At a time when
Blue Sky Studios had a computer-animated Ice Age movie coming out, it
was a reason to look forward to going to the cinema. But they’ve totally milked
this franchise dry. There’s practically nothing left that can be done to lift
this series from the slump it’s reached.
This movie isn’t
just boring—there isn’t a comedic voice for miles. Nothing in this waste of
reel made any sense, and I was totally amazed by the number of sleeping adults
in the theater while this movie was rolling.
If you’re like
me and enjoyed the first Ice Age movie, where Manny and his newfound
herd of Sid and Diego had to take a human child back to his family, you’ll be
totally amazed at how far this series has fallen. The introduction of new
characters and the consistency in the saber-toothed squirrel’s quest for acorns
is worth applauding. That aside, another consistency is how bad the movies have
gotten after the first one. Every Ice Age movie has been worse than
the one before it, and this one stands as the worst of them all.
I’ve come to the
conclusion that the only Ice Age movie anyone who hasn’t seen this
franchise should watch is the first—and then stop there. In this fifth
installment, Shira, who was introduced in the fourth installment (Ice
Age: Continental Drift (2012)), barely has anything to say or do,
unlike in the fourth.
Now, the series
has a running gag involving Scrat, the saber-toothed squirrel, and the
formation of the planet. In this installment, aliens are involved, and Scrat
gets on board their ship, almost destroying the world—well, wiping out a
civilization on Mars—all for his precious acorn.
This new
installment starts with the introduction of Peaches’s fiancé, Julian. He’s
annoying and plans on taking Peaches away from her family. During Manny and
Ellie’s anniversary celebration, the whole crew witnesses something amazing
happening in the skies. They get word from Buck that it’s an asteroid heading
toward Earth to wipe it out.
Buck, who has
figured out how the asteroid works, decides to find a way to divert its
direction and send it away from Earth.
So, the crew
journeys to the proposed site of the asteroid’s impact to stop it from being
attracted to Earth.
I’m not wishing
Blue Sky Studios a negative run at the box office, but I do hope the returns
don’t justify a sixth Ice Age movie.
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