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ridiculionius 2012-05-24 13:12:49

Not as bad as everyone says

I expected this movie to suck. I thought it would be an adrenaline ridewith no plot that you can only fully appreciate if you see it in Imax3-D - similar to (but worse than) Beowulf. Especially since it hadgotten really terrible reviews and everyone who'd seen it told me notto waste the few bucks it would cost to rent it. Well, I finally shelled out the money, and was pleasantly surprised tofind that it was not only as exciting as the trailers promised, it didhave a plot and was enjoyable. I will not pretend that it was abrilliant movie, because it just wasn't. It definitely had the premiseof what could've been a triumph, but it just couldn't cut it. There was some cheesy dialog, but mostly it was pretty original. Theplot was something that could've been ripped off from any ancientfolktale, but I think that the scriptwriters and directors did a decentjob of making it their own. Seeing as it's supposed to be a legend, andproves itself to be more of a fantasy than historical epic, thehistorical inaccuracies can be forgiven. All in all, it was a fairly good movie that was both thrilling andenjoyable. I can see why people didn't like it, but, honestly, they'rebeing much too tough on it.

2012-05-24 03:27:39

Reminded Me Of Stargate

Not what I expected. Looked more like "Stargate" (Kurt Russell)than a prehistoric caveman movie. Unfortunately, not as entertaining as "Stargate". And not asentertaining as prehistoric movies like "Qwest For Fire" or"Clan Of The Cavebear".3 stars may be a little generous for this dud, but you haveto give some credit for the scenery and special effects.--

wordsallowmotion 2012-05-17 03:00:53

What was That!!!!!!!!!

After reading some of the posts on this movie I was kind of expectingthe posts not to be true. I attended the screening of the movie thisSunday, what I was expecting a fun, spectacular animated movie alongthe theme of Ice Age but more a dramatic flare to it. I was expectingto see more animals of that time period, and a story of working them inwith a small nomadic tribe on some kind of goal. I was hoping to seesome kind of movie that involved the Bering Strait and the migration ofanimal and humans into North America. I thought this might happen, butI was way off my movie hope. I was hoping the Saber Tooth tiger wouldactually do some ripping and shredding, but alas, no such thinghappened (plus I wanted to see more of the big cat, but at most around2 minutes of it...blah). Reality crossed with fiction, religion, and spirituality? This movie ismostly comes down to human conflict with some animation. All in all, I was disappointed with many aspects of the moviestoryline. I just couldn't get into the characters emotions, andsometimes the music score was bothersome to me. Next time give me moreanimal story with some added human element. ********************************* I Love That Effing Zippyhttp://www.clickflick.com/index.php?cat=Black_Comedy

David 2012-05-16 08:43:30

Good for some laughs

Meandering, paint by numbers story line. Silly dialog...."I'm older than I look." Contrived hero, mentor, damsel in distress and villain plot line.There were some beautiful visuals in the special FX and handsome cast, but in the end even that couldn't keep my interest.Wait for the DVD if you really must see the movie.

Kelly 2012-05-10 07:55:14

So disappointed

I really was looking forward to this movie, especially since I teach ancient history. It was inaccurate, and the majority of the characters spoke English! This experience was a waste of a trip and $$.

Irish man 2012-05-09 16:44:42

Worst film of the 2008, hands-down

Let me a tell a true horror story. My friend and I had went to a realdecadent theater near his house, we were bored and thought "O.K, thisfilm looks good." The next we know we are dying in our seat from startto finish, it was 109 minutes too long. Now, I'm not saying "dying" asin laughing hysterically, but "dying" as in actually dying. My braincells were being disintegrated and my heart rate went down very low. Italso is excruciating to watch. I came out of the theater 10,000 timesdumber with a frown on my face and a lighter wallet. The only pro ofthe movie was the visual effects, which I had to admit were at leastdecent. I should have listened to my other friend, who said it wasawful, but I figured "how bad could it be?" This was incorrect thinkingon my part. There was a brief moment of intelligence in the film, thatwas completely erased a couple minutes later. I only sat through thewhole thing because I knew that if I could sit through "Hostel II" andthe remake of "Halloween," I could survive this. Still, the one thing Idon't understand is how Mr. Emmerich could screw up so bad. "The DayAfter Tomorrow" and especially "Independence Day" were fantastic andthen he comes up with "10,000 BC," in which my two thoughts throughoutthe film were "Where did you go wrong, Roland?!" and "I want to punchMr. Emmerich in the head for helping create this disaster." My warningto all is this "STAY AWAY" and spend money on something worthwhile. Buyyour wife a ring with that money saved up and forget you even thoughtabout putting yourself through physical torture.

