Having now seen the film three different times (don't inquire), I finally feel at least knowledgeable plenty to write an adequate review. The original "Ice Age" was a good, not nifty, movie and I figured that the sequel would be more of the same. And that's exactly what the sequel turned out to be: a few chuckles sprinkled hither and there, a dainty talent add-on in Queen Latifah, and a plot interesting plenty to follow without falling comatose in the process. Only a highly memorable film, "Ice Age: The Meltdown" was not.
The plot: the Ice Historic period is catastrophe, and the herd from the original motion picture (Sid, Diego, and Manny) must move to higher ground or gamble drowning when the dandy water ice dam collapses. Subplots include the introduction of new characters (Latifah as Manny's female mammoth counterpart Ellie and two possums named Crash and Eddie), Manny's worry that his species is on the verge of extinction, Diego'south internal struggle with his irrational fearfulness of h2o, and Sid's discontent over not being respected past the balance of the herd.
The characters themselves are a mixed purse of successes and failures. John Leguizamo and Denis Leary were once more very strong as Sid and Diego, respectively; the lisping voice of Sid is distinctive and endearing, while Denis Leary'due south dry menace makes you want to express mirth even when nothing funny has been said. Queen Latifah is also highly constructive as Ellie and provides her share of laughs throughout the picture show. All the same, Ray Romano'due south voice 'talents' announced to consist solely of reprising the aforementioned abrasive character he portrayed for nine years on "Everybody Loves Raymond" (yes, if you were to shut your optics during scenes where Manny is speaking, you would about swear that you were listening to a whining center-aged human trying to gainsay his pushy, know-it-all wife. Attempt it for yourself and run into). Romano's nasal phonation combined with the surly nature of the mammoth end upwardly creating a lead character that is fairly unappealing, which may not exactly be a coveted quality for a kids' movie.
And then in that location is the addition of Crash and Eddie, both of whom combine to make up what must surely be the greatest comedy duo since Scott Baio and Willie Ames. It's not that they're spectacularly annoying, or that they're bad plenty that they detract from the film; it's only that they aren't very funny. Clearly their office is to provide abdomen laughs based on slapstick and over-the-top drama, but the writers give them next to nothing to work with in terms of material, and the result is a lot of tepid humor ("How are we going to re-populate the Earth? Everyone's either a dude or our sister!"...yawn), and a lot of blank stares from my piffling blood brother and the majority of kids in the audition.
Crash and Eddie notwithstanding, the film hits about as oftentimes every bit information technology misses with its attempts to create guffaws. Wildly successful were scenes involving Sid equally the "Burn down God", Queen Latifah's mammoth suffering from species identity confusion, and Diego's continuous bouts with Hydrophobia. Less successful were Jay Leno'southward scenes equally Fast Tony and a musical number involving a chorus of vultures ("Food, Glorious Food"...please stop). Admittedly, the antics of Scrat drew raucous laughs from both kids and adults alike in the audition, although I have to believe that people finding this fauna even remotely amusing are similarly likely to own a vast collection of Pauly Shore films and a shelf containing VHS recordings of every known episode of "The Jeffersons".
So all, in all...7 out of 10. Great, not even a waste of money or time, but your chances of remembering information technology even a few weeks from the time you lot view information technology are about on par with the likelihood that you'll accurately recall the contestant who won May fourth's Showcase Showdown on "The Price is Correct"...in an episode that ran in 1982.
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