Watership Down 8/10

[Nephalen]

Man this movie sucks...

[DoubtfulGrace]

Geez, that General guy doesn't screw around!. Whooda thought a rabbit could be such an evil bastard!

[Rhaxma]

Dont forget that all this near death ridiculous planning was done just for some rabbit pussy.

[mormonchick1011]

@Rhaxma soooo...life well risked?

[MoonPhase94]

@Rhaxma Doesn't matter had sex.

[MrGeicos]

If I ever get a rabbit I'm torn between naming it Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig or Momiji. But if I ever get a bird, it'll definitely be Kehaar.

[TheUnluckyKitty]

Like this if Bigwig is your favorite and you think he is the coolest fictional rabbit ever.

[thefuzz97]

Listening to Kehaar, I keep thinking that he must be into some BEEG AMERICAN TEETEES

[talanhawke]

A bad ass fighter AND he can smooth talk the Evil Villian. Bugs can eat his heart out!

[MoonPhase94]

@talanhawke Bigwig is one BAMF rabbit.

[omarisnotaloosa]

There is no way Holly would have survived getting out of the original warren and then going straight to Efrafa and, THEN getting to Watership Down.

Impossible.

[talanhawke]

@omarisnotaloosa Seriously... no sentient, talking rabbits *I* know could do that.

[SuperCommander17]

bigswigs!!!! 0:10

[SuperCommander17]

bigswigs!!!! :10

[ancalites]

Air power, river power ... these rabbits understand the concept of combined arms!

[mowshetung]

Big wig is a heavy hitter.

[FlyingWolfWings]

I wanna grow up just like Bigwig ^^

[Regginyaga]

I can imagine a person sitting on that bridge and seeing a boat full of rabbits go by

[percyandannabethlove]

@Regginyaga I would say "Am I hallucanating" then think Wow this sandwich is great.

[thelonelion]

you know, watching the whole movie really dosn't seem as violent then if you watch all the gorry stuff one after another with fitting music

[Jabasourus]

I love all the hidden themes in the book and movie such as dictatorship, accepting the end, why war is unnecessary most of (if not all) the time, and how humans...how shoukd I put it...destroy...?

[Japanesebanzai52]

Come on and try you crackbrained slave-driver :D Bigwig is the most badass bunny ever!

[MegaSlashProductions]

The boat flowing throw the river is similar to Moses crossing the ocean, fresh off the bible

[MegaGayjesus]

@MegaSlashProductions Moses was found on the river Nile in Egypt..not crossing an ocean! Moses is also said to have crossed the Red Sea (again not an ocean) by parting its waters and then walking over the sea bed!

[MegaSlashProductions]

@MegaGayjesus sorry, haven't read it in awhile, thanks for the correction!

[MegaGayjesus]

@MegaSlashProductions That's ok It is easy to be confused by the Bible, as much of it is just copied from even earlier myths and legends!

[MegaSlashProductions]

@MegaGayjesus Yo know, I just noticed, your name offends my religioun :L

[MegaGayjesus]

@MegaSlashProductions And you think I care what offends your silly religious sensibilities!

[MegaSlashProductions]

@MegaGayjesus I never said I was offended, but my parents are a little strict with the religioun, its ywhat you believe I don't give shit.

[MegaSlashProductions]

@MegaGayjesus Again I just realized, how do you know tht information if your have no religioun....either you read tiny bit of the bible or you learned in History.

[MegaGayjesus]

@MegaSlashProductions Yes I am an atheist.I have read the Bible many times, both the New and Old Testaments. Moses is said to be the Hebrew Lawgiver, spoken of in The Dead Sea Scrolls some 1300 years after his alleged death. He is still revered by Jews 3300 years later!

[themagicalfox6]

watching this makes me realize, it must suck to be a bunny ._.

[Salieri1760]

Harry Andrews has the vest voice for the general

[a1b26600]

ILL BLIND IM!

[SapphireD910]

I just had a thought. Could you imagine seeing a boat float by full of rabbits? We'd most likely think some human was playing a horrible joke leaving them to suffer... or we'd think of this story and leave them be, because those rabbits kill.

