
, Film critics generally agreed that the scenes focusing on the character of Scrat were the most entertaining parts of the movie, with Smith and Philip French of The Guardian both expressing this view. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a1585278f5fd228 Ice Age: The Meltdown is the sequel to Ice Age, and the second film in the Ice Age franchise, released on March 31st, 2006. The vulture then explains his intent to eat those that die off in the flood before flying off, and with that a large chunk of ice breaks from the glacier forming the waterpark, nearly crushing some of the animals on the slides before landing in the meltwater lake. I wanted it to be so that if you looked into their eyes, you would know what they were thinking. Your IP: Sid continuously antagonized Manny about being the last mammoth alive, with his satirical songs (though he wasn't trying to depress Manny, but was merely being Sid). After the vultures morbid speech, the masses of animals comically head for the boat, leaving in pairs and familiesand Scrat follows the trio to the boat.

Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge reprise their roles from the first Ice Age film, with newcomers Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, and Queen Latifah joining the cast. Crash and Eddie escape through a small hole and warn Manny, who rushes back to save Ellie. Ice Age: The Meltdown Edit Edit source History Talk (0) Contents. However, Ellie distances herself from Manny when he suggests "saving their species". The film has grossed $660,940,780 worldwide and it is the 66th highest-grossing film of all time.

Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a15852c6a72ef3f 1.1 Credited Voice Cast 1.2 Unknown Voice Actors 2 See also Cast Credited Voice Cast Ray Romano as Manny (Voice) John Leguizamo as Sid (Voice) Denis Leary as Diego. " Another review aggregator, Metacritic, calculated a score of 58, placing it at the high end of the site's "mixed or average reviews" category. Just as the herds leave, a glacier (which contains two sea reptiles from the Mesozoic era, Cretaceous and Maelstrom) breaks off and eventually melts, releasing the aquatic villains into the melting world. As Manny goes with Diego to the top of the waterfall to save Sid, from his act of daredevilry, they discover that the pleasant weather caused the inner-layers ice of the valley's giant, bowl shaped glacier to melt.

The film set a record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in March, which lasted a year till it was surpassed by the $70,885,301 weekend of 300. However, the moment quickly ends, as flood waters rise higher still, and the group huddles together awaiting their impending doom. However, as the vulture further explained, the valley had exactly three days before the dam would break and reach the geyser fields until: "BOOM! The two lock trunks and embrace and the watching mammoths trumpet in commemoration of their new relationship, while Crash and Eddie weep happily together.

This was the second biggest opening for a non-summer, non-holiday release, after the $83,848,082 of The Passion of the Christ. Scrat is then washed away in the draining wave of water, and believed to be deceased. Manny initially lets Ellie go with the mammoth herd, but after some encouragement from his friends to move on from his past, he catches up to her, expressing his desire to stay with her. Powell composed brand new music for the film that replaced the theme songs from the previous film.
