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NOW CLOSED: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Giveaway + Halloween Activities

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My kids love the Ice Age movies so when we were sent Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, they couldn’t wait to tear into it! With voices by Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, and Denis Leary, this is a movie parents will also enjoy. Here’s the official synopsis:

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens with the stitched-together prehistoric family about to become a biological one: Manny (voiced by Ray Romano) and his mate Ellie (Queen Latifah) are expecting a baby mammoth. Unfortunately, this makes Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) and Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) feel left out. Diego, who worries he’s losing his edge, decides to head out on his own, while Sid adopts three suspiciously large eggs that he’s found through a crack in the ice. Up to this point, the movie is perilously sappy–does anyone, particularly a kid, want to watch a kid’s movie about parenthood and impending middle age? Fortunately, the eggs turn out to be dinosaur eggs from a pre-mammalian underworld, and when the mama T-Rex comes to rescue her rambunctious little ones, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs transforms into a delightful comic adventure. The emotional side of the Ice Age movies has always been a tad mawkish, so it’s smart that Dawn of the Dinosaurs emphasizes physical comedy. Clearly, the animators have been inspired by a wild fusion of Road Runner cartoons and Buster Keaton. The character of Scratte, with his non-verbal, monomaniacal efforts to get that last acorn (doubled in this movie with the addition of a female counterpart), is only the most obvious reflection of this sensibility. The animators have great fun with the differences in scale between the mammals and the dinosaurs, and the introduction of a deranged Australian weasel named Buck (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead) pushes everything into Loony-Tune territory. Let Pixar tug at our heartstrings; Ice Age aims to tickle the funny bone and does a fine job of it. –Bret Fetzer

I have 3 copies of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs for (3) lucky Bargain Briana readers!

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Ends around 11/3 at 11:59 EST. (As long as you can still comment you can enter!) Winner, chosen by random.org, will be announced on the Giveaway Winners Page by 11/4/2009 and I will contact you shortly. (If winner doesn’t respond to my email within 48 hours, I will pick another winner.) U.S. addresses only.

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Comments

  9. My favorite character is definitely Sid the Sloth. My boys ages 14 and 4 both watch the Ice Age movies over and over :D

  22. Our family liked Sid and Scrat. We were going to go to the dollar movie to see this one, but I will be able to buy the DVD cheaper than going there with my whole family! YEAH!

  49. I would have to say that Sid is my favorite. He just cracks me up.
    My boys and I went and saw this movie at the theatre. I love the way movies are made now a days…with a lot of adult humor! This way we (the parents) can enjoy it too!

  50. Scrat
    My kids are too young for DVDs so I would like to have this for my mother-in-law who really likes the Ice Age movies!

  54. just saw this one the other day, pretty good movie. Syd definitely has to be my favorite character! :)

    I also stumbled this post, I discovered it so I don’t think anyone really stumbles anymore? lol :(

    Thanks for the great contest
    Matthew
    http://itsallfreeonline.com

  62. My favorite character, hands down, is Sid the Sloth. Almost every hilarious line in the first two movies is from him!

  63. I love the little squirrel! I think they could make a movie with just him chasing that acorn and my kids would love it!

  64. Oops! Meant to leave those in separate comments. The first one is my fav character above.

    Here’s my second entry: I subscribe to your feed!

  65. I love Sid the Sloth! He cracks me up!:-)

    I also subscribe to your feed and follow you on twitter (jsheets).

  83. I confess that though I have no kids…yet…I am an avid fan of Ice Age movies. Guess it comes from growing up in a big family-lots of animated features! Syd the Sloth is my favorite, although they’re all hysterical.

  87. We love Manny in our home, but I’m sure the baby dinos will be a big hit. Thanks for the chance to enter.

  89. Well, I have to say, they have only gotten better with each Ice Age. Normally, you would expect the third one to be not as good, but OH MY, was it ever. So much that we rented last night, my husband was in a BAD mood, McDonald’s forgot our daughters food and he had to go back…So when Scrat came on, the nut adventure is great, he heard the song….it was better mood here we come. From then on our kids and us could not stop laughing. We got to the green cavern and I can’t tell it’s real name all we can remember is …smelly butt crack! We lost it..We were gone from there. So I would have to say all the characters are our favorites, it took them all to make it soooooooooooo good!

  91. I have never seen Ice Age, but based on your synopsis, we like Dennis Leery and his character Diego sounds like it would be one of our favorites. Thanks for the review and giveaway!

  104. We love these movies and often quote them. I haven’t seen this one yet…my boys have!
    P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!

  105. We love these movies and often quote them. I haven’t seen this one yet…my boys have!

  120. My favorite is Sid. I love it in the first movie when he discovers he was left behind and laments, “WHYYY?” That ‘why’ is echoed in my home whenever something gets dropped, misplaced, forgotten…

  135. I haven’t seen this one yet and can’t wait! We loved the others! Our favorite character is Sid the Sloth…he’s hysterical!

    sweetdarlin25(at)yahoo(dot)com

  158. We love Sid and Scrat! My son just adores these movies. He has been begging for this new one! Thanks for the giveaway!

  159. I saw this with my oldest son and we loved it. I would have to say my new favorite character is Ellie. I love Queen Latifah though so I may be biased. I love them all. I am a follower of your sight.

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