[trezuraat]

There's one or two from Effrafa that'll come with me!

[trezuraat]

Come on and try, ya crack-brained slave driver!

[karate9dude]

4:16-"There's no need to take you back come on inside have cracks breaks slave driver"

I can see why it is a beta XD.

[blaxicat2005]

at 4;39 at first i thought that they were going to play the Darth Vader theme song...you know like dadadadaadadada dadadaddadada DUN DUN DUN DUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUN!!

[blaxicat2005]

BigWig and Hazel are my faves besides Fiver.

[kasumi421]

Best drunken bird ever. I love him. :D

[The5000livi]

pause at 4:20

[Rosehawka]

@The5000livi bwahahaha

[meetdiamond]

go bigwig GOOOOOOO

[Freshizzo14]

Go Bigwig! Take down them Nazi bunnies!

[Nikkodemis]

4:14 thru 4:20 = truly epic artwork

[HamsterGirl135]

This was the movie that made me so mature at such a young age, my parents told me as a kindergartener I always acted like a 10 year old. I awe half of my childhood to this movie! While others grew up with Dora or Hello Kitty, I grew up on dragons and hard cor bunnies

[EternalDragon343]

Don't watch this before bed unless you want The General to haunt your dreams

[GothicAthlete]

When I was little this movie didn’t traumatize me I was just like “wtf what kind of cartoon is this?!?”

[joenvernaillen]

As a kid i always thought Kehaar flew to the moon...

[EternalDragon343]

Woundwort is like the antichrist

[jforonda31383]

Blackavar may be beat up, but he is one tough rabbit. One of my complaints about the 1999 TV series is that they gave him such a whimpy personality.

[LisaIllusion]

I seriously incourage you to watch with the Transcribate Sound on.. Cx

[Freshizzo14]

@LisaIllusion AHAHAHA " That bird cant save you now" is translated to "Bradbury cars a year not that its passed" HAAHA

[DomMitKurzemM]

I just hope the bird doesn't mean Vodka by big Water : D

[djschoolcraftmusic]

BIGGGGG WATT-AAAAHH!!!

[contempNhiphop]

Are they calling the fox a humbug?

[StormeDragon666]

@contempNhiphop, they are calling it a "homba." In the book they make it more obvious that the rabbits have their own language, Lapine, and fox translates to "homba" in Lapine.

[contempNhiphop]

@StormeDragon666 ahh i read the book and went back too looked back at that part they called it a fox they mus haved called it a homba when they all say it together

[contempNhiphop]

@StormeDragon666 thank you for clarifying that for me ^_^

[Fuleadeare]

"Well I didn't know there was anything out of the ordinary about running from a homba!" Good answer.

[moneycomvn]

aaw i hated this part when they say "goodbye" to Keehar

[nashman420]

Bigwig gave woundwort the bird @ 4:20 and we ALL flipped him the bird @ 5:55

[NacodaLupine]

@nashman420 5:55

A true "fuck the police" moment, if there were any.

[GuitarGoddess150]

press 9 . awww .... OMG TROUBLE O=

[yewa92]

I can imagine humans(non bunny murdering ones) looking down at the bunnies out on the field, thinking: 'What a sweet and carefree life they must live'....

[gemm83]

@yewa92

I've often wondered if Mr. Adams didn't just see something odd the rabbits were doing some day and think up the whole story.

[Wurstvogelify]

The efrafan rabbits all look very sleep-deprived o.O

[rupertmyprince]

why is it that the males always nudge the females asses with their nose

[Willyj1230]

The music reminds me of The Planets by Gustav Holst, specifically Mars around 4:40

[Churchcantor]

@Willyj1230 Is a lot like it, in 3/4 rather than 5/4 (Mars: The Bringer of War)

[Churchcantor]

Embleer Frith! I'll blind him!

[Ambaralis]

thank god that damn bird is gone -_-

[junebird24]

i like the abrupt change in music @ 7:28

[GuitarKat93]

"That bird can't save you now."

