Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Audio Review

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Comment by Ramirez1838 on July 2, 2009 at 1:25pm

@ David Bowie

There were a couple of good ones, not many but some.

1) Star Trek
2) I love you Man
3) The Hangover
4) Up
5) Watchman (Not Great but Ok)
6) Taken
Plus the year isn't over yet....

Comment by Quarter-life crisis on July 2, 2009 at 1:08pm

No bueno

Comment by David Bowie on July 2, 2009 at 12:40pm

Ok from what I'm seeing 2009 sucks for movies

Comment by Fungusmonkey on July 2, 2009 at 11:53am

Saw this last night, and I was entirely disappointed. One of the reasons I go to 3D animated movies is to see the medium evolve. For example, every Pixar movie (and most Dreamworks movies) pushes the technological limit in some way. Like the fur shaders in Monsters Inc, or the stretch techniques for Elastigirl in The Incredibles, etc. However, I can set aside my animator tendencies and forgive bad animation if the story is good.

Ice Age 3 could have just been Ice Age 1 as far as I could tell. They used the exact same snow effects, the same hair shaders, etc. It's like they just didn't care about taking it another step. Then, from an animation standpoint, it was horribly animated. The fluidity and Tex Avery-like cartoon quality the first one had are all but missing from this movie. It could just be any other random 3D offering out there, and that's no way to make a dent in the box office. There were times when I found my inner animator screaming. Poorly composed shots, unnecessary action, a very weak plot (to sum it up: it's a poor Shrek 3 with Dinosaurs).

Basically, if you have kids you'll probably be required to take them to see this (there's really nothing else out there for them in theaters), but be prepared to groan and grumble your way through it. I guessed I've been spoiled by some of the better animation companies out there, but this movie just feels like they were out for a quick paycheck and didn't care at all about advancing the series, telling a good story, or even bothering to improve their craft.

Comment by Johnny English on July 2, 2009 at 11:11am

''The ice age came AFTER the Dinosaurs, so...WTF! ''

No wonder people like you can't enjoy these types of movies. ITS A KIDS MOVIE!

Comment by Lord Galvatron on July 2, 2009 at 3:31am

Well summer of 09 was a shitty year for movies

Comment by Will on July 1, 2009 at 11:40pm

btw Korey, is there no such thing as some 'ol bullshit??

Comment by DeathMetalMike on July 1, 2009 at 11:36pm

Jason, why shouldn't we expect engaging stories and good characters? I pay $11 every time I go to the movies, so I don't want to just waste a couple of hours sitting in a dark, noisy room.

Comment by Will on July 1, 2009 at 11:35pm

Wow I really wanted so many movies to be good ( Public Enemies, Transformers 2, this etc) but wow just ......... fuck!

Comment by Jason on July 1, 2009 at 11:07pm

I've enjoyed all of the movies so far... I think we just expect SO much after stuff like Wall-E

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