![]() ![]() The original Ice Age movie is still the franchise's best. The film does take a while to get going and doesn't really know what to do with Diego (an issue that repeats itself throughout the sequels), but overall, Ice Age: The Meltdown is a fun family movie and a worthy follow-up to the first film. Composer John Powell joins the series (his first of three Ice Age scores) and gives the movie a warm and exciting soundtrack. ![]() The increased budget compared to the first movie provides the characters and the world with a digital makeover, and the animation is really engaging. Scrat continues to be the movies' most valuable asset though, with his Looney Tunes-style antics stealing the show. Having to escape from a valley before an ice dam bursts, the ticking clock element gives the film some urgency despite its bizarre movie logic (in particular, the internally melting ice). Manny is given a love interest in the form of Queen Latifah's Ellie, who brings along her adoptive opossum brothers Crash and Eddie. Ice Age: The Meltdown started the series tradition of adding new characters to the herd. ![]()
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