10,000 B.C. [Blu-ray]

I felt like this movie was trying to be an epic with it's scenary and story of generations and love and loss, but it was just empty. No where near enough real character development. I felt little attachment to any of the characters. My husband wanted to see this movie for months and he was so disappointed that he wanted our rental fee back. I'm so glad I didn't buy it for him.

Saw this with my sweety and even though it was fun to laugh at it was like laughing at a video of someone's coffin falling out of a hearse. Funny at first but in fact not funny.

10,000 B.C. follows the character of D'Leh (Steven Strait), a member of a mountain-living tribe that makes their living from hunting mastodons. D'Leh's father was the tribe's chief, but left the tribe and abandoned his family many years ago because of a prophecy. D'Leh becomes an outcast. Years later, because of his skills as a hunter and his sacrificial nature, D'Leh becomes a leader in his tribe. The tribe is attacked by a group of warrior horsemen who take many captives, including the beautiful Evolet (Camilla Belle), D'Leh's fiancé. D'Leh sets forth on a dangerous journey south to rescue his tribemates. His journey takes him from the plains, through the jungle, and across the desert. He comes face to face with a saber-tooth tiger, is stalked by giant-lizard birds, and is joined by others who have lost friends and family to the invading horsemen. Their journey culminates at Giza, Egypt. It is there that D'Leh meets his destiny and fulfills a prophecy given years before.

The first thirty-minutes of 10, 000 B.C. moves rather slow. Many films have a slow beginning because this is when filmmakers usually attempt to give whatever exposition they need for the story to progress. 10, 000 B.C. moves at a much slower rate than usual. Once the exposition is set, the movie rockets forward.

I enjoyed watching 10,000 B.C. I thought it was good for what it was, a complete mind-candy movie without any moral, message, or teachable moment. The majority of complaints made about the film is that it is completely historical inaccurate. I won't argue with anyone about that, but that's kind of the point of the whole movie. The film was directed by Roland Emmerich, a director who's not known for staying true to historical accuracy or real-life plausibility. It's just fun to watch people, mastodons, saber-toothed tigers, dinosaurs, and advanced Egyptian (alien?) technology come together in a fun, entertaining, and imaginative way on the screen. Also, for as much action that happens in the film, one would think that the movie is not kid-friendly. That is not the case. 10,000 B.C. is filled with action and some minor scenes of violence, but there is no gushing blood, no foul language, and no sex.

Recommended for children and their parents and anyone who can suspend their disbelief and wants to watch a fun movie.

I'm not going to talk about the ridiculous dearth of historical inaccuracies in this movie. That's basically what drew me to it in the first place. "A movie where cavemen fight egyptians, dinosaurs, sabre-tooth tigers, wooly mammoths, and (fingers crossed) possibly robots? Sign me up!" It looked fun. Then I realized it was directed by Roland Emmerich, the genius behind such classic travesties such as Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow. Still, I remained undeterred. CAVEMEN! DINOSAURS! Finally untethered from the shackles of fact, they were going to do glorious battle! How can you possibly mess that up? That's a question only Mr. Emmerich can answer, because he messed it up like a professional disaster. In the end, the movie was too long and ACTUALLY BORING. When you have no real intentions on making a quality movie about real characters, please don't spend time trying to developing. That's like planting a rock in a ground and watering it and telling people it's going to grow into a beautiful tree.
As he loves to make disaster movies, perhaps next time ol' Rolie should make a movie about the making of any of his films.

I just love to tag the idiots who think they're so smooth panning a movie because they're above it all. Get a life! If you wrote a review you must have seen, or heard others comment. It was good, clean fun, not action packed idiocy throughout - some just don't get that. The film is reminiscent of Gibsons 'Apocalypto', not much acting, but a story line that wasn't lost in the telling, and an ending worthy of good fantasy - three and a half stars.