Ice Age 3

After Ice Age 2 I really didn’t think there was much need to continue this franchise. Yeah two was funny and fun, but I figured that the well was going to be a little empty if they tried to go back for another dip. In some cases this seemed true. The whole story pretty much revolves around Sid the Sloth trying to be part of a happy herd. Territory already well covered in the other two installments. Also you have Diego losing his edge and figuring he would be better use if he left the heard. I little bit of a twist on the character, but it really didn’t seem like character growth. The movie is quite slow to start and the 5 year old I was will was getting a tad bit anxious. That is until Sid’s stolen dino eggs hatch. That is where the real movie fun begins. The dino’s are cute fun and Sid trying to be a mom is quite endearing.

The movie then revolves into a pretty funny adventure flic. The Opossum brothers were fun and once the new Weasel character Buck(voiced by Simon Pegg) is introduced he steals the show. The climax of the movie has enough witty dialogue and jabs that had the adults laughing as well as the kids.

In order to rate any of these computer generated flic highly they have to appeal to the kids while not making the adults lose their minds. Ice Age 3 succeeds in that. It started slowly but was a lot of fun by the time it ended. The 5 year old announced that he loved the movie and wanted to buy the DVD as we left the theater. Keeping a 5 year old content for 93 minutes while having fun is a win in my book.