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Across the Blighty comes a review of ICE AGE!!
Hey folks, Harry here... as far as I can remember this is the first review of the whole film ICE AGE, it's still rough, but it is the entire story... whereas what RAV saw a few weeks back was just a rough assembly of a couple of scenes. And it sounds pretty cool. These guys' BUNNY is awesome, and I hope like with Pixar, that Fox lets them attach BUNNY pre-film as a bonus treat. That'd rule! Here ya go...
Hi there Harry
A micro-scoop from London that's probably old news but you never know. I saw a screening of Ice Age this morning, organised for staff of News Corp and their families. The Fox marketing guy explained that it wasn't a finished print, it was going to be a video projection and there would be occasional lapses in image quality and missing sound effects - and copyright guff written across the top of the screen during the whole film. Sound of collective hearts sinking - but in fact the projection was of a high standard, could quite get the Shrek sense of every blade of grass, but it was adequate, and there were only a handful of unfinished moments.
You know what? I liked it. A lot. Coming from a house with young kids and mucho cartoons, this was up there with the best of them. Big stretch and slam energy on the action scenes. Strangely gripping story that wasn't afraid to be a bit dark - frankly, probably a bit too dark for the tinies, it was genuinely sad at times. I loved Shrek, but somehow it seemed a bit squashy and sentimental compared to this - Ice Age had a much stronger third act. I suppose what Ice Age didn't have was major stand-out characters - the Mammoth and Sloth pairing was standard (the sloth was funny in a Daffy Duck glutton for punishment sort of way), but it was dynamic to have them team up with the sabre tooth who was - and I guess this is a spoiler - a bad guy, we know he's bad, but he's pretending to be their friend. They're trying to get this human (neanderthal?) baby back to its tribe, the sabre tooth leader wants the kid to exact awful revenge upon. And off we go.
What I liked most was the script and story. The setting and the gags around the impending Ice Age were inventive and surprising - couldn't see much mileage in the period - no dinosaurs, ferchrissakes - but they managed it somehow. The humour does the current thing of making cracks for the grown-ups, but it wasn't afraid to be occasionally near to the knuckle, too. And there was loads of physical comedy and jumping around in the snow - studio people obviously think that kids today spend their entire time snowboarding and white water rafting - ha ha, is all I can say.
The animation was - what's the word - enjoyable. I guess it wasn't up there with the uber-rendering of Shrek and Pixar, and there was that inconsistency thing where some creatures are better than others - the sabretooths seemed much more clunky than the sloth, for instance. But I'd give it points for verve, and wearing its style on its sleeve - it makes its own world, and a surprisingly convincing one at that.
Over all, thumbs up. I enjoyed, the kids enjoyed, it was much better than I thought it would be. Very nice moments, touching, sad beats that are more than you might expect from this franchise ready fare. It's a whole new "dark PG" world out there.
I'll balance my enthusiasm by saying I was the only adult out of 4 in my party that rated it - but I was the only nerd, I mean buff.
Call me - Sulaco
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This sounds great, but it's never going to be as good as the teaser trailer is it?
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what's a blighty?
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Blighty is a colloquial term for old Mother England, so, there you go. Also, I know that after Final Fantasy tanked, it ain't gonna happen, but I'm really itchin' to see a truly ADULT computer animation (no, not porno: thematic-wise). Computer animation as a cinimatic artform is just coming into being, the same way feature length cel-animation did fifty or so years ago, and it would be a shame for a medium with so much possibility go the same way as the former; relegated to entertainment for children (in the western market at least). I suppose the Japanese were the only ones who were gonna try it. Don't know why I get my hopes up (oh, that's right - i renounced cynicism as a new years resolution). Still, I guess I'll see this, looks funny and all, but how long can they stretch the animals-as-allegories-for-humans-on-a-heartwarming-journey-of-discovery shite? Answer: Disney.
Bugger! I suppose I'm forgetting that Besson written (and directed?) one, whatever the hell it's called. Hmm, computer animation, Besson-style. Let me guess, Brothers Grimm, but with more amphetamines and paedophilia?
Still, I bet it's more interesting than Jimmy Neutron, Boy AssMaster (not that there's anything wrong with that.. as long as he washes himself afterwards). -
Fuck!
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I refuse to resort to being a bastard; being blatantly abusive; using this site for personal attacks; going off the topic with BS; cross-posting (whatever the fuck that is); advertising 'blatantly' (though if you are ever in Heswall, you could do worse than check out the 'Jug & Bottle'- not a bad pub); above all I shall not lower my self to the level of a jerkwad loser (whatever the fu...etc..), as all of the above are fodder for deletion............by the way I am totally indifferent about the motion picture 'Ice Age' (with this token nod to the subject in question, have I redeemed myself..........I thought not). Laters.
