Good clean fun

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2007)

This time around the three we grew to love in "Ice Age" come back just like the warm weather. New adventures and personal challenges await these three as they deal with the coming meltdown.
All the same creativity is present in this story, but I found the story to be a bit thin. The squirrel (Scrat) makes many appearances which may have been used as filler. But since this character is such a charm to watch as he seeks his true love - the acorn - it is hardly a distraction but stands out as its own story line.
Along the way new characters are introduced, including a female. In my opinion this usually ruins the original intent of the first movie. Fortunately this did not happen - although the strength of the first one is diminished by the introduction of a romantic theme. However, it is still in line with keeping this second story true and honest to its original heart-felt content. I was very happy to see no "pc" correctness was imposed for social or economic reasons but instead just a plain old good piece of movie entertainment - similar to the first one.
So apart from the thinness of the principle story (brought about by the requirement of a romantic theme) I gave this a 7 out of 10 (Not as good as the first one but still entertaining. If you could watch only one, then I recommend watching the first one over and over again.)
-LD
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