Barely good ...

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2007)

The movie is not in the same league as the first Ice Age. It's just a hair above above average and the ideal audience is young children.
This movie is about a group of animals (essentially those from the first movie) journeying towards a reputed "boat" from a coming meltdown - one that will drown them with a flood of water.
The best thing about the movie was the animation and scenery. It was spectacular - the backgrounds, water, creatures in the water and the ways the white and blue colors were intermixed for ice and water were very well done.
One the minus side were a host of things. First, making Queen Latifah the voice of a female mammoth didn't work well (at least for me) - I felt I'd rather go extinct if I were the last male mammoth on earth.
The endearing squirrel and acorn return, but the scenes this time are excruciatingly long and ridiculous - probably fun for children though.
The story / journey itself was just not that interesting this time around; it really felt plodding and slow. Finally, the Biblical references were hugely obvious and made me wonder for a moment if this was I was watching something religion-inspired. I don't think so - but it gave me pause.
I think this is a great movie for young children. The higher in age you go, the less you'll like it - but I think most will still find something to like.