Good but not as good as the 1st one - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

their was nothin very special about the story of this one...........it almot starts up from where the second one left of......but for the good direction and swet comedy of the film u should go and check this one out........but if your expecting an oscar worthy animate then your in for a bit of a dissapointment

Disapointing... - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I saw this movie on a plane and couldnt stand it. The voice and visual effects were pretty good, while the jokes just werent funny. I saw the first Ice Age and thought it was better. I wouldnt recommend it unless you are bellow the age of 2 (simply becuase you cant understand it.)

Hilarious even for a 16 year old! - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

im 16 and i love this movie! my friends and i wanted to go c it after church today and omgosh it was hilarious! i loved every bit of it!!! i give it an A+++++!!!!

Suprisingly amusing! - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

Ice Age 2 was very funny. Queen Latifa adds another great voice in this good sequel... It's worth your bucks so go see it. If you liked the first one, you'll probably enjoy this. The funniest character is the squirrel who is obsessed with his acorn. John Liguezamo, Ray Ramano and Denis Leary, three hilarious comideans, remai the main characters. This movie was very funny and a well made sequel.

A nice family movie. - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

Yes, it is a very nice family movie, sprinkled with a little bit of comedy. I'll admit it was good, but it can't beat the original. Even though this one was funnier.

Don't take the kids - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

Come on its suppose to be a kids movie. The language was inapproiate for any child and the inuendo stuff well, its not for my family. I left soon after it started. What a waste of time and money, all we I ended up with was a upset child cellebrating his 5th B-day.

Great!! - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

Funny funny and i like it!!! Wish more movies were like this one!!! The kids liked it and almost of all the people were having a really good time.

Nothing to care about except the money - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

The original "Ice Age," coming amid a flood of hugely popular Pixar and Dreamworks releases, was a well-written story that made you care about its characters. You understood the motivation for each one's actions, which created compelling interactions that resulted in a beautiful ending. "Ice Age 2?" It's all about the money. As in the money that sequals of successful films can generate. My advice? Don't bother. Not in the theater, not on pay-per-view, and not even on DVD. Every situation in "Ice Age 2" seems utterly contrived. Each actor (or at least their voices) sound as if they are going through the motions (the worst in Denis Leary's Diego). The peril that drive's the film's story is no longer character motivation, but the artificial contrivance of a flood because it seems that the only place all the animals are living is an ice-dammed valley. Can you say "Hokey?" The supposed humor of Queen Latifah's new mammoth character believing she is a possum seems solely to support the two real nwe possum characters, which are supposed to be the slapstick comedy there in case you get tired of the Scrat vignettes (not difficult), but are little more than tiresome. Sure, there were a couple of brief laugh-out-loud moments, but upon walking out of the theater, they were easily forgettable. (Compare that to the subversively gay hippopotomuses in the original "Ice Age," which still bring a smile years later.) The original "Ice Age" was a good *story,* with elements of humor that flowed naturally from that story. "Ice Age 2" is bits and pieces of slapdash frivolity that don't fit well together. Worse, there's nothing here to really *care* about, and so the whole thing becomes a pointless exercise. My advice? Skip this farce of a movie and hold out for "Cars" this summer and "The Simpsons" movie next summer.

The story melted along with the ice - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

Rarely does a movie cause me to lose respect for a company (the last time it happened was when Final Fantasy: Spirits Within came out, and I believe most of America felt the same effects), but I'm sorry to say that Ice Age 2 has managed to do just that. Where Ice Age excelled, The Meltdown faltered: Ice Age was a kids' movie, and it was meant to be from the start, but at the time, Blue Sky seemed to recognize that just because something is made for kids doesn't mean it can't be deep enough to thoroughly entertain adults. It had a simple but great storyline, perils and obstacles that were relevant to and stemmed from it (with the exception of the irreverent-but-inspired dodo bird scene), and character depth and development that kept it from feeling like a kids' movie. The Meltdown, however, seemed like a clone of every single animated Disney movie that's ever come out. The storyline was about the same as Ice Age (get object 1--the herd, in this case--from point A to point B), but it could have been condensed to a ten-minute movie and been just as entertaining; as it was, the entire movie consisted of a series of disjointed skits, and the only suspense was in waiting for the next one-liner: if Diego delivered it, he would be walking from one side of the screen to the other like he was going somewhere--obviously trying to duplicate his funniest moments from Ice Age; if Sid delivered it, the line was obvious and uninspired, devoid of any of John Leguizamo's usual creativity and playing off of Sid's phobias or dumb optimism; if Manny delivered it, it was overloaded with sarcasm and superficial anger, as though he hadn't changed at all since the last movie. In all, the main characters were reduced to their most prominent characteristics (Manny his grumpiness, Diego his cynicism, and Sid his idiocy), and the new characters were introduced in the same way. The perils and obstacles in the movie were unmotivated, and only served to make the movie longer. The only reason there were two predatory fish stalking the herd was to give the kids something to be scared of. But they were unsuccessful in that regard, barely achieving the status of minor nuisance and yet another unmotivated obstacle. But none of these complaints are why I lost respect for Blue Sky. I lost respect for Blue Sky because they didn't even try. They were banking on the success of Ice Age, hoping for a cash cow. They seemed to lose the focus that made Ice Age such a success: making a good movie, first a foremost, but a good movie that happens to be animated. They exchanged a good idea for a mediocre idea. They made an animation that happened to have a story. They sold out. Out of 5, I gave The Meltdown a 2. Just for comparison, Ice Age got a 5. Just add it to the myriad sequels that don't nearly live up to their prequels. Goodness knows we have enough of them.

