The movie 10,000 BC was much like a new take on 1 Million BC and like the original, it certainly had it's moments good and bad (remember Raquel Welsh in "cave" bikini?). This movie has been undeservedly over criticized for it's historical short comings, the mixing of vast parts on the planet, and even down to the modern makeup on the cave-women and so forth but to tell you the truth, it all just simply works. The usage of various and diverse landscapes helps the user follow the film, the acting was generally on par for the genre', and in only a few places it was painfully "Western".
However, the movie pulls on the common strings, men of various backgrounds standing together for a noble cause, a trumped up love story, and some totally unbelievable moments - like where the main character throws a spear an in unbelievable manor.
For some reason, some movies just can not be liked for various and sometimes subtle reasons - and this movie should not be one of them. I WANTED to hate this movie, roll my eyes at the historical inaccuracies, the "sub-par acting", and cheesy "been there and done that" plot which anyone could try to say about this film. However, to the contrary ,the movie did exploit some common old themes but with the special effects it was entirely entertaining. I read a good book called "Guns, Germs and Steal", which illustrated the fates of human societies, I saw this film pulling on various parts of humanity and telling a convincing allegorical story of the human condition. This movie deserves some credit and was entirely what I expected for "Western" audiences (i.e. average movie goer). I suggest you heat up the popcorn and hit the play button.
However, the movie pulls on the common strings, men of various backgrounds standing together for a noble cause, a trumped up love story, and some totally unbelievable moments - like where the main character throws a spear an in unbelievable manor.
For some reason, some movies just can not be liked for various and sometimes subtle reasons - and this movie should not be one of them. I WANTED to hate this movie, roll my eyes at the historical inaccuracies, the "sub-par acting", and cheesy "been there and done that" plot which anyone could try to say about this film. However, to the contrary ,the movie did exploit some common old themes but with the special effects it was entirely entertaining. I read a good book called "Guns, Germs and Steal", which illustrated the fates of human societies, I saw this film pulling on various parts of humanity and telling a convincing allegorical story of the human condition. This movie deserves some credit and was entirely what I expected for "Western" audiences (i.e. average movie goer). I suggest you heat up the popcorn and hit the play button.