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The title pretty much sums it up. There are a lot of rough edges. Literally, even, because the animation is no where near as smooth as Pixar's. Also the story itself and the dialogue are a bit rough in places, especially the array of bad puns that makes up the opening scene. Most of the film feels like one of those "kids will love it, adults will cringe" movies, but as if by a sneak attack, the characters suddenly grab you from behind and you, the viewer, suddenly cares what happens to them. The story is predictable and lacks the scope of The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and even the somewhat similiar The Land Before Time. But the trio of lead characters are charming and voiced well by Ray Romano (who plays Manny the mammoth who is antisocial do to a tragic past), John Leguizamo (who plays Sid the sloth who, after being abandoned by his family for being annoying, has latched onto Manny), and Dennis Leary (who plays Diego, a Smilodon who may or may not be evil).
Also, of course, there is the breakout character. Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel who is on an endless quest to bury his one love... an acorn. The voice acting from Chris Wedge, the animation, and the simple design of Scrat is so perfect and so simple. Even as an adult, I could watch Scrat try to bury his acorn all day. And because of the plentiful extras on this edition of Ice Age and the sequels, I just might be able to. About the extras, though. There are some awesome ones, such as the Scrat short "Gone Nutty" and the behind the scenes stuff. The one extra I couldn't really take was "Sid on Sid" which features (you guessed it) Sid making comments about his performance in the movie. I love the character, but the way it's written and the whole concept just chased me away after only a few minutes. To make up for it, however, was the best extra on the disc. Blue Sky Studios included their short film, Bunny, which is a very sophisticated animated film that checks in on an elderly bunny on her last day alive. It's truly beautiful.
Pretty good movie, great characters, very good special features. They've definitely nabbed me for the sequel.
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Is a very good movie. I buy for my daughter and her liked. Is very funny.
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Ice age is fun film for all ages but playing this on a Playstation 3 hook up to a 42 flat toshiba at 1080p that is hook up to a 7.1 Yamaha (140w)to Polks all the way around is god like ... buy it watch it take a nap
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"Ice Age" is one of those movies you think you would never wind up loving. It's a fairly simple idea, a buddy movie, that has done plenty of times before. And yet it is pulled off with such heart and purity that I can't resist its charm. The aforementioned simple storyline is yet a good one that relies on a tried-and-true formula, and the perfect casting and humor makes this work. There is plenty of sass and humor, all kept relatively as prehistoric as this type of film could get without falling on lame pop culture references. The CGI is still one of my favorites--it's meant to look cartooney and the effect is marvelous. Yes, there are plenty of cynics against this, but to the right audience this provides plenty of laughs, lots of heart, and even a few shed tears.
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the only good thing about the movie was i got it. it had food on it and obvoisly would not play. it also had a crack in it and i basically had to throw it in the garbage. it a shame people try to sell products without knowing what condition they are in first.
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