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Rated Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 4/10

This 3rd entry in the Ice Age franchise is mediocre. Better than the second film easily, but still mediocre. It's pretty a pretty by-the-numbers sequel. Take everything from the previous films that everyone loved and just keep doing those things and don't try anything new. That said, newcomer to the series, Buck is great and easily the best addition to the series yet (yes, better than Ellie, Crash & Eddie). He is a fascinating and fun character and I am glad they're making a movie all about him. He would be fun to see much more of and focus on and learn more about. The Scrat scenes aren't interesting at all and I would say actually boring. The story itself is even more unbelievable than the two previous stories, though for the worst. Is Sid an idiot? Yes. But he always had a heart and did whatever he could to survive. In this movie he makes decisions baffling even for his character. So, he's staring down a dinosaur mother and doesn't hand back the babies? That's dumb for even Sid. That and they start up this story of Diego feeling as if he's losing his edge and really don't do much with it, which was disappointing. Anyway, it was mediocre in the end. Fun for kids, maybe mildly amusing for adults, especially the adult jokes (e.g., "It's a boy! Congratulations!" "Sid, that's a tail.").

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Published 2021-06-17 00:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere