Ice Age 3 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs DVD Review
I’ve been spending more time with the family doing things together. Recently we had a mini family movie party and watched the movie Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs. I’d seen the first Ice Age and enjoyed it very much. I somehow missed the second Ice Age. I was at a small disadvantage when we watched Ice Age 3 because I didn’t know a couple of things but enjoyed the movie very much anyway. We all enjoyed 3 and thought it was funny.
Ice Age 3 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs opens with Scrat chasing an acorn, as did the first. Manny (Ray Romano) and his wife Ellie are expecting their first baby. They’re traveling with Diego (Denis Leary), who’s feeling old and not the greatest hunter, as well as Sid (John Leguizamo), who’s caring for three dinosaur eggs that they found. The dino eggs hatch and the group is joined by three mischievous dino babies. (The dino babies are really adorable.) The mama dinosaur comes looking for her young and takes them and Sid. The others follow in the hopes of finding and rescuing their friend. The group discovers a secret area inhabited by all sorts of dinosaurs. It’s here that they meet Buck (Simon Pegg) the one -eyed weasel searching for the dinosaur that cost him his eye. There’s lots of chasing through the jungle, on land, on water and in the air. Ellie gives birth in the middle of an attack. I don’t want to give away all of the details but I will tell you that Buck (and the rest of the group) does meet up with Rudy, the dinosaur that took his eye.
Ice Age 3 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. It was released by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on October 27, 2009 in several different formats - standard DVD, Scrat Pack Double DVD and Three Disc Combo Pack. Here’s a little information on the differences between the three.
The Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Three-Disc release includes the BD, DVD and Digital Copy and provides hours of extra fun for the entire family including an Ice Age digital story book maker, commentary by director Carlos Saldanha, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, two special Scrat shorts, a how-to-draw Scrat tutorial with the filmmakers and much more. The Three-Disc BD/DVD Combo Pack will be available for a suggested retail price of $39.99 U.S./$49.99 Canada. Additionally, the Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs standard DVD will be available for $29.98 U.S./$43.48 Canada.
Three-Disc Blu-Ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack Special Features: (Catalog #2262252)
Disc One:
• Blu-ray Disc Feature Film
• Ice Age Story Maker
• Filmmaker Commentary
• Evolution Expedition
• Buck…Easel to Weasel
• Falling for Scratte
• Unearthing the Lost World
• Two Unfinished Deleted Scenes
• Walk The Dinosaur Music Video
• Two Scrat Shorts
o Gone Nutty – Scrat’s Missing Adventure
o No Time For Nuts
• The Sabre-Toothed Squirrel: Natures Nutty Buddy
• Scrat: From Head To Toe – learn how to draw Scrat tutorial
• Scrat: “Breaking Story”
• Scrat: “News Report”
• Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with John Leguizamo
• Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Ray Romano
• Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Queen Latifah
• Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene
• Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene (Ice Age 2)
Disc Two:
•Digital Copy
Disc Three:
• Standard DVD Feature Film
The Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs “Scrat Pack” Double DVD Pack, a great value for moms and fun for kids, will also be available for a limited time only featuring an overload of special features focusing on the determined squirrel including three “Scrat” games exclusive to the disc. The “Scrat Pack” will be available for a suggested retail price of $34.98 U.S./$45.98 Canada.
“Scrat Pack” Double DVD Pack Special Features: (Catalog #2263214 – Brick / #2262566 – Side-By-Side)
Disc One:
• Filmmaker Commentary
Disc Two:
• Two Scrat Shorts
o Gone Nutty – Scrat’s Missing Adventure
o No Time For Nuts
• The Sabre-Toothed Squirrel: Natures Nutty Buddy
• Scrat: From Head To Toe – learn how to draw Scrat tutorial
• Scrat: “Breaking Story”
• Scrat: “News Report”
• Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene
• Buck…Easel to Weasel
• Falling for Scratte
• Unearthing the Lost World
• Walk The Dinosaur Music Video
• Activities
o Scrat Pinball
o Eggshell
o Bubble Trouble
Standard DVD Specs: (Catalog #2262512)
• Filmmaker Commentary
Ice Age 3 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs would make a great addition to any animated movie lover’s collection as well as a great holiday gift.
Want to see something cool?
Timed to coincide with the release of the Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs Blu-ray disc and DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment succeeded in breaking the Guinness World Record for Tallest Ice Sculpture at the opening of the 8000-square-foot outdoor ice skating rink, ICE in Downtown Santa Monica . The Scrat sculpture is 45 feet tall and was built in four days from over 133,000 lbs. of ice.
Here’s a video.
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The D VD I got was a different package than this–not blue ray.