Touches You

Just perfect...

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I can't believe Blue Sky produced both The Peanuts Movie- their best film, in my opinion and this- easily their worst within a period of nine months A list of some of its most blatant problems are below:The new characters. Julien was in absolutely none of the previous installments but now he's Peaches's (who, by the way, was a newborn calf just two movies ago) finace? And the romance between Sid and Brooke is incredibly forced with no chemistry between them. At least Shiego had some private moments together in the fourth movie for them to develop feelings! Here Brooke just asks Sid to be her "mate for life" (why didn't she just ask to marry him? We see at the end that animals do that in this universe?!) and after she gets young again (don't ask) it's happily ever after.The general level of anthropomorphism they give these animals, which results in a ton of extremely nonsensical pop cultural references. The words "profile picture" and "hashtag" are stated during what has to be tens of thousands of years in the price. Not exactly a PC reference but another example of a poor line of dialog comes near the end when Sid asks Brooke if she's 'tried the shrimp" at a HERBIVORE'S...WEDDING. Yeah. Like I said earlier, according to this movie, WILD animals apparently got legally wed during the PLEISTOCENE. Also, a plot point Of Diego and Shira, who are apex predators, not wanting kids to fear them, makes little sense.Anything to do with Scrat here. The sequences of him getting crushed while in the spaceship get pretty disturbing (at one point his flesh and fur fall off his skeleton, for example). But nothing can compare to the fact that he DESTROYS ALL LIFE ON MARS at the end of the movie. More than deserved to get smashed by those doors in the mid-credits scene.The fact that this movie still feels the need to throe in the dino-birds as the bad guys when there-s already an antagonist force via the incoming asteroid (or rather, via the squirrel who caused to to head for earth).So yeah, instead of this, put on just about any other film from this animation studio, be it the other Ice Age movies, the Rio movies, Ferdinand, anything. But this is still better than Leo the Lion, Foodfight!, Norm of The North, or The Emoji Movie.

Some animated movies cry out for sequels...'Finding Nemo', 'Toy Story', even 'Shrek' are but a few. But 'Ice Age', now with its FOURTH sequel, is definitely not one of them!The premise is moronic, even for a children's movie. Scrat, looking for someplace to bury his acorn, activates an abandoned alien ship that launches asteroids destined to collide with Earth. At the same time, Manny is worried about his daughter Peaches upcoming wedding, Sid is dumped by his girlfriend Francine, and Diego and Shira want to start a family - but are afraid their appearance might be too scary for kids. And there are several other ridiculous plots going on at the same that do nothing but confuse little viewers.Although I loved the original "Ice Age", and even the first sequel or two, this fifth submission was obviously made just to exploit a few more bucks out of movie go-ers pockets. Note to studio: NO NUMBER SIX!!!

You gotta know when to stop. This franchise has run a couple of movies too long. Now concentrating on this movie only, not the franchise, plainly put, it is a bad movie. If you are a die hard fan and want to pick positives and try desperately enough, you can do so. I am not that desperate and I take my movie watching pretty seriously and there is nothing good I can say about this movie. There is no point in going into the plot and dissecting it. Scrat used to be funny, but that seems to be a lifetime back. Sid used to be lovable, but I can't even remember the last time I felt so. There is no life in this cow, let alone milk.

From the first minute, it's clear that the writers are really desperate to bring out fresh ideas, but it just comes across as purely that; desperation. It borders on the ludicrous. My kid watched on silently, but I never heard her laugh once. Not good for a comedy. It's dull. It's ridiculous. It's way over the top, even for a animated kids film with talking mammoths. It's just plain stupid. This series has reached its end. I really hope it's over but I hear there's another in the works. While there's still a modicum of profit, the machine keeps churning. It's really sad, and an insult to the first few films, which were fun and fresh. Let it die. It's begging to be put down.