Ice Age 2
Today I saw Ice Age 2, and it was alright.
Having seen, shit-tons of hype and advertisements for the movie, the expectation had become somewhat built up in my mind. My expectations were pretty much met. I had expected something funny although narratively flawed and that was delivered.
The CGI in the moie was something I found to be quite impressive. It was simply a massive leap from previous CGI cartoons. There was great rendering that removed that sheen that has plagued CGI before it. The film looked stylish and beautiful. To complement this, there were great hair effects that simulated wet hair and also photorealistic water. The geek in me was amazed during the movie’s finale.
The storyline was crap and at times it took itself a bit too seriously which really detracted from the quality of the movie. There were a lot of characters who had so few interesting lines that they were just a drag to watch.
Queen Latifah had a part as a Manny’s love intereset, and umm… she is quite simply the worst voice actress I’ve ever heard. She can be great in live action films, but her voice in this movie was simply grating.
But in the end, it is an adequate, solid, and worthwhile mvoie because there are enough good jokes that will make you laugh out loud so as to justify the movie being worth your time.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:53 pm
I concur with this. It wasnt a great movie but enjoyable to watch. I liked the first one better, mainly because there was an actual plot and also there was no Latifah (who was extremely annoying as always).
Adieu.