Sunday, September 13, 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

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Released: 2009
MPAA rating: PG
Run time: 1:34

The third installment of this franchise has our prehistoric friends Diego (Denis Leary), Manny (Ray Romano) and Sid (John Leguizamo) running into some very nasty dinosaurs. As the gang are waiting for Manny's wife, Ellie (Queen Latifah), to give birth, Sid finds some strange looking eggs and decides to start a family of his own. Manny tells him he must return the eggs to where he found them and this puts them in the lair of a T-Rex mom, who is not happy. They also meet Buck (Simon Pegg), an adventurous weasel who tells them tales of the big white dinosaur who took his eye. He leads the group on an adventure with the dinosaurs and quickly becomes the funniest character in all three films so far. Along the way, we also follow the continued adventures of Scrat and his acorn with the addition of a flying squirrel he falls in love with. This is one of those rare movie series that actually seem to get better as they go along. The first two were fine movies, but this one is that much better. Maybe I just like dinosaurs, but I just found this movie to be very entertaining and funny. As mentioned earlier, this is greatly helped by Buck, who is a very funny character. Even Scrat, having another character to play off of, becomes a funnier and somewhat less annoying character. This is a great selection for family viewing and is the best movie in this franchise so far.


Grade: B

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