![]() ![]() We don’t want it to be true… We hope is really is just about the bunnies… But we know it’s not. Coming to terms with the hard reality of the true message the film is the hardest part to wrap your mind around. We see through the cute and fuzzy wrapping paper that the rabbits represent to the core message of the story, and the real injurious scarring comes from our ability to empathize with the characters and situations that they are presented with. How could I be so moved and so traumatized by some over-dramatized, anthropomorphized rabbits? I think the answer lies in the fact that on an instinctual level, we know the film isn’t really about bunnies. It is because of this that I am shocked at how striking the images in this film were, and more so than that, how deeply it effected me. ![]() I’ve seen many rabbits go the way of the buffalo in real life and I can tell you beyond any doubt that it’s nowhere near as violent or disturbing (or even as bloody) as the poor bunnies in this animated film. Let me begin by saying that I grew up in a farming family. I know it’s hard after you’ve been exposed to a melee of bleeding rabbits, but here we go. Maybe it will help bring us closure, and hopefully allow us to move on with our lives as normally as we can. ![]() As such, I felt it was appropriate to give a follow-up on this. I would like to think this is because of my uber awesome writing skills, but I’m afraid it probably only means that far more people had their childhoods ruined by this film than I originally thought. It seems there has been some interest in my previous review of the infamous movie Watership Down. ![]()
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