Ice Age
Published 2012-12-26
They came, they thawed, they conquered
Film info
- Directors
- Year / Run time 2002 ยท 1hr 21m
- Series Ice Age (1 of 2)
- Genres Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
- Cast
Join the coolest and most outrageously funny animated creatures of all time as they undertake an exciting, outlandish adventure! when they head south to avoid a bad case of global frostbite, a group of migrating misfit creatures embark on a hilarious quest to reunite a human baby with his tribe.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:54 | Oh my word. Somebody broke that. |
| 4:05 | Is that thing a squirrel? |
| 7:50 | "Don't let them impale me!" |
| 9:24 | Who knew dandelions were so tasty? |
| 10:51 | Fun to see how not-so-good water animation used to be. |
| 13:09 | "Isn't there someone else you can annoy?" |
| 19:18 | Oop, I see. The Jungle Book but with a mammoth. |
| 22:38 | "I'm not fat, it's all this fur. it makes me look poofy." |
| 27:18 | Scariest peekaboo ever. |
| 31:07 | Sloth doing slo-mo running dance works for me. |
| 32:50 | He fidgets like I do. |
| 40:00 | I don't so much like that prodding game! |
| 40:40 | Stonehenge! |
| 45:27 | Evolution of the sloth in front of his very (wide) eyes. |
| 55:43 | Phew, that was a bit worrying! |
| 58:12 | Lord of the Flame. Is that like Lord of the Dance? |
| 1:03:47 | Maybe that's how snowboarding was invented! |
| 1:07:12 | "You know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge." |
| 1:13:27 | I don't really get why the mammoth went the other way to everyone else, if he's going south anyways. |
Thoughts
Somehow, the whole Ice Age thing passed me by. I like a good animation, particularly when it involves animals being cute and/or funny, but I hadn't seen these chilly dudes. However, we watched a trailer for the fourth installment and thought that looked quite good, so figured it wouldn't hurt to see where it all began.
Well, it's gloriously short! I do love a short film but on the flip side, it seemed like we were a bit short-changed in value for money! I thought this was quite fun, although a lot of the time I was laughing at the block-headed men. They reminded me of the block-headed people in Tomb Raider 2, where the animation just isn't good enough to keep up with the ambition. Anyway, some fun characters, a reasonable story, nothing spectacular but plenty of scope for more.
Rating: 3 / 5