The first "Ice Age" movie was hilarious, loved the characters, the humour, the story and the animation, as well as the actors who so lovingly embodied the main characters, Manny, Diego and Sid, as well as that crazed squirrel rat thing, the Scratt. By the second installment though the franchise had lost its edge and some of its humour, but was still enjoyable.
This third and hopefully last outing for the pre-historic franchise, was really unecessary, quite weak and only mildly entertaining. Sure there were a few funny moments (when Sid tries to milk somekind of cow, but ends up being mistaken about the animal's actual sex, a joke that adults will get but will fly over most kids heads).
I really wasn't interested in them having families and kids, and cribs for their kids and playgrounds...if there is a sign that a movie series is running out of steam, kids and wives will do it everytime. Don't get me wrong it is sweet and the idea is quite allright, but really, do we have to be preached to, about the value of having a spouse and children.
In this one they didn't use the scalpel to spread the message, but a jackhammer. Ok, allright, I get it! Diego is a miserable bastard because he doesn't have children and a wife, while Sid has to borrow a family to feel validated. It is better to die inside slowly, be castrated and bereft of any passion, imagination and sense of being alive, but hell if you have a family, all that nonesense does not matter...another bullsh*t idea spewed by a society which has developed a fetish with families and children... Hey if Madonna adopts children, I should too if I can't have my own! Its the latest fad now... Having a family is no longer a matter of choice, but a must, no matter the consequences. In a few years we'll all go back to chihuahuas in a purse, they are sure cheaper than kids and don't crap as much!
If you want to see an animated movie, that is sweet, smart, funny and does not treat its audiences as a bunch of brain dead automatons, then I would recommend "UP". It also has a positive message, it is touching, and imparts a lot of valuable lessons to both children and adults, but without hitting them over their heads with them. I have not see "WALL-E", but "UP" is certainly the best animated movie since "Monsters Inc.", "A Bug's Life and "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles". "Ice Age" was better when the cast of characters was smaller, as the cast grew so the movies became less and less funny...you need an example, just ask "Shrek"!
At least the Scratt did not compromise and dispatched that annoying bitch he found...but still lost his nut (or nuts depending on your take) in the process! I laughed at that the hardest, amidst dissaproving glares from a bunch of f **king do-gooders...
Amen!
"Today is the tomorrow I was so worried about yesterday"--Anthony Hopkins
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