Blue Sky Studio, which produced "Ice Age", can be called the third child at most in the United States. In terms of production ability, influence and even preconceived ideas, it cannot be compared with Pixar, nor can it compete with DreamWorks, which is full of spoof spirit and abundant creative ability. The works department was very popular, but the hat of the third runner-up in the ten thousand years is really impossible to take off. Although in terms of quality, the two works except "Ice Age", "Robot Adventures" and "Horton Hears the Voice", also performed well, but they can only increase the gold content of their own brands and cannot obtain greater results.
In all fairness, the success of "Ice Age" cannot be said to be completely without accidental elements. The use of the Ice Age as the background of the story itself is a kind of behavior to please the audience. After all, this period is absolutely first-class for the audience, and the novel scenes make the audience happy. As if being in that icy and snowy period, the investment in natural movie viewing has increased. Next, we will mention the settings of several animal characters. The three protagonists have their own characteristics. This is a typical character achievement work, which is also the direct factor that determines the work to become a series of works. It is also for this reason that the sequel work was successfully launched. And Madagascar. Therefore, the story after the launch of the second episode revolves entirely around the three protagonists, without the warmth of the previous three dads and a baby, and without the feeling of the psychological transformation of the saber-toothed tiger Diego. All-round display, so in terms of storytelling, the second episode is obviously inferior to the previous one.
In terms of animation production, in the era of the first episode, Pixar launched "Monster, Inc." the year before, and DreamWorks launched "Shrek". Although "Shrek" was a success at the box office, the production strength of animation is really not good. The opponents of Pixar, who were able to fully display the details of the hair at that time, as for the Blue Sky Studio, which lacked relevant production experience before, it is naturally incomparable, so from today's point of view, the 3D picture production in "Ice Age" At that time, it was only a second-class level, the characters still could not completely break away from the angularity of the polyhedron, and the sense of weight when moving was obviously lacking, but the overall style of the picture was fresh, and the bright color style added a lot of color to the whole, which is a certain degree. It makes up for the deficiencies in production capacity.
The film tells the story of the ice age, and animals are rushing to migrate to warmer places and store food. Manfred the mammoth, Sid the sloth, and Diego the saber-toothed tiger dropped out of the migrating animals to help a human baby get back to its parents. Three animals with different personalities feel that they must gather strength to help the baby. Along the way, the kind-hearted Manfred always thinks that Diego has a ghost, wants to eat the baby, and suspects each other. They have gone through countless hardships and obstacles together, and finally they can be honest with each other. When the saber-toothed tiger Diego's companions knew that there was a baby beside him, they were hungry and cold, and they wanted Diego to give the baby to them as food. After Fred rescued Diego, Diego finally realized the collective feeling, they said the baby was safely sent home.
The vitriolic mammoth Manny, the brutish giant sloth Sid, and the scheming sword tiger Diego and a human abandoned baby unfold. They brave boiling lava pits, hidden ice caves, freezing weather, and a secret, if not evil, conspiracy. Later, the friendship established between them can transcend life and death and is deeply touching.
But when it comes to popularity, it seems that the three protagonists are not as good as the squirrel classmate who starred in two episodes in a row and grabbed the first scene of the opening and the last scene of the two episodes in a row, but he didn't have a line yet. This guy chased his acorns. Two episodes of animation, the level of perseverance is superhuman. But there is a question: did the ice age have oak trees? There really isn't any research on this. Then there is the biggest gang in the two episodes of the movie. It also appeared on it. At the end of the first episode, after 20,000 years, the mammoth lived in more than 10,000 years before BC. In this period, 20,000 years Of course, we can not mention the period after that. It is very likely to be the future society, but our Mr. Squirrel and its acorns have always been frozen, so it is too far-fetched to appear again in the second episode. , Of course, the producer can also explain that it was frozen several times during the period and then thawed, etc., anyway, it is an entertainment movie, and it is useless to say more.
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