Ice Age (DVD)

...the films available already, but Ice Age was among those I’d not yet seen. You’ll notice this is not my typical film, but I am going to give it a go at reviewing anyway! Story Well, you’ll never guess when this film is set! That’s right, in the Ice Age! Well, this first film is set right at the start. All the animals are migrating to better ground, except for a mammoth called Manfred or Manny, who seems to be going the wrong way. He then meets ...
...with two angry rhinos, and helps him out. Unfortunately, he didn’t bank on Sid then deciding to make him his personal bodyguard and follow him around everywhere! Then the two find a baby, that a sabre-toothed tiger, called Diego is trying to claim as his own, and they decide to return the baby to its people, with the tiger guiding them. But can they trust Diego? I love the way this film mixes in all the different animals that surely would never ...

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...my very own DVD copy. Ice Age is a computer animated feature length film not too dissimilar from the likes of Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Shrek and Monsters Inc. ~~~~~~WHAT’S THE MOVIE ABOUT?~~~~~~ The movie is set at the beginning of the ice age when all of the Earth’s animals are heading for warmer pastures, all except Manfred, a huge woolly mammoth who simply wants to be on his own. He soon ends up running into a clumsy tree sloth named Sid who ...
...them all through a bottle ice cave full of dangerous slides and caverns, a race over a scorching molten lava pit and perilous ice age weather conditions. Along their travels though, the foursome constantly run into the star of the movie, a prehistoric squirrel rat named Scrat, his only mission in life is to find and bury as many acorns as he can collect to hilarious consequences. ~~~~~~THE MAIN CHARACTERS~~~~~~ MANFRED: Voiced by Ray Romano Manny ...

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...stupid thing sets free the ice age and gets almost stuck between two colliding icebergs. Finally it escapes, but gets stamped on by a embarrassed mammoth. “Ice Age” is coming... This quite funny slapstick routine offered not much info about the film’s plot, but already introduced us to one of the most appealing characters. If the rest of the film could offer the same amount of frantic pacing, weird ideas and hilarious slapstick, one could hope for ...
...moving south to escape the Ice Age. Not all of them, to be sure, as a melancholic mammoth named Manfred (spoken by standup comedian Ray Romano) walks in the opposite direction. Meanwhile a especially ugly and unlikeable sloth named Sid (spoken by John Leguizamo) awakens on his family tree to realise his family left without him... again. The jerk then accidentally gets in a quarrel with two sensitive Rhinos who want to kill him for eating their last ...

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...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 ...

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...called Scrat inadvertently triggers the Ice Age trying to bury his precious acorn. All living creatures begin heading south except Manfred the very moody mammoth who’s going the other way! He doesn’t get very far before he comes across Sid, an incredibly nerdy, hapless and ugly sloth. Sid is trying to escape two rhino’s he’s upset by ruining their final salad (well he tramped poop all over it and then ate the last dandelion so I guess they had a ...
...pits and slide perilously through ice tunnels. We gain an insight into why Manny is so downbeat and interspersed throughout the film we keep coming across the hapless Scrat and his acorn burying traits… Will Diego follow orders or do what deep down in his feline heart he knows is the right thing? ~ CHARACTERS ~ MANFRED (Manny) voiced by Ray Romano: A big softie under that moody exterior and he hides a secret that, as I said earlier is revealed ...

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Director: Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha Producers: John C. Donkin and Lori Forte Writers: Michael J. Wilson and Michael Berg Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary Released in March 2002 this hour and twenty minute computer generated masterpiece follows the conflicting prehistoric lives of both animal and man… with some brilliant yet bizarre results… * BRIEF PLOT ** When Sid the sloth, (voiced by John Leguizamo) is left behind, ...
...on his own, only to run into some rather big trouble in the shape of two rhinoceros looking mammals, (Brontops), named Carl, (voiced by Cedric the Entertainer) and Frank, (voiced by Stephen Root)… Fortunately for Sid he stumbles upon Manfred "Manny" the Woolly Mammoth, (voiced by Ray Romano)… who saves him from a fate worse than death, so Sid then decides to tag along with Manny for protection… Meanwhile, a pride of Saber toothed tigers, (Smilodon), ...

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...assessment would perhaps be that Ice Age should get less points than Monsters Inc, but more than that old cartoon thing (some form of animated Christmas Carol movie they wanted to watch because it had some famous bird and Nic Cage doing the voice acting) that we saw before Christmas. I'd have to agree. Ice Age is fun, but it's no Toy Story. Whilst the characters we do meet, and there's only really four you get to know, are nicely rounded and entertaining ...
...particularly in the big action ice slide scene which had my mini olympians praying for snow so we could go sledding. The BBC has a lot to answer for after showing skeleton at prime time. The Ice Age storyline is the classic sloth meets mammoth, sloth attacked by gay rhinos, mammoth saves sloth, mammoth hates sloth, sloth and mammoth save baby from sabre tooth tigers, sabre tooth tiger tricks sloth and mammoth but all turns out well in the end kinda ...

