Movie Review - Ice Age; Dawn of the Dinosaurs

There aren't any dinosaurs within the Ice Age, except in lame Hollywood sequels eager for a tale!

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens with Scrat's nose sniffing round the credits frozen within the ice. Scrat may be the rodent enthusiastic about possessing an acorn and again he opens the film having a crazed quest for a lonely acorn. This time around - amaze - he's competition from the comely flying squirrel having a big, bushy tail and eyelashes that flutter just like a stripper's veils.
The complaint about sequels is a very common one, the ideas dry out after one or two efforts by the 3rd, the creative well is dry. This is exactly what has happened to the Ice Age franchise with the third effort. A feeling of desperation fills the screen as the filmmakers attempt to milk one more movie out of the same characters and situations. The new humor of the first movie has become old hat, but it's dragged out again and ramped up into 3D, but nonetheless doesn't make it funny.
The Story
The story is about finding Sid the sloth that has stolen three dino eggs, enraged mom dino who retrieves her babies and Sid and takes these phones her home underneath the ice. Our gang of heroes drop everything to rescue Sid, impossible with no aid of the crazy weasel residing in the midst of dinoland by his wits and bravery. The weasel leads (some would say drags) our heroic herd of beasts for the momma dino along with a confrontation with the big beast of the underworld, Rudy. Don't ask why he's called Rudy, except some writer was on the floor laughing over this little bit of comic genius.
The plot is really trivial regarding defy re-telling. The only real new character is really a weasel named Buck, voiced by Simon Pegg. Buck has got the best lines, the most action and steals the film in the regulars who plod round the ice and then, the key realm of dinosaurs underneath the ice (don't ask how that may be ) until told to prevent this will let you baby while using secret code word: "peaches".
The Genre
The family animated comedy genre (let's toss in fantasy as well) continues to be revolutionized by computerization. The Lion King was the final of the old-style animated movies, drawn primarily manually on plastic cels. Now, with computers and the 3D technology, we now have unlimited capacity to visualize in great detail regardless of the writers can envision. When done well, as with UP captured, it may be stunning. When done okay, such as this effort and the earlier Monsters vs. Aliens, you are able to appreciate the craft of the visuals however the magic of great storytelling is lost.


The Overall Quality
I need to admit the household sitting behind me, filled with kids the prospective age with this movie, sat through it in rapt silence. They did not laugh or react too much whatsoever, except several oohs over the cute baby mammoth, Peaches. This isn't a great sign. Yes, the film isn't funny. If you have seen any of the earlier movies, you will not find anything new here. Visually, the 3D effects are wonderful throughout the flying adventure over the lava as well as in some of the large set scenes showing the vistas of ice and dino paradise. You need to hang in there for that ending credits, as there are excellent kid-style drawings round the names which jump forward in your direction and therefore are quite charming.

Movie Review Summary:
Reviewing the Genre, Quality and Story, you will find there's negative story, average quality along with a strong genre in family comedy fantasy. This is a sequel therefore the characters are known and there's a lot of goodwill developed in the previous movies. It has helped keep this movie inside a dead heat to find the best spot over the vacation weekend with the mega-movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
The main point here: This movie will amuse kids for one viewing but isn't within the repeat viewing group of Toy Story, Schrek or Finding Nemo.