Review #300: Watership Down.
Cast
John Hurt (Hazel), Richard Briers (Fiver), Michael Graham Cox (Bigwig), John Bennett (Captain Holly), Ralph Richardson (Threarah), Simon Cadell (Blackberry), Terence Rigby (Silver), Roy Kinnear (Pipkin), Richard O'Callaghan (Dandelion), Denholm Elliott (Cowslip), Zero Mostel (Kehaar), and Harry Andrews (General Woundwort) Directed by Martin Rosen.
Review
To begin with, Watership Down is based off the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. (Reviewing films based off novels being very familiar to me already) I do wonder if there is anyone who heard their were rabbits and hills and then saw the film and realized...it was a film far from imagined and yet excellent nonetheless. The acting is good, it sounds urgent, with the lines (for me anyways) giving a sense of importance with some of the lines, which is excellent, with the acting especially by Hurt, Briers, Andrews, and Mostel being the standouts in this film. The animation is top notch, looking beautiful and dark at times. But the main thing here is its story. It is masterfully well told, with dark elements that while being tear inducing (for some people, though let me say that this does not hurt the film), is not savage (or bright) in its way of telling a story, it has fine action and a good story to make a really good film, rabbits, tears, reviews and all. Speaking of that, thank you for reading the 300th Review of Movie Night. I thank anyone who is reading this right now and I thank anyone who has helped at all in any way possible. I hope for a whole lot more reviews. Happy 300.
Overall, I give it 10 out of 10 stars.
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