Blake Burge 2012-05-06 17:15:13

This film is a complete waste of time

This film is a complete waste of six dollars and two hours. I do notrecommend this movie to anyone. The storyline is incredibly ridiculousand uneventful. The few attempts at spectacular action sequences arefilled with cheap, undazzling CGI elements that only make thisslow-paced film even more unmemorable. I stayed and watched the entirefilm (I don't know why) and was incredibly disappointed. Such a greatbudget and decent talent were put to complete waste in this travestycalled an epic film. The ending of this movie is so obviously stolenfrom 300 and is nowhere near as exciting or fun to watch. The slow paceand ridiculous story elements make for a 109 minute torture sessionthat I can't believe ever made it to the top of the box office, letalone two weeks in a row!

2012-05-06 06:00:03

Don't expect very much, and you might be entertained...

I love mind-expanding science fiction and fantasy. So even though I read reviews that panned 10,000 BC, I thought there was still something there to enjoy. After all, I'm even a fan of Battlefield Earth (and the book, which makes the movie even more entertaining).So, 10,000 BC. Avoidable. Forgettable. Dispensable. I'm glad I finally had the opportunity to view it. But the plot, which obviously parasitized plots and scenes from Jurassic Park, Stargate, Lawrence of Arabia, and who knows what else, was in trouble from the very beginning.There is a tribe/clan/society of people living at high elevation, who live on and for the mastodons that travel through periodically. One day, a child with blue eyes is captured, and she is the basis for some strange prophecy. Destruction of the village, but eventually she will be part of its new future, yada yada. So she is taken by slave-raiders, and her "boyfriend" and a couple others go searching for her, meeting other tribes/clans/societies that team up to fight the slavers, the leader being, of course, a... 9 foot tall alien who is making a pyramid? And don't get me started on the whole, ridiculous saber-tooth tiger scenes!The actions, accents, escapes, travels, victories, and rescues are just too, too, unbelievable... even for a fantasy movie! So see this once if you are a fan of the genre, then put it out of your mind.This disc has both the widescreen and fullscreen versions included.

2012-04-29 22:36:29

Great!

This is a great movie! IT's not about history, it's about love and courage! Get the Picture? NOT HISTORY!!! LOVE AND COURAGE!!

GimboTheGhoulie 2012-04-29 08:00:02

A Boring Movie With Some Little Action!

I was hoping 10,000 B.C would be a good caveman movie. The trailerlooked great and looked like a fun movie. After seeing the movie I waspretty disappointed in 10,000 BC. It was just so boring at times. Therewere some good fight scenes, but they needed to be longer. Plus therewere no dinosaurs! All we got were Mammoths, 1 Saber Tooth tiger, andsome Dodo birds that ate people. I'll have to say though the CGI wasvery good. Much better than I Am Legend horrible god awful CGI graphicsthat's for sure. This movie seemed like more of a love story though.That caveman guy was desperate for that cavewoman he liked. I did likethe weird guys with the long finger nails, they were funny and the bestpart of the movie. 10,000 BC gets 6/10 from me.Go see the Flintstones movie instead; it's a much better caveman movieand funny too!

2012-04-28 14:39:16

I want my at least 2 hours life back!

Gee... Normally, even a boring movie can be looked better in the movie theater because of the bigger screen and sound effects, here is an exception. this movie is just flat-out boring!!!! The story line is predictable, and when the best actor is the animated elephant, you know some seriously wrong with people's acting.

yourmotheratemydog715 2012-04-28 06:02:40

Wow. I'm actually amazed at how bad this was.

