Watership Down (Ending)

[@jonbilgutay2]

I don't why, but when death said "You need not worry about them." It strikes a cord. Something about literal death saying your loved ones will be alright after your gone, it makes the whole thing feel easier.

[@Tigerman1138]

He is basically saying you have done all you can, they will be okay, and it is time to rest.

[@sootycure]

This whole scene is beautiful. Can't help tear up, but it's really a happy ending. There's something about that moment when Hazel rises out of his body & you see him young again. That's the bit that always gets me. Even when I was 6/7 when I first saw this, I remember thinking it wasn't really death for Hazel - he was just free. This was his long awaited reward. God came to tell him his work was all done - time to go and play. :)

[@ScreamsGirl]

I was 6-7 when I first watched it too, but true, it doesn’t feel like he died but more like he became free

[@srbarkerchan]

Hazel had lived a full life. His enemies were gone and his people were safe, and now he could finally take a well deserved rest. ❤

[@snowyrabbitofinle1764]

You took the words right outta my mouth!

[@sableherl2327]

Sable : Hazel is Dead

[@sableherl2327]

Sable : Black Rabbit

[@xeromoth9771]

Precisely. Beautiful ending 😊

[@andrewnichols1023]

My favourite part of the film, what a perfect ending, hazel has done his work on the planet, now lives his life with thrith

[@danielasbjrnsson7500]

This is the perfect ending. It's sad when Hazel is old and alone, and then dies alone, but then, ultimately, it is happy, because he gets to go to rabbit heaven, where he presumably meets his old friends and suffers no more.

[@scorpiusrexman1017]

Well and his parents brother friends and ancestors

[@plotarmour1471]

do you know if general woundwort got killes by the dog or its just assumption?

[@danielasbjrnsson7500]

@@plotarmour1471 nobody knows

[@plotarmour1471]

@@danielasbjrnsson7500 lol the irony,the momment your respond come a video was watxhing said "nobody knows" and i burst laughed😂😂
however in the book the dig doesnt return in farm injured? which means woubdwort won maybe?

[@fcv4616]

​@@plotarmour1471 The dog probably killed him. But Woundwort gave it a fight and scratched the dog on the face, according to the book.

[@dtutssel]

He reached the top of the bank in a single, powerful leap. Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom...

[@bradley6676]

Such a beautiful, beautiful way to both end and tie up the book.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

@@bradley6676 Yes, it is ... This book was used in our grade 9 English class, and I still remember the lump in my throat when I reached the end of the story. I wanted it to go on and on and find new chapters appearing in the book without end. It wasn't until many years later that Richard Adams wrote Tales from Watership Down, a sequel, which finally granted my wish to re-enter that world.

[@jacobRstal]

One of the greatest endings of all time

[@philipitaliano1329]

That this movie is relatively obscure now is a blessing - only the people who are meant to will find this.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

It was popular in Britain but hit a wall in the U. S. too bad, as it was hard to build a preview of what it was. As it turned out to be more a spiritual animation film. A little too deep for American sensibilities on the genre.

[@tishtashtishtash]

@@mikepastor.k6233”Where the hell is Bugs Bunny?” -American audiences

[@alimartin79]

This was my first exposure to death when I was a child, it still makes me cry now

[@mtg_369]

same

[@andrewnichols1023]

I saw this film as a kid at 8 years old, it might be a cartoon but it’s heavy and dark, really hit me but I adore keyhar brought some beautiful light to a heavy film

[@amayawynn1999]

For me i think it was chicken run then later lion king.

[@gotobannfpv]

“Be cunning and your people will never be destroyed!” Sounds like a quote for the ages with all that’s happening in the world.

[@scottstrang1583]

Stumbled across this on dvd at Walmart. Snapped it up. Moving

[@gsimon123]

This ending oddly gives me such tremendous hope. Yes, death is scary and inevitable and comes for us all - but that look by Hazel to his family and friends and seeing them happy and well ready to live their own lives is what does it for me. We all die, but the people we love can carry on without us and their next generations too. Whether they knew us or not, you've touched them all and left something of yourself behind in the world that go on. That moment of peace knowing there was nothing left to do and laying down to embrace death's embrace is beautiful. Death will always be uncertain and scary... but if there's a BEST way to die... it's like this.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

Hazel also was a extremely talented rabbit who got to meet death peacefully and without concern.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Just as the seasons change, death is an inevitable movement. Hazel never fears it. His journey is over and excepts the next change of seasons.

[@SadKenRockBottom]

Well can you imagine one of your ancestors who close to the end looked down at his children, grandchildren was reassured, don't worry they will be alright and the many who follow them, as in you. One day it will your turn. Unfortunately many of us don't have time to be reassured before death, as it can come in a blink of an eye.

