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I don't know about you guys, but we are the weirdest herd I've ever seen.
Amen to that. But thank God that this herd is also the funniest herd in existence. You may not go for cartoons which involve talking mammals, and if you ever have the folly to decide to skip this film, then it's your loss. :p
The film starts with a prehistoric rat named Scrat (I reckon he's a cross between a squirrel and a rat) running after an acorn. His efforts result in a huge crack on the side of the mountain, and he his catapulted through the air and in the path of migrating mammals. Although most of the animals are headed south, one woolly mammoth by the name of Manfred (voiced by Romano) is headed in the opposite direction. Another mammal, a sloth named Sid (voiced by Leguizamo), suddenly wakes up to find that his entire family has left him... for the umpteenth time. After messing up the salad of two rhinos, Sid frantically bumps into Manfred and asks for help. Manfred refuses at first, but when the rhinos confront him, he has no choice but to defend himself. Sid and Manfred end up bickering the entire way (Sid hangs with Manfred - who we now know as Manny - mainly to serve as his protection from bigger, tougher predators). In another part of the area, a human and his family are savagely attacked by a group of sabertooth tigers led by the vengeful Soto (voiced by Visnjic). One of the tigers, Diego (voiced by Leary) is assigned to retrieve the baby of the human who killed half of their pack. When Diego is unable to get the baby (the mother jumps off a cliff in order to save her son), Soto orders Diego to get the baby no matter what the cost - unless he wants to be the one killed in place of the child. Diego immediately sets off to find the baby, but Manny and Sid find the kid first. After failing to convince the two that the baby belongs to him, Diego agrees to lead Manny and Sid to the other side of the pass, towards the human settlement. What the two don't know, however, is that Diego has sent word that he is bringing the baby along with a mammoth, and his pack prepares for the ambush. Along the way, the unlikely herd encounters wacky dodos, Scrat, explores an ice cave, and eventually form a close bond which ends in Diego defying his pack and saving Manny, Sid, and the baby.
Love this film. It's basically one of the most heart-warming animal-based films I've seen, and the funniest as well. Who would imagine a mammoth, sabertooth tiger, and a sloth teaming up together and forming one of the closest friendships in animal movie history? If you're into happy endings and laughs along the way, this film is definitely for you.
