Review of Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) by Thequietgamer — 11 Dec 2016

The Ice Age series has finally jumped the shark. I mean, it's not like any of the sequels lived up to the first anyway, but this is the first one that feels like it's run slam out of ideas for laughs. The plot is the most absurd yet.

The biggest issue is that it's just not that funny. Rather than real jokes all we get is a bunch of dumb physical humor, silly antics that are more obnoxious than amusing, and butts. You know, because butts are funny. Why? Because they're butts. Or at least that's what Collision Course keeps trying to sell us on. I have a hard time believing that even the youngest among us will find this all that funny.

Like I said, the plot is absurd. And despite it's "end of the world" stakes it's noticeably boring as well. Long running subplot of Scrat's quest for the illusive acorn takes him to space. It's so dumb and over the top it's hard to imagine this all was somehow born out of the first movies more-grounded roots.

So at this point it should be very obvious that Collision Course isn't a good movie. Yet, even with all of it's faults this still isn't the worst Ice Age. That would still be The Meltdown with it's all too depressing plot and unlikable new characters. No, Collision Course just goes too over-the-top and stupid. It's very clear that the writers were just out of ideas but still wanted to cash in on the Ice Age name. Unfortunately for them this may be the what kills their cash cow. Because even the biggest Ice Age fan is likely to be disappointed with this latest outing, regardless of their age. As for the parents? Well, the prospects of taking their kids to see the next one has likely gotten a whole lot worse. 4.