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The striking point of this third part of the ICE AGE series: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS has been the glorious 3D effects all through the movie, which, at times sweeps you into a real ice age, captivating and enthralling, but dampens your spirits at others. Contrary to the way the title suggests a new Dawn for the promised 3D effects, the movie opens with a bang and impresses in the middle, but barely holds on to your attention quite a few times. A couple of scenes are too flat to the point of being unacceptable. For example, how can one sit back and enjoy sunshine under a covering of ice, underground? Who will bring along a pregnant spouse for a risky adventure? And to talk of the story, though it has managed to latch on to your surprise, seeing the movie had been in docks since December 2008, it seems woefully stage-managed in places where the movie would surely have been better off without them.

But the movie has successfully managed to satisfy the target audience and my little brother and his friends could hardly get enough of the movie. The movie has been targeting children and 3D buffs, and needless to say, they do get their money’s worth. The 3D sequences has been simply mind boggling in few places, especially the fighting scenes and the jungle scenes when the gang go in pursuit of Sid who manages to steal dinosaur eggs from mommy, the T-Rex.

Ellie (Queen Latifah) and Manny (Ray Romano), the mammoth family is back along with their friend Diego (Denis Leary) the tiger. Ellie and Manny are expecting their child, the beast. Diego, the furious, is a touch weary of his laidback role in the gang and feels that his inner nature is dying. Sid (John Leguizamo), the central character develops a feeling of jealousy towards the mammoth couple and yearns for children of his own too. He cannot bear the enthusiasm of the mammoths and his feelings shown in the movie nicely blend with the overall storylines. A super twist has been introduced into this series, with the always amusing Scrat smitten with Scratte. Though in this movie, the chemistry between them is really hilarious. Sid, unmindful of Manny’s warnings, adopts the eggs and is carried off to the dinosaur hound by mommy. The gang, along with crash, set out to rescue Sid and meets buck, the fiery one eyed-weasel whose job is to hunt Ruby, his nemesis. How the gang and buck rescue Sid forms the rest of the story. Though it could have been better, it could arguably have been a lot worse.

Tags: Entertainment, Ice Age 3: The Dawn of The Dinosaurs, Movie

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