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Feb 04, 2002 8:54:36 AM CST
Shut the fuck up with your "Spoiler" complaints ! This was as mu
by silenceoffreedom
I'm sick and tired of fuckin whiners who cry about "spoilers". All he said was that the Sabretooth tiger that you KNOW is bad turns out to be bad ! Shut your goddamn mouth about "spoilers" !!
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You fucka ... I hate you! Damn, I wanted to rent AB tonite for the fuckin first time. So now, thanx to this moron, I have to cancel it I guess. What now? A Jean-Claude van Damme flick? Any recommendations?
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Y282 is a dick. Sorry, a bit personal, but that's what you get for being a dick.
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And Darth Vader is Lukes father, E.T. Does NOT, i repeat NOT die, Indy whoops The nazi
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I....see. But it can't be worse than "Atlantis" which made me wish I could spend two hours underwater without the benefit of submarine.
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Kevin Spacey is in American Beauty ?!? Why didn't you guys put a spoiler warning up ??? When I go see a movie, I only know the title AND NOTHING ELSE!!! PS Note extreme sarcasm...
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oh..the second teaser/first trailer(or how you use to say it) was not so good anymore. but ya know...it`s just a trailer.
and folks! and in almost the same manner than this spoiler is the appearing of the word F O X in this report ...oh my god.... this goddamn conservative broadcast station....
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Feb 04, 2002 5:35:32 PM CST
That Squirrel is amazing! He'd better be in at least 3/4 of
by dhali clone
The squirrel is the best thing to happen to previews since the 5th Element's "don't show footage, only a rendered 5 in space." Now, like it or not, the way they showed that redered 5, with no movie footage, definitely got your attention.
Now, this Squirrel, and his name had better be Squirrel, is my hero. The fact that he gets screwed over non-stop is fascinating. He was just doing what all squirrels do, burying his acorn, but he caused a massive mess of crap to happen. Pure genius is that squirrel. -
Feb 04, 2002 5:46:12 PM CST
Who else wants to bet this is the movie that gets the full AOTC
by togmeister
Well, it's either this or E.T. I think we can rule out We Were Soldiers and Panic Room due to R ratings. If they can hitch a ride on Darth Flannelshirt's coattails, i'll be there for sure.
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Feb 04, 2002 10:00:10 PM CST
You know, in the beginning of the movie, Spacey's character
by cooldan989
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Mandy Moore dies at the end of A WALK TO REMEMBER...oops. ICE AGE looks great -- can't freakin' wait.
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Feb 04, 2002 11:04:15 PM CST
DUDE!! You just TOTALLY ruined "A Walk To Remember" for me!!!
by elgyn6655321
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Feb 05, 2002 8:36:44 AM CST
Guess what!?!? The Titanic sinks and Rosebud was his sled!!
by spiderblood1969
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Wait, let me see if I got this straight: Rosebud was a machine/wolf hybrid that caused the Titanic to sink, thus killing Kevin Spacey and his homophobic gay lover, Luke, whose father was Richard Dreyfuss, who got shot while watching Jean Claude van Damme in 'L.A. Confidential', only after being abducted by E.T, who didn't die at the hands of Braveheart but did kill Mandy Moore because she thought Rosebud was a sled, but he was actually referring to her cooch? Isn't that an Ed Wood movie?
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I actually haven't seen Brotherhood of the Wolf yet, so FUCK YOU for that spoiler! Asshole.
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Look, even I chuckled a tad upon the responses of Vader-as-Luke's-dad and whatnot on the spoilers issue, but: 1) Not everyone who frequents this site knows all the ins and outs of the trailer for Ice Age, so I think it's a legitimate gripe that the reviewer didn't give even a little spoiler warning. And 2) manythings, why do you think it would be the least bit humorous to divulge all that info about BOTW? I have seen the film, so no surprise for me, but for you to spill all that is shitty, whether or not someone else did it first or not, whether you liked the film or not. Let other people find out on their own and shut up.
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Preach on, brother man!!!
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Feb 06, 2002 2:51:03 AM CST
Shit, I just checked back here for the first time since I posted
by silenceoffreedom
Man, you really ran with that "spoilers" thing. Kudos to you. BTW - Just watched BOTW so luckily I side-stepped that spoiler. Thank god, I would've had to bitch !
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