"THERE IT IS!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAGH!!!!"

lol.

[Churchcantor]

Get away, you damn white bird!

[kataankoryu]

I love cartoons with subtle political themes. Animal Farm is another one I love.

[Crime1234management]

belonging or relating to the person or group of people being spoken or written to

Is this your bag?

It's not your fault.

Your mother is driving me crazy.

What's your problem?

[MissGarland20]

Bunneh's in a boat...See dem float...Stupid benneh's...Wonderful movie =)

[DeaneRenata]

"hazel what made for!"

[DeaneRenata]

o.o

[The5000livi]

1:27 look at his face!

[HamsterGirl135]

I love PigWig, hes so humorous but hes also a very good warrior! Examples: "Come over here and try you crack brain slave driver!!" and "I'm here to warn you that evening's seufle has been cancelled. Look over there and you'll see why" *Knocks captain of the owsler into a burrow and kills him, comes out without a scratch*

[xChildOfProphecy]

@HamsterGirl135 His name is "BigWig," not PigWig. I've read the book. I would recommend it if you like the movie.

[chadbrochillist]

Woundwort fell for the classic "Look over there!".

[AcacionDA]

Woundwort is just so damn ugly.

[SnapDragon227]

I dunno about you, but if I saw a boat full of bunnies floating down the river, I'd have thought I was insane!

[Mitzi3039]

@SnapDragon227 Got that right, that comment made me actually laugh :')

[mercmarc]

Maybe they should have taken does from that faggot cowslip instead of risking life and limb in efrafa.

[Churchcantor]

@mercmarc If you read the book, they were already a long way from Cowslip's warren, plus the malcontents from a totalitarian system would be much stronger than the does from that faggot Cowslip's snare farm.

[mercmarc]

@Churchcantor Its just weird that they never even discussed it and they discussed everything, yes i read the book. Im just saying its what i would have done if i was chief rabbit.

[Churchcantor]

@mercmarc Not saying that it couldn't be a plot hole, but it convinces me as a several-times reader of the book. They didn't have time to think about getting does from Cowslip's warren. Bigwig almost got killed there.  There were snares everywhere, etc.

[vampyren13]

lol "biiiiiiiig waateeer!" XD

[ThePaganSun]

It's kind of ironic how Wormwort was more afraid of a seagull than he was of a vicious dog! Happy trails Keehar!

[julez381]

that is a meeeeaaaann lookin rabbit.

[satansbrotherphil]

cant believe farmers havent killed them all yet.......

[Dewlight1122]

for rabbits they sure are slow sometimes

[satansbrotherphil]

@Dewlight1122 indeed.

[NatsuoxOkami]

Looking at what Bigwig did to that other rabbit I'd say that he did the same to that fox a bit back.

[greenday01989]

boy id love to stick a big bout of maximitosus up that generals ass lol

[animelovehina]

the rabbits from efrafa totaly look like they are wearing makeup!

[victimofaguillotine]

The reason in the book why the Efrafans found the warren was because Captain Campion was on a wide patrol and ran into Hazel and the others. Hazel refused to kill him and Campion went back and told the General where to find them.

[victimofaguillotine]

9 people are crack brained slave drivers!

[appleproject13]

Like srsly I can't watch 1:17 without falling of the chair because I'm laughing so hard.

[appleproject13]

lol I keep cracking up at General Woundworts expressions. Probably not a good thing to watch this late in the night when I'm so tired that I laugh at pretty much everything.

[UnluckyAmulet]

Bigwig is so badass. "Come on and try, ya crack-brained slave driver!"

[victimofaguillotine]

@UnluckyAmulet My favorite line in the whole thing

[phishroc]

no way, Richard Adams wasn't trying to make some grandiose statement about society or whatever. He was just writing a story for his daughter. seriously.

[TheLegendaryDelta]

if u think about it their risking their lifes for tail :P

[technofern]

9 people are not going to the big water

[bubbly221]

why did i watch this before bed?

[julielaughs14]

@bubbly221 I had the same reaction and I was also kicking myself.