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...am writing an opinion about: Ice Age. Who would have though such a simple story and simple setting would have captured so many people’s hearts? Imagine a life when people were sparse, the air was clear, there was no noise, exotic and ancient species of animals migrated in the winter, apart from one every clumsy sloth, one humongous Mammoth, a sharp witted Saber tooth tiger, and one tiny and mischievous baby, who end up together on an amazing ...
...feel the coldness of the ice age and emphasise with the characters, yes they may be computer animated animals, but you begin to love them. The first character that we are introduced to is the joker of all of the clan. A dumb, disastrous, but very caring Sloth called Sid. He unfortunately had missed the migration after sleeping in! Manfred the Mammoth is much more sensible, clever and witty than Sid, he begrudgingly takes poor neglected Sid under ...

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...time thinking about it! Ice Age is a fun movie and you should go see it. Is that it? Bit of an anti-climax, ain’t it? Which, thankfully, the film itself is most definitely not. You see, it’s not from Disney or even their main competitors these days, Dreamworks, but from a comparatively new animation studio, Blue Sky Studios and also Fox animation, who together previously brought you Titan A.E. So, no hype, no expectations, just a very ...
...scale, the power of the ice shifting coming over very well on screen. It is well paced with lots of laughs and action and it keeps adults and kids alike entertained from beginning to end. (And it doesn’t outstay its welcome.) With plenty of family friendly films to come this summer this is a great start and I heartily recommend it. It looks like Disney and Dreamworks have a new challenger on the block! ...

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...animated film set during the ice age, around 20000 years ago. In order to avoid the harsh winter a great annual migration to south is underway. Animal of all sorts are migrating with the exception of Sid the Sloth and Manfred the mammoth. Sid oversleeps and is left behind by the family mainly because of his irritating big mouth, whilst Manfred is migrating to north. Sid soon upsets two rhinos and is being chased when he bumps into Manfred who unwillingly ...
...of Sid the sloth? Ice Age is a close cousin of Shrek and Monsters Inc, the contentious relationship which turns to a warm friendship between Manfred and Sid is very similar to that of Shrek and the Donkey and the bonding between the animals and the baby is very similar to Boo and the monster. But Ice Age is not a copy as it was in production before those two films. Visually the background is breathtaking with vast glaciers, endless snowy landscapes, ...

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...to hit the big screen, Ice Age. Something about the trailer made me giggle and ultimately led to me paying a final visit to my local cinema, which unfortunately is closing down shortly. Anyway, despite my sadness at the loss of the cinema where I went to see Star Wars, Ghostbusters and all those other great films that went on to be classics, Ice Age really cheered me up! Have I gone soft, or was it a good film? Read on to find out more! Voiceover ...
...Roshan The Ice Age is coming and any creatures, great or small head south in an attempt to find a warmer climate. An ice age tribe prepares to move the village to warmer climes too, but unbeknown to them they are being watched by Soto, an evil Sabre toothed tiger hell bent on revenge. The villagers killed many of his pack and he is determined to get his own back, in particular he has his eye on a baby in the village, whom he feels would not only ...

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LOTS OF ICE AND LOTS OF LAUGHS This is one of the best animated films I have ever seen apart from Toy Story films and Shrek. I have to say I preferred this to Monster's In it was excellent very witty and the characters were brilliant. Animated films seem to be a very popular thing to do lately but after Shrek things calmed down with animated film and there has never been anything as great since but I definitely think this is just as great. It isn't ...
...the film is that the Ice Age is coming nearer and for a warmer climate all of the animals go south. A human tribe also need to move to a warmer village but there is a mean Sabre Toothed Tiger called Soto who is looking for revenge. The humans killed many of his tigers so he wants to get them back by stealing the baby of the tribe. Soto makes a member of his pack called Diego steal this baby while they attack the other humans. The baby's mother spots ...

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...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 . ...

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...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. ...

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...us by 20th century fox, Ice Age was released 2002. Ice Age is the story of a sloth (Sid) who's family migrates south and leaves him behind for the cold winter as he's one of those characters just all other characters love to hate, although for the audiences it does prove pretty funny and intersting as no one wants to be his friend. Despite being a kinda lonely guy, the sloth doesnt take a hint when he's told to leave you alone and so a friendship ...
...Sid the sloth and Manaford or Manny the Mammoth. SId and Manny become friends after Sid's family has abandoned him again to migrate south. Sid gets into bother and soon becomes a nuisance to two rhinos who find one of the last daffodils of the season. Sid being Sid eats it and then gets chased by the two rhinos who found the daffodil and were going to eat it before Sid rudely bardged in. So Sid's on the run from the rhinos and he meets Manny, being ...

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