| April 25th, 2009 |
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This is a book about rabbits. cute little wild rabbits in the British country side that run from foxes and fight each other to the death. It's a wonderful book that was recommended to me by a councilor, since I like rabbits so much.
Well, I love the book, so I thought I'd look up the movie.
Overall, the movie is pretty good about condensing the essential story. And I love the treatment of the gull, Kehaar. *kerthunk into ground* "Perfect landing."
There are just a few little issues that I have with it.
One - The events after leaving the Sandleford warren are shown out of the original order. This makes things more than a bit confusing at times. I don't know if it would be confusing to those who haven't read the book, but it sure does for me.
Two - Nothing is mentioned of the hutch rabbits after the attempted escape. It is implied that they didn't get out, which makes Hazel's sacrifice rather meaningless. In the book all but one made it out and Hazel was praised as a hero.
Three - Cowslip doesn't join them after they leave the farm warren. Actually, the whole bit with the farm warren is cut down to barely anything, leaving the event feeling rushed.
Four - We aren't shown how Hazel escapes from the cat. He just shows up later. In the book quite a bit more is made of this and considering that the whole movie is barely an hour long I don't think it would have hurt to show these events.
Five - El-ahrairah is barely mentioned after the opening. That doesn't really matter much for the bulk of the story and I can understand why all the mythology was glossed over or cut out. The way a story has to flow in a movie is much different from the way it can flow in a book. That being said, all those stories being left out makes the ending just a bit confusing. And that's on top of problem four. I really think they could have handled that a bit better. The ending in the book made me cry my eyes out. The ending in the movie made me say, "What?"
I just realized that it's funny that there are five problems with this movie. One of the characters is called Fiver (hrairoo). Actually, hrair means 'many' for rabbits, as they can't count passed four.Current Mood:  sick Current Music: none |
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