[@puzzleplank4333]

i remember watching this film year ago when i was a little boy at my aunts house, all of my siblings were too upset by the dark themes to finish it, but i was completely enthralled. watership down has influenced who i am to this day and i couldn’t pay anything for the mementoes it has given me.

[@aidangamalieltayao3297]

I remember getting shocked by this as a kid. Am 47 and this reminds me how life must be valued and lived.

[@johnnywalker7961]

It made cry to watch these part 😥😢.

[@bessima59]

This final scenes always makes me cry. Hazel has done his job and now it’s time to rest easy. ❤❤❤

[@scorpiusrexman1017]

I hope this is what the Grim reaper will be like
Not a scary monster... but a nice old friend coming back to see you again decades of being a part and welcomes you to join him to your journey to heaven and offers that you’ll see your siblings parents aunts uncles and grandparents again while reassuring you that you’re children grandchildren will be okay
And they’ll move on from your death while you can finally Rest In Peace and reunite with your loved ones

[@dragonspirit1639]

Its usually your closest relative or friend who comes to take you home.

[@K0ntakt5]

none of that happens. don't kid yourself. in fact there is no experience of anything at all, by definition

[@gsimon123]

It's why Watership Down is one of my favorite books and movies. It speaks to the human experience on a very fundamental level and yet does so with rabbits of all things. Beautiful poetry.

[@BYERE]

Between this movie and others, it’s how I’ve always looked at Death. A friend, and a guide… Someone to help lead you past your fears and move on after you die.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

Perhaps you will enjoy the Emily Dickinson poem: "Because I could not stop for Death" ... let us know what you think of it.

[@AllenCrawford3]

Deeply touching and sane. Right up there with the Piper at the Gates of Dawn in The Wind in the Willows.

[@raquelrodriguez7111]

Rest in Peace Hazel-Rah 🐇✝️🥹🏞️.
In my heart has joined a thousand, for my friend stop running today 🌌💛🌏🕊️.

[@alexwells9434]

Thankyou! Finally somebody has captured this fantastically written chapter. 🙏

[@tishtashtishtash]

This is exquisitely echoed in the final film of the rebooted Planet of the Apes: Caesar leads his people to the promised land after mankind has been essentially destroyed. Once there, and reassured they are safe, he slips away. (Only his orangutan second and advisor notices.) It’s probably a trope, but in both instances effectively depicted.

[@sampflugrath7601]

It's a trope that's as least as old as Moses, and it works every time.

[@ToddCampbell-wj6tk]

This scene gets me every time. One of the finest movie adaptations for a book.

[@Cybervue]

Great scene. Thanks!

[@candybanks8717]

Shouldn't have selected this video. My oldest dog died in our living room 3 weeks ago. When Hazel died in the book, though he died in total fulfillment, it hurt more than I'd have believed. "My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today." It's just too soon.

[@scottstrang1583]

Never forgot that ending.

[@ameliawarfield5637]

Hazel lived a long time, and the Black Rabbit came to him as a friend and they flew up to the sun 🌞.

[@tracyfielding6630]

Beautiful but so sad 😪

[@Sameoldfitup]

Life is all memory

[@Violentturd69]

I just thought of something. BigWig was older than hazel and he wasn’t there in the last few scenes. So that means BigWig must off already died…

[@unijames517]

In the book it states that Hazel lived an unnaturally long time for a rabbit (wild rabbits having an average lifespan of 2-3 years); sadly, though it never states it, it means that everyone else in the story was likely dead and gone and Hazel was the last of the originals left

[@SadKenRockBottom]

The comforting thing about this scene for me (if you believe in this sort of thing is) death isn't the end. Its transitioning from one existence to another. Your work being completed on earth, you now need to go home. So earth isn't home, you were merely a vistor, you were sent to do a job and it got done. Time to go home. Wherever home is. The question is why did we come in the first place, why did we need to do what we did do, what purpose was it for and why now am i finished?

[@marielpare8290]

I lost my rabbit last February, after a medical emergency was noticed too late. I hope her last moments were peaceful like this, in spite of the stress my husband and I were feeling.

[@Tigerman1138]

If your rabbit lived, and I know she did, with loving people you gave the best life you could have given.
I lost a black cat named Houdini rather fast due to an unknown heart condition.
It so happened at the time I was
Volunteering with a wildlife expo that did educational events. I worked with tigers, panthers, and lions (other side of fence collecting donations, cleaning, and more.
I considered not going that night, but am quite glad I did :)
Being in their presence helped me.

[@Hannibaul]

It's pretty nostalgic ending alright

[@guil656]

Hazel-rah!

