TK reviews 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'

TK reviews 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'

You're never too old to go see a kid's movie, at least that's my thinking anyways. After loving, yes loving the first two films in the Ice Age franchise, I figured there was no way I was missing out on the third film entitled: Ice Age 3 aka Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

The original ensemble including Ray Romano as Manny, Denis Leary as Diego and of course John Leguizamo as everyone's favorite sloth Sid were all back for thirds in this film. Queen Latifah was also back as Ellie, and the two possums were back as well, so the gang is all here. But all things considered Ice Age 3 is a pretty solid movie but not as good as the first two were.

In the film our strange herd are all facing separate and difficult life changes. Manny and Ellie are expecting a baby while Diego feels he is losing touch with his inner self and feels like it is time for him to move on and to fulfill his own life's calling. Sid, well he is Sid and is annoying anything that comes in his path and wants to become a father very badly.

Sid being as bright as he is, just kidding of course, accidentally falls through a patch of ice and discovers three mysterious eggs buried deep beneath the snow and ice. Well being the guy that Sid is he takes the three eggs back with him and ultimately decides that he is now the eggs mother and will look after them. Well Manny and Ellie warn Sid that this is a bad idea and that he should return the eggs back immediately because they know someone is going to be out looking for their missing eggs.

Well Sid of course doesn't return the eggs and then a few days later they hatch and sure enough, yep, they are three baby dinosaurs. Sid of course falls in love with them and them with him but things go crazy when the mama dinosaur comes looking and she isn't happy. She finds them and Sid and carries them all back to their world and it is up to Manny and Ellie to save Sid from a certain death that awaits him.

The story of their journey is very challenging to everyone because Manny is worried about his new baby and Ellie around every turn and must protect them because they just went from being the biggest things on Earth to the smallest creatures in the world of the dinosaurs. They are guided by Buck who is a creature of great mystery and adventure and leads them on a journey that takes them deep into a new mysterious world.

The humor in the film is plenty and still is for kids and adults of all ages. Sid and Buck provide most of the film's humor but it is the story of compassion that I really seemed to enjoy the most because Manny has gone through so much in these films and to see him become a father is something quite special to watch. Together they all must fight off dinosaurs of all sizes to rescue Sid and with Diego returning to help out the herd is at full strength.

The movie does a good job at telling this story and wraps up the three films pretty well and while it doesn't set up a potential fourth film in the series, you wouldn't mind seeing one now that we have some new characters to possibly explore further with either.

Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs gets a 3.5/5

TK