6 Worst/Best Blue Sky Animated Movies 🐦

Howdy! I really like the movie Rio so I wanted to look at what I consider the Worst and Best of Blue Sky Studios animated movies. Ice Age is a movie I've wanted to discuss for a while :)
Written by ToonGrin & Josh Strider
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Captions by Jadrek Myers
Produced, hosted & commissioned by Josh Strider

[DHynes]

I remember hearing that Jesse Eisenberg liked being a part of Rio because, at the time he was recording his dialogue, he was filming The Social Network and stated that this was a nice change of pace from the dramatic and dark nature of that film.

[ThemeParkAvenue]

He only put Ice Age 5 at third worst. That means he likes it. GET HIM!

[mumunist]

Rio is the original “handcuffed with crush for 24 hours”

[Kodachi]

Let me just say I love Rio. While some consider it just great or mediocre, I was always entranced by its colors and the gracefulness of the birds as they flew and danced, and boy those voices just make them all come alive even within the first five minutes. I found the relationship between Blu and Linda to be heartwarming and just through the pictures we're shown, and their morning routine, we see how close they truly are. Blu and Jewel, while not having known each other that long at all, had an interesting dynamic from their first meeting.


We have a bookish, domestic bird who has lived in luxury and a territorial, wild bird who has always fended for herself and embraces freedom, so as you said, seeing how these personalities clash and work together was a real thrill throughout the first movie. Jewel from the first movie is my absolute favorite character - she has a take-charge personality and isn't afraid of a fight, even if she was always a badass in distress when it came to her confrontations with Nigel.




They ruined her in Rio 2. I'll forgive the story being recycled and I love her kids, but I just feel bad for the Spix macaw couple. Blu's strengths were just as on display as his weaknesses in the first movie, actively letting him complement Jewel and show that he's just as capable of surviving as a fish out of water, even with a little help. In this movie, as you said, he's made to look pathetic, as though the writers thought weakness and being a henpecked husband was his one character trait. They did Jewel even worse, though. She was kind, caring, albeit a little standoffish in the first movie and she would've looked out for his happiness as well. Now in Rio 2, they turned her into an abusive, toxic wife who has taken control of every decision, and she even decides without, considering how Blu felt, that they'll live in the Amazon from that day forward! Who does that?!


Thank you for reading my rant.

[thescreenslaver]

I loved Robots. It’s criminally underrated. The character designs were amazing and silly. The story is a little cliche but it kept me entertained to this day. The scene with the dominos was so visually interesting I’m still in awe of the scene.

[JFtheLOLZOR]

it’s so weird seeing someone who doesn’t consider Ice Age: Collision Course to be the worst Blue Sky movie

[luisaparicio]

R.I.P Blue Sky Studios. Your filmography may have been a hit or miss over the years, but the animation industry wouldn’t be where it is today without your contribution.

[lululipes]

5:00 "Particularly the Rio ISLAND itself"


Boi, Rio is a city on a bay, not an island

[poweroffriendship.]

*Fun Fact:* The Spix's Macaw, better known as Blu in RIO, has been wiped out. According to CBS News, a new study by _BirdLife International_ has found that the parrot species is extinct from the wild.

Also, the "Mas Que Nada" sequence in RIO is the reason why I got interested to bossa nova.

[ThePartyPrimate]

Ice Age: Classic
Robots: Classic
Ice Age 2: Good
Horton: Meh
Ice Age 3: Fine I guess
Rio: Great
Ice Age 4: Real bad
Epic: Okay, but pretty forgettable
Rio 2: Mediocre, but not that bad
Peanuts: Haven't seen yet
Ice Age 5: Painfully awful
Ferdinand: Surprisingly good
Spies in Disguise: Haven't seen yet

[christheleavittman]

If I had a nickel every time Disney shut down a studio after acquiring it, I'd have three nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened thrice.

Edit: the three times this happened was Lucasarts, Maker Studios, and Blue Sky.

[iwantpancakes]

Rio was so good and I like to pretend the sequel is a bad fanfic

[persondy-t]

“Unlikely friends”


Wait, Ice age baby physically can’t be a friend

[doctorwhofan]

I've honestly never liked the sitcom trope of bumbling idiot pathetic dad, and intelligent strong wife. Not because I dislike strong women, but I feel like it's better to show strong female characters with good and competent male characters, letting their unique personalities and strengths set them apart instead of tearing down men to make women look better. My favorite examples are the original teen titans and the Avatar cartoons, having both strong female and male leads with their own strengths, it feels far more real then something like Rio 2, especially with how much Blue developed in the first movie. Being mild mannered and cautious doesn't make you a pushover.

[Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Peanuts is one of the most fulfilling and joyful movies I have ever seen. Charlie believes himself to be a failure each and every time he he does not accomplish his goals. But he never really fails because even if he did not accomplish his goal, he grows so much as a person every time he tries to accomplish his goals.

Like he didn't manage to turn in that book report, but the effort and knowledge he surly gained from writing it matter more than the grade. And he didn't win that dance competition, but he learned a new skill and became quite good at it. Each time he never technically achieves his goal, but everything he gains is worth so much more. It's a tremendous lesson in how if you really try at something, you are bound to succeed in it beyond a mere grade or first place. You get something more if you really try and you yourself become a better person.

It's such an uplifting morale to know that you can never truly fail if you try, that you will aways succeed if you put your best foot forward, even if you yourself can't see it. :-)

[Opal]

One of my favourite parts of Robots is how they treated the city, kinda like how tourists in New York see it for all the amusing things to do there, I hear the locals tend to see it for that but also the rats, trash, things like that. The city is seen by Rodney as this amazing place where one can do anything, but he was quickly learns with his friends the darker side of how it now is run
But also, I watched it in fourth grade and here's an inside joke




The name's Piper, rhymes with Viper~ *hiSsSSSsSSSS-*

[EvilDarkCow]

Moral of the Story: If the title ends with a number, 90% of the time it's just a cashgrab.

[AriaKyuKyu]

Wait... Disney bought Blue Sky!?... When!?

Also, I do like Río 2, but yeah, is not really the Best one. The fact that BLU is punished by everything is Just insulting

[kadan]

robots: gets 2nd place of best movies
me: *happy tears*
I literally revisited the movie yesterday at 3am and its a great movie

[gold_]

Ack, Rio was my jam. It’s so colorful and beautifully animated.

Edit: I really liked the soundtrack for both the first Rio and the Second one. Though the second one was a bloody mess...