Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown [2006] [DVD]

Dvd came fast in great condition and played well

A great UMD which will keep my 10 year old son occupied on an 8 hour flight (that has rubbish-y in-flight entertainment) so an absolute life saver for me.The film itself is a modern classic that is a hit with children of all ages (it makes my fiance giggle), a little bit of "threat/danger" but nothing too intense I would say. The animation is amazing, and the underlying theme of love, friendship, courage and persistance are enough to melt any heart!

Great dvd

The clues in the title - it's about the ice shelves melting and therefore addresses a current concern over our environment without being too preachy about it and having some fun and japes along the way. Scrat as ever is excellent and by far the best twitchy hyper CG animal in any of this type of film. All the 'acting' is great i.e. the voice talent and also the way this is fed back into the animation of the faces and mannerisms. There has also been a vast improvement over the rendering of the characters and environments over the original - as you would expect technology has moved on and things like fur and water look a lot better in this film - although I have to say Happy Feet still gets the medal for best graphics. If you liked Happy Feet you will like this, but I recommend you watch the original one first as you need to have a knowledge of the mammoth's 'back story' prior to this or you may not get into the whole wanting a family thing that he has going on in his big hairy head.

Wonderful for the young and young at heart, and like the first film, also contains some quite deep messages about family and our changing planet.On a personal level though, as a prospective adoptive parent, I can see the 'Mammoth taken in by Possums' aspect to this film providing a simple but very sweet way to explain to a new family member how they came to be here. And once again, the odd but loving little herd of central characters demonstrate how the families we make can be just as special as the families we're born to.And on a less heavy level, the whole film is great fun!

My son was chuffed to be able to still buy this new. Happy boy. Good service.

Product was exactly as described and once again under the Amazon banner was cost effective, did everything it claimed and was delivered in advance of expectations.Once this has worn out or been used I will return to this buyer for a replacement.Thank you

Its Amazing how the creators think up the funniest things that link in with what really happened many thousands of years ago for real, and as I have all 4 now its so good to see the external characters still there like the nut and Squirrel .............