Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new wor... Read allManny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
- Michael Berg(screenplay by)
- Jason Fuchs(screenplay by)
- Lori Forte(story by)
- Stars
- Ray Romano(voice)
- Denis Leary(voice)
- John Leguizamo(voice)
- Michael Berg(screenplay by)
- Jason Fuchs(screenplay by)
- Lori Forte(story by)
- Stars
- Ray Romano(voice)
- Denis Leary(voice)
- John Leguizamo(voice)
Ray Romano
- Manny
- (voice)
Denis Leary
- Diego
- (voice)
John Leguizamo
- Sid
- (voice)
Aziz Ansari
- Squint
- (voice)
Alain Chabat
- Silas
- (voice)
Ester Dean
- Female Siren
- (voice)
Peter Dinklage
- Captain Gutt
- (voice)
Karen Disher
- Scratte
- (voice)
Jason Fricchione
- Dumb Mammoth
- (voice)
- …
Nick Frost
- Flynn
- (voice)
George Jacobs
- Beaver
- (voice)
Queen Latifah
- Ellie
- (voice)
Jennifer Lopez
- Shira
- (voice)
- Michael Berg(screenplay by) (story by)
- Jason Fuchs(screenplay by)
- Lori Forte(story by)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, the story was rumored to involve Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, and Scrat frozen solid, and accidentally defrosted in a museum in present day.
- GoofsAfter Manny pulls down the mast the "pirate ship" breaks in half and sinks. This is impossible because the "ship" is an iceberg and ice floats.
- Quotes
Diego: I don't know whats wrong with me: I can't eat, can't sleep; I think I'm coming down with something.
Manny: [chuckles] I know what you've got: the "L" word.
Sid: Yeah, leprosy!
Manny: No, Sid, no. It's four letters, starts with "L", ends with "E".
Sid: Ah, lice!
Manny: No. Diego, my friend, is in love.
- Crazy creditsDuring the first half of the closing credits, the characters get together and sing "We are Family". However, Sid's granny sings by accident "ham and cheese". As each character sings, footage of their voice actor in the recording booth can be seen.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frag doch mal die Maus: Episode #1.16 (2012)
- SoundtracksChasing the Sun
Written by Example (as Elliot Gleave) and Alex James Smith
Performed by The Wanted
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd. / The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Review
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Entertaining, but not so much as before
I have always liked the Ice Age series up to the third one. In fact, this is the first time that I thought I would watch it in theater rather than getting a DVD later. The 3D was spectacular in terms of visual appearance, but I would not rate it as good as the previous Ice Age movies.
The plot during this adventure is short and simple. There's no surprises, and everything is pretty much along the line of a typical friendship/family/hero type story. The whole story took place in 3, 4 "in-movie" days, much shorter than the previous ones which had a constant string of events. By the end of this movie, I couldn't believe the story's over. Not a lot happened before the villains are apprehended and the world returns to peace and harmony, as in any of the Ice Age movies. However, this probably means their target audience are younger than the ones before. I guess this is the biggest drag down for fans who have been watching since the first one.
They also did a sub-par job in the music. Despite having no improvement in quality, they recycled music from the second movie in the series, "the Meltdown". I bought the soundtracks after watching that movie thinking it was spectacular. After listening to it for years now, I could virtually name the tracks as they come up in the Continental Drift. From the title sequence to the Ending, pretty much everything without a vocal voice was identical to something I've heard before. It feels like they just copied and pasted from before - The soundtracks are awesome, but when it's used once too many, it just doesn't have the same impact anymore.
I still gave this movie a 6 because of, well, what Fox and Blue Sky has always been best at. The vivid colors and the "just right" graphical presentation is sure a feast on the eyes. And don't forget about Scrat, who's never involved but just somehow miraculously leads the story. This movie is definitely great for fun, there are many (supposedly deliberate) punch lines. Although some puns fail when I go "huh? that's lame", I can feel that they are trying to make it as funny as possible. I'd say that they are making this movie more like a feature-length, high quality TV cartoon special rather than a real theatrical movie. There's just not that much thrill to it.
The addition of the new characters seems only to provide a villain to the storyline. There doesn't seem to be much careful consideration - from what I see, it's perfectly fine to replace any of them with another animal or personality and the story stays valid. The characters' specialties just do not come together and contribute to the story, another reason why it feels like the story was written without the context of the movie. Not even the prolonged characters like Manny, Diego, Sid and Peaches.
Bottom line: This movie is mediocre. It could do as a really nice cartoon, but it lacks the punch in the planning.
The plot during this adventure is short and simple. There's no surprises, and everything is pretty much along the line of a typical friendship/family/hero type story. The whole story took place in 3, 4 "in-movie" days, much shorter than the previous ones which had a constant string of events. By the end of this movie, I couldn't believe the story's over. Not a lot happened before the villains are apprehended and the world returns to peace and harmony, as in any of the Ice Age movies. However, this probably means their target audience are younger than the ones before. I guess this is the biggest drag down for fans who have been watching since the first one.
They also did a sub-par job in the music. Despite having no improvement in quality, they recycled music from the second movie in the series, "the Meltdown". I bought the soundtracks after watching that movie thinking it was spectacular. After listening to it for years now, I could virtually name the tracks as they come up in the Continental Drift. From the title sequence to the Ending, pretty much everything without a vocal voice was identical to something I've heard before. It feels like they just copied and pasted from before - The soundtracks are awesome, but when it's used once too many, it just doesn't have the same impact anymore.
I still gave this movie a 6 because of, well, what Fox and Blue Sky has always been best at. The vivid colors and the "just right" graphical presentation is sure a feast on the eyes. And don't forget about Scrat, who's never involved but just somehow miraculously leads the story. This movie is definitely great for fun, there are many (supposedly deliberate) punch lines. Although some puns fail when I go "huh? that's lame", I can feel that they are trying to make it as funny as possible. I'd say that they are making this movie more like a feature-length, high quality TV cartoon special rather than a real theatrical movie. There's just not that much thrill to it.
The addition of the new characters seems only to provide a villain to the storyline. There doesn't seem to be much careful consideration - from what I see, it's perfectly fine to replace any of them with another animal or personality and the story stays valid. The characters' specialties just do not come together and contribute to the story, another reason why it feels like the story was written without the context of the movie. Not even the prolonged characters like Manny, Diego, Sid and Peaches.
Bottom line: This movie is mediocre. It could do as a really nice cartoon, but it lacks the punch in the planning.
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- ashfox
- Nov 10, 2012
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