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How old are Watership Down's fans?


It seems most people here are at least in their 20's. I'm only 17, and I just saw this movie a few months back. I really liked it, and I even bought it on amazon. I'll have to get my friends to watch it, as they somehow missed out on this movie and never got to see it.

How old are the fans of watership down?





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17


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19. =)

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Feeling outnumbered at 26. :)

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Well I'm 37, and trying to get a 19 year old to watch it. He's never heard of the film.

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Thank heavens for your presence here man -- I am the oldest dude here at 39. 17 year olds?? I am really starting to feel old.

We GenXers grew up with this film and the bestselling book.

This film, which I saw on HBO back in the early 80s, changed my life -- the book did as well. The film just destroyed me. Brutal but beautiful. Lord Frith: "There will be no bargains..."



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15

Formerly Uglyone's 7 & 10.

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Samanfur, you need not be the old fogie of the bunch any longer. :) Got'cha beat at 44. Old enough to have read the first edition written on stone tablets in ancient samarian. :-D

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12!

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Samanfur, you need not be the old fogie of the bunch any longer. :) Got'cha beat at 44. Old enough to have read the first edition written on stone tablets in ancient samarian. :-D

It's nice to see that this film's audience still has a good age range. I wonder how many of this years' crop of animated movies can or will say the same. :)

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I am 30 and I saw the animated film in the mid 80's when I was little but I'm just now reading the book.
I remembered the film being really scarey and odd but it always stuck with me lol.

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I saw it today, i'm 19. I thought it would be a kids movie until I saw how much violence there was. It was a really awesome movie I might buy it on DVD! I can't believe i've never seen this before.

You have cartoons that have violence (Eg. Happy Tree Friends and Friends or South Park) but I think what made this film eerie was the fact that it was a very serious type of film. 10/10 :D

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I first saw it when I was about 6 or 7, but I'm 22 now and still love it ^_^

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The way everybody is shouting out numbers it's like bingo :D.
I'm 15 and love it!

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I'm 17
I read the book first, and was bitterly disappointed with the film

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Gotta agree with you there...the film left much to be desired. The most thrilling plot points were shorted to where they meant nothing or weren't there at all.

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I'm 30 now - I saw the film and read the book when I was about 8 to 10 - loved it then, love it now. Had kind've forgotten about it but I just clicked on a link from the Donnie Darko boards and saw this:

Black Rabbit: I've come to ask if you'd like to join my Owsla. We shall be glad to have you, and I know you'd like it. You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now.
[Hazel looks at all the younger rabbits of Watership Down]
Black Rabbit: You needn't worry about them. They'll be all right, and thousands like them. If you come along now, I'll show you what I mean.

... and I started tearing up - damn what a film!

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21 now. Saw it when I was about 5 or 6 - found it incredibly scary but loved it. Read it a few years later, then found the DVD when I was in my teens. Fantastic film!

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I'm 16. I read the book when I was 12, and didn't even know there was a film until last year! Great book and cute movie!

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i saw it when it was on tv as a youngster, about five or six, thought it was cool. i discovered a few years later that my grandad was a fan when he got the video for his birthday one year from my gran, i was about ten, he must have been in his early sixties. i used to watch it every now and then at my grandparent's house when i was there but had'nt thought about it at all really for a good few years, i'm twenty one now, watched it last night on film four and it still rocks and it still creeps me out and bigwig is still the man, well.....the rabbit.

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Dammit, now you got me going all misty. That scene always tears me up even after seeing it a dozen times. The most touching scene in the film....

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I am 22

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I believe I'm exactly as old as the film itself.

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I think Watership Down and the Potter series are also the reason why I have a fascination with rabbits, from when I was a child. =)

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haha. 13!

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25.

This is my favourite film of all time and has been since I first watched it aged 3.

There are plenty of passionate fans of the film out there who can look past the godawful "Bright Eyes".

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27 here. Read the book when I was 8 (thank you dad!) and then rented teh movie immediately afterwards! I love them both.

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I'm 18 and I saw this movie when I was god knows how young. I was pretty young. 3 or 4 at most. I don't remember my first time watching it, but my mum said I enjoyed it. Probably because there was talking Bunny's...I dunno. And I always laughed when Kehaar swore. At least, I think he swears. So I've loved this film for the majority of my life, but I only just bought the book today! So I'm gonna start reading it. ^_^

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Ahh yes...

HAZEL : We.. help.. you.
KEHAAR: PI$$ OFF!

There were nice bits of business with Kehaar...

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