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Summary: The MOST hilarious and adventurous animated movie!
Review: This is a funny, cool, adventurous story. Manfred the Mammoth, a mammoth stricken from the death of his parents, plans to travel somewhere else during the time of migration. Sid the Sloth joins him, but doesn't get used to Manfred easily. Soon the sinister sabertooth Diego attacks the human village with rest of the pack, and chases away a mother with a child. Sid and Manfred find the child, who had fallen over the waterfall with his mother. After the sudden disappearance of the mother, Sid is determined to return the human child. After close encounter with Diego, Diego leads them to find the humans. But Diego suddenly sets Manfred up, and when they get to the peak, they would ambush the great mammoth down! After a dangerous slide in the ice cave, they reach the edge of the peak, and there Diego changes his feelings for Manfred. They fight against the sabers, and Diego is lost. But when they return the human, he returns!
This is a great story, adventurous and funny, no kidding, anyone would like it. It is for family, and I mean everyone will like it!
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Summary: A comic adventure for the whole family
Review: The animated adventure-comedy "Ice Age" has some similarities to another excellent film, "Monsters Inc.": both feature a pair of loveable beasts who try to reunite a human child with its family, while a third beast plots something sinister. But beyond that, they are quite different films, and the characters in "Ice Age" have very different developmental arcs than their counterparts in "Monsters.""Ice Age," as its title indicates, takes place in the prehistoric era when primitive humans coexisted with wolly mammoths and other marvelous creatures. As is traditional in animated films, these creatures talk with human voices. Ray Romano voices the gruff mammoth Manfred, John Leguizamo is goofy sloth Sid, and Dennis Leary breathes life into the scheming saber-toothed cat Diego. The coolness factor (no pun intended!) of "Ice" is very high. The filmmakers have filled the screen with a rich assortment of amazing prehistoric creatures. And the landscape of this world is brilliantly realized by the animators. The amazing visuals capture a world of snow, glistening ice, bubbling mud pools, and other elements that is eerily alien, oddly familiar, and often strikingly beautiful. There is also some highly inventive use of the animation medium, particularly in one scene involving cave paintings. The visual artistry of "Ice Age" alone makes it a worthwhile cinematic experience. The vocal performances are all excellent. "Ice Age" is full of laughs and roller-coaster thrills, but also some remarkably poignant moments. Recommended.
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Summary: Do not MISS it
Review: My Young brother and I wanted to see this movie so bad, the add was really strange and exciting. We didn't expect that the movie would start with a big laugh from both of us on scrat...boy he is funny and cute. The movie so engaging that it kept us spellbound. Comedy, drama, adventures? All there. Also fun and joy in every moment in the movie. I advice every body to see the movie on big screen (will be great) to catch the scrat smile. Mammoth, sloth, saber-tooth tiger, are all great, and I still cannot forget the story of how the mammoth's family end up with :(. It was a great great movie. I have to tell you, be prepared to laugh. Don't expect Disney perfection with songs and all... just expect a great and hilarious time.
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Summary: Ice Age
Review: this movie is hilarious. The animation was fantastic. The children as well as the adults could not hold back their laughter. The movie also had a storyline and you can even guess who the actors are doing the voices. We can't wait until it comes on video. it is a must see for all ages
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Summary: Cool piece of computer animation that spells mammoth fun!
