Babe: Pig in the City 4K 1998

It's a shame that such an interesting and positive film doesn't have a single positive review. Especially since Babe: Pig in the City deserves it... very much so... It should be noted that it's always very difficult to make sequels to successful films. Especially when they weren't originally conceived as a duology. With Babe ver 2.0. , thank God, everything is fine—it's very funny, well-made (it will be interesting not only for children), diluted with purely cinematic elements (remember at least Chaos Theory) and, moreover, it deservedly earns its place in the list of the best cult films ever. I watched the first part as a child, but since I didn't particularly like films (without the prefix ‘cartoon’) about animals at the time, it didn't really grab me. I only watched the second part now, and I can say that I truly appreciated this story [as a film]. I started watching with skepticism—all these farmers, geese, grandmas, etc.—but then I got sucked in... so to speak, into the process. I watched with interest and got a kick out of the dogs chasing Babe.

The plot of the film is simple. There is a farmer (who fell into a well at the very beginning and broke his legs), there is his wife (an ordinary grandmother... a little funny), there is Babe (the legendary piglet-shepherd). The old couple's farm is about to be taken away from them (a favorite trick in children's cartoons), so the grandmother grabs the pig and takes him to a fair in another town. There, they have many funny and not-so-funny adventures, and in the end, Babe proves that he can be useful to his owners in any circumstances. Meanwhile, the story acquires a moral and returns to the beginning... This is a plus—the film teaches children to be kind like Babe (the main character). But... among other things, there is a strong sense of humor in it—just listen to the author's voiceover. The film is both a children's fairy tale and a parody of a children's fairy tale. But it's a kind parody, not a cruel one (which is important and valuable). The story is captivating... which is perhaps the most important thing for a film like this.

After watching Babe, I fully appreciated its ideological and cinematic components and understood its cult status. I liked how the animals were filmed—they weren't made into projections of humans, but were left as animals (albeit in the human world). The piglets looked like piglets, the monkeys looked like monkeys, the goslings looked like goslings... everything was great. I liked the dog that Babe saved the most — I really believed in his character... Yeahhh! He is exactly as he should be.