Over a decade ago Woody Harrelson shared a surprising choice for best cinematic sequel. The Hunger Games The star’s choice wasn’t a popular take for best sequel Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back or even a family film like Toy Story 2but rather an almost forgotten box office hit. What’s even more surprising is that Harrelson chose an underrated family film with a talking pig and a talking duck.

Woody Harrelson loves a children’s film about a pig

In 2012, actor Woody Harrelson spoke to him Rama’s screen about the upcoming film The Hunger Gamesthe first part of the series. At this point, all three Hunger Games Books had been written and Lionsgate had announced that they would release a film adaptation of the second book in 2013. This made Harrelson uncomfortable The Hunger Games: Catching Fire because he doesn’t “believe in sequels” but he quickly remembered a sequel that did a good job.

“Babe 2 was better than Babe 1, but it’s rare, it’s so rare, that the sequel is even as good as the original. That’s why I’m never that keen on the concept, but in this case there is definitely the possibility of sequels, but of course only if the film does well.”

Woody Harrelson holds Babe: Pig in the City in such high regard seems surprising. vocation Babe: Pig in the City better than baby is a tall order considering the first film was critically acclaimed and nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture. It’s even bolder to call a family film about a talking pig one of the rare cases where a sequel is as good as the original. Babe: Pig in the City wasn’t even a success at the box office, make less than $70 million on a budget of $90 million. Many other, much more popular films come to mind as examples of the sequels being better than the original The Godfather Part II and the second Terminator.

However, Woody Harrelson is absolutely right to name Babe: Pig in the City as an example of a great sequel. Pig in the city takes the heartwarming parts of the original and places it in a new, massive environment with more animals than the first. The film features stunning visuals as it brings the talking animals to life and depicts a fictional, sprawling city. The film was directed by legendary director George Miller, who also directed the film Crazy Max Series.

Even Siskel and Ebert agreed that Babe 2 was a masterpiece

Not everyone agrees with Woody Harrelson’s opinion Babe: Pig in the City It has a critic score of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and an even worse audience score of 41%. However, the two biggest names in film criticism of his time Babe: Pig in the CityThe film was as popular as Harrelson when it was released.

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were both thrilled Babe: Pig in the City. Ebert asked that baby Continuing his list of the best films of 1998, Siskel went one step further and named it Film of the Year. On the duo’s show, Gene Siskel explained that for his pick for the year’s best film, he chose the film “that best expresses the joy of filmmaking and expands the possibilities of what films can do, and the one The film that clearly fits this description this year is, astonishingly, a sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.”

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Even though Roger Ebert didn’t think the film was the best of the year, he still praised it highly. In his review he gave the film four out of four stars He praised the film’s ability to expand on the sequel and the craftsmanship of bringing the animals and city to life. Ebert wrote: “The film is full of wonders, big and small: little gags at the edges of the picture and big laughs in the middle. “It is by no means just a ‘children’s film,’ but one that will expand the imagination of all viewers.”

Woody Harrelson had his own great sequels

Woody Harrelson had no reason to be so worried about continuing with this Hunger Games Series. The Hunger Games The films have been a success, spawning five films so far (more than books) and a new film coming in 2026. The latest film will be a prequel focusing on Harrelson’s character, although it is unknown whether Harrelson will appear in the film will play along.

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Hopefully Harrelson will be in the prequel, as he’s part of what makes the first film and the sequels so interesting. His alcoholic character is one of the most emotional in the series. Perhaps in 2012, Harrelson didn’t believe there would be as many sequels as there were Babe: Pig in the City because he hasn’t had the chance to star in so many sequels yet. If he could do the interview again, maybe he would choose to do it The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as another sequel that improves on the original. Rent Babe: Pig in the City on Prime Video or Apple TV.