Ice Age 2

I haven’t seen it yet. But after receiving some very good reviews from some quite reliable reviewers… a couple kids and some kid-like adult friends, I am really looking forward to it.

Explore the message behind the media over at damaris.org to read a nice piece on the movie that you can expand to talk about with your kids.

Families can be a difficult subject in our increasingly fragmented society, and it is no surprise to find Ice Age 2 following on from the first film in exploring just what makes for a family. The implication, once again, is that it isn’t necessarily about being a traditional nuclear family, 150mg diflucan order but about being a close-knit group that functions as a family. Manny is beginning to think he is the last woolly mammoth alive. He justifies his unconventional ‘herd’ calling it, ‘One big, happy family. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.’ But he is uncomfortable when asked, ‘Then where’s your big happy family?’ Sid, sensitive as ever, teases him saying, ‘One truly is the loneliest number.’ read on