Keep self-promotion limited, tasteful, and well received by the community. If I could rename the sub, I would change it to something like /r/ImprovingStories or /r/HindsightRewrites for clarity.Īlso, keep in mind that this is always subjective, so any improvement will always be seen as the opposite by at least someone out there. Please put as much info into the title as possible!Īlso, please note: although this sub is called "fixing movies" (implying that we're turning an unwatchable movie into a perfect movie), we're technically more interested in improving them (turning any kind of movie into a better movie). Welcome to "Fixing Movies"! Were you disappointed by a movie, tv show, book, video game, or comic? How would you change it? Rewrite it here! Footage edits and screenshot edits are welcome too! If you’re under the age of 10 you will likely enjoy “Ice Age: The Meltdown.” But, the tale is so slight it seems better suited for video rental anyway."Art is never finished, only abandoned. Queen Latifah gives bland voice to Ellie and the original stars only repeat their roles without expansion. None of the vocal performances stand out. One disappointing aspect of the follow-up is that Diego has lost his edge and has become little more than a big pussycat – though he does overcome his fear of water in a feat of bravery late in the story. “Ice Age” The Meltdown” has the feel of a true sequel – the characters developed the first time around just do more of the same. (Scrat’s string of amusing mishaps is actually the most entertaining part of “Ice Age: The Meltdown.”) The cartoon quality CGI keeps the artificial, fake fur aspects of “Ice Age” and there is little discernable technical advancement in the sequel. Of course, Scrat the squirrel is back with a vengeance as he pursues his ever-elusive acorn but with lots more screen time than in the first film. Then, there is the tribe of miniature sloths that make Sid their king only to attempt to sacrifice him to save their clan. These mean guys stalk the stalwart party as they try to get to safety. There are a pair of prehistoric aquatic monsters that are freed from the ice by the warming trend. This story of this little troupe’s trek to safety is interspersed with a series of little interludes involving the other creatures. She carries the extra baggage of her two possum “brothers,” Crash (Seann William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck), and refuses to consider that she is different from them, much to Manny’s chagrin. Things change when they meet Ellie (voice of Queen Latifah), a lady wooly mammoth who happens to think she’s a possum. This belief is reinforced by those around him, especially Sid, who are also convinced he is the last mammoth standing. Manny, who believes that he is the only surviving mammoth on earth, is afraid that he is the end of the line for his species. ![]() The loosely constructed story has the trio, and all of the other critters, heading to the end of the valley to climb aboard a “boat” to be saved from the coming peril. ![]() ![]() ![]() Director Carlos Saldanha takes sole helming control (he co-directed the first film with Chris Wedge), with the first time feature script by John Vitti, and creates an animation that will appeal only to the kids. I never really took to the first film in this franchise, “Ice Age,” although I appreciated its homage to John Ford’s “Three Godfathers.” But, it is a magnitude better than its sequel.
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