Review: Ice Age arrives after Shrek and Monster's Inc. to dazzle audiences with yet another enthralling piece of computer animation. The main ensemble is an eccentric trio where the talkative sloth Sid (John Leguizamo), the resilient Manfred the Mammoth (Ray Romano) and Diego the Sabretoothe Tiger (Denis Leary) crosses each other path and journeys to return an abandoned infant to his family. Oblivious of the hidden agenda of Diego to bring the baby to his pack, Sid and Sloth braves uncertain perils. Even more pressing to complete the journey is the fact that Winter is arriving and the phalanx of prehistoric animals are migrating to the South. What a high-flying adventure! Director Chris Wedge has imbued a sense of whimsicial fun - even to the extent of cameoing a squirrel trying to bury his acorn. A former director of the animated short Bunny which garnered the 1998 Academy Award, Ice Age continues his tradition of thrilling adventure and hilarious gags. Yet even more impressive is his unfettered imagination in blending the landscape with the story. Icy glaciers, cascading waterfalls, volcanic eruptions and looming avalanches - the trio must brave the unpredictible nature to get nearer to their destination. It brings in the possiblities of UFO and evolution to enhance the story. It is a simple story no doubt but the interesting characters more than compensates; Sid the Sloth is a huge comic relief while Manfred has a big heart to act as the emotional core of the film while Diego in his insidious stealth is grippingly intimidating and cunning. With such heart and humour, Ice Age is reassuringly old-fashioned adventure that screams mammoth fun and embellished with vivid characters that are way... cool.
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Summary: As Funny as 2001's Hilarious "Shrek" and "Monsters Inc."
Review: This movies basically a combination of "Dinosaur" "Shrek" and "Monsters Inc." with great CGI animated and Hilarious Comedy why when I saw this in theatres yesterday I laughed so hard at the beginning I couldn't stop The characters are very funny especially the sloff if thats how you spell it, so anyways this had to be the best CGI animated movie of 2002!!!! if you thought "Shrek" was a great summer 2001 hit and "Monsters Inc." Holidays 2001 hit Then this is the movie you should go see it's as great as the other two 2001 hits were...
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Summary: So, did you hear the one about the Mammoth and the Sloth?
Review: From the realm of digital animation, this is a film that is geared to the younger set, but one that most adults will find pleasantly entertaining, as well. Heavy on visual humor, with a few one-liners thrown in for good measure, "Ice Age," directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge, is a fairly pedestrian, family comedy that is viewer friendly and has a heart as big as it's main character, who just happens to be a mammoth named Manfred. It's the Ice Age, and the migration is on; but as the mammals begin to move, three very distinct individuals are about to be thrown together by circumstances of fate: Manfred the Mammoth (Ray Romano) insists on going against the tide of the migration movement (literally), and it brings him in touch with Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo), who awakens from his slothful slumber to find that he's been left behind by the other sloths. Meanwhile, a pack of Sabertooth Tigers, led by the ruthless Soto (Goran Visnjic), is about to exact revenge on the humans, the hunters he feels are responsible for the decimation of his pack. An attack is planned, with Soto especially intent on claiming a human baby as his prize. But during the attack, one of Soto's pack, Diego (Denis Leary), fails to prevent the baby's mother from escaping with her child. Outraged that the baby has escaped his grasp, Soto charges Diego with the task of locating the baby and bringing him back, alive. What Diego does not know, however, is that the baby has ended up in the care of one of the most unlikely duos imaginable, Manfred and Sid, who have joined forces in an attempt to locate the humans and return the baby to it's herd. When Diego realizes what has happened, he decides that his best shot at getting ahold of the baby is to join Manfred and Sid in their quest, which he does by convincing them that they need him-- a tracker by nature-- if they are to succeed in finding the humans, who are also on the move. And so they begin their journey, with Manfred and Sid unaware of the treachery at hand, lying hidden in their very midst. Unlike other prominent films of this genre, such as "Shrek," or even "Monster's Inc.," "Ice Age" is not terrifically clever or witty; nor does it try to be. The strength of this film, in fact, lies in the very straightforward manner in which it is presented, and the filmmakers obviously made some very deliberate choices as to what they wanted to do with their film, and what exactly they wanted it to be. Rather than go for the hip and hilarious, they chose warm and funny-- and it works. There is some subtle humor, but for the most part the jokes are what they are; Saldanha and Wedge do not employ the double entendre, for example, so you don't have to go looking for what they're trying to say. It's a matter of what you see is what you get. What they do give you are some engaging characters (especially Manfred and Sid) and a number of things that visually stimulate the funny bone, beginning with the hapless squirrel who mugs his way through the opening frames with a nut in tow (and who pops up occasionally throughout the film), whose bug-eyed looks and frantic antics are enough to start you chuckling and take you right on into some full-blown gales of laughter. And it's all tempered so that it never goes too far over the top into "Road Runner" type slapstick, relying instead on some imaginative touches (such as the stages of evolution of the sloth preserved frozen in ice, with Sid falling into frieze briefly at the end of the tableau) and a basic story that's involving enough to sustain interest. Anyone familiar with the TV show "Everybody Loves Raymond" will know what to expect as far as the Manfred character, whom Ray Romano infuses with the same wry persona as his Raymond TV character. But Romano does it well, his Manfred is quite likable, and he even manages to create a couple of truly poignant moments with him. Simply put, he gives you a mammoth to whom you can actually relate. And that's a pretty good piece of acting. As Sid, John Leguizamo gives a distinct voice to the film, creating a personality that definitely fits the wall-eyed looks of the sloth. Like Romano, Leguizamo has a unique comedic style, and the contrast between the two works beautifully for their respective characters and the way in which they play off of one another. And when you add Denis Leary to the mix-- which offers yet another distinct style of comedy (a bit more on the caustic side)-- the result is quite an interesting and diverse combination that in the end works extremely well. It should be noted, too, that Leary is comparatively subdued with his character, while Leguizamo gives a stream-of-consciousness type performance, though he manages to stay just this side of Robin Williams territory (which is a positive within the context of this film and this particular character). Most importantly, all three create characters that succeed in effectively telling the story, and they do it in a way that is not only inoffensive, but which enables the audience to embrace them, as well. The supporting cast includes Jack Black (Zeke), Tara Strong (Roshan), Stephen Root (Rhino), Diedrich Bader (Saber-tooth Tiger) and Jane Krakowski (Jennifer the Sloth). Entertaining, feel-good family fare, "Ice Age" is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and provide you with a satisfying cinematic experience. And I dare not neglect to mention the educational significance of this film, too; I mean, where else are you going to find out what really happened to the Dodo Bird? It's the magic of the movies.
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Summary: Very funny, great entertainment for the whole family.
Review: My husband and I went to see this movie today and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was well written and the characters well thought out. I might shy away from taking very small children, as the early scenes with attempted baby-naping by the tigers may be a little too scary. The movie has an excellent moral including the ever popular (at least in my book) good triumphing over evil! Don't miss it. I intend to get the DVD as soon as it's available and I am scouring the net for Ice Age toys now.
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Summary: It's coming....
Review: A mammoth, sloth, and saber-tooth tiger embark on a journey across the frozen planes to return a human baby to his family. However, great delimmas arise (as well as plot and humor) because the mammoth dislikes company, the sloth is a babbling idiot, and the saber-tooth is only in the adventure to get the baby into the hands of a hungry pack of tigers. Though some elements of the plot seem refabricated from other shows, Ice Age appears clearly capable to stand alone. And where would this movie be without its humor? While some jokes are too unreal, there are so many wise cracks and hilarious character interactions, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Granted, the animation here is definitely not up to par with Pixar and Dreamworks, but who cares. Ice Age was very enjoyable and entertaining to the very end. If you've liked all those other computer animated movies out there, here's another worthy installment.
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Summary: Sigh. If only I were younger...
Review: The animation was superb and in many ways equal to Pixar productions. Ray Romano as the Wooly Mammoth was very funny, but I honestly didn't enjoy as much as Monsters, Inc. You know the feeling you get after watching a trailer and thinking "I've just seen the best of this film." I got that feeling after the first 5 minutes. The opening scene IS the trailer. .... I have no doubt that kids ages 12 and below will highly enjoy this film. I wish I were a kid again and could say the same.
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