Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)

I was invited to see Ice Age 3 by a group of friends, and ended up going out on a Saturday night to see it, in 3D. I hadn’t actually seen any of the previous Ice Age films, although I had heard of them and knew some of the characters. I still managed to follow it though.
It starts off in the ice age, as the title wou
ld suggest. The characters comprise a strange herd that you wouldn’t find anywhere else in their ancient world; Manny ...
...are no plans for an Ice Age 4, and I don’t think there should be because stretching out a franchise does tend to make the films get worse as they go on. I am intending to watch the first and second instalments, to see if they are as good as I thought this was.

One of my only problems with the film is that it seemed to drag on far too long, although I was still watching it by the end I was starting to get very bored. When I got home ... more

I was invited to see Ice Age 3 by a group of friends, and ended up going out on a Saturday night to see it, in 3D. I hadn’t actually seen any of the previous Ice Age films, although I had heard of them and knew some of the characters. I still managed to follow it though.
It starts off in the ice age, as the title wou
ld suggest. The characters comprise a strange herd that you wouldn’t find anywhere else in their ancient world; Manny and Ellie the mammoths in love, Diego the sabre toothed tiger, Sid the sloth and Crash and Eddie the possums. Scrat is still on the edge of the herd, watching out for his precious acorn but this time theres a new twist; he has competition in the form of a lady squirrel. Manny and Ellie are starting a family, with Ellie being pregnant they don’t think about much else and Sid starts to feel very left out. This does not have good consequences, after adopting three dinosaur eggs to have his own family they hatch into t-rex’s and then the mother comes looking for him. Soon, the whole gang are down in a land they never knew existed that’s filled with dinosaurs, trying to rescue Sid. Their journey will be treacherous with lots of unexpected twists, but it will certainly be interesting!

The characters are in my opinion definitely a strong feature of the film. They each are quirky in their own way, and all bring lots of laughs. Most characters have featured in previous films, but I believe that there are some who are introduced in this film. My favourite character was one who I think had been introduced for this film, Buck who was voiced by Simon Pegg. The character seemed to embody the voice actor really well, something good for me as I really like Simon Pegg. Buck was also very amusing and was a really well written character, someone you wouldn’t see anywhere else. It was also nice to see that they are putting real life scenarios into kids films to give them a bit of understanding, like when Manny and Ellie were starting a family and Sid felt left out. This is of course possible, just without the talking animals!

I didn’t actually think the 3D made any difference to the story at all, so if you are thinking about seeing the film in 3D then I would recommend that you save your £2. As well as not making a difference, they also gave me a headache so you should be aware of possible side affects.

The rating is a U, and I think that this is totally appropriate because its a movie aimed towards little kids and there wasn’t really anything that could offend in the film.

At the moment there are no plans for an Ice Age 4, and I don’t think there should be because stretching out a franchise does tend to make the films get worse as they go on. I am intending to watch the first and second instalments, to see if they are as good as I thought this was.

One of my only problems with the film is that it seemed to drag on far too long, although I was still watching it by the end I was starting to get very bored. When I got home I was shocked to discover it was only 96 minutes long; maybe they could cut out some bits as it seemed like there was a lot going on.

Overall I enjoyed this film, and laughed in all the right places and even some of the wrong ones! However, its not for everyone because it is aimed towards kids with a rating of a U.
 

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