A New Way of Watching Ice

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2006)

If there's one thing I could say about Ice Age: The Meltdown (April 1, 2006 G4 Cinema 6 8:20 pm), it is this: I like it way better than the first one. In fact, I didn't like the first installment. But I really like the sequel. I thought the jokes in the first Ice Age were half-baked and the creators basically followed suit the formula huge successes such as Finding Nemo and Shrek did. Cutesy characters, witty remarks, sidekicks, and so much more.
Well, the sequel is still using the same formula. In fact, the sloth-god thing with the group chanting is already so overused. However, it worked for me and everyone else in the cinema. The same thing with the 2 opossums and their various hip-hop hand gestures similar to Robert Deniro's I-am-watching-you move.
A nice thing I noticed about the movie as well is its message about global warming. Sure, you've heard tons about the topic before and thus, as a favor, I won't talk about it further. But nevertheless, Ice Age 2 helped young minds and kids-at-heart alike realize the horror of global warming (sorry) altogether.
And there's the fact that the movie is kinda violent. Like hello, kids are watching and yet 2 characters died. No, they didn't just die. One was eaten by monsters and the other was steamed to death. But nobody blinked. Well, at least nobody at MTRCB blinked. Maybe it is because of the animation or the fact that it was essential to the plot. Nevertheless, violence is still violence and I was quite disturbed by those fatalities. Hmmm. I like it.
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