Experiencing Ice Age : Expanding in to a deep film experience

It's an amazing experience watching film.

As a film fanatic i've experienced film's origins of silent films like Charles Chaplin films to innovative films like Avatar (2009) where 3D experience was helmed for the viewers .

Now films expands as universes. They build on book adaptations.

Like Harry Potter books which was a global phenomenon which turned into a worldwide film franchise (2001 - 2011) as well where sub-genre universes are also expanding like the films for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). 

The Lord of the rings books which came in the period of 1937 to 1949. Also expanded into a globally renowned film franchise (2001 - 2003). The Hobbit a prequel book in 1937 was published and also was expanded into a film adaptation as a trilogy in 2012 to 2014.

Film universes like Star Wars and Star Trek are solely based on the characters and it's long standing fantasy are amazing.

Comic book cinematic universes like Marvel and DC are running the hollywood now.

James Bond, Indiana Jones and Rocky are character based film universes.

And filmmakers like Wes Anderson and David Lynch create there own film style interconnected film universes in there fashion.

And I keep going on about these stuff.

This is what makes films interesting. It is not just videos created in the cameras and actors playing roles in films. They are unique. They have deep rooted character arcs, back stories and worlds of deep unique histories.

Now me in this holiday season experienced the Ice Age franchise which is an animated film universe. 

Ice age started as an independent animation which now a billion dollar global brand in animation films.

It has short films and feature films which performs well globally financially and critically.

Now as a Sri Lankan film fanatic. 

We watch films for entertainment and this is it.

The characters are beautiful, full of depth and fun.

Manny, Sid, Diego were the inception.

Then expanded with Ellie, Eddie and Crash.

Buck the amazing addition of a character who's more like Captain Jack Sparrow from "The Pirates of the carribbean" franchise.

And the best is "Scrat" the icon of the Ice Age brand. 

Now the major five feature films expand into the characters as well as a sarcastic perspective on the global history, there are some short films that build on the personal world of each and every character and specially on Scrat.

And when you follow up these and experience these sub factors of a major film franchise it gives a more fun perspective.

Now taking on the Ice Age : Collision Course (2016) which was the latest installment was kind of fun to watch when you see the Ice Age is threatened by cosmic attacks. 

The characters are fun as always. Depth, fun and cool animations were amazing.

Overall a good addition to the Ice Age Universe.

Sid and Scrat was fun as always.

And also the television specials made for seasons were also fun it brings closer to the characters.

Overall experiencing the additional short films and television specials parallely with the films were a more cinematic experience.