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Summary: Definitely not worth it!
Review: The first time i saw this movie, it really creeped me out. If you didn't listen carefully, it got very confusing. It is a dark and strange movie that most kids would not understand and would be a little frightened by. This movie should never have come out. I gave it 1 star because no stars isn't a choice on the list! It doesn't even come close to the sweet and darling first version. Most definitely a YUCK! on my list.
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Summary: NOT a kid's movie
Review: This was most definitely NOT a kid's movie. I only wish I had checked reviews prior to renting this movie to watch with my young daughter. She loved the first one, so naturally, I thought the sequel would be in the same vein. Boy, was that a mistake. As the other reviews indicate, it was a very DARK movie. While some of the dialog and action was funny, overall, it was aimed to an adult audience.
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Summary: The "Dark" Side of Babe!
Review: Indeed, BABE has no dark side, but this is certainly a dark movie compared with the original Babe. But it is also gothic and imaginative and compassionate and fun! The plot is gripping, the effects are delightful, and the scenic and visual imagination displayed are great! This is one of those movies which creates a whole new world--on the order perhaps of "Time Bandits" or "Popeye" or "The Borrowers."I am not sure if this is an ideal family movie for the youngest set, but it is full and satisfying and really worthwhile.
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Summary: Absolute masterpiece
Review: I was delighted by Babe the younger but the sequel was quite one of the heart warming and jocular films that I have seen in many a year. Sure there are some dicey moments such as when the Pit-Bull almost drowns, but all turns out well in the end. This was not a silly cartoon -- it was a deeply layered metaphor for the complexity, danger and strangeness of life for those who are from a simplier place and a quieter time. Bravo! Thank you Pig.
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Summary: Babe, Pig in the City
Review: It was fascinating how previous reviewers differed from one another. In fact, this film is a masterpiece, but perhaps too sophisticated for children--and many adults! It's really kind of a "Pig Noir". The musical score was magnificient ranging from classical through pop to jazz--each selection intensifying the action on the screen.
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Summary: Dark but brilliant movie
Review: I understand why some people didn't like this movie. They were looking for a cute, kid-oriented movie to watch with their children. If this is what you're hoping for, don't buy this movie. Buy this movie for your own enjoyment. It is a remarkable achievment in movie-making. I'd have to say this was one of the most creative and darkly humorous movie in years (now keep in mind, I'm not talking about "Silence of the Lambs" dark here, but rated-G dark). The effort and imagination that went into making this movie are amazing. Don't rent it, buy it. It's a fantastic movie.
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Summary: What is wrong with you people?
Review: I'm willing to excuse the vicious reviews this film recieved on its release as a huge misconception, you see poeple (reviewers)were expecting another retread of the charming 95 movie, in other words a cash in. What a dis-service they have done everyone. You people who have not seen this film have missed a beautiful, sad and masterful allegory. To me the film was about immigrants, their struggles , the cynicism of living in a big city (notice the ape family's indifference to the drowning dog).It's about rascism and intolerance,expressed slyly in the opera loving animal hating neighbours of the hotel at which babe stays . Yet you don't have to bother with such complex themes if you don't care to as the film is visually rich, every frame is a work of art(shot mostly at low angles with the camera moving kinetically and gracefully). These oblique shots, the special effects would make the film worth checking out on their own, but they wouldn't even be worth mentioning had the film been not so moving. I will never forget the seguence where babe saves the dog that was chasing him from drowning, or saving the dieing fish by spitting it into the river. I realise I'm blabbering but I'm actually quite bitter at all those critics, they contributed a great deal to this films financial failure and thus the film was not even released overhere cinematically(I just saw it on video).To me this film is a noble immigrant's tale written like a novel by Charles Dickens, performed by the one and only Babe and directed by Goerge Miller. I don't even care "who the film is suitable for", that is irrelevant, it is purely and simply a shamefully overlooked masterpiece. Babe was wonderful film, this one is completely different and all the better for it."That'll do Pig", indeed it will.
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Summary: Not as good as the original BABE
Review: A beautiful DVD in reference to video/audio quality. But I feel that the movies itself is not as good as the original "Babe". I am surprised to see that this DVD is the No.2 pick of Amazon Editor's choice. I wished I would have rented it first.
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Summary: YAK!
Review: We received the original "Babe" as a gift for our then 1 1/2 old daughter who immediately fell in love with the whole thing. She watched it so many times that we ended up having to buy a new copy! So when this movie was released, my husband and I were excited that a new SWEET Babe story was going to be available for her. When it was released on video, I immediately rented it. Thank God I watched it first without my child. The opening scenes where the farmer is horribly injured from a piece of machinery accidentally dropped onto him by the pig were incredibly disturbing. It just got worse from there. While watching this, I found myself thinking about those people who slow down to view a traffic accident. (You know that you shouldn't, but you can't help yourself.) It was the same with this movie. I continued to watch, merely to see just how bad it was going to get. I was not disappointed! My favorite part is where the farmer's wife gets busted as a suspected drug dealer (please note the sarcasm). GREAT family fare..Not only shouldn't this be viewed by children, but I don't recommend it for adults, either. Whoever wrote the screenplay must have been horribly bored with the first movie, and thus thought it quite a hoot to rip the story apart in the second. They succeeded. To me, this was quite a shame. There are few movies of quality out there for families as it is. If I want to watch a cynical and jaded movie, there are others out there that are better written. This is just another ripoff piece of Hollywood schlock, made by folks trying to make some money off the success of the first movie. Don't waste your money or your time.
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Summary: What were they thinking?
Review: My husband and I were eager to get this movie for our 4 yr old after loving the first Babe, so we bought the video. When we sat down to watch it, we couldn't believe how bad it was, how humorless and completely mean spirited. Don't buy it unless you really hated the first movie and want to see an awful nightmare.
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