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Summary: a wonderful movie
Review: an absolute classic one of kind movie that shows hollywood still makes great movies... by the way my rca dvd player has no problems skiping over the previews. so those ones that complained about it dont listen. if they would spend more than 50 cents for their dvd players and stop complaining they would enjoy this great motion picture. morons!! and they wonder why america is so fat too lazy to press a button even if they have to watch a few trailers big deal. did they think about scene access??????????????????????
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Summary: Boycott Universal DVD's
Review: Several previous reviewers are dead-on. Babe, is of course, a clever, funny, touching movie. It's one of the few movies that I and my 3-year old can both enjoy over and over. But the marketing jerks at Universal have seen fit to force several lengthy advertisements on you every time you try to watch the movie. What's more, they've coded them to be non-skippable, so you MUST sit through them every time you want to watch the movie (you can fast forward, but you can't skip over them). This is offensive and intrusive in any dvd you've purchased (and arguably fraudulent as it's not disclosed on the package), but it's even worse with a movie like Babe that's targeted largely at kids. First, it illustrates that Universal has outright contempt for parents' rights to decide what types of films are, or are not, appropriate for their kids. Second, if you have a small child who really wants to watch Babe (or whatever), it's difficult for them to understand why they should have to sit through 15 minutes of Universal's marketing crap before the movie starts (something that's not true with numerous other children's DVD's). Shame, shame Universal. I'd encourage you to rent, download, pirate, or borrow this DVD rather than buying it, at least until Universal ceases its offensive, dishonest marketing tactics.
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Summary: Universal Doesn't Get It
Review: Babe, a 5 star delight of a movie, is more beautiful than ever in widescreen. The single star is for the Universal DVD. I have always supported the notion that the best way to make money is to sell a quality product. Universal doesn't seem to agree. The disc starts off with 5 minutes of forced advertising (some marketing 'genius' at Universal deserves to lose a job over that idea). The special features are the poorest I have ever seen for a special edition and include a 'making of' that is a downright lie; 5 minutes of computer graphics about how they made the animals seem to speak. I prefer to buy DVDs because I want to, not because they are the only choice, but if you want to see Babe this is the only choice.
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Summary: Five-star movie, one-star "Special Edition" DVD
Review: Commercials on DVDs are nothing new. Annoying though they are, you can always skip them with a click of the remote, right? Not anymore. For Babe, a title targeted at kids no less, Universal saw fit to make the commercials non-skippable. They start as soon as you put the disc in, and the "Forward" button on your DVD player won't let you bypass them. The "Menu" button has no effect either. Even the "Stop" button won't work! Once the commercials start -- including one for the dreadful Cat In The Hat that's nails-on-chalkboard offensive -- there's no escape from them! Shame on Universal for ruining the long-awaited widescreen debut of this wonderful film. My solution: I will no longer buy Universal DVDs until they discontinue this practice.
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Summary: Thank God they finally brought out the widescreen edition
Review: I was given a copy of BABE on DVD a couple of years ago as a gift (my girlfriend--who loves pigs--knew this is one of my favorite movies), but I was thoroughly disgusted to find, upon putting in in the DVD player, that it was a FULLSCREEN edition. I didn't even bother to finish rewatching it. I was further disgusted to learn that a widescreen edition didn't even exist. I was ecstatic to learn while Christmas shopping that a widescreen edition had recently been released. I snatched a copy of immediately, and I am happy to report that the movie was as good as I remembered it being. The film was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscar, and I was pulling hard for it to beat the bathetic and overblown BRAVEHEART for the award. Unfortunately, the best film did not win (as so oftens happens). I cannot recommend this movie strongly enough.
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Summary: Where's LOUIS?!?
Review: The very best talking pig oriented film of the nineties NOT to include Louis Rukeyser; but still in my estimation the film suffers from this STAGGERINGLY TITANIC OMISSION! For shame. . . .
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Summary: Pigs are Great, REAL GREAT
Review: Please disregard the statement below that reads (and I quote): "pigs are not well like for good reasons". I dare call that person a pompous jerk. Pigs are great for a million reasons and Babe, as a cinematic art, strives to show that. Who sings "la la la la la" to the animals? Who talks to the sheep? Who saves the day when the farmer is down on his luck? The answer to all of these is Babe, a pig. The hero pig of this movie. I ask Mr. Pigs aren't great, what would you do if I pig offered a hoof to help you out? Walk on you say? I think not. I think not.
In conclusion, pigs are great and this movie shows how great they are.
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Summary: 5 star movie, but poor dvd
Review: Of course this movie is a classic about a little pig who is won by a farmer. The pig is adopted by Fly, the mother dog, and the farmer soon realizes that the pig can herd sheep. It is a cute movie that the whole family can watch together. It is heart warming and touching at parts. I recommend this to everyone because it is so great! My only problem is the dvd- not only are there virtually no extras, but you cannot skip the previews and commercials- it won't allow you to press MENU or skip them- if your remote control has a fast forward function, then that will work, but it is still VERY ANNOYING. I think this is inconsiderate and tricky of the company to do this.
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Summary: Buy the VHS Tape
Review: One of the benefits of DVDs is the ability to skip to any part of the movie easily. This benefit is exceptionally true when you have kids and they want to watch a movie. Normally, you can skip the trailers and head right to the movie or at least the main menu. This DVD makes you go through each of the many trailers before you can get to the main menu. You can't fast forward through them or skip them. You must wait until the trailers have completed then select "Play" from the main menu. Because of this, we would have rather bought the VHS version of the movie. With a tape, you can at least fast forward through the trailers!
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Summary: A feel good movie...
Review: I rented Babe for a Friday movie night with my fiance who thought I had lost my mind...a movie about a talking pig? Well in a short time she stopped questioning my mental stability(at least as far as this movie is concerned). She strongly agreed that this was a wonderful feel good movie. We have seen a lot of current movies that just left us annoyed by the end, Babe will leave you with a smile on your face. Do yourself a favor and watch it.
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