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Memorable, crazy movie

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

My child and I enjoyed that movie Charlotte's web and when I seen this in the store after black Friday, for sale, I thought why not. I let him watch it in his room while I was doing my chores. I thought I heard some weird things in it. As I was making my rounds I heard the word suicidal and thought oh now that is it! I took it from him (dvd portable) and sat down to see what was going on. This made my heart drop to my stomach. Babe is being chased by two evil dogs. One dog gets smashed by heavy things falling on top of it. No one helps Babe. Babe also had flash backs of what looks like evil demonic things that must of happened through the movie. Like an evil looking clown with blood splattered across his face. (What the heck is that? I really don't want to find out). Then the dog is hanging upside down drowning. How many animals did they torture and probably even killed to make this movie? From that one scene it made me feel sick to my stomach that my child had to see anything like this. The movie seems really scary, gruesome, demonic, and highly depressing. I don't think this should be corrupting any developing child's brain.

What really made me want to see both Babe movies was when I found out that Gene Siskel--one of the best known movie critics in the world at the time--called it THE best movie of 1998. His buddy, Roger Ebert, also praised it. I saw their segment when they reviewed this and they were acting like it was a better family movie than The Lion King. I strongly doubted this was better than Saving Private Ryan and Shakespeare in Love, but I didn't think it would be that far behind. Because Siskel and Ebert gave it a better review than the first movie, and they are both very trustworthy critics, I took their word for it being a great film. I know opinions differ, but I don't get why both men loved it as much as they did.What made Babe such a treat was its lovely scenery and different animals talking. In Babe: Pig in the City, Babe and the duck return for the whole movie, then they encounter dogs, cats and monkeys. Everybody sees dogs and cats all the time, and chimps are the subjects of lots of sci-fi movies. In Babe, there is a diversity of animals that are more rare to see, an unclose for that matter. Also, since it takes place in a city, mostly at night, it it not as beautiful as the nature filled farm in the first. We do see the farm in this, but only for a short amount of time. The set pieces for the city looked too comical, I guess for a kiddie effect. I liked the sets, but they were inferior to Babe's. My last problem is how weak the plot and characters developed. In Babe, the plot was kind of weak, but made up for it by having great character development. The plot in this is a bit slower and the character development is weaker too. I didn't not like this. I really did. Is it a fall from the first? Yes, but is it a bad movie entirely? Not at all. With tons of animals being human, the puppets, effects and trainers deserve huge props. Maybe the set wasn't as nice as the first, but it was still very well made and admirable. The development is a bit weaker, but some of your favourite barnyard friends are back and we meet some new, lovable animals. I may watch Babe more often than Babe: Pig in the City, but there will be times where I will be in the mood to see the screen's best pig out of the farm.

When I saw BABE earlier this year, I was pleasantly surprised by its rustic charm, warmth and dignity. This sequel has none of those qualities. Gone are the simple but engaging situations, replaced with wacky mis-adventures, irritating slapstick and bombast, and even mean-spiritedness. There is nothing funny or endearing about any of it. It is a cynical misunderstanding of what made its predecessor so lovable. The film's climax is painfully slapsticky and broad, and moreover leaves our titular hero with no agency whatsoever. Not since TEMPLE OF DOOM have I seen such a disparity between a beloved film and its follow-up. I will praise the accomplished photography, effects and animal wrangling, but the content is so phenomenally disappointing. I know this movie has its champions, among them Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. I can only say that I felt no affection for it, and will henceforth pretend it doesn't exist.

people say this movie is too dark for kids what are they thinking this is such a good movie its funny and adventures and wild it had the best ending song made which almost made me cry I can understand its not as good as the first one which the first is a little bit better but this one is one of my fav movies it did scared me when I was 2 Betty scary but now in these days I am not scared of it. If you have not seen this movie you should get it out on DVD if you have the first one on DVD. I like the part where emse hogget swings a cross with the clown pants that was really funny and the part where she gets covered in a bucket of glue and when she said ho dear that made me lauge my head off so if you are looking for something funny then get this movie out on DVD because it will make you lauge it will make you cry and when everyone said to babe thank the pig that was really cute make sure if you have the time to watch this because its such a good movie its better watching this then chicken little its way better then son of the mask and almost as good as star wars eps 3 so I give this movie 8.2 out of 10.