[gen101394]

@bubbly221 try doing that and being nine XD (and it being the first time you watch it too X3)

[TheMutantlizard]

leave it to watership down to make rabbits look intimidating. some thing i thought scientificlay impossible

[botuts]

I LOVE that Bird!

[katinaanimator]

In the Richard Addams book, it's clear to BigWig that Woundwort intends to kill him on the wide patrol the next day. In the film, it's much more subtle - he glances from Campion to Woundwort, apprehensively. They suspect him, and have a feeling something is up.

[Revolucio1989]

Woundwort: "Two inches of water! My one weakness!"

[chillingLJ69]

this is one of the best books of all time

[TycoonQueenie01]

2:47 the bunnies must be intoxicated they have green eyes!

[jgfpony]

lol bunnies on a boat

[WolfOfTheSeas101]

BIG VATA!!! haha he has to be the best character ever made...

[SR71ABCD]

Then that bird was killed...

It seems that he got caught in Jet engine.

[eastcoaster54]

"that bird can't save you now" ...

... "there it is!"

"baaaahhhhhhh"

GONE!

[satansbrotherphil]

the fat scary bunny needs a hitler-stache. twould be much more appropriate.

[Tyannalyn]

@satansbrotherphil LOL

[Dewlight1122]

@satansbrotherphil  I pissed myself laughing at that

[Crime1234management]

@satansbrotherphil

drone poster

[Idazmi7]

@satansbrotherphil I just can't wait for Woundwart to die.

[TheIntruders]

@satansbrotherphil

Congratulations. You figured out that the book is an allegory of many things including the Nazi party. The passive and pacifist warren that avoided all conflicts and did not believe in Frith is an allegory of the modern-day liberal movement in America. Godless cowards - all of them.

[Tudor3867]

@TheIntruders Oh, quit trying to drag politics into this and bash the liberal parties. Don't you have better things to do then to stir up debates on a rabbit video?

[The20134ever1]

@Tudor3867 Don't act like the Liberals don't drag politics into everything. And don't act like this is a different case because it's a rabbit movie, it is apparently not as innocent as you seem to think.

[Tudor3867]

@The20134ever1 It certainly isn't innocent, but it certainly doesn't mean it has political or religious allegories. People might only think it does because they're searching for a allegory.

[flaselina]

@The20134ever1 If you actually read the book...it's just a story Mr. Adams was telling to his daughters on a roadtrip.

[dejablue88]

@TheIntruders

You're all quite stupid. The author of this book had no intention for the story to be political. It's just a story about rabbits. Shut up about trying to find "hidden meaning" If you don't believe me ask him or read the book.

[BelovedSoundtracks]

@TheIntruders We're not godless cowards, and Richard Adams didn't have us in mind when he wrote Watership Down.

[TheIntruders]

@BelovedSoundtracks

Look up allegory you godless coward. Then bend over and let Obama have his way with you.

[xbreyerforeverx]

Can anyone tell me the author of the book? id like to get it 

[hitsugayafan4life]

@xbreyerforeverx Richard Adams

[livelaughlove9111]

this movie is way better than the book. the book was really confusing.

[hitsugayafan4life]

@livelaughlove9111 the book was confusing but once you understand it the book is really really good

[mindspilled]

this is the most amazing animated film....hands DOWN

[hali28target]

@aeKaztro Bahahahaha!

Family Guy count: 1

!

XD

[Rita3500]

What else did they do in Efrafa that was so horriable? How could it get worse?

[Saphruikan]

@Rita3500

It was really strict and overcrowded and you weren't allowed to do anything.

[Wolfdemonzz]

General Woundwort is gonna give me nightmares, I swear. ;_;

[Churchcantor]

Got to read the book. This movie is great in its own right, however. Great score, and this coming from a man holding a MM composition degree! I wish I could do as well. The animation is great, hand drawn and based on watercolor. Embleer Frith, what a movie!

[madara125]

I just found out that if you put any song from the inception movie soundtrack over any of the fight scenes in this movie it gets a whole lot more intense

[vancepar08]

"Get away, damn white bird"

If you noticed the general said that?

