Dreamworks: we run 'em straight into the ground.

Is this the one where they finally die?

I thought they stopped making these movies. Didn't they travel back in time in one of them or something? I dunno, I only saw the first. I've already said more here than I have about these movies since the first one was in theaters.

The fact that these movies not only continue to exist but make absolutely retarded amounts of money baffles me, as I can only remember seeing the first and thinking it was merely ok.

Ice Age: Extinction is going to be a real bummer. But I'm pretty sure The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous movies will come first.

@ArbitraryWater said:

The fact that these movies not only continue to exist but make absolutely retarded amounts of money baffles me, as I can only remember seeing the first and thinking it was merely ok.

That's my opinion too. I've seen bits and pieces of the others, but yeah, they're absolutely nothing special. And of course, Ray Romano brings negative likeability to the whole thing. The main characters are not "lovable" or "marketable" in the least! This is the single most baffling thing in the film industry nowadays. But at least it's merely boring; it's not outright wretched, like Alvin & the Chipmunks or something.

@ZombieBusinessJoe said:

Dreamworks: we run 'em straight into the ground.

This is from Fox and Blue Sky. Dreamworks makes quite good animated films - How to Train Your Dragon, Monsters VS Aliens, Kung Fu Panda....and also the wretched Shrek films, unfortunately.

Another one, really??

Meanwhile, no 2d handdrawn animated movie ever gets made anymore...

I had no idea they were even making more of these.

So...how long do you think until they travel to space?

@VinceNotVance said:

Let this be known. The last Ice Age film, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, is the highest grossing animated film overseas. Not of 2009. Not of the decade. It's the highest grossing animated film EVER. (Overseas total anyway, domestic + foreign, Toy Story 3 wins that battle.) Of course they were going to make another one, especially considering these films cost less to make than the average Pixar or DreamWorks title. This seems...fine. I enjoyed the Ice Age films, the first one was the only real great one, but they have their audience.


@MooseyMcMan No time traveling. They run into dinosaurs (which are extinct at the time) in the third film.

Okay. All I knew was that there were dinosaurs, so I figured time travel was the explanation that made the most sense.

Judging from the way my kiddo giggled hysterically at this trailer when it showed in front of The Lorax, I will be seeing this on opening week-end in 3D. I am part of the problem :-/

Ditto for Madagascar 3

I'll just wait to watch the one where humans just hunt and murder all of these motherfuckers.

@Shaanyboi said:

I'll just wait to watch the one where humans just hunt and murder all of these motherfuckers.

Yeah, it'd be cool if the kid they saved in the first movie grew up and killed Ray Ramano to feed his tribe.

I actually laughed a lot during that commercial...I'm ok with this. I haven't watched an Ice Age movie since the second one.

Also,

"Enemy Crab! Hit its weak point for massive damage!''

sorry I had to, its in my contract.

The movies are pretty popular here in Europe. I think the main reason is the voice acting, the german voices for example are really good, way better than the english voices.

I still like Blue Sky, thought the first Ice Age was pretty good (except for some annoying "oh yeah, this is a kid's movie" plot conceits), and the others were just, meh. Nothing physically painful like the Smurfs or what have you.

But this movie apparently has monkey pirates in it, people. MONKEY PIRATES. I thought the first one was interesting because it was anthropomorphic animals dealing with a real historical era. How did it come to this shit?

Oh well, guess I'll just watch this again instead and think of better times...