amazing film after all these years. That invokes a multitude of memories for me. As I child my grandfather had Bright eyes on a vinyl record and it always made me cry as a child after watching the film for the first time. Definitely for older children in hindsight

[@williamberry9013]

This was awesome .I saw it in 7th grade. Gen X cartoons are rough. :)

[@owendavis690]

I watched this film when i was 10 !!!! never been the same since .

[@phido7045]

Check out the hilarious Creature Comforts if you can.. They first recorded normal British people just chatting, then animated it with animals instead of people. Its by the Wallace and gromit animators.

[@zetectic7968]

Read the book years ago before the film came out. The song "Bright eyes" sung by Art Garfunkel went to No. 1 in the charts. Not a video to react to but worth a watch to see the actual English countryside where the book/film is set with some humour is here on YT Media Death Cult, Is Watership Down Science Fiction? PS the video is short at about 9 minutes.

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

I love this film Alan❤❤❤

[@Russ442100]

General Woundwart one of the greatest literary villians. You didn't show it in your clip but when Bigwig refuses Woundwarts offer then tells him my chief rabbit told me to defend this tunnel still makes me tear up even today. Woundwort couldn't believe that Bigwig wasn't the chief rabbit I'm 61 now. fantastic film .. john Hurt Richard Briers just great.

[@dlk1dlk1]

Try reading the book too.

[@Shoomer1988]

The fact that this film was rated U suitable for all) was crazy for me. It's bloody terrifying. I love it now but it scared the living crap out of me as a kid.

[@Oddballkane]

I always liked it when the general found out bigwig isn't the chief. My chief has told me to defend this Warren. Your chief?

[@nigelmacbug6678]

recommend:- plague dogs 1982 When the wind Blows 1986

[@MatthewBedford-x7v]

Should be rated 18 this movie. Ruined half my childhood this.

[@cyrus2728]

watership down desensitiving brits since 1978

[@davidgriffiths9156]

In his introduction, Richard Adams, who wrote the book, said that Fiver was based on Cassandra, the greek mythological prophetess who always saw bad thinks, but was never believed.

[@Denizen-Unknown]

This movie is an animated marvel, brimming with wonderful artwork.

[@Oddballkane]

There is a worse video made by the same writer of this one it's called the plague dogs. Don't watch it if you like dogs. Just saying.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

You have great instincts, you would have made a great rabbit.

[@johnrichards7337]

"That escalated fairly quickly." 😊

[@Odessa-James]

Most people make the mistake of thinking it's a movie for kids! But it's not, just like the book the movie is based on! The same goes for the Animatedmovies "The Plague Dogs", "The Time Masters", "Animal Farm" or the German movie "Felidae"! Felidae was only shown in English in Australia!

[@Devonshirejackdaw]

All the world will be your enemy, prince of a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you they will kill you, but first they must catch you. Is the most bad arse operning ever ❤

[@Naylte]

04:10 "Pardon me while I have a strange influence." - Groucho Marx 04:43 "Waiting for today to happen, waiting for a vague impression, waiting for today to happen, waiting here with nothing but disaster." - Ian Broudie 17:05 "Erase the race, they claim the place..." - Kate Bush 22:05 "It's a very, very mad world." -Curt Smith 35:10 Hazel's fate in the original novel is more akin to the Lapine equivalent of the spiritual goal of an Egyptian Pharaoh.

[@Johnspartan296]

Uh oh. Yeah sorry chief, but I am not gonna be watching this video lol. Watership Down is traumatising.

[@JBettz]

Love this film thank you 🍻👍🏼

[@shelleyjackson8793]

I can't actually watch this but I wanted to support you. I read the book and sobbed when I got to the end. Art Garfunkel's song Bright Eyes makes me emotional every time I heard it.

[@laurenmillward2451]

One of my all time favourite movies, makes me cry every single time. Pleased to say it’s still traumatising British kids to this day, fantastic reaction video, great job sir ❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕

[@andywrong3247]

I think I've seen this,I remember the song,it past me by as a kid ,I knew it had a message, similar films around,kes,a kestrel for a knave,the snowman,water babies,bambi,lord of the flies,swallow &amazon's, loads sending a message in life.yeah we get them,I'll wait for your summing up,I'll trust you.have you seen a clock work orange 🍊. Some people miss star wars or back to the future, I might of been out playing football,swimming building rafts,go karting,building bridges riding bikes walking down disused railway lines or just shooting rabbits for the pot..

[@VickyF_]

Oh Lord, Watership Down. I felt immediately triggered by childhood trauma the moment I read the title. 😬

[@davidcarrol110]

I dont know if it would be classed as a recommendation but Raymond Briggs' animated film When The Wind Blows from 1986. Excellent animation but a bleak story about an elderly couple reacting to the outbreak of nuclear war.

