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Summary: actually 10 stars
Review: its actually a 10 star movie but Amazon doesn't go that far! I think both Babe and Babe in the City are wonderful!
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Summary: Five stars despite the fact that the DVD is Fullscreen only
Review: I have no idea what corporate dolt made the decision not to release this film in a letterbox edition, but it utterly mars the DVD version of one of my favorite films from the last ten years. The reason I buy DVDs is because of the superior picture, but one of the reasons DVD is superior is the fact that you can see the full--i.e., letterboxed--picture. This DVD chops off each side of one of the most visually beautiful films made in recent cinema. This decision was just a dreadful mistake. This is a film I would purchase on DVD if only it were available in letterboxed format. Still, I give BABE five stars because the film itself is just so delightful. I think most viewers focus on the story, and I am enough of a kid that I enjoyed it thoroughly. But other things seem to get overlooked. The human performances are just as charming as the animals, and if Magda Szubanski and James Cromwell (who received a well deserved Oscar nomination for his role as Farmer Hoggett) hadn't been so superb, the movie would have been nothing but a technical display. The art direction for this movie doesn't get the praise it deserves, probably because people perceive it to be a kid's film. But very, very few films look this good; the art directors created a unique, beautiful, and magical looking world. Interestingly, the person who did the voice for Babe is Christine Cavanaugh, who does the voice of Chuckie on Rugrats. The voice for Babe in BABE: PIG IN THE CITY was done by Elizabeth Daily, who does the voice of Tommy Pickles on Rugrats. Keeping it in the family. The voice of Rex, the Sheepdog, was by Hugo Weaving, who played the main Agent in THE MATRIX and Elrond in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.
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Summary: Would be 5 stars but NO!
Review: They released a fullscreen DVD version with NO extras. How dare they do that to a film shot so beautifully and carefully as this one! It deserves WIDESCREEN and extras. The film itself is 5 star... this DVD is 0. And I round 2.5 to 2. Until the next release of the DVD at fullscreen you may as well stick to your video tape version! :( EDIT: IT's FINALLY OUT IN WIDESCREEN!!!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!
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Summary: The heroism of the sheep-pig "Babe"
Review: The beginning of the film starts with narration how Babe goes to the farm and what happen to Babe before he comes. The most notable feature of this film is personification of animals. Particularly, in the conversation of animals, a mouth moves. It supposed to be used special effects. It describes realistically like people¡¯s talking, by using the expression¡¯s changes as well. This film is based on the fairy tale, for that reason, a narrator appears and explains about the story during the film like an orally narrated fairy tale. In addition, it divides into several chapters, which is also like reading a fairy tale. And this film uses music quite appropriately, especially, when the incidents happen. For example, the music expresses the situation that makes tension or intimation. Interesting thing is the feature of animals, which are personified; they have a discipline in their own way like the human society. There is a leader who is a male sheepdog, named ¡°Rex¡±. Like this, they are all like human. After Babe comes to the farm, it happens some chances that Babe break the rule. When he becomes a sheep-pig, he does not use his authority and threats to lamb like other sheepdogs, but he asks his favor to them politely. Finally, this film states humanity and morality. At the last happy ending scene, the bright sunlight talks this. As the whole, this seems to be like a fairy tale book, a farm, a hill and animals, all the background of this film are like one scene of the nursery story. The reason why this can be possible is the special effects. This film cannot be said except special effects, it is the most significant part of this work. For example, special effects are related to every animal¡¯s movement, features, expressions, in particular, when they have a conversation, the motion of their mouth and also singing mice. In fact, this film has a simple plot that one pig, named ¡°Babe¡±, becomes a sheepdog and wins a first prize at the sheepdog contest. However, sometimes simplicity is better than complexity like this fairy tale for adults.
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Summary: Quite Comical!
Review: This is the story about Farmer Hoggett's pig Babe. Farmer Hoggett wins Babe at the fair. Since he was not a pig farmer, he did not think too much of this creature other than the possibility of a good Christmas dinner. Since Babe was the runt of the litter, he was not ready to eat by Christmas. This was a good thing since Babe had skills like no other pig. It was discovered that Babe was able to do all the work generally assigned to a sheepdog! To the outside world, Farmer Hoggett looked like a nice man who had mental problems. Despite what people thought, he did not care. He just went on doing his own thing his own way. In the end his pig, Babe, won the sheepdog finals. While it is obviously not a true or even likely story, it is quite humorous and very entertaining. I would recommend this move if you are in need of a good laugh! It is fun for the whole family!
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Summary: Too sad!!!
Review: I'm sorry, but my eyes were filled with tears through the entire movie!!! Sure, it's nice seeing the animals talk, but it's SOO 'darn' sad! It's just another depressing animal movie.
If you love animals and want a good bawl, this movie's for you.
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Summary: One of the BEST Animated Films of all Time - a Treasure
Review: Funny, lyrical, visually sumptuous, compellingly written and, above all, wise, "Babe" must be hailed as a film classic. A coming of age film set in a barnyard, a magical, gifted pig steals our hearts and easily makes us believers! You will fall in love with the movie, both its humans and animals, and be knocked out by its innovative filmmaking. This is animation at its best, a realistic 3-dimensional fully realized vision that transports and entertains us every step of the way. This original is light, airy and breezy, though not without its insightful moments and life lessons. It's also markedly different from its follow-up - the commercially disappointing, but equally eloquent triumph "Babe - Pig in the City". "Pig" is moodier and darker - an edgy unexpectedly surreal vision (and still BRILLIANT AS WELL!) This is the underdog (in th is case the under-pig) movie of all time - equal parts magic and tonic. I say - PIG OUT!
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This is one movie that truly is great for small kids and adults! Ths story is fresh and original, the special effects are superb and the script is beautiful and the lessons taught are valuable. This teaches the importance of good manners, tolerance and imagination. I've seen this movie with my 2 year old like 50 times and I still love it.
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Summary: Well deserved Oscar nomination!
Review: I think that many kids know the fabolous story about the pig Babe and he his fantastic adventures on Hogget's farm in Australia, and it deserved the Oscar nomination for Best Picture in 1996 very well.
The well acted animals, the human characters, like the crazy Hogget family, the timeless landscapes, and the beautyful music makes this an classic family movie nobody will forget, and for the kids who saw 'Charlotte's Web' (Many people in Scandinavia don't know about this movie, they should re-release it!), they will love this movie too!
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Summary: I'm a Disney Man Myself
Review: I'm a Disney man myself when it comes to animated children's movies. Disney usually makes the best ones (the great Bug's Life versus the OK Antz--and the list goes on). There are a few exceptions, and BABE heads the list. I got very weepy watching this one. And happy. And tickled. And I went out and bought the classical CD so that I could listen to the orchestral theme song in its entirety. I must say that it is an organ masterpiece with one flaw--the theme that we hear so much of in BABE is stuck somewhere in one of the middle movements and lasts for about fifty seconds. Call me crazy, but I program my CD to replay this 50-second movement over and over again while I grade papers. I'm thinking pig. I'm thinking sheep-pig. BABE rocks!
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