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Ice Age: Continental Drift, also known in other territories as Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, or simply known as Ice Age 4, is a 2012 American computer-animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox, the fourth installment in the Ice Age franchise and the sequel to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

The film was released in the United States on July 13, 2012, as the first installment in the series to be presented in the 2.40:1 aspect ratio. A sequel, Ice Age: Collision Course, was released on July 22, 2016.

Plot
Scrat's continuous pursuit of an infernal acorn has world-changing consequences for Manny, Sid and Diego when the continents split apart. The continental crack-up separates Manny and his friends from the rest of the herd, including Manny's mate, Ellie and rebellious daughter Peaches. The pals are desperate to return home, but a pirate and his ragtag crew stand in their way.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It is almost completely unnecessary, mainly due to how the third film already felt like a perfect ending to the franchise, with Manny having finally found a new family.
 * 2) The story is unoriginal, as it is obviously a rehash of mh:greatestmovies:Ice Age: The Meltdown, as in both movies the heroes struggle to survive in a catastrophic disaster and a main character, who, in this case, is Diego, gets a love interest; the fact that both films are from the same film series does not exactly help.
 * 3) On the topic of unoriginality, several characters suffer from being rather stereotypical, some of them being cliché; Manny has the "overprotective father" cliché, Peaches being a stereotypical "rebellious daughter", and the teenage mammoths are portrayed as cocky, "popular teenager" stereotypes.
 * 4) On the topic of characters, Sid is essentially flanderized; he is even more of an idiot in comparison to in the first three films, going as far as drinking salt water and drying up as a result and later eating poisonous berries that paralyze him because of this.
 * 5) Overall, it scarcely feels like an Ice Age film at times, with the antagonist faction being pirates, there being two scenes in which the main threat being based on Sirens from Greek mythology, and the ending revolving around location which can only be described as a version of Atlantis.
 * 6) The scale of Scrat's antics seem more exaggerated and over-the-top in comparison to in the previous three films, with the film opening with him literally causing the continents to split apart and forming what can only be described as structures and sculptures with his face on them.
 * 7) It feels as though it is juggling with too many subplots, from Manny and his crew travelling across the ocean to get to Ellie and Peaches, to Shira redeeming herself, to Granny calling out for Precious, to Gutt wanting revenge on Manny for destroying his ship, and the whole storyline with Scrat and his acorn.

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Good Qualities

 * 1) The animation and visuals are an improvement from the previous three films in the Ice Age franchise; what stands out amongst the visuals are the continents and ground splitting apart and Manny and his crew riding an iceberg across the ocean.
 * 2) The storyline with Diego and Shira is a good idea on paper; it is a natural progression of his character arc in the first film, whereas in that film he betrays Soto and his pack in favor of Manny, Sid and Roshan (the baby) here he is motivating another member of his species, that being Shira, to reject her master in favor for him and his friends.

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