Comments on: No Kid Friendly Fix

By: Joel Frady

Joel Frady — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:06:20 +0000

Too dark for kids? Maybe. But isn’t that parents are for, to discuss these elements. It saddens me the way Universal treated the film because they apparently don’t want anything to ever challenge a child or broaden their horizons.

Then again, I’m slightly biased here – I’ve been a film critic for 10 years and this is still my favorite movie.

By: Bunkum

Bunkum — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:36:33 +0000

I agree with Hoju.

Oh, that makes me all giddy.

By: Joe Valdez

Joe Valdez — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:08:07 +0000

Adam: It's a shame George Miller doesn't work more than he does, but maybe if he did, his films would have that assembly line feeling that even talented directors like Sam Raimi or Bryan Singer succumb to in order to crank out consumer entertainment product. He caught flak for how different Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was from The Road Warrior as well. Now, more people rip off Thunderdome than Road Warrior. Thanks for commenting! Hoju: Thanks for stopping by. Keep reading and you might see a CGI penguin movie profiled here. It just might happen one day. Jeff: You're the first person I know of with good taste who didn't like Babe: Pig In the City, but I understand your analysis. I can't say that I would have gone in the direction George Miller did or would have signed off on it if I ran Universal. Obviously I'm a big fan of this movie. Thanks for commenting.

By: Jeff McM

Jeff McM — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:23:57 +0000

Nice work, but for me, there are few major Hollywood movies of the last decade that I dislike more than this one. I find it not just dark, but brutal and punishing to its audience. I respect Miller for deciding to make a movie that functions as a 180-degree departure from what worked in the original; I respect it, but I don’t like it, at all.

By: Hoju

Hoju — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:49:30 +0000

I keep expecting to see a review of “Happy Feet” pop up here, one day. That would be a treat, as it’s one of Miller’s best films, I thought -along with this, and – and, well, it’s hard to seperate his films in terms of quality because they’re so consistant.

By: Adam Ross

Adam Ross — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:02:55 +0000

Great choice, Joe. “Babe: Pig in the City” is in many ways the perfect sequel, and there are so few other examples of what it achieves: furthering the story and everything positive from the first film, while still feeling original.