Ice Age 3: The Worst Review…
…so far, seems to be this one: Recipe for an ‘Ice Age’ mess: Thaw, rehash, refreeze:
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs seems to be suffering from freezer burn. Once fresh, the story is now buried under a hoary coating. [...] Its consistently sweet message notwithstanding, the retread plot is a bore. [...]
The species are more plentiful this time, but Ice Age resorts to bathroom humor and gross bodily fluids to fill the landscape.
A much more favorable article from the same newspaper: ‘Ice Age’ warms up to dinosaurs in third installment:
As director Carlos Saldanha says, “When I mention to kids that this film has dinosaurs, their eyes open up and they say, ‘That’s so cool.’ That kind of reaction definitely overcomes the logic of it.”
But the decision to go the dinosaur route did not come without a warning. “It’s funny. When we did the first Ice Age, a paleontologist told us, ‘Whatever you do, don’t use dinosaurs,’ ” Saldanha says. [...]
[Character designer Peter de] Sève tried to be faithful to facts when possible, but he isn’t too nervous about veering too far from science. He explains, “The first time we had a paleontologist come to the studio, he said his favorite character was the Scrat, which is the least realistic. That is when we relaxed.”
Jul 1, 2009 at 19:12
I'm gonna be watching it in 2 hours, in 3D
PS: welcome back
Jul 1, 2009 at 21:36
welcome back, and thanks for informing us about ice age 3. I completely missed it. And I feel sorry to say that your blog reads swell on this wide 17" screen of yet another acer laptop (probably because the main text is on a ~4/3 area of the screen)
Jul 2, 2009 at 00:45
I loved it! Unlike Shrek, Ice Age didn't suffer from the same weird decay with each and every movie they released. It's just as entertaining as the 1st movie, imho. The 3D thing was cool!
Go watch it if you get the chance.