Those familiar
with my writing, would know that I have the softest of spots for this genre of
cinema. It takes a lot to make a quality
animation movie. And the least obvious
aspect is probably the quality of animation.
I say that because in this day and age, with the amount of technology
that one has access to, anyone can come up with animation of reasonable
quality.
Showing posts with label Chris Wedge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Wedge. Show all posts
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Ice Age 4 Continental Drift
The biggest problem with blogger is the limitation of character tags. So when you have a movie like Ice Age 4 Continental Drift which has 36 people doing voice overs of as many characters, one can pick up only 10 to be called out in the tag list. It is just too unfair that this post will not be revealed in a search for the role Nicki Minaj or Rebel Wilson or Kunal Nayyar played in a movie that was an outright laugh riot from the time Scrat the Sabre Toothed Squirrel (Chris Wedge) comes into frame one searching for a place to hide is notorious acorn.
Our family – which has grown since the first edition of this phenomenal franchise – of Manny the Woolly Mammoth (Ray Romano), Ellie the Mammoth wife (Queen Latifah), Peaches the baby Mammoth (Keke Palmer) Sid the Ground Sloth (John Leguizamo – and I have always been in awe of this man’s talent in terms of voice overs) and Diego the Smilodon (Denis Leary) have settled down peacefully. However, their peace is about to be disturbed thanks to Scrat, who has managed to create the entire concept of the Continental Drift just by shoving his acorn in the wrong place.
A sudden movement of plates causes the land mass to move gradually and eat away into the home of our family who along with the other species start their trudge towards the land bridge – which is the only way to get across to safety. All of this only after a massive quake traps our heroes onto a berg of ice and cracks it away from the mainland. Over the din, Manny promises – as always – to come back to save his family. But to do that he has to fight the crew of Captain Gutt the Gigantopithecus (Peter Dinklage) – a high sea pirate who rules the unknown waters – and his right hand woman Shira the Smilodon (Jennifer Lopez).
Superb characterization and great voice over has been the highlight of all Ice Age editions to date. A franchise that has improved over the past decade like very few others can claim. Probably one of the few movies where the sequels are as good as the first part if not better. Continental Drift is not different. In fact the 3D quality is actually one of the better ones in recent times.
The competiton for Uncle Oscar in the category has thrown up 3 clear leaders. As of now, very difficult to choose between Ice Age, Madagascar and Brave. I strongly believe Brave is leading the charts as of now. We will know for sure in about 6 months. In the meantime it is a 7.5 on 10 for Ice Age. Watch it for certain.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2524815897/
Our family – which has grown since the first edition of this phenomenal franchise – of Manny the Woolly Mammoth (Ray Romano), Ellie the Mammoth wife (Queen Latifah), Peaches the baby Mammoth (Keke Palmer) Sid the Ground Sloth (John Leguizamo – and I have always been in awe of this man’s talent in terms of voice overs) and Diego the Smilodon (Denis Leary) have settled down peacefully. However, their peace is about to be disturbed thanks to Scrat, who has managed to create the entire concept of the Continental Drift just by shoving his acorn in the wrong place.
A sudden movement of plates causes the land mass to move gradually and eat away into the home of our family who along with the other species start their trudge towards the land bridge – which is the only way to get across to safety. All of this only after a massive quake traps our heroes onto a berg of ice and cracks it away from the mainland. Over the din, Manny promises – as always – to come back to save his family. But to do that he has to fight the crew of Captain Gutt the Gigantopithecus (Peter Dinklage) – a high sea pirate who rules the unknown waters – and his right hand woman Shira the Smilodon (Jennifer Lopez).
Superb characterization and great voice over has been the highlight of all Ice Age editions to date. A franchise that has improved over the past decade like very few others can claim. Probably one of the few movies where the sequels are as good as the first part if not better. Continental Drift is not different. In fact the 3D quality is actually one of the better ones in recent times.
The competiton for Uncle Oscar in the category has thrown up 3 clear leaders. As of now, very difficult to choose between Ice Age, Madagascar and Brave. I strongly believe Brave is leading the charts as of now. We will know for sure in about 6 months. In the meantime it is a 7.5 on 10 for Ice Age. Watch it for certain.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2524815897/
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