Ice Age (2002)

I love this movie so much

Just perfect...

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

A story about an unusual herd consisting of a sloth, Mammoth and tiger-- others join on the way. An interesting and cheerful comedy that makes you laugh. The plate tectonics is explained and presented very well- though in the most dumb manner...haha. A wonderful adventure fantasy that will make you smile, no matter what your age or tastes are. A story that describes the importance of a family and concern irrespective of differences. Also, this is friendship and sacrifice that build trust as represented in Diego changing sides. And an interesting fact- men in this series can't talk animals can!! And yes who can forget the annoying yet amazing Scrat and his chase after the fruit in all circumstances.....wonderful to watch

It's a short, simple story with a strong structure and three somewhat stereotypical yet superbly crafted central characters, set against a unique backdrop of prehistoric permafrost strangely unexplored on film considering its interesting inhabitants and splendid scenery (not to mention the artistic licence inherent with a narrative that takes place so very long ago); the animation (and general graphic) style is rough around the edges but ultimately snappy, lively and aesthetically pleasing, with the picture painting a stylistic yet consistent world full of envelope-pushing environmental effects (ala snow and water) that ground the cartoon- esque physics and give them a proper weight, but it's really the interplay of the main players that marks this piece as a cut above the rest as each of them arise as distinct individuals with believable arcs and interesting dynamics - not to mention the fact that the feature is much more emotionally affecting than you'd expect and is pretty funny too (especially in a couple of stand-out set-pieces, most notably 'the dodo debacle.') 7/10

Ice Age is one of my favorite animations, watched a lot as a child, and I reviewed already a teenager, and I still like as before, the characters are fun, Manny, Diego and Sid trio is very good, lots of laughs, the work of actors in the voice of the characters is very good, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Chris Wedge, Jack Black and etc, the animation is very well done, the script is good, has great moments, scenes with the Tigers are good, and also has moments that can thrills, the rhythm is good, the soundtrack is good, the Ice Age saga began promising, had fun sequences, more well below the first film. Note 8.4

Ice Age (2002): Dir: Chris Wedge / Voices: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jack Black, Chris Wedge: Computer animation about new things and compromise between conflicting groups. The ice age has arrived and animals are heading south but not Manfred the mammoth. He is accompanied by a sloth named Sid and they are forced to trust a saber-tooth tiger named Diago. Ray Romano voices Manfred who faces tradition yet must care for an Eskimo child. This all climaxes upon an unrealistic compromise. John Leguizamo voices the irritating Sid whose job is to provide comic relief and be a complete pain in the frozen asshole to everyone else on this journey. Denis Leary voices Diago who has a predicted change of heart as if nobody could see that coming. And as if anyone needs to point out that it is a saber-tooth cat's nature to be carnivores and not buddy up to humongous mammoths and cuddly sloths. Besides Manfred, the only character of interest is the prehistoric squirrel that is featured periodically in his hazardous quest to obtain an acorn. Director Chris Wedge is backed by decent humour, which works best, but not so much of a script. He also provides the vocals of sorts for the prehistoric squirrel Scrat that is involved in the film's best scenes. The computer generated images are bright and colourful highlighting the era involved but they are unable to thaw out weak writing. Score: 5 / 10