Ice Age: The Meltdown Page #4

Synopsis: Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat are still together and enjoying the perks of their now melting world. Manny may be ready to start a family, but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time; Manny thinks he may be the last one. That is, until he miraculously finds Ellie, the only female mammoth left in the world. Their only problems: They can't stand each other--and Ellie somehow thinks she's a possum! Ellie comes with some excess baggage in the form of her two possum "brothers"-- Crash and Eddie, a couple of daredevil pranksters and cocky, loud-mouthed troublemakers. Manny, Sid and Diego quickly learn that the warming climate has one major drawback: A huge glacial dam holding off oceans of water is about to break, threatening the entire valley. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. So our three heroes, along with Ellie, Crash and Eddie, form the most u
Director(s): Carlos Saldanha
Production: 20th Century Fox
  7 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
2006
91 min
$195,300,000
Website
6,507 Views


Hey, don't mind me,

just hanging off the cliff here!

Remember the good old days?

Which good old days?

Oh, you know. Yesterday, last week,

Back when the trees when up and down,

and the ground stayed under our feet!

Yup! Those were the good days!

Possums were possums and,

mammoths were mammoths, !

We should get some sleep,

Yeah, tomorrow is the day

the vulture said we're all gonna die!

No, no, no. I dont want any,

No, no, no, no,

Wait a minute!

Can I help you?

Hmmm! Now, thats what I call respect!

Nice!

Somebody here likes Sid, !

Who is the decorator, ?

I mean, this is fabulous, !

- Fire king,

- Huh?

Fire king?, hmm!

Well. You know, it's about time,

someone recognised my true potential!

Let there be fire!!

If only the guys could see me now!

This is either really good

or, really bad, !

Oh! No, no, no! Me fire king,

Why kill fire king? A thousand years,

bad juju for killing fire king!!

Superheated rock from the Earth's core,

is surging to the crust, melting ice,

built up over thousands of years!

You're a very advanced race. Together,

we can look for a solution!

We have one!. Sacrifice the fire king!

Well, thats not very advanced,

Worth a shot, !

Bad juju!!

Water? Water!!

Crash,

I told you not to drink before bed!

I didn't do this, !

At least not all of it!

- Whats happening?

- We overslept,

We need to move

What if we're last creatures left alive?

- We'll have to repopulate the earth!

- How, ?

Everyones either a dude or a sister!

Hi

Hi, hey Manny,

Wow, what a night!

You'll never guess what happened to me, !

I'm going to go out on a limb

here and say you were sleepwalking

Oh, no, no, no. I was,

kidnapped by a tribe of mini-sloths,

That was going to be my second guess!

and they worship me,

I mean sure,

they tossed me into a flaming tar pit,

but they worship me!!

Sid, you were dreaming! Come on,

The water's

rising faster than we're moving!

I'm telling you! I was kidnapped,

I was worshipped and they,

Guys?! Oh, fine!

Can we slow down a little, ?

I'm dying here,

It was just a figure of speech!!

They just sit there,

watching us!

I wish l knew what they were thinking,

Food, glorious food,

we're anxious to try it,

Three banquets a day,

our favourite diet!

Just picture a mammoth steak,

- fried, roasted, or stewed,

- Oh,

food, wonderful food,

marvellous food,

glorious, fooood!!

Food, glorious food,

poached possums or flamb!

Broth made from a sloth,

or savoured to souffl!

Why should we debate it? True,

you've nothing, but food!

Oh, foood,

magical food, wonderful food,

marvellous foood!

Food, glorious food,

Flesh, picked off the dead ones!

We're famished for food,

soon, we'll be the fed ones!

Just thinking of putrid meat,

puts us in the mood!

Oh, food, glorious food,

marvellous food, wonderful food,

beautiful food,

magical food,

glorious, ,

Foood!!

There,

now you know what they were thinking!

- Food, glorious food,

- Sid!!

What?! It's catchy!

- We made it!

- Yeah, we showed those scary vultures!

Oh, it's just a little hot water and steam!

How bad could it be?

