I think they're getting desperate now..

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2012)

I saw this film yesterday, and in my opinion it was probably the 3rd best of the Ice Age films (with Dawn of the Dinosaurs no1) although the more i think about it, it could be the weakest of the series. Just to keep in mind I only give it a 1 star for how I felt disappointed as I feel the writers have tried too hard to make this work but the result was not up to the standard of the previous Ice Age movies . Sorry for anyone who disagrees. But let me start from the beginning.
It starts off with Scrap breaking the earth up with his nut which causes the continents to split up. Wow it seems when they're are no ideas it's Scrap who conveniently manages to create a story to work on (I'm not saying i dislike Scrap I just think the writers have started to overuse him, like in Ice Age-The Meltdown Scrap conveniently saves everyone by accident). Anyway, after the ice breaks up it then again conveniently breaks up right between Manny and his daughter Peaches (who is now like a teenager which I don't think works) and Ellie. Which leaves Sid Manny and Diego floating on an ice sheet out to sea. while Ellie,Peaches and everyone else is left on land.
Oh i forgot to mention Sid's parents return and dump his grandmother on Sid who is with the gang on the Ice Sheet. Although she didn't have all the lines she did prove to be the cause of a few laughs in the cinema and was quite a good addition to the gang. Next the ice sheet encounters Pirates where they commander Manny's Sids and Diegos 'ship' and take them as prisoners but almost instantly they break free and destroy the ship, although there is one ice sheet big enough for Manny, Diego Sid and his grandmother. Oh and also for female Sabertooth tiger who was part of the crew, I wonder what will happen there?
So when they were prisoners the crew say the way to get home is by a current on some island where Manny heads to on the ice. They reach there and find the pirates building another ship to try and find Manny, Diego and Sid. However, Diego, Sid and Manny take the ship with the help of these chipmunks. At one point I thought we were watching Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 or something? Anyway, the gang head home, but find Ellie and Peaches being held hostage by the Pirates who made another Ice Ship? *slaps forehead* So, you can see where this is going, Manny an the the Captain fight but what saves the day is Sids Granny who made a pet whale along the trip who tries to help them and helps fight the pirates, seriously? So after Granny's whale saves the day, everyone lives in happiness with the female tiger becoming part of the herd along with granny, i'm thinking the herd couldn't get any bigger. It's going to far.
There are too many subplots to start, I mean the subplot with Peaches is exactly the same as all the other teen stories. Girl mammoth likes good looking mammoth while 'good friend' the mole likes the Girl. Girl becomes one of them and says 'i don't like the mole', mole overhears and gets upset. Girl regrets and realises she likes who she was and not what the cool people want her to be, and that she had happiness all along. *again slaps forehead which is now bruising*.
Also, there's the subplot of the girl tiger who regrets being a pirate and wants to become good, blah blah blah. Oh and scraps story of trying to find 'Scraplantis' which is good as always with Scrap. But everything was to coincidental, cheesy and mixed for me.
There were some funny one liners but if you plan to watch this film for the story or the fact you liked the previous Ice Age like me, then don't. I know you will anyway out of curiosity but it kind of leaves the series on a low note. The writers should stop now as you can only milk a franchise for so long it becomes dull. It happened with Shrek 4, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Indiana Jones4 and now Ice Age 4. Disappointing film for a great franchise.