While not in the same league as any of the Pixar films, I thought the first Ice Age was enjoyable, and not surprisingly when a sequel was announced I found myself mildly looking forward to it. So now here come the early Ice Age 2 reviews.
The Ice Age 2 reviews don’t look AMAZING… but they are however mostly positive. Here is what some of the critics are saying in their Ice Age 2 reviews:
“Ice Age: The Meltdown blithely looks on the bright side of life, amassing a screen full of vultures to sing and dance ‘Food Glorious Food’ and daring us not to get happy.”
Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY“Whenever Scrat is on the screen, the movie consistently delights young and old.”
Steve Rhodes, INTERNET REVIEWS“Like its predecessor, it’s a moderately engaging family movie, but in the Pixar Age that’s not quite enough.”
Frank Swietek, ONE GUY’S OPINION“A bit spotty in the early goings, almost stalls in the middle, but from there takes off toward climax and never looks back. A lot of fun. John Leguizamo rocks. ”
Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
I’ll be seeing this one on Friday for sure right after I take in Slither. The last two years has seen some questionable 3D animated projects… and there are even more on the way… but it’s nice to see that Pixar isn’t the ONLY game in town.
As of this moment, Ice Age 2 is carrying a respectable (but not fantastic) 63% on Rotten Tomatoes. I expect it will win the opening weekend box office by a mile.
The first was great, original, but the Meltdown was disappointing. Didn’t have the magnetism of the first.
your all a bunch of silly gooses
Ice age one scored 10 out of 10 for me; sadly this only scores around 4 out of 10.
I found myself falling asleep during several parts where the dialogue was uninspiring and predictable.
The squirrel sequences were the only seriously funny parts with the odd one-liner from the sloath providing much needed humour.
Suspension of disbelief was needed in bucketfulls especially for the balanced rocks sequence.
Phoney sentimentality was evident throughout and unfortunately seems to replace a proper plot in many american childrens movies.
Very disappointing !!
Personaly I thought the first was boring. It just didn’t hit me right. The second though was exciting and at parts amusing. I’m glad they got Josh Peck and Sean William Scott to play Crash and Eddie. I wasn’t sure about Queen Latifa at first but then I thought who else could play the part. Definately will be up for an Oscar for best animation. But The Wild is coming out soon and could prove to be a better film.
I saw the movie and I like it better than the first one. No a big fan but very funny and I couldn’t stop the laugther, or perhaps I just got infected by the 5 years old kids laugther. Go check it out.