Monkey-Plex Review: FILM: Ice Age

FILM: Ice Age 2.5 monkeys

Well, it's pleasant enough, but I certainly don't understand what all the fuss is about. I mean, it's not as good as Monsters, Inc., not even as good as Shrek, and yet it's a huge hit. Scrat, the little rat-thing character, is funny in a very Chuck Jones/50's Warner Bros. cartoon way. But nothing else in the movie is. If you've seen it, maybe you could tell me why Ray Romano's mammoth character is headed in the direction he's headed at the start of the film. What was the motivation there? 'Cause they sure never addressed it, as far as I could tell. (I've asked four different people this question, and gotten four different answers. I don't think the filmmakers were going for the Rashomon effect, but who knows, maybe I'm not giving them enough credit.) Two monkeys for the movie, three monkeys for Skrat, and a big "try harder" to the filmmakers who apparently animated the human characters in this film on an old Commodore 64.

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I thought the film was great!!! i9 think shrek and Monsters were just as funny but if i had a choice i would bye ice age on video first!!!
does anyone know when ice age is out on video if you do email me at luca_thomsen@hotmail.com Thankyou

Posted by Luca @ 09/02/2002 10:08 AM PST

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