![]() ![]() There are also three short films that are on the DVDs: Gone Nutty and No Time for Nuts, both short adventures starring Scrat, and Surviving Sid, obviously centered around Sid. The main trio consists of an emotionally distant yet caring mammoth named Manny, a clueless sloth named Sid and a sabertooth tiger with a sweet spot named Diego, all the while a squirrel named Scrat just wants to eat an acorn. The films follow the adventures of an unusual herd trying their best to survive an era of history that always seems to bring catastrophic events. Beginning with the release of Ice Age in 2002, it is the series the now-defunct Blue Sky is best known for. Why subject your kids to unimaginative, uninspired dreck? Just let them watch Encanto again.Ice Age is a computer-animated movie series made by 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios. ![]() So many quality family films exist, including the classics that are also streaming on the service. This whole thing reeks of having been slapped together to capitalize on the Ice Age name. Making a good movie clearly was not a big concern. ![]() It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that Disney only cared about extending the series because another sequel could drive fans to subscribe to Disney+. I loathe the cynicism that brought The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild into existence. Visually, this sequel is a huge step down for the franchise. ![]() Characters move in a jerky fashion, especially when they speak, and there isn't a lot of detail in the settings. Likely because it was tossed off for a streaming service, the animation is cheap and far less sophisticated than the animation in the previous theatrically-released Ice Age installments. Speaking of animation, Buck Wild looks terrible. The script is so lazy that it almost feels like it was written by a computer that had analyzed the worst animated features of the past twenty years. One of the siblings gets his rear end stuck to a stump, thanks to tree bark. There are gags about urination, characters getting crotch injuries, and flatulence. Instead, we're treated to a series of dull chase scenes and dumb, obvious jokes. Running a scant 76 minutes minus end credits, the movie takes no time to explain Orson's motivation in any kind of significant detail. None of that matters, because The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild doesn't bother to tell a story. ![]()
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