Product Details

• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GCUNWG

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5.0 out of 5 stars Scrat steals the show again, July 3, 2009

By	S. Peyton (AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie is still cute and fun even with the third installment. My husband and I saw it in 3D at the theater just for fun and also to screen it before taking our grandkids. We think it is the kind of movie you can enjoy with your children at the theater. We will buy the DVD because we know our grandkids will want to watch it over and over again like the previous two movies. The 3D is interesting but not necessarily worth the extra cost. Just have fun and enjoy it like a child does. Yes, Scrat and his acorn stole the show again.

5.0 out of 5 stars My Four Year Old Loved it and so did I., July 13, 2009

By	Amorphous (Indiana) - See all my reviews

I saw the first two Ice Age movies and they were ok. I just wasn't a big fan. However, this movie was well worth the price of admission. You have to see it in 3-D. There were many laughs and it was worth it to see the smile and hear the giggles coming from my daughter. We took her to see monsters vs aliens earlier this year and she got bored quickly. This film had her glued to the screen. Everyone knows that kids love dinosaurs!
Critics' main complaint about this film seems to be the fact that dinos were extinct in the ice age. I didn't know it was supposed to be a scientific documentary. Hello, it's a film for kids; it's supposed to be fun and entertaining. My daughter loved it.
What about the adult audience? Well, I personally felt that this film is the best of the series. Furthermore, it's the first animated film I've seen in a long time that I really enjoyed. There aren't any political messages tucked in to brainwash your kids, and there isn't a bunch of crude adult humor (only one part but it occurs off screen and only adults will get it). Overall this film is a blast. Take grandma and grandpa with you when you go; the whole family needs to see this one together.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Entertainment for All, July 12, 2009

By	John F. Rooney - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Ice Age 3" when I saw it kept the kids in the audience enthralled and screaming with delight every time characters were speeding downhill or falling into chasms. Adults will find the sound track imaginative and hilarious at times with variations on "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" (one a fun tango version) including the dynamic vocal rendition by Lou Rawls himself. The "Adagio from Spartacus" by Khachaturian and Chad Fischer's "Alone Again (Naturally)" will also seem clever by their juxtaposition at the oddest moments.
Two prehistoric Ice Age squirrels, Scrat and Srattè, turn up in frequent episodes independent of the main plot fighting over a giant acorn. They'll remind old timers of the short cartoons of yesteryear like Roadrunner and Woody the Woodpecker. Free falls from extreme heights, splats, flattenings, catapults into space, chases, and flirtations make the whole thing wacky fun.
Familiar characters from previous Ice Age outings show up in this "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" sequel including the two mammoths Manny (voice of Ray Romano) and expectant mother Ellie (voice of Queen Latifah), Sid, the sloth (voice of John Leguizamo), Diego, the saber-tooth tiger, and assorted smaller animals. A new character, Buck, a pirate weasel with a leaf as an eye-patch, shows up, and he's on a quest to kill the giant raptor dinosaur who has blinded him in one eye. (Captain Ahab, anyone?).
The main character is Sid the Sloth who is lonely and "adopts" three dinosaur eggs that hatch and become his babies. From that point on there are all kinds of scary adventures with teetering rock platforms, red hot lava, falling off cliffs--these hair-raisers come up as the animal family tries to rescue Sid from the clutches of the T-Rex.
The movie is full of funny situations, gags, and some adult humor that will go over the heads of little kids. Breakneck speed is an important element in the action sequences, and there are plenty of death-defying falls and enemies to contend with. The computer animation is well done. The walk and gait of the mammoths is particularly effective. This is a film that youngsters will enjoy, and it won't be a chore for adults to see with them or on their own.