I don’t know what disturbs me more: the fact that I had to watch this in a college class or that fact that I really enjoyed it.
I’d previously seen the original waaaaaay back in the day when it was first released on video and even though I was about nine years old and much closer to the film’s demographic, I hated it at the time and never watched it again. I never had plans to watch the sequel and never thought of it again.
Then this year I’m taking Story in Fiction and Film International, and one of the international films selected is Babe: Pig in the City. It was a perfect representation of Campbells outline of a hero’s journey so I completely understand why it was chosen.
But I actually liked the movie. Quite a bit. Halfway through I realized I was completely engrossed in this movie about talking animals. Yes, I love animals, especially cute animals who are fighting against mean humans. But this movie was just engrossing. It was darker than I expected a children’s movie to be and absolutely ridiculous when it came to some points…but I loved it. I can’t exactly explain it—it’s still a surprise to me!

Horrible movie. Badly written, badly acted, badly directed. The plot is absolutely ridiculous. It’s kind of funny, something you may want to watch with a group of friends that make fun of horrible movies. Just don’t expect anything special.

I don’t understand what is so captivating for everyone about this novel. It was good and worth reading, but not excellent.

Ack, it was too difficult and the content was too dark for me to read at this time. I will attempt to tackle it later when my mood is different.

This is my all time favorite book! I love all of Bradbury’s work, but this one just really touched me on another level, and the mystery was fantastic. I also really loved the cast of ecclectic characters. A+ novel!

This was the first full length novel I read by Mr. Bradbury and it made me fall in love with his unique and wonderful style. This is a story that everyone should read at least once, a cautionary tale of what the future could hold.

Come on! I fricken love Tolkien!

Pretty good, not quite as engaging as the LOTR, but an excellent prequel. And I love Tolkien.

Fantastic! Everyone should read it!

Great book! It kept my interest through every intense twist and turn!