Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) - 8/10

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown is every bit as funny as the first movie and delivers on it's own plot with the flood and melting of the environment with great new characters and an even better subplot of Sid becoming a God that makes me laugh every time. The commentary this time around was with almost 12 animators, producers, and directors who go into all the detail of how the technology has changed since the first film and the challenges of creating a realistic water environment that these characters could interact with. I thought the idea of elminating all the little details in the background during some scenes to help them focus on the hair and face details more helped them in such a rushed time frame. From the new scary seas monsters and vultures to the great meerkat sidekicks, this sequel really steps up the physical jokes and has a more frantic pace then the first one which was needed. The way the animators talk about the pre-viz process and the hard time they had doing the pirahna fighting scene was fun to listen to as it sounds like they really had a fun time doing this movie. I just hope the new one is even better.