10,000 Bc (2008)

[Dave]

My son has seen all the hype around this and asked if I'd take him sometime.

There is a lot of hype: "From the makers of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow" shout the posters.

To me, it looks like a remake of the Raquel Welsh film, but without the Dinosaurs. I can't see that it can be very good. That would be like 'War of the Worlds' without aliens. Am I wrong? Has anyone seen it?

[Lady of Winterfell]

I have not seen it, but I am also not all that interested in it. I think the hype has had the opposite affect on me. I'm afraid I will just be let down because of it.

[Lucien21]

Unfortunatly the reviews if the film are dreadful.

Total Film - 10,000 BC
10,000 B.C. (2008): Reviews

[Dave]

I think it might be difficult to ever make Cavemen interesting i.e. 'Quest For Fire'.

I just read that review though, and it sounds like a prequel to 'Stargate'. Is that the intention at all?

At their heroic journey's end, they uncover a lost civilization and learn their ultimate fate lies in an empire beyond imagination, where great pyramids reach into the skies. Here they will take their stand against a tyrannical god who has brutally enslaved their own. And it is here that D'Leh finally comes to understand that he has been called to save not only Evolet but all of civilization.

[Connavar]

I stopped paying for movies like this in the 90's......

[tangaloomababe]

Well the men in my family all want to go and see it and yet I to have not even the slightest interest in it. I have seen a couple of previews and if anything it makes me less inclinded to watch it. Maybe its a guy thing!

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Dave

I think it might be difficult to ever make Cavemen interesting i.e. 'Quest For Fire'.

Hey, you have to admit that Ron Perlman is the quintessential caveman in "Quest for Fire". Right down to the saggital crest and pronounced supra-orbital torus. But that's the end of the good part.

Jim

[Majimaune]

I was going to say I hadn't even heard of it and maybe that that was an Aussie thing but Tanga had to ruin that.

[Vincent Tauscher]

The only thing old about this movie is how the plot gets after about the 10-minute mark or so. I seriously don't know what the creators were trying to do with this one.

[tangaloomababe]

Originally posted by Maj.......

I was going to say I hadn't even heard of it and maybe that that was an Aussie thing but Tanga had to ruin that

Sorry Maj around here thats all the males have been speaking about.

"Oooooo 10,000 BC cant wait, have to see that one" and I am like "What sounds boring"

[GOLLUM]

The movie show on ABC TV really bagged it last night.

Sad it got sillier and sillier (wrt plot) as the story went on and the acting was pretty sad.

Think I'll wait for DVD on this one....

[The Procrastinator]

A male colleague was all enthused about this film until I told him both Margaret and David bagged it on the movie show (ABC TV)...not a good sign, he admits. Unless I hear otherwise i'll be avoiding it.

[Majimaune]

I'll be avoiding it because of what those two said. Usually if one of them likes it it can be a good film.

[PTeppic]

Went to see it yesterday. The plot is largely that of Apocalypto but with a different set of pyramids. Good points: some impressive visuals (ignoring any historical accuracy), reasonably pacing, and some impressive "casts of thousands" (if they weren't just digital). Some of the CGI was pretty good. Bad: the dialogue was questionable, the plot simplistic for a modern film, characterisation cliched and even the CGI was "off" in places. Example, a sabre-tooth interacts in the middle of a village with the hero: but its paws don't quite move "on" the surface: very basic error; it's general appearance is okay (though doesn't seem the "extraordinary" that I've seen Emmerich claiming).

[pyan]

What's your overall opinion then, Pteppic? Yeah or Nay?