Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Diretor:

Carlos Saldanha

Escritores:

Gerry Swallow (writer) and
Peter Gaulke (screenplay)

Data de Lançamento:

31 Março 2006 (USA)

Gênero:

Animação | Aventura | Comédia | Família

Chamada:

Kiss Your Ice Goodbye

Argumento:

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit Ice Age. This time around the Ice Age is over and is starting to melt, which will destroy their valley. So they must unite and warn everyone about the situation.

Plot Keywords:

Valley | Mammoth | Sloth | Tiger | Squirrel

Prêmios:

3 wins & 13 nominations

Comentários dos utilizadores:

A Nutshell Review: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 27

8:00 PM

Fox

Elenco

Ray Romano	...	Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Seann William Scott	...	Crash (voice)
Josh Peck	...	Eddie (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Fast Tony (voice)
Chris Wedge	...	Scrat (voice)
Peter Ackerman	...	Dung Beetle Dad (voice)
Caitlin Rose Anderson	...	Glypto Boy Billy / Beaver Girl (voice)
Connor Anderson	...	Rhino Boy / Beaver Boy (voice)
Joseph Bologna	...	Mr. Start (voice)
Jack Crocicchia	...	Elk Boy (voice)
Peter DeSève	...	Condor Chick (voice)

Conhecido como:

Ice Age 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (USA) (trailer title)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo.

Duração:

91 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Cor

Aspect Ratio:

1,85 : 1

Som:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certificação:

USA:PG | UK:U | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Malaysia:U | Singapore:G | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | France:U | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | USA:PG (certificate #42465) | Iceland:L | South Korea:Todos | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG

Companhia :

Blue Sky Studios

Pegadinha:

Animation took a relatively speedy eight months.

Goofs:

Continuidade: When Scrat's finished fighting the piranhas, he gets his acorn out of the one on the bottom of the screen. Yet the one that actually swallowed the acorn was smacked off-screen to the right.

Citações:

[first lines]
Mr. Start: Oy, this global warming is *killing* me!
Mrs. Start: This is too *hot*, the Ice Age was too *cold*, what will it take to make you happy? Aah!
[the ice that she is sitting on cracks and she falls into the water]
Mr. Start: *This* I like!

Filme Connections:

Referências Meet the Parents (2000)

Tilha Sonora:

One

A Nutshell Review: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Similar to the first Ice Age, the promotional material for the sequel was out in the theatres way in advance, and courtesy of the Scrat character too, up to its usual antics of getting to that elusive acorn. Here, Scrat opens the movie, and emulating the style of the first, he provides most of the laughs, also as an intermission from the actual scenes from the main cast.

Our gang of prehistoric animals are back - Manny the Mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo) and Diego the Sabre-tooth Tiger (Denis Leary). We learn that Sid has gone into the early childhood business, educating the young minds of pre-historic brats. However, I felt that this movie was somehow darker in tone than the original. While the original was one which dealt with hope, this one had its setting in extinction, disaster and death.

The valley which they live in is threatened by the melting ice, no thanks to global warming. So all the animals embark on a journey to salvation, to that rumored ark which will save them from the massive floods to come. Along the way, our trio meets up with another trio of characters, who were added to expand the cast, featuring 2 Possums Crash (Seann William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck), and another, but female, mammoth (Queen Latifah).

Needless to say, Manny's still anti-social, and Diego can't get along with those rascal possums who get on his nerves, and Sid's the "philosopher" ever providing the laughs. Various themes like romance (hey, we got 2 mammoths here), friendship, trust, and believing in oneself to overcome one's phobia get covered. Pretty wide scope, but they manage to fit in place nicely.

The villains in this sequel are pretty nasty, besides the looming natural disaster, we have two sea creatures with nasty teeth and attitude, as well as menacing vultures ever ready to pounce on the flesh of animals who have fallen.

But it's not all that bleak. Keep a lookout too for that mad sloth song-and-dance sequence, which has potential to become the next ear worm ala Madagascar's zany "you-got-to-move-it" song. The animation is as usual, top notch, and I just can't get enough of the photo-realistic ice and water landscape.

This is one piece of animation that doesn't rely too much on sight gags, of spoofing current affairs, but one filled with more witty dialogue and kept on an even keel with its interesting storyline. Though at times it might feel clichéd, somehow it excelled in its execution.

And that makes this sequel, as enjoyable as, if not better, than the original. Recommended stuff this week!