I finally managed to catch Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and it turned out to be good fun. My favourite character, Scrat, was there with his insane obsession for the Acorn. Then into the picture comes a dastardly she-devil of a flying squirrel who also has her sights set on the Acorn. The scenes with Scrat and his paramour were delightful and the laughter excellent.
Oh ya... Sid the Sloth was there for good effect. The woolly mammoths were there also, having a baby. A couple of dinosaurs were also thrown in for good measure and the insane Buck also kept the laughter coming.
I saw this film in 3D -- and I can totally understand what the fuss was all about!
Next stop for me: G.I. Joe -- Rise of the Cobra
Picture credit: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs image from http://blogs.theage.com.au/schembri/archives/2009/07/bruno_lays_wast.html
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Sunday, July 05, 2009
ICE AGE: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Everyone knows that the real reason for seeing the Ice Age films (the filmmakers are into the third chapter now) has been that twitchy and nervous wreck Scrat!
Every other character in the Ice Age films (with the possible exception of Sid, voiced by the supremely talented John Leguizamo) were disposable.
Will the directors and producers have come to their senses and give us more of Scrat in this third instalment of this animated film? If they have come to such a realisation, will practice self-restraint and not ruin the Scrat character by going overboard in developing Scrat? That's the tough thing about discovering the real seceret of the Ice Age films' secret isn't it -- trying to maintain Scrat's small role and at the same time maintaining its integrity as an imbecilic AND single-mindedly acorn-obsessed animated character.
Photo credit: Image of Scrat from http://www.cartoonary.com/page/3/
