Now that we've seen what neutering a concept for children looks like, let's take a gander at the flip-side of that. This is...
Let me preface a few things here first. I love this movie, the book is good (I'm sure) and the film holds up well. The film is just really, really not for kids.
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The movie begins with a narration about nature being assigned a series of roles by the Sun-God. Basically, rabbits were made into creative prey and they were surrounded by predators. Would they survive? Yes.
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In modern day, a group of rabbits live in the English countryside. Life is good. They eat grass, avoid humans and really avoid that damned dog. Not long after this, they begin to be killed, since rabbits are the prey of every animal in the world. Enjoy, kids!
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Their tentative survival is threatened by a crazed rabbit with a god-complex named General Woundwort. The fact that he is played by Zero Mostel (The Producers) is just a bonus for you, kiddies. He is here to stop our heroes from reaching the ultimate destination for free rabbits to live: Watership Down. I'm sure that there won't be a bloody battle before they get there.
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For once, I won't spoil the movie for you. This one is actually quite good and I want you to see it. Maybe dangling a carrot in front of you will work, proverbial or otherwise. The photo-realistic, watercolor look is amazing and makes you really empathize with the characters. The realism does not end there though. When animals fight, there is blood, scratches and dirt-flying. A kid's movie this is not.
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Do you like magic? You won't when I'm done with some crappy uses of it. Stay tuned...
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