After one nearly bites Manny, the mammoth slings him off. That underwater beast, along with an equally threatening and hungry partner, attack our band of heroes both in and out of the water. Though the action takes place offscreen, a prehistoric turtle is eaten by a menacing sea creature. While his brother urges him to stay alive (“Whatever you do, don’t go into the light!”), he eventually gets up, which cues the background gospel music and responses of “Hallelujah! It’s a miracle! I can move, I can run!” A tribe of mini-sloths first bow to a rock formation, then to Sid, whom they call the “Fire King.” To appease the rock god, they attempt to sacrifice Sid in a volcano. He’s eventually pulled back to earth and life, leaving him exasperated.Īfter attempting a dangerous feat, Crash is seemingly knocked unconscious. He soon discovers the holy grail of acorns … only to meet further frustration as the ultimate prize is a finger’s length out of reach. With golden acorns floating among radiant clouds and beams of light, Scrat appears to have everything he’d ever want as he passes through gold, acorn-emblazoned gates. Scrat, the beloved squirrel/rat who’s forever pursuing his elusive acorn, has an experience with the afterlife in which he enters squirrel heaven. Likewise, the film also contains several strong positive messages beneath the surface about the importance of family, being content with yourself, loving others unconditionally and acting out of selflessness.
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While the movie obviously doesn’t spell it out, there are profound spiritual lessons wrapped in Ellie’s coming to grips with who she really is and the innate strength she holds. She initially thinks Manny’s foolish for standing up in the face of danger, but eventually recognizes that bravery is the greater virtue. As a result, she’s content with “playing dead” or running away whenever a tense situation arises. “We’ll always be here for you,” Sid adds.Įllie’s misperception of herself causes her to neglect the strong suits of being a mammoth-foremost, that she’s one of the strongest and most powerful animals around. We’d be nothing without him.” The tiger shows the same soft spot when advising Manny to leave them and go after a future with Ellie. He’s the gooey stuff that holds us together. “I want us to be together because we want to.” Diego publicly affirms Sid, telling others that “his herd needs him. “I don’t want us to be together because we have to,” he tells her. Manny compliments Ellie by telling her she’s attractive and eventually supports her decision to pursue her own happiness, even if it means parting ways. Along the way, the sloth compliments Manny for being brave. Sid resuscitates a comrade using mouth-to-mouth.ĭespite their disagreements, Manny is determined to make the group (including Ellie and the possums) “one happy family.” He encourages Ellie to face her fears, and Sid does the same thing with Diego. Ellie, meanwhile, frequently puts others first, even when her life is on the line, and she consistently shows familial kindness to her possum “brothers,” the mischievous Crash and Eddie. Likewise, Manny is determined to save Ellie and he puts aside thoughts of his own safety in the face of an oncoming flood. Diego puts aside his fears and risks his life to save others. During the episode, Manny and Ellie apologize for overreacting to a previous conversation. It takes a concerted team effort to save everyone when the group winds up stuck on a barely balanced boulder that’s about to fall thousands of feet to the ground. In Meltdown, life-or-death situations bring out the best in each of the main characters. And wouldn’t you know it, she’s just as stubborn as Manny. Having been raised by possums, Ellie thinks she’s one of them. But while on the adventure, he runs into another wooly mammoth-a girl wooly mammoth-named Ellie. Meanwhile, Manny’s still a little depressed about losing his family to hunters and feeling like the last of his kind. The group embarks on a three-day journey to the other side of the basin where there’s said to be a “ship” (a massive tree bark) that can keep them alive. At any time the valley-and all its inhabitants-could instantly become submerged. Things change quickly, though, when unlikely friends Manny (the woolly mammoth), Sid (the sloth) and Diego (the saber-toothed tiger) discover that a massive glacial dam is about to break. Much to their delight, the ice age is nearing its conclusion, ushering in warmer climates and lush surroundings. But for the prehistoric animals left over from the first Ice Age movie, it’s at least the long-awaited end of a really cold era.
It’s the end of the world as we know it … OK, maybe not exactly.