10,000 BC (2008)

Beautiful, moving film.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

There is nothing like an old fashioned slave revolt story to get you cheering. The first time I saw this film I liked it except for the part about the pyramids. They weren't around then - or were they? It got me researching and it turns out we don't really know when they were built - one millenia is as good as another. The brillant idea of mammoths used in construction explains a lot - it kind of makes sense! However I wasn't looking for historical accuracy just some entertainment. As for them speaking English in the movie - I was glad for that to enabling understanding. I wouldn't begrudge them dubbing it in other languages in other countries. Great scenery but the CGI was so so on the second viewing.

I hate Roland Emmerich movies. All of them. Except for this one...and Stargate too. (The television series is better though.) This is probably the highest score I ever gave to one of his films. (Except for Stargate.) There are a bunch of idiots complaining how this is historically inaccurate. Well you monkey of course it is! Even says so in the beginning of the film! They are rewriting history, well "pre-history" and telling a story in the progress. You don't go exclaiming that when you watch a movie set in the Dark Ages or Victorian Era do you? No! You don't go, "HAHA! Dragons you say? There were no dragons in during medieval times!" Or, "HAHA! A time machine? How incredibly stupid!" Does the Stone Age have some unique privilege I do not know about? This is a fun movie! I laughed a lot in the beginning of the movie because of their ridiculous accents and voices. "Me. Like you. You. Like the stars." The writing in this movie is really, really cheesy but wait! It's actually even cheesier! Civilization seems to get more advanced as the film goes on. But the story and plot is the same. A simple man after a simple woman, also seeking revenge. How adorable!? So if you were to over-analyze this film, you would say that this film is actually an allegory for human life. We evolve but we remain the same. Our only stupid purpose in life is to experience love... and reproduce with the person with the best genetics and features. (I stopped laughing at this point. Just. Wow...a smart Roland Emmerich movie? No I must be over- analyzing.) Now for you all self-proclaim historians of prehistoric times, how many times have you read a true love story like that?

10, 000 BC (2008): Dir: Roland Emmerich / Cast: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Virgel, Marco Khan: Disappointing visual feast about lifestyles of ages ago. A savage tribe captures people for slavery. An outcast whose father once brandished the sacred white spear hopes to form an army. Great idea that becomes too ridiculous right up to a conclusion where a mammoth brings someone back to life in some sort of spiritual CPR. Directed by Roland Emmerich whose previous big budget embarrassments include Independence Day and Godzilla. Sure, those films were successful but that just means that suckers are born with every marketing effort. He relies totally on visual elements to sell such as a tremendous mammoth hunting sequence. The tribe speaks English and they are played by actors who look nothing like tribesmen. It's as if the producers lifted them out of a costume party and put wigs on them. It is the highest form of laziness in a film. Steven Strait and Camilla Belle are the bunt of a bad joke. Straight is somehow able to buddy up to a saber-tooth cat. Another five minutes and it's certain they would be sharing a beer together. To bad he didn't buddy up to a better screenwriter. Belle is ridiculous with her blue eyes and an image that resembles nothing of any tribe. Only Cliff Curtis passes the test as Straight's mentor. Displaying prehistoric lifestyles fails miserably. Score: 4 ½ / 10

My God, this film has, in everyway, ripped off the entire plot of Appocalypto.This film was boring, poorly, stupid and a complete waste of time. My biggest problem with the film is the story. It's complicated and it's stupid (especially when it gets to the climax and the death of the old woman).Also, the hero is not interesting at all. He's just the generic good guy who defies the dangers and everybody likes and saves the day and unlike Appocalypto, you don't care because he is not an engaging character. The CGI is not terrible and some of the animals and landscapes are really fun to watch. I do think there is a good movie somewhere in there trying to get out but you are just stuck with typical clichés like the "prophecy" stuff and the hero not believing he is the one but he is and he defies the odds and….You have seen this movie. Trust me, you have seen it.This movie leaves not impact at all. Do not watch it, if you want to see an ancient epic, go see Appocalypto instead.