Post by MetalAlimon on Feb 21, 2012 15:49:43 GMT -5
I read this book years ago. I used to read it when I had free time in class. I got the book after I watched the animated movie. I admit, I didn't like the movie all that much. There didn't feel like there was a lot of emotion in it, so I couldn't really sympathize with the characters as much as I thought I would.
The book, though, was much better at getting the message across, what the characters were feeling, thinking, etc. I was surprised to see the changes that were made, such as how, in the book it was Cowslip that hurt Holly, but in the movie they changed it to Woundwort's goons doing the dirty work.
I liked how Cowslip's warren was given more attention, more of a back story, and how Cowslip seemed more threatening and antagonistic in the book. Not a true villain, but still a force to reckon with when push comes to shove.
Another thing in the book I liked more was Blackavar not being killed off like in the movie and living on to be a capable rabbit. Despite the horror he went through, in the book he was not deterred and his spirit not broken. I don't know why they killed him off in the movie.
But at least the movie did not try to make the movie cutesy and fluffy. They could have easily turned the movie into something more like Disney or something, but I'm glad they did not. The story is dark, some of the characters are violent, there is blood, etc. And the movie did try to capture that, and while it could have been better, it still did a pretty good job.
The book, though, was much better at getting the message across, what the characters were feeling, thinking, etc. I was surprised to see the changes that were made, such as how, in the book it was Cowslip that hurt Holly, but in the movie they changed it to Woundwort's goons doing the dirty work.
I liked how Cowslip's warren was given more attention, more of a back story, and how Cowslip seemed more threatening and antagonistic in the book. Not a true villain, but still a force to reckon with when push comes to shove.
Another thing in the book I liked more was Blackavar not being killed off like in the movie and living on to be a capable rabbit. Despite the horror he went through, in the book he was not deterred and his spirit not broken. I don't know why they killed him off in the movie.
But at least the movie did not try to make the movie cutesy and fluffy. They could have easily turned the movie into something more like Disney or something, but I'm glad they did not. The story is dark, some of the characters are violent, there is blood, etc. And the movie did try to capture that, and while it could have been better, it still did a pretty good job.