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To me, this movie is perfection.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

One of my favorite books from my childhood, I've read the book several times but I've only seen the movie once, unfortunately.

A community of rabbits are forced to leave the warren that they live in. The rabbits encounter various obstacles in the cruel and unfair outside world during their search for a new peaceful home.The key remarkable triumph of writer/director Martin Rosen's exceptional adaptation of Richard Adams' bestselling novel is the vivid and striking way it presents a fascinating and thoroughly realized universe for the rabbit protagonists full of both stunning beauty and great danger that comes complete with its own unique spiritual beliefs and a clearly delineated social pecking order. Moreover, this film also serves as an intelligent and provocative meditation on the abuse of power, the desire for freedom, and the inevitability of death. The naturalistic and carefully crafted hand-drawn animation provides a lovely pastoral look. The superb voice acting from a top-drawer cast of British thespians rates as another substantial asset, with especially stand-out contributions from John Hurt as the gentle, yet noble Hazel, Richard Briers as nervous clairvoyant Fiver, Michael Graham Cox as rugged tumbler Bigwig, Roy Kinnear as cowardly runt Pipkin, Denholm Elliott as the sniveling Cowslip, and Harry Andrews as vicious tyrant General Woundwort. Zero Mostel supplies amusing comic relief as noisy, but helpful seagull Kehaar. The startling moments of bloody violence pack a jolting punch. Angela Morley's harmonic score and the touching ballad "Bright Eyes" sung by Art Garfunkel hit the tuneful spot. A highly impressive achievement.

The Sun god Frith created all the animals. When El-Ahrairah and his rabbit people multiplied, Frith gifted some of the other animals with powers to be various predators. El-Ahrairah is given a fluffy tail and strong legs. With caution and cunning, the rabbits survive. In the present, Hazel leads a group of rabbits out of the warren when one has an apocalyptic vision. They face deadly obstacles, befriend a seagull and find a group under a tyrannical dictatorship.For a children's story, this is rather bloody and brutal. It can be scary for the little ones. It's a riveting adventure for the most part. The last part seems to have too many stories. The seagull tries to be comic relief but he doesn't get the job done. I would rather they stay with the rabbit farm story. There is one too many plots and I don't think the Efrafans are needed.

I placed this film in my top 10 because of my pure love for this film and my pure love for cavy's and rabbits. However, one may think that is narrow minded to rate a film based purely on external matters, but this film is legitimately good in my views. Some people may find it too slow and I agree that some parts tend to drag, but it is countered by its strong attack on war and social themes. The metaphors may be too much for kids to understand, but this film really isn't to be experienced by kids. Yes, it's nice on the outside, but the gritty inside is what adults will love about this film. Overall, Watership Down provides a deeply depressing and emotional ride which will leave a tear in your eyes and a beautiful re-imagining of rabbits and animals in the process.