Ice Age: The Let down

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2007)

I can't think of an animation that I've seen that I thought was down right terrible. "Ice Age: The Meltdown" is not going to be the first in that category, but it ranks low amongst animations. The story was very lackluster and didn't provide for much excitement at all. They were journeying from one part of the valley to another to avoid a flood, big deal!! I'd say the most excitement they encountered until the end was the ordeal with the carnivorous fish. The flood at the end provided some brief exciting drama and then it was over rather quickly. And that darned squirrel was annoying. Seeing that squirrel chase down that acorn reminded me why I never liked Roadrunner cartoons.
Besides that, I didn't care much for the voice of Anthony Romano. Romano is so dry and boring (maybe that is what they were going for). Queen Latifah as a voice was fine, it was just the character that was absurd. John Leguizamo as a voice was fine, except that as much as he was supposed to be the comic relief... he was not.
In the end it was an animation, it was somewhat humorous, and my daughter liked it, so I can't be too hard on it.