Review of Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) by Adeleine-Fan — 22 Jul 2016

Oh god...this film shows how much this franchise has only gone downhill since the first movie. Well before I start my review I must say that I have watched every other Ice Age movie, the first one was good, the second was okay but forgettable, the third one was okay but more memorable than the second one maybe because of the dinos and the fourth one was terrible and extremely forgettable, I mean really I just can't remember anything from the fourth movie. Without wasting anymore time, lets start the review.

Lets start off with the story. While Scrat was doing its usual protect the acorn it ends up finding an UFO which he activates and after an accident creates a giant meteor that is going to fall on earth, and because of that, manny and his friends must go to a certain place in order to change the course from the meteor.

Well...the main theme of the whole franchise is its own name, the ice age, but this fifth installment just doesn't feel like a movie about an ice age anymore with all those space ships and bizarre "crystals that make you young" worlds, it feels more like a mess of a world with some snowy sceneries to try justifing the name of the film. The older movies used to follow the ice age theme pretty well, with the first and second movies as biggest examples, and they were also quite realistic with this theme as well, with the animals fighting to find a place to live after a flood, but collision course just doesn't do that to the point of being completly silly. Speaking on silliness.

If there is one thing that this movie went way overboard is the humor, while this is a very important element in a kids movie, I guess it filled the script with so much unnecessary humor to the point that it lacks drama. The older films used to add a bit of drama to the story in order to make it more balanced such as in the second one with Manny's wife back story for example, but in this movie I just can't find a single at least touching moment. As for the humor, while there are some good jokes here and there, a few of them aren't all that funny to be honest.

By the way, this film doesn't have a villain...wait, there actually is a villain, three of them actually, and they are a family of some dino birds who want the meteor to fall on earth in order to kill everyone and make them the only survivors, I know, it is a stupid idea (dinosaurs weren't really known for being smart). These are without a doubt the worst villains in the series, they only do one somewhat significant thing in the story and that is about it, the rest of the film they spent their time literally goofing around just to befriend the heroes at the end (by watching the film it becomes very obvious they are going to become good so it isn't that bad of a spoiler).

Another huge issue this movie has are the characters. There are many of them...too many. The characters in this film not only get little to no character development but are very forgettable and some of them felt just unnecessary to the plot (looking at you Sid's Grandma, I mean really, there was any reason to include her in hte story despite to bring even more humor to the story). This movie lacks focus, I didn't felt interested on any of these characters and even some of my favorites such as Diego and Sid did almost nothing in the story.

Well I guess it is time to say some good parts about this mess of a movie. I am not really good at rating animation but I guess it felt good with some smooth movements and with the characters being very expressive, and the characters designs are also pretty good and there truly are some funny moments on this movie.

This pathetic excuse for a sequel shows it is time to finally put a nail in the coffin of this once good franchise. It might provide some fun for children, as for adults not so much, but just like the fourth movie, this one in bound to be forgotten. This franchise shall die to a meteor now.