As Good As It Gets

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Honestly, I was disappointed by Ice Age 4. It is such a shame, as I loved the first few films of this series when I was younger, but now I think it is suffering from franchise fatigue. The jokes aren't funny and the entire film just felt like an exhausted affair. I'm just glad that they still included Scrat. He is by far the best thing in the film. I just love the idea that he is responsible for Pangea breaking apart and for also the sinking of Scratlantis. Also I don't think that the villains were well-realised. I get that this is a kid's film, but the villains seemed like they were right out of a pantomime. They were two-dimensional and not very interesting.Read my full review for more: http://goo.gl/tkl2Nu

I believe ice age 4 could have done so much better, The pros for this movie in my opinion are, Diego finally gets a love interest: thank goodness i loved Shira! an excellent new character, The comedy: i love Sid's grandmother she is one of the reasons i keep coming back to this movie, The cons however are what really ruins this movie for me, The villains: man oh man was this a total letdown really pirates?! it doesn't exactly fit with the ice age, Unnecessary characters: the teens and Louis are just some examples of unnecessary additions, and finally character roles: characters like Ellie, crash, Eddie, peaches and even Shira needed bigger roles, in my opinion the herd should have met Shira a different way, so overall it was good at times but lacked a bit hopefully ice age 5 won't suffer like this

I am a huge fan of the first Ice Age movie. It made me cry. You might say that this was an unnecessary sequel but having said that it's just great fun for both the adults and the kids. This is the fourth frosty installment of the popular Dream Works series, and I do have to say that although this is so far, the weakest of the movies, the simplicity and the comedy are still great to watch. Yes OK I know that maybe some of the gags are running dry, and some critics have said Ice Age has had it's day, but it's still really top notch family entertainment and what more can you ask for? I really loved it and so did my kids. Who doesn't love a woolly mammoth? Plus there are decent morals thrown in to the plot. Very nice animation and constantly entertaining, I really hope they keep them coming! This was very funny and good like all the others.

I love this movie. It is great for families and I could not stop laughing. The initial storyline is well thought out and I liked the add in off peaches. The new added characters were great and some definitely captured my heart but one down side I think was in some areas to many are added. I would definitely recommend this and think the new idea was brilliant!The story line its self with the bases of the continental drift meant that it actually gave a bases of history and geography in a speed shot; could be good at explaining the history to children. I was planning to write a spoiler free review; however there was one area which I just had to mention so stop reading to avoid them. I thought the new love interest for Diego was done brilliantly! I loved the character and how she has the same stubborn and bad boy character as Diego in the first movie, and how she changes just like he does. I really like the flirtatiousness between the two characters although still small it was very cute. It was definitely a big plus in the story. Which added a interesting twist!!