[@GamerKatz_1971]

Saw this as a kid in the early 80's so while I will never ever watch this movie again, reactions included, I will say ....good luck.

[@deadcatthinks6725]

For Kids! It'll build character! (it's definitely not an allegory about the dangers of communism honest) *looks at the recent elections in France*

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Whole generations of British children have been traumatised by Watership Down

[@simonmetcalfe5926]

I'm a child of the 80's, one of my mates (a hard ass former soldier), still can't hear "Bright Eyes" without bursting into tears.

[@leslie2149]

One of my absolute favorite movies. I loved the book and loved the movie. I've watched it so many times over the years I can practically recite it word for word.

[@chrisellus2655]

I love/hate the even having to watch this.. certainly played apart on my childhood. You might want to try Tarka the otter awell.

[@dainfarley9057]

This film was Brutal to watch as a kid, it became a bit of a cult film with its Simon and Garfunkel song, I remember it was prob my first experience trying to comprehend death, also rebirth in that scene with the spirit.

[@philash824]

I’m sorry sir, I will not be watching this reaction. I hope you enjoyed it, but I haven’t watched this film in over 40 years, that’s how badly this film scarred me as a child, and I still refuse to watch any part of it. They used Simon and Garfunkels bright eyes for the closing credits, and ruined that song for me

[@defiantno10]

Cats listen to their owners. Lol.

[@MrFox-wn5jt]

I was 4 when this came out. I was 8 when I saw it and it terrified me. I was around 12 when I watched it again and nearly died laughing at a seagull screaming 'pi** off'!

[@irishcreamsicle]

Where are my fellow 80’s kids who wanted MORE? I was fascinated with WS. It was haunting but honest. The absence of the typical Disney personalities and behaviors was so refreshing. There is great character development and they are led by the instinct to survive, not romance and adventure. A few years later I read the book and it became my favorite. The character attachment is insane. No matter how many times I read it, I still ugly cry at the ending. I have their prayer, Hazel, and the black rabbit of inle tattooed on my feet. The movie honors the source material and as a super fan I can tell you, the Netflix remake is absolutely terrible. They had an opportunity to make it damn good, maybe even darker, and they butchered it. I like to pretend it doesn’t exist.

[@IntrinsicPalomides]

An absolutely stunning film, must watch. Was pretty brutal to watch as a kid but meh we got over it.

[@garethalford682]

I remember being in school one day and the teacher asking all the other kids what film the kids wanted to watch on vhs they picked watership Down you’d think it’s gonna be a cute little film about some bunny rabbits when actually it’s very traumatising when the rabbits get killed or kill each other soon as there was a sad bit or a violent bit I remember the teacher turned it off. And quickly putting another vhs tape on

[@jemmajames6719]

This was never meant to be for children, I remember my dad taking me when I was ten, he was horrified I was bored.

[@tomtopee4362]

I remember my mum and dad letting me watch this film….didn’t realise how bad it was till I re watched it when I was older 😂🤦‍♂️

[@johnboy9386]

Yes, for children. The author Richard Addams wrote the story for his kids on a long car trip.

[@ennesshay5040]

'Plague Dogs' - another animated film based on a Richard Adam's book, and made by the same team is also worth a look.

[@jBear-ku7vp]

I used to live not far from watership down, it’s a stunning place to walk. And yes there are or were a lot of rabbits there.

[@oneofthosevoicesyouhear9044]

Bleeding rabbits in a cartoon. Yeah, preteen me was not ready for that. And that sight of the rabbit fighting the dog was burned into my memory for a long time afterwards!

[@Ceractucus]

I must be one one the few people that caught this movie in the theaters when it first came out. I was around 7 or 8 and nothing about it was too scary to me except General Woundwort, and that cat. Did you notice how all the rabbits are named after real plants? I love that. Richard Adams wrote this wonderful story and it started as a tale to tell his children during road trips, but they loved it so much that it eventually became a fantastic book, which I think you might enjoy.

[@pktv6832]

Traumatised a whole generation 😂

[@grahamjackson9007]

This film was so powerful I can still remember the sensation of watching is as a 10 year old to this day! The song bright eyes takes me back to that time instantly! The film is awesome, there’s no other word for it.

[@lextex3280]

I remember watching this when it first came out. Great film. It shocked loads of kids my age, funnily though, I was ok with it. It was Probably because I was going poaching with my dad and grandad back then. I saw Rabbits as food. Lol.

[@John-Ginger]

The Fantastic Mr Fox is a good film thats light hearted you might like, its a Rodahl story iirc

[@wolftal1178]

I remember this traumatised me as the kid don’t even looking at scenes of it now it’s still sounds absolute horror and shivers down my spine. A brilliant story but a bit too well done.