[SuperDogbiter]

I wonder what happened to Woundwort to make him like this.

[kamekolove]

@SuperDogbiter

Woundworts backstory was expanded upon in the book; basically he witnessed the death of his mother by a...weasel I think after she was shot...and then he was found by a human who nursed him back to health. Woundwort then escaped as he had become savage and wild. I think he found a small warren, became chief of that warren but desired more power and a bigger warren so he and some other rabbits left and founded Efrafa.

[whitehousesvc729]

@SuperDogbiter

If you read the book, it has a whole chapter devoted to him and his back story. I honestly don't remember most of it, but I know that throughout his whole life, he suffered great hardship. His parents were killed, and he had to travel all the way to Efrafra by himself. He started in the Owsla and he became chief rabbit by killing several who were in line before him. Like I said, this is what I remember, so it's the general idea, but there is more detail I believe.

[Pooky1991]

I think it was the movie alone that put in the nazi and political themes. In the book (I'm at when they build the Great Burrow) its more on them as animals journeying to a new home and abdapting ideas on changing thier normal animal behavior, like carrying food to thier burrows, helping other animals, and building thier new burrow. In the book it also compares the rabbits to human behavior, like when a rabbit dies they have the ability to move on even though thet might well for the lost.

[alexander5860]

this is lyk a rabbit version of escafe from sobibor hahaha

[Cybernetic]

you can always count on Kehaar for that bad ass air support

[nameofthepen]

Ha ha...Kehaar provided perfect air cover for the retreat of the troops and their freed hostages.

[LipSingBlondie]

in the book the way back to the warren was much worse, two does died.

[DRAGONslayer5p9]

poeple who made this are fucked up

[Medichlorine333]

At 7:05, Isn't that the clip the movie started with? Lol

[TheIntruders]

BigWig looks like a rat at 4:17.

[dyenomite2]

I love Blackavar! his voice is stimulating! i only wish he got out alive!

[goldblaze93]

Did Woundwort just say "Damn white bird?"

[fawcatz333]

i saw this movie when i was little... my mom must not have known how freeky it was, gave me nightmares for years

[RyuichixCMZ]

Is it just me or does General Woundwart look sort of like a rabbit version of Kron from the Disney film "Dinosaur"?

[Hulavuta]

Dang, they shortened Bigwig's interrogation...that was one of my favorite parts from the book. Bigwig was pretty good at making up excuses.

Also, in the book they used his other name "Thlayli" while he was in Efrafa. Personally, I think it's much cooler...

[sk3lt0n]

i can remember watching this as a kid, scared the hell out of me then and still sacres me now! lol

[kiyoshi85]

am i the only one who seem world war II allegory in this? 

[joshvn715]

@kiyoshi85 what WWII reference do you see ... interesting?

[p3rs0nan0ngrata]

@kiyoshi85

Yes.

Nobody else spotted the Nazi theme in Efrafa, or the Stalinist theme in the first warren. Nobody else figured that the film represents the defeat of despotism in Europe and the emergence of democracy as a result.

[Koopatroopa01]

@p3rs0nan0ngrata Yes, its kind of like the short movie ´´Animal Farm´´ about the coldwar. Different concept though.

[SIRKELAVSVART]

@p3rs0nan0ngrata

Although, Richard Adams says there is no purposeful political, religious or philosophical themes to the story, it is a collection of stories he told to his daughters. All themes and allusions are kinda coincidental.

[Nursesaids]

@p3rs0nan0ngrata

I did. It's pretty unsubtle.

[Tyannalyn]

@p3rs0nan0ngrata O_O

[animelovehina]

@p3rs0nan0ngrata okay i get the nazi thing! cuz efrafa is a dictaitorship but i dont get how the first warren was stalinist ??

[p3rs0nan0ngrata]

@animelovehina

Look at the relationship between the Owsla (I have no idea how it's spelt) and the rest of the warren.

[jimbojamesIV]

@p3rs0nan0ngrata No wonder I wasn't enjoying the movie.