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• Phil H

  
  Possibly the best and most original animated film since 'Toy Story' and it had nothing to do with either CGI giants 'Pixar' or 'Dreamworks'. To be fair the actual animation of this film is a lot more basic than most other top animated flicks. The film… More
  Possibly the best and most original animated film since 'Toy Story' and it had nothing to do with either CGI giants 'Pixar' or 'Dreamworks'. To be fair the actual animation of this film is a lot more basic than most other top animated flicks. The film still looks good but has a slightly more 'Wanna Bros, Merry Melodies' look to it in my opinion, hinting at Chuck Jones a little maybe. Backdrops are nice but slightly minimalistic without much detail, same could be said for the main characters also. Of course it could also be simply down to the quality and skill of 'Blue Sky' not being quite on the same level as the big boys. Obviously aimed at kids so one can't knock the really sappy babyish plot line. Like other CGI flicks it has been made so adults can enjoy also but end of the day the story is silly and juvenile with a mushy happy ending because its for kids. Again to be really really honest the film is rather average if it wasn't for two simple elements, and they are 'Scrat' and 'Sid'. 'Sid' voiced by Leguizamo is a truly likeable guy that looks cute for the kiddies but gets good laughs for the older folk. Love the lisp Leguizamo used for this guys voice, gives him a crazy 'Daffy Duck' likeness which can't be bad right. Easily the best character out of the main trio and he does have some good lines along with 'Manny' the Mammoth. The saber-tooth tigers are pretty much you regular dastardly bad guys with cliched voices. Leary was an odd choice for 'Diego' (strange name choice too) but his calm quiet tones simmer with deception pleasantly. I should also add that we may have found a use for Ray Romano's voice which doesn't annoy after five minutes. Yep Romano's voice actually fits the character of 'Manny' perfectly. For me and I'm sure many others the whole film revolves around the high octane antics of 'Scrat'. His everlasting quest to get a hold of that darn acorn is clearly the highlight and saviour for the film, without this it would of been much much duller. I saw this crazy little guy in the original trailers and even then he lured you in despite the babyish look to the rest of the film, obviously the makers knew this and pushed it. I think the little subplot that runs through the film is genius and probably the best looking sequences in the film. Just the right amount to keep you wanting more and staying for the whole film. This is a highly popular franchise and I do see why, I enjoyed this film in places but others it did drag a touch. Kids will love it completely whilst adults will probably like segments, myself I loved 'Sid' and 'Scrat' but found the rest to be flat. It does pull on the heart strings at times which is good and I guess you could say its a feel good film even though it can be a tad bleak at times. Still no 'Toy Story' beater but one of the best offerings around, maybe more for younger kids than you might like.

• Everett J

  
  I gotta say when this first came out, I didn't care for it at all. Everyone else seems to enjoy it, but I find it kind of boring and the animation just not that great compared to other movies. Rewatching it, I found not much has changed in my opinion. The characters are still… More
  I gotta say when this first came out, I didn't care for it at all. Everyone else seems to enjoy it, but I find it kind of boring and the animation just not that great compared to other movies. Rewatching it, I found not much has changed in my opinion. The characters are still borderline boring, the animation weak, and the story is pretty weak also. About some ice age misfits trying to save a human infant and all the mishaps that get in the way on their adventure. The voices are "meh, just ok" as Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary lead the cast. The one saving grace for the franchise is Scrat. He's half rat, and half squirrel, and doesn't talk. He just makes weird noises, and his only goal in life is to get an acorn. He is pretty darn funny, and in my opinion the sole reason to watch this cartoon. Now I have yet to watch part 2, but I did see part 3 in the theater and thought it was an improvement. Hopefully the series gets better, as this first installment just doesn't hold up to animated standards that have been set by recent franchises like "Shrek" and "Madagascar." Still though, kids will love it(Grant dug it!), and with movies like this, that is all that really matters.

• KJ P

  
  Watching this film from a kids adventure standpoint, it is probably one of the best animated adventure films I have ever seen. It may not be wholly original when you look at the dialogue being delivered, but overall, it is bright, colourful, and funny. The emotion begins when a kid is… More
  Watching this film from a kids adventure standpoint, it is probably one of the best animated adventure films I have ever seen. It may not be wholly original when you look at the dialogue being delivered, but overall, it is bright, colourful, and funny. The emotion begins when a kid is taken from his tribe and three animals (a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber-tooth tiger) are trying to save him. They are then being hunted for being accused of stealing the kid. This film is very fun to watch and the freshness will never fade away. Dreamworks never fails with their animation, because the visuals are absolutely gorgeous! "Ice Age" is a great film for all ages!

