Her delusion is encouraged by the possums Crash and Eddie ( Seann William Scott and Josh Peck), who find having a mammoth as a sidekick is a great comfort. Together, Manny and Ellie can save the mammoth race, if only Ellie can be convinced she is not a possum.

And then, to the immeasurable delight of Manny, they encounter Ellie the female mammoth ( Queen Latifah). After Scrat (squeaks by Chris Wedge) we meet Manny the mammoth (voice by Ray Romano), who fears he is the last of his kind Diego the tiger ( Denis Leary) Sid the sloth ( John Leguizamo) Fast Tony the turtle ( Jay Leno) Lone Gunslinger the vulture ( Will Arnett). The characters, as you will recall from the earlier film, have found a way to live together and not compete as species, although that leaves me a little vague about what the meat-eaters do at mealtimes. There is said to be a hollow log at the end of the valley, in which they can float to safety. Giant chucks of icebergs and the polar ice cap fall off into the sea, the water levels rise, a temperate climate begins to emerge, and the animal family of the earlier film begins a long trek to save itself from drowning. If kids have been indifferent to global warming up until now, this 'Ice Age' sequel will change that forever. Don't you hate it when that happens? Then a jet of water springs from the ice face, and another, and another. He's engaged as usual in a perilous chase after an acorn, which is all the more desirable because where is the oak from which it fell? The squirrel climbs a vertical ice wall with his claws, almost falls, is saved when his tongue freezes to the ice, and then has to pull himself up by its own tongue, paw over paw. But if I am going to require logical continuity in an animated comedy, I might as well admit that Daffy Duck is not real, and that I refuse to do.Īs 'Ice Age: The Meltdown' opens, it is Scrat who observes the first danger signal of global change.

Remarkable, that they're still around although tens of thousands of years must have passed since the previous film. Most of the other characters are back in 'Ice Age: The Meltdown,' but their story is more of a slog than a sprint. Only Scrat, the ferocious little sabre-toothed squirrel, retains his magic from the original ' Ice Age' (2002).

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