Let me start by saying this is my favorite story of all time. The book is something I've held dear for much of my life, and the original film is one of my favorites. I was extremely skeptical about going into this series due to complaints about the animation, the acting, and the writing. But I didn't have a problem with any of them.
Let's start with the animation. Honestly I really liked it (to my surprise). Viewed in HD, the downs are beautifully green and the rabbits look great. There is only one place it didn't look so great, near the end of the final episode. Otherwise it looks very beautiful.
Voice acting is great as well. Boyega and McAvoy carry the show, and both give fantastic performances with tons of emotion. Kingsley, as always, gives a fierce performance as the General as well, giving life to a villain that I actually felt threatened by, just as much as the original film.
Writing was where I was especially worried. Things tend to get butchered when brought to screen. But I would say this series is much more faithful than the original film to the source. There is one particular sequence missing from this that I would've liked to see that was in both the film and boom, but it is not important in any way to the plot.
I have three complaints about this series. 1) I know all the characters like the back of my hand. But they are so incredibly hard to tell apart in this series. I was finally starting to figure out who was who by the end, but it's so hard to tell. 2) Silver isn't in this story. I can understand the exclusion of Pipkin, but Silver was hands down my favorite rabbit and was incredibly important in the source. 3) It doesn't include my favorite quote, found in both the book and the film. "Go ahead and try, you crack-brained slave driver!" - Bigwig
Watch this. You'll enjoy it. It is beautifully done and has themes for everyone. They talk with a big vocabulary, so it may be tough for kids to understand. But it's an incredible adventure story that does justice to Richard Adams's vision. In fact, I would say represents his vision more than the film.
Let's start with the animation. Honestly I really liked it (to my surprise). Viewed in HD, the downs are beautifully green and the rabbits look great. There is only one place it didn't look so great, near the end of the final episode. Otherwise it looks very beautiful.
Voice acting is great as well. Boyega and McAvoy carry the show, and both give fantastic performances with tons of emotion. Kingsley, as always, gives a fierce performance as the General as well, giving life to a villain that I actually felt threatened by, just as much as the original film.
Writing was where I was especially worried. Things tend to get butchered when brought to screen. But I would say this series is much more faithful than the original film to the source. There is one particular sequence missing from this that I would've liked to see that was in both the film and boom, but it is not important in any way to the plot.
I have three complaints about this series. 1) I know all the characters like the back of my hand. But they are so incredibly hard to tell apart in this series. I was finally starting to figure out who was who by the end, but it's so hard to tell. 2) Silver isn't in this story. I can understand the exclusion of Pipkin, but Silver was hands down my favorite rabbit and was incredibly important in the source. 3) It doesn't include my favorite quote, found in both the book and the film. "Go ahead and try, you crack-brained slave driver!" - Bigwig
Watch this. You'll enjoy it. It is beautifully done and has themes for everyone. They talk with a big vocabulary, so it may be tough for kids to understand. But it's an incredible adventure story that does justice to Richard Adams's vision. In fact, I would say represents his vision more than the film.
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