Ice Age DVD

Advantages: CGI is pretty good, Manni is quite funny
Disadvantages: Sid is just annoying, too sentimental

...haven't, you'll have heard of Ice Age. It's the animated children's comedy from a few years ago, set in the chilly world of - yep, you've guessed it - the ice age. It went on to spawn a sequel, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, which was released last year, but the general consensus was that it's not as good as the original. It must be pretty bad then. Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) is a fast talking, generally annoying sloth, who is rescued by woolly mammoth ...
...story for the kids. Ice Age is very much not one of these films, being as it is firmly aimed at the youngsters. Saying that, there were still a few scenes in this film that I found quite funny. Ray Romano's grumpy voicing of Manni was a treat; he had plenty of pithy one-liners, and prevented it all from becoming too unbearably happy. There were also some entertaining set-pieces, including the bit with the dodos and their three melons (again, an ... Read review

Advantages: East to follow , good characters , nice plot , family fun suitable for all ages
Disadvantages: Not for the cynical , nor teenagers I should think , graphics dated for some

...Hello - Hang on , Ice Age , now there's one I've not seen before . I have read a couple of mixed reviews about this film recently . Now being an overgrown child of 54 I think I'll give this a whirl . It is one of the earlier CGI ( computer generated image - I think ) ,animated films to be made . Roll the credits then . It is a 20th Century Fox , Blue Sky Production which was directed by Chris Wedge . We open to the endeavours of a squirrel-rat ...
...huge crack which splits the ice causing a massive avalanche . He only just escapes to almost get trampled by a Mammoth - Manfred aka Manni . The Title shows and we're off. This is a delightful , gentle journey of a film . The animals are migrating south for the winter and some doom and gloom merchants are predicting an Ice Age . Has a familiar ring , doesn't it . Manni decides to do his own thing and eventually is accompanied by Sid the Sloth . ... Read review

Advantages: 77 mins of pure pleasure for you and the kids
Disadvantages: it eventually ends....Awwwwww.

...snows (well it is an ice age) that is the idea. I like the story line that this film follows as it has a kind of moral tale that runs right the way through it, which teaches the little ones without them even realising it. Whilst at the same time being quite bearable to the adult constitution, well I like it and normally I find myself picking at every little detail. As for the animation I really like it, although ok it is not quite up to the standards ...
...to know that the next ice age (Ice Age 2 The Meltdown) is due out very soon. Infact the US release date has already been set for 31st March 2006. So it won't be too long after that it crosses the pond to our shores. I just hope that they don't get a big head on and throw the budget out the window and ruin what is a great film outlay. ... Read review

Advantages: Great family film
Disadvantages: None

...movie is set in the Ice Age, all the animals are migrating to the South, to try and avoid, well, extinction! Manny is a solitary mammoth, who lives a life of solitude since his family was killed by hunters. Believed to be the last of his species, he is a grumpy but kind hearted creature. Ray Romano plays the grouchy mammoth to perfection. Sid is a lazy stinky sloth who has been abandoned by his family. After a run in with some rhino's over the last ...
...the baby before the impending Ice Age occurs! Will the animals make it? Will Diego change his loyalties, or will he betray Manny and Sid? What on earth are the creatures frozen in the ice? And will Sid ever stop being annoying? It's interesting to watch the relationships between the animals and the human baby develop throughout the film (imagine a tiger tiger playing peek a boo!), also to uncover the animals past and find out more about them as ... Read review

Advantages: Good clean fun
Disadvantages: none!

...to wear a DVD out.......but ICE AGE may just make it!!!! Ooooh Sid - I LOVE YOU Okay i'm sorry, the sillyness has gone, I promise. This film is sooo good. Whilst I cannot tell you how it would be for children, not being one most of the time, for me at 31 it was such fun, Sid the Sloth is gorgeous, Manny the wooly mammoth actualy makes you stop and think how scary it would be to actually have come across one when they were still with us. The story ...
...addition. Ice Age 2 is due out very soon so if you haven't seen the first one, GO RENT IT before you have to see the second one! you know you want to! you do, don't you? YOU DO! :) Enjoy ... Read review

Advantages: keeps the kids quiet
Disadvantages: very good film that distracts you at the same time

...this is an excellent film my kids will watch this over and over again, the graphics are excellent as is the sound quality. i must admit it is not as good as ice age 1 but films these days always have a better first one. i think when it was first released on dvd the prices were a bit heafty i paid twenty pounds for it but now i think they have come down very quickly and six or seven pounds for this film is an absolute bargain, my children are 2 and 4 and there wasnt a time when the kids were not watching or giggling, and if yoou have very active kids like mine then its must have investment.... Read review

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Advantages: appeals to all ages
Disadvantages: ?

...brilliant, brilliant brilliant. after having to watch ice age 1 (dare i say by the 25 yr old boyfriend and his friends of the same age) i was hooked on ice age and eargerly waited on ice age, prompting me to take my daughter to the pictures to watch it (it really was an excuse for me to watch it). we go back to Scrat at the very start still chasing his very much loved acorn what a brilliant way to start the film, and what we could expect all the way through. Manny the mammoth, Sid the Sloth and Diego the sabre-tooth cat are back again, this time to reach a "boat" which will save all the animals from the ice melting and flooding there ground. Manny thinks hes the only mammoth left until he meets Ellie. Problem is Ellie thinks shes a possum, with her younger brothers Crash and Eddie, they are particulary funny especially when one... Read review

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Advantages: IMHO very nearly as good as the first!
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

...there is definitely room for one more in my Dvd collection! I can see more things ahead especially for Diego and Sid. If you enjoyed Ice Age you must get this film. It is suitable for all ages, and well worth a look!... Read review

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