Traumatized by this
I had to see a child psychologist after seeing it!
shareSeriously? This movive?
Why?
MovieChat Forums > Watership Down (1978) Discussion > Traumatized by this
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I agree with Wikus. I watch it so many times as a little kid- I loved it! I guess I overlooked the implicit (and sometimes explicit) violence and death within the movie and simply enjoyed the cute little bunnies and the beautiful scenery of the hills. I recently rewatched the film in my adulthood and while I still think its an amazing movie (Kehaar is as funny as ever), little things I wouldn't have noticed as a kid, like Violet's sudden death, kind of gave me an unpleasant feeling.
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I'd rather hope any good natured child would find this film a little upsetting. I certainly know plenty of adults who find it upsetting.
That being said, 'traumatising' seems a bit unusual to me.
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I loved it when I was 4/5 but I was seriously frightened by some of the sequences. Especially the bit about the rabbits being buried and trapped underground.
shareChildren get psychology degrees these days? Goodness me.
Who busts the Crimebusters?
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I am 30. I just watched Plague Dogs and then Watership Down.
Plague Dogs traumatized me last night. It will haunt me for a long time. I will love my dogs harder and hate lab testing more.
Watership Down wasn't so bad. Perhaps to a young child, some scenes were a little intense (mostly musical score and animated violence and blood).
Plague Dogs was a very good movie about horrible horrible things.
I am a 40 year old former boxer and it really is a struggle to watch this film, constantly trying to choke down the tears throughout, despite the message of hope that runs through it. If this story doesn't move you I'd seriously worry about the state of your soul TBH.
Change down, man. Find your neutral space.
I remember being very frightened of this film as a child. I never understood why my parents thought it was a great kids film? I was terrified!
shareI saw this almost 25 years ago and it scared the hell out of me as a kid! I'd not really thought about it too much until recently when I started having nightmares with rabbits in them.
I did get the message of hope throughout the film. But the violence was too much. And I refuse to listen to "Bright Eyes" ever again!
The film was still a U when I was a kid. Now it's a PG. I think that, or a 12A, is more appropriate. Yes, children need to know about death and about nature. But at least a PG alerts parents to the fact that some scenes could be unsuitable for youngsters and can watch it first and then judge whether their child can handle it.