One of the funniest animated movies ever!

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2002)

Totally unaware of what awaited me in the theatre I went to see Ice age, with a rebate coupon and a pretty funny trailer, it couldn't be that bad... At first I was afraid that the funny sequences from the two trailers would be the best clips from the movie cut into a nice teaser, but it didn't take long to get rid of that fear, as the fun just kept going & going for the whole film through!
The characters are extremely funny and really nicely animated, it's hard to believe this was not a Dreamworks or a Disney picture but for me at least a total newcomer in the animated movies genre not having seen Titan AE yet (even though this movie has certainly made me put it up in queue).
I do not get the criticism this movie has got from some of the early user comments. "Ray Romano boring and depressed as the mammoth" - A. Well, the mammoth was a depressed and sad character in the movie, so that shouldn't be such a surprise?! B. He did a very good job with the voice IMHO and was also really funny at times. C. This movie would hardly need any more energy than it already has, thank you very much!
Also, just because a few of the scenes reminds me of other movies (Shrek comes to mind at about 2 short scenes) doesn't make it any worse! All movies takes ideas and inspiration from other movies in the same genre and this one can definitely stand on its own!
Monsters has nothing compared to this movie, which is right now doing a major struggle in my mind for first place with Shrek. Can't wait for the DVD to come out! Just wish there is a nice DTS track and plenty of special features on it *hint* *hint*.