Enjoyable, though somewhat flawed

Rating: 7/10 (19 April 2006)

I was a huge fan of the original Ice Age. God knows i went out and bought it like almost automatically when it came out... But when i heard there was going to be a sequel, a groan rose (though never escaped) in my throat. I knew it would be hard capturing the essence of the first, and I was right. For some reason, this film...lacked...especially when you see the end. I was thinking at the end...'So why did i watch that?' That's not the thing i really had a problem with. It was some of the moments like the pygmy shrews. They had no need to exist, lent nothing to the film. They didn't even make any influence in the slightest. Also was the part where Manny is talking to Ellie about her being an attractive mammoth. That part, as seen in the commercial was melted into a talk about her 'big butt'. I think this may have tried to hard to be funny, but people laughed, especially the intended audience of about 10 years old. All in all, however, Ice Age 2 was a good movie. It was a little flawed, but its enjoyable still, no matter what age you are. The voice acting is seamless, character design is top notch and the computer animation is some of the best seen. If you want to see a movie, you can do much worse than Ice Age 2