I'm not sure this is a film I would watch again, but I think Richard Adams really succeeded in his aim to get people thinking about the awful animal testing that was going on around that time.
As a big fan of Watership Down, although that was an intense story, this rather has just one aim in its mission to highlight the atrocities of how we have treated animals.
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The ending differs from that of the book slightly however I sense in both cases Mr Adams actually intends thé pair not to survive. The island they speak of most likely being the Isle of Man is 47 miles from the beach they set off from so it's unlikely they ever would make it. I think it's a real shame it couldn't have a bitter sweet ending like Watership down but I feel this was on purpose because may of the animals we have mistreated never have a happy ending and that's really what the point of the film is about.
Really good movie in terms of its aim, but not a happy story so I'll probably just leave it at that.
As a big fan of Watership Down, although that was an intense story, this rather has just one aim in its mission to highlight the atrocities of how we have treated animals.
*****Spoilers******
The ending differs from that of the book slightly however I sense in both cases Mr Adams actually intends thé pair not to survive. The island they speak of most likely being the Isle of Man is 47 miles from the beach they set off from so it's unlikely they ever would make it. I think it's a real shame it couldn't have a bitter sweet ending like Watership down but I feel this was on purpose because may of the animals we have mistreated never have a happy ending and that's really what the point of the film is about.
Really good movie in terms of its aim, but not a happy story so I'll probably just leave it at that.
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