I'm amazed that something this bad made it into nationwide release andactually made money. I'm serious, I can't comprehend how bad this moviewas.So, here's the "plot". (There's no real plot.) So, the movie starts offwith something about this Old Mother person saying that this D'Leh isdestined to help the tribe. Then, there's something about a white bonething. Okay… I can't explain that crap. Basically, there's a cavemanthat goes after this girl that was captured. That's about it. Oh, andthere's mammoths. And saber-tooth tigers.I didn't go into this expecting much. I had just watched Roeper say itwas "The worst movie of the year so far". The commercials made it lookhorrible. And it was from Roland Emmerich, who doesn't have thegreatest directing track record. But wow. I could never have imaginedhow bad this movie actually was. I seriously can't think of a good partof this movie, other than the feeling of relief I got when it was over.What's bad about it, you ask? Where to start, where to start.Alright, I'll start with the insanely bad acting and dialog. Sure,Emmerich casted nobodies, but did he really need to pick the absoluteWORST actors he could find? There's not one person in this cast thatdelivered a worthwhile performance. It might have been the fact thatthe actors sucked, or it could have been the script's fault. I knowthis was "10,000 years before Christ" or whatever, but is that anexcuse to have the most unnatural dialog ever written? The narration ishorrible, and is talking about some legend of the child with blue eyeswhen the characters are just getting attacked by mammoths. Everybodytalks like they're trying to be bad actors! It's as if they had thescript in their hands and they were reading it for the first time tothe camera! It's horrible! Trying to find good dialog in this movie islike trying to find a good song by Fall Out Boy. It's impossible.And that's not the only thing. Most of the freaking' movie is just thisguy swinging sticks at CGI mammoths. Oh, and he talks to saber-toothtigers. Oh, and there's these guys with extremely long fingernails thathave no real significance. Oh, but they're GODS. And you can only killthem if you have the shape of a star on your hands. What??? And there'ssome connection between this old lady and the two main characters. Theold lady serves no purpose whatsoever other than to give bad facialexpressions when something bad happens to the main character.Plus the fact that the movie is about as historically accurate as a6-year-old trying to teach history class. I know that the movie is justsupposed to be fun, and it doesn't really matter if it's historicallyaccurate, but seriously, the main girl is OBVIOUSLY wearing makeup theentire movie! Now, I wasn't alive in 10,000 BC (obviously) but I'mpretty sure they didn't have a "makeup hut". It's as if Emmerich tookviewers for complete retards and decided to make basically every assetof this movie completely historically inaccurate.You learn nothing about the characters, other than the fact thatthey're destined for something. And the fact is, you don't CARE thatyou don't know anything about the characters, because you just want themovie to be over as fast as possible.I don't have anything to recommend about this movie, as it was utterlyhorrible. I won't give it a 1, because I only give 1's to the new lowsin film-making ("Meet the Spartans"). So, I'll give it a 3, for eachminute I was entertained by this piece of crap.Please SKIP IT. Go see one of the movies that this shamelessly stolefrom. I'm kind of rambling, so I'll stop now.

alvarhaggis 2012-04-22 18:37:19

Your going to watch this film.

First off, you almost certainly will watch this film at some point.even if it's just to see how bad it is.It is bad. It's very weak on every aspect of film making except CGI.Plot, Acting, Characters have all been marginalised to pay for CGI. Sothere is no real story or cool people. Not even a quote worthy ofquoting anywhere. Even Independence day had that.But, the CGI is the great thing about about this movie. It really isexcellent and worth taking a look at.Although, if I were you, I would not pay in anyway to see this. So waittill it's on TV at Christmas one year.

stevekgoodwin 2012-04-22 04:53:37

I walked

Look, don't get me wrong a lot of people like this movie. However, it'sthe only movie I've ever walked out on in the cinema.Narration... just screams: "OMG we have a stinker! what can we do?Patch it together with a voice-over."The story randomly jumps from one CG set piece to the next. One momentwe're seemingly in northern Europe, then what-the-heck we're in Africafighting a CG this or a CG that.It's an hour of my life I'll never get back. Maybe, just maybe, youcould have enough friends, beer, pizza and background music to getthrough this movie but. It's even worse the the Phantom Menace andHighlander II. Enuf said?

dwpollar 2012-04-19 10:19:53

Interesting pre-historic action movie...

1st watched 1/8/2009 –(Dir-Roland Emmerich): Interesting pre-historicaction movie combining humanoids from different cultures with largeprehistoric-like animals of different varieties. This movie by DirectorRoland Emmerich is unique in that there are no known stars in it andit's decent entertainment without being overblown like much ofEmmerich's movies. The story is about a tribe who are about to gohungry, but are supposed to be rescued from extinction by one boy. Thisrevelation is revealed to the tribe thru a witch-doctor type woman whosenses everything that the boy goes thru after revealing this. Aftertaking care of the food shortage the group is then attacked by anothergroup of humans who steal some of the members to be slaves. We laterfind out this group is using these slaves to build a pyramid. OK, so itis a little far-fetched that these cultures are clashing in thistimeframe but the main theme of the story is about taking care of yourown. The boy also loses his future wife to the slaves and thereforebringing them back alive has kind of a duel purpose for him. Along theway, they run across giant birds, saber tooth tigers and other largecreatures just thrown in to make this movie fun. The main source,though, of the movie's appeal to me is the way the tribe works toregain the others and bring them back home. This and the well puttogether animation combined with the humans makes this movie work.

