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From the opening scene, Babe: Pig in the City means to disrupt the reassuring calm achieved by the conclusion of the previous film. Babe's prior triumph proves short-lived, and within moments Miller has us literally peering into the depths as he sets up a horrific well accident that nearly kills the taciturn but good-hearted Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell), Babe's beloved "Boss." Journeying with the equally pink, even plumper Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski), the young pig finds himself in a city where animals are outcasts, staying in the lone hotel that allows pets. When Mrs. Hoggett is detained, Babe must contend with the suspicions and rivalries of the hotel's other four-legged guests. The film's G status doesn't fully telegraph the shock Miller induces: bad things happen to good animals, and Babe's new acquaintances are a far cry from his colleagues on the farm. In particular, he must contend with a cynical family of chimps given wonderful, dead-pan voice characterizations by Steven Wright and Glenne Headly.
Miller's use of effects to transform his animals into "actors" is even more seamlessly integrated than in Babe. The sequel's production design is crucial to the creation of a complete, absorbing world, and purely visual ideas--such as a deluge of blue balloons during the climactic ballroom battle--achieve a splendor and originality that a room full of computer-graphics desktops couldn't muster. Ultimately, though, the film does more than amaze: as Babe's compassion and courage transform those around him, we're moved in ways that purveyors of by-the-numbers family fare can only dream of. --Sam Sutherland
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 25 November, 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | G (General Audience) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film Family |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 096898360739 |
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Customer Reviews of Babe - Pig in the City
An extraordinary film! It is rare nowadays to see a children's film crafted so immaculately as "Babe: Pig in the City". This movie is pure gold. It is visually stunning: the cityscape outside Babe's window is a blink-and-you-miss-it amalgamation of every famous world-wide landmark; the hotel itself is a spiraling, balconied wonder. George Miller has created a world where the most terrifying moments are set to opera (like the chimp and clown show that ever-so-slowly spins from eerily nostalgic to depressingly fatalistic) and where every endearing character has its heart in the right place. "Babe:PITC" is a must-see for every child and adult, for it is rare to see a film so enbedded in weaving magic and story and character so seamlessly together. The end result of this entaglement has you fascinated and glued to the screen throughout, laughing and in awe, frightened and unsure, and, above all, amazed.
Babe, Pig in the City: One of the Best Films Ever Made
The film is a masterpiece of the first water in every conceivable way. Visually it is astounding; these animals give some of the best performances on film, thanks to enormously talented human actors, a brilliant screenplay, a brilliant director, and, of course, the amazing animal actors themselves.
Unfortunately, certain parents and their children expected light fare on par with the original Babe movie (which is terrific but clearly inferior to its sequel). The result reminds me very much of the general reaction to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; many parents felt and feel it is just "too dark" and "upsetting" for their children. It seems to me that many of their outraged "reviews" here betray the fact that they spent too much time worrying about whether scenes were too intense for their children and not enough time actually watching the film or attempting to understand it.
Anyone who complains that the movie is too dark, violent (even "disgusting") clearly did not pay attention to the movie. No animal or person dies or is permanently damaged within the course of the film. Even the goldfish and Flealick (the little dog on wheels) survive. The message(s) of the movie, moreover, couldn't be more suitable for children: tolerance, kindness and respect for animals, redemption through perseverence, just to name a few.
I suspect that those people who hated the film are also the kind of people who are more concerned with whether their children are frightened by an intense scene in a movie and less concerned with keeping their own animals indoors and off the streets at night. My advice: rewatch the film, alone if you think your kids will somehow be mentally "damaged" by it. If you pay attention this time, you just might realize that, far from being "bad" for your children, you children (and you, possibly) might just learn an important thing or two about the importance of kindness to those different from themselves.
For those who haven't seen it, I give my highest recommendation to this movie. One of the best I've seen; important and potentially life changing. I can honestly say that in my experience there has never been a movie like it made before or since.
NO STORY! Take Steve Jobs' Advice Next Time!
When an avid movie fan asks the question, "Who wrote this?" it can be a great complement. In this case, it isn't -- I just needed to know who was responsible for this ill-conceived train wreck, and discovered it never had a real "writer", per se, just a producer / director who cobbled together a storyboard and made a movie out of it.
Production values, art direction, cute pig voice, lots of special effects, WHO CARES about any of it if the story SUCKS? Here's some advice from Steve Jobs: "Story Is King". Without a cogent, compelling story all you have is noise.
To give you an example of the endemic stupidity of this non-story, there is a scene where the pig DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A DOG IS! He was f**king RAISED BY DOGS, and he can't tell the difference between a sheep and a PIT BULL? Didn't he head-butt a dog not unlike a pit bull in the first movie? You know, the poacher scene?
Another doozy: the chef stealing the pig. At least in "The Little Mermaid" the chef's actions make sense, as it's a crab the chef's after, and crabs are customarily killed by the chefs who cook them. How many chefs slaughter their own pork? Is he going to do the deed on the cutting board next to the Spinach Alfredo?
This movie is more like a comic book or Moulin Rouge, in that it's filled with disjointed iconography more concerned with making an artistic statement than telling a coherent story. I guess there's a place for that sort of thing, but just the same I'll save my money for Pixar.