New Ice Age Teaser Trailer Dawns on the Internet

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 24, 2008

Despite not eating for the past four years, Scrat is still 1) alive and B) trying to get the same effing acorn he’s been hunting every since Everybody was Loving Raymond and Raymond was lending his voice to the giant woolly mammoth. Seems like ice ages ago.

Because it was. And now, there’s a new teaser trailer that’s more teaser than trailer for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. More Scrat than actual movie:

You can also watch the Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs teaser trailer in High Definition on Apple.com.

In a way, this franchise is a lot like Scrat – constantly searching for that nut but not quite finding it. At least not after the last outing. The sequel, for the few that saw it, was pretty terrible. At least it didn’t have half the heart that the first film did, but hopefully this latest film will regain a little bit of the magic the first film had.

I understand the idea of leading with Scrat, but it’s also a major cop out. We get it. He’s cute and wacky and oh-look-he’s-still-foolishly-hunting-for-that-goddamned-acorn, but it seems like a major red flag when the lead off trailer has nothing to do with your movie. Fox, call me when you have an actual trailer that gives us some idea as to what the film will be about. Unless the film is two hours of Scrat hanging out with Dinosaurs who happen to be Dawning. That’s all I can gather from the title.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs will feature the return of the franchise’s original voice cast, including Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Queen Latifah. It also sees the return of director Carlos Saldanha. It is scheduled to hit theaters on July 1, 2009.

What do you think? What can you gather? Are you impressed or excited about this movie? What would be like to Dawn? How does one dawn? I think I did it once, but I stubbed a toe and had to stop.

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