Pink E. Toe 2012-04-18 20:35:01

10,000 B.C. - Pretty darn good

I had been avoiding this movie for some time, as I expected lame,pathetic graphics so bad as to interrupt movie flow whilst I roll myeyes in disgust. One example of seemingly lazy graphics can be seen inthe semi-animated Beowulf.After seeing every movie except this one, I finally was forced tochoose 10,000 B.C. Despite the many reviews expressing disappointmentand historical inaccuracy, I quickly found myself drawn in and trulyenjoying this film.The graphics (especially ginormous Wooly Mammoths and Egyptian-typecity), actors, costumes, makeup, narration by Omar Sharif, music,different languages and cultures were all exceedingly better than myinitial low expectations. I will abandon a film at the first utteringof B-movie clichéd dialog. For me, this was not the case with 10,000B.C.This interpretation of ancient tribal humanity was fascinating,triggering empathy for the struggling first people. It also promptsmany questions about real food, drink, religion and war for theseearliest of tribes.The love story's result was not believable, but was appreciatednonetheless.I thoroughly enjoyed 10,000 B.C. and will definitely watch it again.

dog_lady00 2012-04-15 16:35:14

Wonderful Sci-Fi Movie

I love this movie. No it is not really as good as True Grit or IRemember Mamma, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself this evening. It is nota historical narrative of the world as we know it. Neither is Star Warsand everyone loves that. I don't think it aspired to be anything morethan a sci-fi movie. It is unfortunate that they named it 10,000 BCbecause of the implication that this was earth - for all we know itsupposedly took place somewhere else 12,000 years ago. So, for a familyflick (older kids because of the blood and violence) I thought it waspretty dang good. Really, there were no major holes in the plot, no OMGmoments... but I liked Battle Star Galactica (the first series) andStar Trek so sue me. I recommend this for any like minded viewers withimaginations. But if you are a stuffed shirt and everything has to be'like, real' stay away.

2012-04-15 08:13:25

Great Mythology

10,000 BC is an imaginative interpretation of the past that connects us to who we are today. It is timeless mythology that could be told to hunter and gathers around a camp fire, and also touch our human yearning for mythology today. Our need for mythology has not changed in 12,000 years. We are basically the same humans.10,000 BC celebrates the beautiful social bonding humans have with each other, and says this quality is really what makes us civilized. It completely made me rethink what we typically call an "advanced" civilization. Does "advanced" mean technology, mathematics, and great architectural achievements? Or is what truly makes us advanced is how we love our families, friends, and villagers, and how we can work together, using this social bonding to give us meaning? It made me rethink respect for the Egyptian civilization and the great pyramids. If you think about it, the pyramids are great accomplishment of human stupidity. What "great" civilization would expend huge amounts of human effort to build enormous, pointless structures? Was the Egyptian civilization really a totalitarian social structure that relied on huge amounts of slaves to carry out the religious wishes of the minority? The next time you think "wow" about the Egyptian civilization, think about the probable human rights vialoations needed to build the pyramids, then your "wow" might change to "yuk".D,Ley grows into the hero in this epic story. At first, he really just wants to save his girl. Romantic love is his basic drive. As his journey unfolds, he learns of his father. He learns his father was a great man that allowed his people to believe he was a coward just so he could keep his struggling tribe together. D,Ley's first attempt to rescue his girl Evolet shows lack of experience and impatience. Tic'Tic, an older and wiser hunter, and friend of D,Ley's father, takes the time to pass his wisdom to D,Ley. He teaches D,Ley some men take on a circle of responsibility that encloses many people. When D,Ley has achieved full hero status, he leads thousands from various cultures to "take them down". Joseph Campbell would have loved it.There is also something about 10,000 BC that is genius. 10,000 BC turns mythology inside out and shows how myth is intertwined with prophecy. Tic'Tic teaches prophecy can be fulfilled in many ways. Prophecy is what aids our hero. Without the prophecy, D,Ley could not have gathered such an army, and could not have exploited the weakness of the Almighty. D'Ley fulfills these prophecies because people want to see them fulfilled. When you watch 10,000 BC, you are watching the mythology unfold in all its accidental luck but ultimately fueled by our greater human qualities. Qualities such as love, friendship, loyalty, courage, respect, and honor is the real driving force, not prophecy. These qualities are really what makes our hero and his people the more advanced civilization. When you watch 10,000 BC, you may not realize it, but you become a participant of mythology. Your very own yearning for great, meaningful story telling is awakened. The alternate ending shows the narator concluding the story to a future generation. I'm thinking they should have stuck with that ending to bring home the fact you are watching a fictionalized story packaged as a handed down myth. This would have helped some people "get" this movie. It justifies why the saber-tooth tiger was so big. It's a story. Stories exaggerate for effect.Many people have criticized 10,000 BC as being historically a farce. Well, watch the bonus material on the blu-ray about the book "Fingerprints of the Gods" by Graham Hancock. Hancock is interviewed and talks about maps found showing land mass before the ice age in their predicted location given continental drift. This is a complete unaddressed mystery. It suggests there were advanced civilizations way earlier than 2,500 BC. So "10,000 BC" takes some liberty on a possibility for this mystery. We don't know everything about our past. But what makes "10,000 BC" so great is that it helps us realize to understand the value of our current civilization, we need to understand our fundamental nature as hunter and gathers. Our basic social instincts come from living in small groups. A civilization that drifts too far from our social origins will eventually fall, as many "advanced" civilization in the past have.

