This group of adults had a blast watching

Rating: 7/10 (19 October 2015)

I watched this on a very slow day at work with 4 other adults, thanks to someone's Netflix account. Considering this is a "kids" movie its worth mentioning how much we all laughed, were super entertained and except for the occasional customer glued to the screen.
I suppose they have recycled ideas from the previous films but I only ever saw the first movie years ago so this felt fresh and fun to me, jumping from action sequence to action sequence and filled with brilliant, even beautiful animation. Even our oldest and grumpiest staff member had a smile on his face.
I think the thing that surprised me the most here was seeing Peter Dinklage's name attached in the credits,. He voiced Captain Gutt the bad Orangutan pirate captain, what a fantastic accent he put on, I never would have guessed it was him.
I enjoyed the story here too following the gang as an earthquake sets an entire continent adrift. They use an iceberg as a makeshift ship, which launches them on an epic seafaring quest where they encounter sea creatures, battle ruthless pirates and explore a brave new world. There is romance and I loved seeing squirrel again who had even that "odd customer" stopping to watch with us. Isn't it about time the prehistoric squirrel got his own feature film?