Age? - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I am 14, and a group of my frieds went and saw Ice Age 2. We loved it! There was not five minutes where one someone wasn't laughing! If you have little kids, and want to take them to the movies- but are sick of the boring, same-old storylines- take them to see Ice Age 2. I can garentee not only your little ones will like it.

Remember this is for kids - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I went and saw this yesterday with my 5 and 6 yr olds and I believe alot of the critism for this very unfair. While it may not be in the same league as pixars movies it is still worth the money, people and THE CRITICS seem to forget that this movie is geared towards kids, especially kids from about 3-8 yrs of age. With that being said if you have children that are in that age range there is no reason not to go, this movie has funny parts through out i will warn you though it does have some languages issues that weren't needed such as a burro (they have him saying wild ass a few times) story by Manny. But overall me and my kids liked it and it seemed so do most others that were in the packed theatre with us.

"ice fun" - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

Today I witnessed another exception of a succesfull second part.. the first one was "Shrek 2" ... this movie not only catches the audience from the beginning but also gains interest through the end when our favorite prehistoric squirrel ends up being the hero of the story... I pretty much think that many people that saw the first one felt inlove with this squirrel and the writers noticed that, thank God there were more parts featured this funny animal, not to take credit of the other 3 characters but the best of the movie was the squirrel hahah... what a review huh, I guess all I can say is, go see it, you'll have a good time and you are not going to get out wanting your money back !

Will melt your heart! - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

What a great family movie! The melt down showed compassion, suspense, humor, and a happy ending. What more could you want? The characters had depth and wamrth. They took family to a new meaning. I highly recommend this movie for all families and young at heart.

Disappointing - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

The sequal of the original Ice Age was definitely just a sequal - it came short in every area except visuals and animations, which remained similar as the first one. The story was not as captivating as the first one, the jokes were often forced rather than natural and implicit, and there were too many "near-death" scenes. In all, the movie was forced and targeted mainly at kids, whereas the first one was good for both kids and grown-ups. I felt that I was watching a children movie, which is what it is. But the movie rarely displayed any seriousness and complexity. It attempted too much to create funny scenes that often did not connect to the overall story. Even the squirel was much more evolved and death-defying than in the first movie. I would wait for the DVD and see it then. It is still a good movie, but not a great one.

Better than the original. - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I found The Meltdown to be funnier and more entertaining than the first Ice Age. I am actually very suprised that I enjoyed it this much. I loved the first Ice Age, but this one entertained me a bit more. The characters also have some more interesting and more sort of adult humor than humor that children of the age of 8 will understand. This movie is more appealing for the parents of the children than for the children themselves. Be as it may seems, Ice Age is a kids movie. I found the humor in the first one to be a little more childish. This one, (like have mentioned) has more humor that adults will understand than little children. This movie also has more scenes with SCRAT than the first one too.

Ahhhhgahhhgahhhgahhh! - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I was lucky enough to win tickets to see the preview and took 4 middle school kids with me - WE LOVED IT. The theater was packed and the laughter rolled through the theater from start to finish - The Iceage movies continue to be a perfect balance of cool - funny - and have a great story to keep things rolling - THANK YOU - for entertaining us - and not just giving us an expensive seat to take a nap :)'

Ice age - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I think this movie was really funny and I really enjoyed watching it. When I saw the first movie I thought it was really funny also! Its a great movie for the whole family, go and see it!!

Ice age: truly a meltdown - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

I loved the first one, but the sequel seems like they were running out of ideas. Some parts were absolutely hilarious! ...but other parts were inappropriate for kids, had mildly bad language, and had reference to adult themes (even though the kids probably couldn't understand it). I say don't go see it. Really.

Poor sequel - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

It was quite a disappointment. I truly enjoyed Part One but this sequel is really weak especially the storyline. Actually, there isn't much of a storyline in the first place. The whole movie is just about showing the characters moving from point A to point B with nothing much happening in between. Just don't go in expecting it to be like the first one and you will end up better.

Thsi is a good movie - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

this is a really good movie it is funnier and more enjoible than the first one it is a really good movie to wartch

The great mammoth love story - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

This animation was not as good as the first, but it was still worth watching on the big screen. The so-called boat the animals were piling on to almost seemed like a Noah's ark analogy. It was cute, and my 3 year old daughter understood the love story behind it.

Um..earth to critics.......it's a kid's movie!!! - Ice Age: The Meltdown Reviews

What's up with all the pontificating about a CARTOON? "plot not as good as the first" "doesn't move fast enough" "no storytelling." Hellooooooooo.......this movie is made for kids, it plays to kids, it appeals to kids, KIDS LOVE IT! Just come right out and say it, you don't see things the way kids see them any more, you're too jaded, you're too full of yourself...whatever. From where I sat tonight, in the back of one of two VERY jam-packed theatres--both showing this movie--the uncontrollable giggles and belly laughs from the hundreds of kids all around me was music to my ears and medicine to my soul. I say anything that can make little kids laugh like that is good. Period. So you "experts" just hop back onto your high horses and ride off into a real sunset somewhere. Leave the digitized and animated ones alone.