Just another sequel

Rating: 3/10 (22 August 2007)

I just saw Ice Age The Meltdown yesterday on DVD, and to tell the truth, I really wasn't too impressed. The first Ice Age was a pure hilarious adventure with perfect humor and brilliant characters and plot. But when I heard they were making a sequel, I knew it couldn't be any good the first. Not wanting to waste my money on seeing it in theaters, I waited for the DVD and rented it from blockbuster. Anyway, I'm just glad I waited. It was exactly what I expected. The first film was fantastically funny. But the second was just stupidly silly. Sure, I will admit that there were some parts that made me laugh or smile (Scrat's still at the top of his game) but the general humor was just sort of dumb and childish (no offense to you youngsters). The whole thing seemed like just an excuse for the producers to make more money. It felt like drinking a can of generic brand root beer after downing a cold can of good 'ol A&W. Some of the new characters are a little corny (Fast Tony made me nearly vomit in my lap) and the dialogue was real cheesy. There are too many new concepts and too few hard core laughs. Nothing compared to the first. But hey, what can you expect? It's a sequel. Sequels are generally rather cheap and disappointing. People don't ever see them because they're good. They only ever see them because the original was so great. Frankly, I think it's a disgrace to the first Ice Age. In my mind, it's just another sequel.