abbb 2012-04-15 04:29:04

10 000 BC REVIEW

Ancient.Packed with prophecies.Weird names given to common things/animals.It started with the introduction of D’leh’s tribe and how they survive the olden days (without McD’s and Chili’s!). Crucial scene, as the tribe’s strategy used in the introduction was partly repeated at the climax of the movie.If you remember the prophecies (and believe they will come true), you’ll know the ending. If you don’t, you might cry a little before going OMG, YAY!The actors were mediocre. Fortunately, they were not horrible, or I’d laughed throughout the entire movie (because they spoke a funny accent). They had funny names! I like Evolet (the name).If you expect to see muscular men in leather briefs, forget it. This is not that kind of movie!The storyline was simple, connected by a chain of prophecies told by different tribes’ wise people and made happen with little important scenes like the ambush of the giant ostriches and an over-super-sized tiger. The effects were not brilliant enough to amaze me, but they were believable.I wanted to love this movie but I could only settle with ‘like’, due to the resemblances I found between 10 000 and The Fellowship of the Ring (and to me, nothing to date can beat LOTR). There were nine in FOTR, there were three (plus one that crept and followed the rest like Gollum) in 10 000 B.C. The setting and camera direction at the snowy mountains were very LOTR-ish but the plot was of course, completely different. There were a few cliché scenes which I thought I’ve seen them somewhere, but they all added up to a decent movie that made me walk out of the cinema forgetting how hungry I was when I went in.The jungle scene made me feel like I was watching King Kong II: Attack of the Giant Chickens. Yeah, it was a blend of LOTR, King Kong and George of the Jungle (or Tarzan).The music was not as intense as LOTR’s or Pirates of the Caribbean’s, but it was not monotonous. I was hoping to hear the trailer’s score (drums, drums, yippeeee!) in the movie but they didn’t fit it in. Just remember what the Old Mother predicted at the beginning so you wouldn’t go “What was the ‘blue eyes’ legend again?”

Movie Pundit 2012-04-14 19:55:29

10,000 B.C. - Error on Era

Watching 10,000 B.C. reminds me of Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto". There'sreally nothing new on the movie's storyline. D'Leh was a mammoth huntertrying to rescue the love of his life, Evolet, who was taken away bythe bad guys from other civilization. The"I-am-your-hero-and-I-will-rescue-you" plot is so overused anyone whowill watch this film will already have an idea it will have a happyending.It seems the guys who made this film weren't so sure what to tell aboutthe movie. Is this all about the mammoths or about the love story?Also, I can't help myself figure it out if human civilization matchedthe mammoth era? I mean… hey, those guys are already building pyramids!The plot is weak and it's so obvious writers Roland Emmerich and HaraldKloser wanted to make a story out of something prehistoric.The movie could have been more realistic if at the ending Evolet died.I just don't get it Evolet became alive again because their tribe'sshaman "Old Mother" sacrificed her life in order for Evolet to have asecond life. The mysticism is not convincing at all.The cast was a pretty good selection but unfortunately, not alldelivered. Steven Strait (D'Leh) still looked weak where he should havea vengeful character. Camilla Belle (Evolet) has that captivating pairof eyes and ever sweet smile but her acting in general seemed notgenuine. On the other hand, Affif Ben Badra (Warlord), Marco Khan(One-Eye) and Joel Virgel (Nakudu) have short roles but delivered asuperb, realistic acting.Perhaps the only best thing 10,000 B.C. has to boast is the great CGIspecial effects. I'm impressed in the scene where a herd of mammothsrun while the hunters were chasing them. The saber-toothed tiger wasn'timpressive enough though since it looked artificial and its bodymovement not genuine.10,000 B.C. offers us another look at the prehistoric times. It alsosends a message of hope, friendship, love and courage. But we've allseen these typical stories before that's why this one doesn't generateany excitement or thrill at all. Better wait for the DVD instead asthis movie is not as good as the trailer shows.Rating: 4/10 stars for 10,000 B.C..