![]() ![]() One of the most important questions that should be asked when analyzing any art is “what was the point?” In this case, I don’t think there is one. ![]() They are soon reunited with their old friend, Buck (Simon Pegg), who needs their help in stopping an old foe. While looking for a new bachelor pad, the possum pair stumble back into the Lost World, a place where dinosaurs still live under the ice. Two stars out of four.Crash (Vincent Tong) and Eddie (Aaron Harris) are feeling a bit smothered by their older sister, Ellie (Dominique Jennings), so they decide to strike out on their own. “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild,” a Walt Disney Pictures release that streams Friday on Disney+, is rated PG for “some action and mild language.” Running time: 81 minutes. This is a franchise that looks like it’s slowly going the way of the dinos, while we drool. But visually and storytelling-wise it’s not a cut above much of what kids can watch on TV these days. ![]() There are lessons for the kids about how the strong mustn’t dominate the weak, about independence and change, and new families that can be born of love not blood. “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild” is actually a little better than you might expect on its sixth outing. In all the bathroom humor - yes, “Buck crack” is a joke - there are attempts to make the adults laugh: “I love the smell of skunky gas in the morning” and “Use your feeling words.” There is always a tiny pause when creatures hang in midair before falling and there are lots of martial arts flips. Donkin, a longtime part of the franchise, doesn’t mess with the visual language. ![]() Or as one creature notes: “What they lack in intelligence, they make up for with bumbling ineptitude.”ĭirector John C. But it mostly pays off since little viewers will see a pair of kids standing up for themselves and learning to be courageous. Making Eddie and Crash the heroes this time is a bit of a gamble since they’ve always been just humorous sidekicks. ![]()
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