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Ice Age: The Meltdown : 4 of 5
4.06.2006 6:37 PM \| Link 0 comments	It's kind of amazing how many CG animation films are coming out lately - it will be interesting to see which studios stay in the game as the public gets overloaded! Of course, I can never get enough, so I try to see everything. I really enjoyed the original Ice Age, so it was great to see all the characters again in this sequel. Animation-wise, I can't really compare this movie to the style of the original, but it seemed to me like all the textures were much richer (especially fur), and I really liked the water and ice transparency effects (but why did the some of the fire look so amateur?). Since the voice actors are pretty big stars, you get what you would expect - John Leguizamo is definitely the best, since Sid's voice is so unique, and Queen Latifah was certainly the worst (I don't think she really knows how to creatively over-act for voice work!). The story is really good, with a long journey to a "boat" that will save the animals from the ice-melting flood, and a fantastic exciting action finale that really had me jumping! I still think they should make an entire movie about the adventures of Scrat (the hilarious little saber-tooth bug-eyed fluffy guy), but it was nice to see the plot feature him so well! I think I'll definitely consider buying a set of both movies on DVD sometime. Labels: movies Comments Post a Comment