• Emil K

  
  Ice Age tries so very hard to make an impression to us with it's cute characters and slapstick comedy but succeeds only to be an annoying and unoriginal mess. For me there is nothing more frustrating than to see film that underestimates the intelligence of children audience. Ice… More
  Ice Age tries so very hard to make an impression to us with it's cute characters and slapstick comedy but succeeds only to be an annoying and unoriginal mess. For me there is nothing more frustrating than to see film that underestimates the intelligence of children audience. Ice Age is mostly that kind of film. Sure, all that slapstick can carry the film to the certain lenghts for children audience, but not for it's full lenght. When it comes to voice-acting only Denis Leary comes out fairly good, but others are mostly trapped in a cliched animal-characters that mostly scream or are trying to make us laugh with funny faces. Ice Age is a poor animation. It has clearly big budget but that does not make it any better as film.

• Directors C

  
  Ice Age isn't anything you've never seen before but it has memorable characters and enough comic spunk to entertain the whole family. The CGI is really crisp and detailed and is more colourful than more recent animated films.

• Alexander D

  
  Let's start with my favorite animated movie quote, shall we? Sid: "From now on, you shall refer to me only as 'Lord of the Flames'." Manny: "Hey, 'Lord of the Flames'--your tail's on fire." ICE AGE is like SHREK in a frozen journey,… More
  Let's start with my favorite animated movie quote, shall we? Sid: "From now on, you shall refer to me only as 'Lord of the Flames'." Manny: "Hey, 'Lord of the Flames'--your tail's on fire." ICE AGE is like SHREK in a frozen journey, where Manny is Shrek and Sid is Donkey. Scrat, of all, has come to the franchise's most fame since this brilliant idea for a cute, animated family movie was first conceived in 2002. He is my favorite character of all of them, as he is always a furry, nutty non sequitur, always appearing at the most random times, always in search for his one acorn. Even still, he has been able to hug it for about two seconds (maybe three, if he's lucky), but he always loses it in a silly, humorous fashion. 'Nuff said. ICE AGE is a lovable comedy for the whole family, and it's one of the few family comedies within the last ten years that isn't "scatological jokes galore!" every second. If you haven't seen it, I humbly pity you. Rent it--I don't care if you don't have kids. Rent it for yourself and you'll easily enjoy it on your own.

• Bethany M

  
  I really didn't like it...

• Tim S

  
  I know FX really ran the hell out of this one, but this was a really fun little movie. It's meant to be for families, but it seems more for everybody if you ask me. It's a lot of fun and has a lot of replay value...which is maybe why it's always being repeated on tv.… More
  I know FX really ran the hell out of this one, but this was a really fun little movie. It's meant to be for families, but it seems more for everybody if you ask me. It's a lot of fun and has a lot of replay value...which is maybe why it's always being repeated on tv. Unfortunately, they decided to make sequels. Like the Shrek series, one movie was enough. I don't really care for the sequels and the new characters they added into the mix. I'll just stick with the first one. :)

• Jim C

  
  A very good movie, maybe to dramatic at times for kids, but for older kids I think they'll like it better.

• Michael E

  
  Pretty good and original animated film

• Unknown H

  
  Love this movie.

• Dean !

  
  Probably the funniest animation film love the Scrat character! lol

• Jani H

  
  "I don't know about you guys but we are the weirdest herd I've ever seen." Most of you don't probably know but it was really close that 'Ice Age' wouldn't have been made as it then was made. Fox Animation Studios was shut down after the… More
  "I don't know about you guys but we are the weirdest herd I've ever seen." Most of you don't probably know but it was really close that 'Ice Age' wouldn't have been made as it then was made. Fox Animation Studios was shut down after the disasterous "success" of 'Titan A.E' but 'Ice Age', which was during that time in pre-production, was seen as a possible hit. It was intended to be done in classical 2D but Blue Sky Studios, who was given the project, wanted to make it with CGI. It would've been such a shame if 'Ice Age' would never been made. It's a classic! The film starts with one of the most lovable animation characters ever seen on the big screen, Scrat the sabretooth squirrel. Scrat causes an avalanche by trying to hide an acorn and in result he tries to avoid the disaster but fails. In the continuing scene, we are introduced to the main characters, Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth and Diego the sabretooth tiger. This film had me by now. Humans are shown early on in the movie in a scene were sabretooth's attack their village. The village chief's wife escapes, barely. As her final act, she gives her child to Manny, who accidently comes to the scene. The duo of Manny and Sid attempt to get the kid back to the humans and they get aid from Diego, who has his own intentions with the kid... This film is simply wonderful. The story is simple yet very functional with lots of humor. The odd bunch of mammals journey to get the kid back result in several funny scenes, for example the one with the rhino's, the dumb dodo's and basically... themselves. Along the way, parts of the characters past are shown, giving some precious depth to the characters. Manny is clearly the main character of 'em all but Sid and the important subcharacter Scrat, are the ones who are the funny ones. The animation is still, 8 years later, top-notch. Clearly the technology has gotten better but there is a lot of detail in the characters, like their furs. In comparison with newer animations, 'Ice Age' has nothing to be "ashamed" of. This film is a feast for the eyes. The voice actors have been cast wonderfully. Ray Romano as Manny is kinda "sad" in his own role. The mammoth has lost his family and thinks that he is the only one left of his species. Romano excels in the part as the sarcastic loner. John Leguizamo is superb as Sid. There's so many lines that could be quoted by him and the way he simply looks and acts is funny as hell. Leguizamo proves that he is a versatile actor, if you compare his works in live features and this one. Denis Leary, who is in my opinion one of the funniest guys alive, is kinda left alone. The potential is not totally used as bits of Leary's charisma and wit is shown rarely. Jack Black does a small part as a dumb and dumber sabretooth, a couple of years before his breakthrough. 'Ice Age' comes highly recommended to all, no matter the age. It doesn't matter if you watch this movie alone or with friends and family. It gives so much pleasure with it's off-beat bunch of quirky figures. And as a reminder, Scrat is a legend by now...

