Ice Age: Collision Course

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 Ice Age 5 had a lot going for it. The animation is really good. It’s fast-paced and colorful. A lot of the talent involved actually comes to play. This includes John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Adam Devine, Denis Leary, Nick Offerman, Josh Peck, Seann William Scott, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Lopez, and Simon Pegg. The story just doesn’t work, and a lot of the jokes feel forced. There were points where I got laughs out of John Leguizamo (who made me annoyed half of the time), Denis Leary, and Simon Pegg. The rest of the characters are either bland or just obnoxious. The worst, by far, is Manny (voiced by Ray Romano, who actually puts effort into his work). I remember actually liking Manny in the first couple movies. But, here, he’s unlikable and mean-spirited. Something I notice more and more as the movies go on is that Scrat and his acorn shenanigans have little to do with the rest of the movie, even if it does offer the occasional laugh here and there. Collision Course is the movie in the franchise that tells me Ice Age has officially jumped the shark. Scrat, still in search of his acorn, somehow ends up in space, and uses a spaceship. From here, he creates the planets, pulls the moon into Earth’s orbit, and actually sends the meteors towards Earth, thus setting into motion the titular collision course. The saddest thing is that while the movie does get more tolerable later on, those first 15 minutes had settled in, making me so mad that enjoying the rest of the movie just got really difficult. Despite good animation, a few likable characters, and the occasional good, funny writing, I can’t say that I thought that this movie was good. However, I do kind of recommend it because, even for this series, Ice Age 5 is just plain weird.      

4 / 10