Brought me back to the golden age of Tom and Jerry.

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2009)

I had a struggle as to give it a 7 or 8 'cause I gave Up an 8. So how to justify the difference or the distance they had was quite hard to decide. I finally gave it an equal 8.
Frankly, Ice Age 3 is a good movie that doesn't really need a review. People went to see it expecting what exactly it will come out. Yet it's free of foul language, inappropriate information that other blockbusters may have. And they got exactly what they want and came back smiling with the whole family. End of story? Not exactly. The cartoon context is so unique in that you can invent your whole environment and creatures to ensure the technical eligibility, while throwing in your real-life friends for fun and for differentiation. For those HD quality fanatics, they would buy the Blu-ray with no doubt, while for most families they just want to laugh and laugh again with an ironical feeling. This kind of subtlety and awareness are not scarce in recent animations, but fits into the context of Ice Age 3 perfectly. Just like Tom & Jerry, the characters may really fight/kill their butts off, yet they still know it's a cartoon. So when a teenager sees the interactions between Scrat and Scrate, he laughs his teeth off every time. But when a middle-aged couple see the scenes, they laugh at first but had a mixed feeling later.
The best thing about this movie is that it knows what it is, and surely it doesn't want to compete with Up in terms of sentimental value and life philosophy. In some way, it's even more honest and pure. However it succeeded with a much simpler formula but offered equal fun and maturity. So why not giving it a chance? P.S. Scrat and Scrate made a cinema gem with their Tom and Jerry charm.