• Richard C

  
  B

• Dead A

  
  This was really good.

• Anthony L

  
  A very sweet film, one of the better CGI animations. I like it because there?s not too many cliques and it?s not too preachy, something many of the others suffer from.

• Jason O

  
  Many cartoons have too many characters that are overly cutesy to be loved by anyone other than a child. Others have themes that are perhaps too mature for anybody other than adults to understand or enjoy. There are few, a precious few, that manage to be cutesy, while also having more… More
  Many cartoons have too many characters that are overly cutesy to be loved by anyone other than a child. Others have themes that are perhaps too mature for anybody other than adults to understand or enjoy. There are few, a precious few, that manage to be cutesy, while also having more mature characters that aren't cutesy at all, but more on the serious side. A combination like this is likely to appeal to both the young, middle-aged, and old. "Ice Age" is one of the latter. It doesn't seem likely, but somehow, a herd consisting of a mammoth, a sloth, and a tiger have all come together as one to take a baby human back to its family, or have they? Tigers eat mammoths, and possibly humans as well. Humans hunt mammoths because they love their ivory tusks. How can it possibly work out in the end?? As said, "Ice Age" succeeds in having characters that are cutesy and funny, while also having more serious minded characters. Manny the mammoth couldn't be much more serious. He doesn't laugh much at all, and he thinks the silly, airheaded antics of the hilarious Sid the sloth are just that. Silly. Diego the sabretooth tiger tries to play nice, but he isn't half as nice as he seems...or is he? Scrat the squirrel doesn't really play into the story at all, other than to just pop out of nowhere to chase a precious acorn around as if he couldn't live without it; he never once ceases to be amusing with his screams and the troubles he always seems to run into. As you're watching the movie, you'll be laughing your blank off while you also get into the plot and root for the good guys. This is because each and every one of the characters are interesting, entertaining, etc. You'll be amazed by the spectacular animation, especially when it comes to the characters; they really seem to come alive. Not to mention that many parts of the landscape, such as the drowning waterfalls, are so well animated that they appear realistic, to say the least. "Ice Age" is an all-around great movie. As much as I liked other films that are somewhat like it, such as "Toy Story" and "Dinosaur", I'd have to say that I like "Ice Age" the best so far; I have yet to see "Shrek" or "Monsters, Inc." Usually, when I finish watching a DVD, no matter how good or bad the movie was, I keep procrastinating when it comes to checking out the special features. This wasn't the case with "Ice Age." Upon finishing the movie and reading about the special features on the back of the case, I couldn't wait to check out the boat loads of features on the second disc. You'll see what I mean when you watch the movie; you'll want to see more of that mysterious little squirrel, Scrat. He has his own animated short, "Scrat's Missing Adventure". Along with this, there are six deleted scenes, an award-winning animated film: "Bunny" (very nice!), the HBO Behind the Scenes special of "Ice Age", scene-specific commentary by John Leguizamo as Sid, etc. You can also see how the characters were animated, play a few games (i.e., find where Scrat is hiding, find the best match, etc.), and much more. To get down to the nitty gritty, the "Ice Age" DVD is worth buying just for the movie by itself, but with the tons of special features that are included, it's an even better value. It's the must-have animated film of the year. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2003.

• Thomas B

  
  meh

• Film C

  
  This film i love i think the humour is always wasted on little kiddies as this was completelylaugh out load throughout the entire movie i think sid has to be my favourite character! its funny and a good storyline with characters that you just fall in love with ! Realy worth a watch… More
  This film i love i think the humour is always wasted on little kiddies as this was completelylaugh out load throughout the entire movie i think sid has to be my favourite character! its funny and a good storyline with characters that you just fall in love with ! Realy worth a watch its a nice family fun movie!!

• Mike S

  
  Very enjoyable family flick, featuring lots of fun and endearing characters. The only thing that didn't impress me so much was the quality of the CGI and animation on the humans. Even so, it's still a beautifully crafted production and one of the best and funniest movies of… More
  Very enjoyable family flick, featuring lots of fun and endearing characters. The only thing that didn't impress me so much was the quality of the CGI and animation on the humans. Even so, it's still a beautifully crafted production and one of the best and funniest movies of its kind.

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