Ice Age: The Meltdown, $70.5 million
This pains me, as I thought the first one was incredibly mediocre and terribly overrated.
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2006 9:46:51 am PDT #1249 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
JZ - Apr 03, 2006 10:10:14 am PDT #1250 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
This pains me, as I thought the first one was incredibly mediocre and terribly overrated.
I found the first one very meh, but just saw the second with Emmett yesterday and found it... well, really rather enjoyable. Way, way better than the first, and better than most non-Pixar computer animation films. I'm positive it will turn out to be infinitely better than the painfully unoriginal-looking Finding Nemo/Madagascar mashup that's coming next month, and the painfully unoriginal-looking wacky barnyard hijinks thing that'll be here sometime this summer.
The child-free may cheerfully scorn IA: The Meltdown, but when you're stuck with kid's movies or nothing, you gotta strain for whatever crumbs of comfort you can find.
Dana - Apr 03, 2006 10:36:22 am PDT #1251 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sean K - Apr 03, 2006 10:47:15 am PDT #1252 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Heh. Sharon Stone couldn't even beat Larry the large and hairy and unfunny Cable Guy.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2006 10:54:50 am PDT #1253 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the event of Snakes on a Plane...
Haaaaa. Awesome. "Flailing will not save you. It won't even help."
DawnK - Apr 03, 2006 11:43:54 am PDT #1254 of 10001
giraffe mode
really rather enjoyable
I will concur. I really did NOT like the first IA at all, but this one? It had a certain je ne sai quoi that was missing from the first. I'm thinking it was Queen Latifah or the fact that I haven't seen a movie that was rated higher than PG in almost a year.
but when you're stuck with kid's movies or nothing, you gotta strain for whatever crumbs of comfort you can find
nods
Dana - Apr 03, 2006 11:46:42 am PDT #1255 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Interesting that so many people disliked the first Ice Age. Husband and I laughed and laughed. We have a sneaking affection for the skrat, though.
JZ - Apr 03, 2006 11:51:11 am PDT #1256 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I didn't dislike it exactly, but it didn't much grab me. Also, I got irritated because it used two of the same pieces of music that Matilda did, and I started getting all misty and sentimental the minute they started playing, and then felt all manipulated and disgruntled. It wasn't awful overall, though, just meh.
This one I'll happily watch again.
It is perhaps a sign that our TV spends way too much time on Nickelodeon that when the end credits rolled I completely ignored all the bigger names and squeed, "Oooh, Emmett, look! Josh Peck!"
DawnK - Apr 03, 2006 11:58:02 am PDT #1257 of 10001
giraffe mode
"Oooh, Emmett, look! Josh Peck!"
Ahhh Drake and Josh, they have a season pass on the Tivo along with Spongebob and The Avatar.
See Skrat was the only reedeeming thing for me in the first Ice Age, but I'll admit I was meh on Madagascar too (although the penguins were first rate)
EtA: eh? Maybe I'm just too picky!
Dana - Apr 03, 2006 12:01:46 pm PDT #1258 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
No, Madagascar was more or less crap. Except for the pengiuns. And the lemur voiced by Ali G.