Ready to get Buck Wild?

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2010)

So the third and "final" chapter in the Ice Age story, using the term "final" loosely because these films always claim to be the last one. But I'm not complaining about Ice Age, it's such a fun story and they are great films with fun characters. So I watched Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs last night and had a good time with this great animated film. I honestly was a little held back because for some reason a few critics had given the movie bad reviews saying it was pretty much the same thing as the other movies. I didn't see that at all, I loved the new character of Buck in the group, he was too cool for words and was very awesome that he was voiced by the very funny Simon Pegg. The animation was absolutely stunning, the whole world of the dinosaurs was just incredible to watch. The story was also a great part of the films, we get a lot of action and great comedy. I just loved the story between Sid and his T-Rex kids and of course Scrat having a girlfriend was too cute for words.
Ellie and Manny are expecting their first child, and Manny is obsessed with making life perfect and safe for the family, since his first experiences as a husband and father went bad when his family was killed by hunters. At the same time, Diego finds himself unable to catch a cocky gazelle he has been stalking and decides to leave the herd, believing that he is losing his predatory nature as a tiger. Sid grows jealous of Manny and Ellie and "adopts" three apparently abandoned eggs that he finds in an icy underground cavern. Although Sid tries his best to raise the three dinosaurs, their rambunctious behavior scares away all the other animals' young and ruins a playground Manny built for Ellie's baby. A female Tyrannosaurus, Momma, whose eggs Sid stole, soon returns and carries both Sid and her young underground, with Diego in pursuit. Manny, Ellie, Crash, and Eddie follow as well and discover that the icy cavern leads to a vast jungle where the dinosaurs they thought to be extinct have a beautiful world and are very much alive.
Ice Age was definitely worth the watch, again for all the negative reviews that it got, I won't understand. I know this is not the stand out movie of 2009, but it was a pleasure to watch for me. I think for the whole family this was just a fun movie to watch. It has a lot of fun action scenes, I loved Buck's stories about him and the legend of Rudy, a dinosaur bigger and badder than the T-Rex that was a lot of fun. I know that the "cutesy" part of the movie was a little over the top with the babies, but it's all good I think. Once again, it doesn't have to win Oscars, but why not enjoy a movie if it's making you laugh and smile? Now if you love the Scrat story, you will absolutely have a good time with where they take you on his eternal journey to get that acorn, he falls in love with an acorn stealing girlfriend where he has to decide which is more important, the acorn or true love? Between the story, the animation and the new characters of Buck and the baby T-Rex's, I think that Dawn of the Dinosaurs was the best story yet in these movies. I would recommend this movie for anyone who loves animated films or those who just enjoy Ice Age.
8/10