Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Directors:

Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier (co-director)

Writers:

Peter Ackerman (screenplay)
Michael Berg (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Plot:

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Rescue | Egg | Lost World | Ice Age

Cast

Eunice Cho	...	Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Glypto Boy (voice)
Maile Flanagan	...	Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Adult Molehog Male (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Gazelle (voice)
Kelly Keaton	...	Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)
Joey King	...	Beaver Girl (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Girl (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis	...	Start Mom (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Diatryma Mom (voice)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 3 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:All | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #45289) | Norway:7 | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Finland:K-7 | Denmark:7 | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Australia:PG | Mexico:AA | Japan:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Taiwan:GP | Turkey:G

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

After inhaling the poison gas in the Gorge of Death Eddie and Crash sings "Christmas, Christmas, time is here!", clearly imitating Alvin and The Chipmunks from the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007).

Goofs:

Continuity: in the scene when buck agrees to help them find sid.its clearly seen that be drops his knife to his left but when he starts explaining the rules the knife is missing from the background and is visible back when they starts to move ahead.

Quotes:

Buck: [after Manny and Diego get trapped in giant plant] Let's go Buckwild!

Movie Connections:

References Godzilla (1998)

Soundtrack:

Adagio from Spartacus

Cool as Ice...................again

OK big plus here - this film is better than the 2nd which i didn't particularly like and if you can go and see it in 3D (For the people who criticise this "gimmick" go and try it 1st rather than base your opinion on other "critics" opinions) do so as it is excellent and really beats the years earlier examples of 3D films (although i didn't see Coraline at the cinema so cant comment on a comparison).

The person who didn't laugh - go on ebay and find a sense of humor - the whole cinema was laughing through out the film and i really enjoyed the jokes - yes you saw most of them coming but hey its a kids cartoon.

The story is easy to follow and again those people moaning its not real jeez ITS A KIDS CARTOON - when do they need to make sense or be realistic..............???

Every kid i have spoken to loves it.

It does have one problem that it is pretty much instantly forgettable along with most the other sequels out at the moment but for the 1hr30mins it was all good fun and a nice way to spend a sat/Friday evening with the Mrs and kids.

Not gonna win any Oscars for originality but could take the gong for best CGI very very good job if you also consider the back drop and how well it works in 3D.

Ah and how can i forget Scrat - in typical Mr Bean style he returns and does not disappoint, come on guys give the mouse/rat thing his own movie!