[@Jemmyleedoesart]

This film fucked me up as a kid. I still haven’t watched it all the way through. I think it was the first film I saw that featured death, and the fact that it was a cute little bunny rabbit depressed me in a way I don’t think is normal for a four year old.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

I'm curious ... how *do* you teach kids about death and to accept it as a part of life. Usually kids who watch horror movies and cannot separate what they see on a screen from their imaginations and their imaginations with reality will believe that whatever they saw might eventually visit upon them. But that aside, watching a movie like this is perhaps a really good way for kids to learn that living things eventually die, and that they have to understand and accept that.

[@The_Flying_Arrowz369]

I once woke up to a black wolf with yellows eyes sitting and staring, his fur was curling and faded into smoke when I reacted. I’m starting to believe it was death but not in a bad way

[@robertwilliams7842]

This scene made
me scared as happy
as a aldut and kid what will
It be like when death
calls us all home?

[@NOCDIB]

Definitely NOT for children

[@concars1234]

Of course it is.

[@Not-Ap]

Hiding death and loss from children will not shield them from it when it comes.

[@sableherl2327]

Sable Aka Dixie : I Miss you Hazel
Sable Aka Dixie : Sobbing
Deku : Babe Are You Okay
Deku : It's OK Don't Cry im Here
Sable Aka Dixie : Sobs sobs
Simba : Mom It okay
Sarah : You're Be Fine

[@seriesmaker1209]

I can't stand seeing the protagonist die

[@andrewbinnie546]

Me too. It’s too heartbreaking. 😭

[@scorpiusrexman1017]

At least he died of old age
It’s better than to die by getting tortured maimed or murdered young he died peacefully and can be reunited with his family and friends

[@DaveDexterMusic]

"mother, grandfather hazel just lay down in the grass"
"it's ok dear, he's just hallucinating his own death again"

[@markhodgson2348]

Take currage......

[@plotarmour1471]

was woundwort dead at this point?

[@TheJollyComedian]

Not 100% confirmed, but assumed that his hubris got the better of him.. "We fear no Elil (rabbits natural enemies). I fear no dog. I fear nothing." Plus they didn't see him again (Woundwort wouldn't have taken a defeat lightly)... "I'll never stop, Hazel! NEVER"

[@plotarmour1471]

@@TheJollyComedian but man?you used 3 different scenarios,this vjdeos is based on watership down from 1978 movie,the i fear no dog is from the mini series of 2018,while the "i will never stop hazel" is from tv series 1999/2001,you cant use them to prove a point to this movie

[@TheJollyComedian]

@@plotarmour1471 I don't know the 1999/2001 tv series, but, in the 1978 movie, mini series and original book Woundwort's fate is left unknown... Based on his character profile (from different scenarios) I've always assumed that he was.

[@plotarmour1471]

@@TheJollyComedian the line "i will never stop hazel" was from 1999/2001 series,anyway that describes woundwort's character
means he was too revengefull so if he wae alive he would attack the warren again
in the book if i remember well the dog halfway returning in the farm was with a rabbit on his mouth and when he arrived it has minor injuries and the rabbit was gone ,right?

[@TheJollyComedian]

@@plotarmour1471 I'll have to check the book again! I can't remember off the top of my head.

[@maxsmarts8210]

HEY MAN !! Where is your Siouxsie and Banshees ShadowTime ECLIPSE MIX VIDEO , PLEASE UPLOAD IT AGAIN , PLEASE PLEASE; Really was the best !

[@valledesertico]

Hey That's Explained I Know That's A Creepypasta Movie And I Wanted To Cancel It..

[@EmilLDN]

I don’t even understand the story

[@holdencaulfield8429]

We're all proud of you.

[@MrBlahdiblahdi]

Yeah I don't get it.

[@cindyanne11]

The Black Rabbit of Death is like the Grim Reaper, for rabbits. He has come to take Hazel to the other side. Hazel and a small band of rabbits had left their home years before, which was being destroyed, and founded a new warren... the story up to this point was about that whole adventure and how they were finally able to find a safe place and welcome other rabbits there as well. The Owsla, which the Black Rabbit invites Hazel into, is the name of the guardians of the warren... like the military, sort of. Every warren has an Owsla, and the Black Rabbit invited Hazel into the one in the afterlife. ^_^ It's a great story. I highly recommend the book too.

[@danielasbjrnsson7500]

@@cindyanne11 Yes, it's a beautiful ending. Hazel leaves his old body behind, and then his spirit travels with the Black Rabbit into the afterlife, finally free of all pain and suffering.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

@@cindyanne11 - In the original, which I am re-reading now that I stumbled onto a copy of the book leads me to believe it was not the Black Rabbit but Elahrairah who invites him to join his Owsla. In the book there is also the story of the Elahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle, where he visits the Black Rabbit to try to persuade him to intervene to save his people. Now the Black Rabbit has an Owsla too, but these are rabbits of shadow and almost like wraiths, and so it seems unlikely that in the movie clip it was actually the Black Rabbit coming to him. Rather it was Elahrairah.