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Author Topic: Ice Age II (2006) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-30-2006 10:36 PM                     Same shit, different movie. Once again the squirrel is the ONLY funny thing in the entire movie. Just wait for the DVD. Squirrel scenes 4 out of 5 stars. Non-squirrel scenes 1 out of 5 stars.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-31-2006 03:42 AM                  I liked it! Ummmm, that is the squirrel part! Crappy film! Overall: 1 outta 5  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-31-2006 04:47 PM                     What is the big deal about that squirrel? That was the dumbest part of the movie. I was hoping to see the Diego really skinny like a cat gets when they get wet. That would have made it a better movie.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-31-2006 10:46 PM                  I liked the squirrel not only for his ridiculous and funny situations, but cuz of his outrageous persistence in the pursuit of his ("dream") goal... the acorns. If I were a "message in films" person, I think his character sez: "Don't give up your dreams. Work hard...you'll be rewarded for your work."  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-01-2006 12:52 AM                     Or ... "squirrels like nuts".  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Tiffany Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Sanford, Florida, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 04-01-2006 01:52 AM                     All of the squirrel stuff was on the trailers.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-02-2006 09:24 PM                        I thought it was good. The Scrat scenes are clearly inspired by Looney Tunes and the Road Runner films in particular. I think the "pole vault" scene is lifted directly from one of those films. I did miss the "menacing" Denis Leary bits from the first movie. The Queen Latifah bits added some more comedy which I wasn't really expecting. We only ever had 2 different trailers for the movie here so I only saw 2 of the Scrat scenes. Hopefully it's not true that ALL of those scenes were in the trailers...if so, somebody should bust some chops at Fox's marketing department. We are getting so many cryin' babies at this movie it's not even funny. What is wrong with people????? 3.5 out of 5 for me.  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-04-2006 01:40 AM                        well it was not the greatest , but is was just good fun , i liked it, and agree with Brad the squirrel was the highlight! three and a half out of five.  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 04-06-2006 10:03 AM                     Watchable? Yes Entertaining? Somewhat Where was the editor? The "whack-a-mole" scene, the vultures singing and probably most of the "fire king" scene could have been cut with no negative effect on the movie. It was worth the $5 matinee price at the local discount, first run theatre. I certainly wouldn't have wanted to pay $8.50 for an evening show at the nicer theatres. 2 1/2 out of 5. PS - Was it the same squirrel in this one as the first? Didn't he get frozen in a block of ice and thawed out in present times in the first one?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-06-2006 12:15 PM                        Well the whole movie sort of defies the logic of time. The first one took place in the real Ice Age. This one sort of takes place in the present time with all the talk of global warming, yet several of the "species" we see are extinct now. So it's best not to even think about when it's taking place and just enjoy the ride. I agree the whole "Fire King" segment could have been cut but I enjoyed the vultures musical number. The lyrics are hilarious.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-16-2006 06:14 PM                     Fire king was one of my favorate sequences! How dare anyone suggest its removal. Crash & Eddie (the possum brothers) were pretty cool.  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 04-18-2006 10:35 AM                     quote: Mike Blakesley Well the whole movie sort of defies the logic of time. The first one took place in the real Ice Age. This one sort of takes place in the present time with all the talk of global warming, yet several of the "species" we see are extinct now. I think it was supposed to be taking place during the thaw out from the ice age, not in the present. Of course, I don't think the time between the ice age and the thaw out was quick enough that the same characters would still be alive. Wasn't the squirrel frozen in the first one and then thawed out in the present? I guess it is best not to think about it.  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-18-2006 01:32 PM                        Repeat after me: "It's just a movie, a cartoon at that, and it doesn't have to make sense, just entertain."  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-19-2006 09:51 AM                        Jim has hit the nail on the head so to speak, It is a toon and the kids just love it! At the close of a recent session I asked an elderly lady what she thought of it, she said it was a great experience just sitting there listening to the roar of children laughingwas enough to make her night. If we put complicated scientifically correct animated films out there , the kids wont laugh as much. Look as the fun Warners had with the ACME products.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 04-19-2006 08:15 PM                        I find sometimes that the humor works BECAUSE of an underlying understanding that what you're seeing is impossible, as in the case of those ACME products. However, if oversights to continuity, or similar things, exist with no bearing on the humor, then I would see those as flaws, something that could have been better written to make a higher quality product. But, I heartily agree that hearing an auditorium full of kids (or adults, for that matter, in any other movie) in bursts of laughter, whether or not the content was "actually" funny, is a good feeling that makes me smile (or, in some cases, roll my eyes ... I'm sorry, but some things people laugh at are just NOT FUNNY!)  |  IP: Logged

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