I just did something involuntary,

and missed!

Ok, come on!

Manny! Get back!!

It's a mine field out there!

There's only one way to go,

- Straight through!

- Straight through?

We'd like to

keep the fur on our bodies, thank you!

We'll head back, then we'll go around,

Thats safer!

No, no! There's no time,

the dam will burst before we make it,

- We'll drown!

- If we go through this,

we get blown to bits!

- We go forward!

- We go back!

- Forward!!

- Back!!

- Forward!!!

- Back!!!

- Can I say something?

- No!!

You are so stubborn and hard headed,

Well, I guess that proves it,

I am a mammoth!

Come on!

Fine!

I don't know! Drowning sounds like a,

much gentler way to go,

Blown to bits sounds so,

sudden!

Ah! He's gonna get himself killed!

Manny, wait!

Manny?!,

", Kids, look, "

", the mad mammoth, "

", ends up going extinct, "

", You can't be two things, "

", She thinks your a jerk, "

", and to go away, "

", Where's your big happy family?, "

", What's wrong with you, ?"

Hey, come on! We got to go. now!!

That way!

Do not leave your children unattended,

all unattended children will be eaten,

- Have you seen a Mammoth?

- No, sorry.

- Have you seen a Mammoth?

- No. No, I havent!

Possum, about 11 foot tall?

Hey, buddy, have you seen a mammoth?

- I sure have, big as life!

- Where?

I'm looking at him!

Not me!!

Poor guy! Doesnt know he's a mammoth!

I don't see her anywhere!

Maybe she is already on board!

All right, keep quiet!

Come on, get moving!

There it is!!

Ellie, !

Come on, come on! Run!

Push!!

You guys got to go,

We're not leaving you!!

- Im not asking!

- Ellie! No!

Ellie, don't worry! We're going for help

Stay here!

Help us! Somebody help!

Manny!

Manny, !

Manny,

It's Ellie! She's trapped in a cave!

Ellie!!

Manny?!

Help!

I'll save you, !

Great! Who's gonna save him?

You really need to brush!

Okay, okay, okay! Jump in,

Now!

Come on, break it, Come on!

You can do this,

you can do this, you can do this!

Help!

Trust your instincts! Attack the water,

I am not your prey, I am not your prey,

I am not your prey!!!

Hector, stalking the prey,

Come on, kick! Even babies can do it, !

Come on, claw, kick,

claw, kick,

Hey! I'm stalking the prey!

Eddie!

You did it buddy,

You kicked waters butt!

Nothing to it! Most

animals can swim as babies you know!

Yeah, but not tigers,

I left that part out!

There he is, !

Ellie, hold on to me!

Manny! They're behind you!

There they are! Yeah!

We thought we'd never see you again!

We're gonna live!

We're gonna die!

Manny, !

Well, Im not leaving!

Grandpa,

let go of the boat! The flood is over!

This is my boat now!

Hey Stu, we made it! We're gonna live!

Well, I am anyway,

- I'm gonna get you, !

- Oh, no you won't,

I don't know,

Im thinkin about startin a swim school!

"Sid's squids"!

All hail, fire king!

Uh, Hi?

Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!

Fire king avert flood,

Join us, oh great and noble flaming one!

Hmmm,

Whoa! No, not so fast there, okay?

You, you make a quality offer,

but fire king has a,

prior commitment, !

His herd needs him!

He is the gooey, sticky, stuff that,

holds us together!

He made this herd and,

we'd be nothing without him!

You mean it?!

That doesn't mean, want to touch,

Don't ask!

Whoa!

We're not the last ones anymore!

You're not coming?

You wanna go with them?

I am a mammoth,

I should probably be with a mammoth,

don't you think?

Yeah, unless,

Unless,

Unless. I, ah,

I just wanna say,

I need to tell you,

I hope

you find everything you're looking for!

You too,

Manny, ?

You've come a long way since we met,

and Ill take full credit for that,

But you need to let go of the past,

so you could have a future!

Go after her!

Its okay,

We'll always be here for you,

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