SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Jadey N. 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?

tinoid °Sabertooth spoilers ahead°Not sure what the critics are all about but I really enjoyed this. Sure, I get that it's not historically watertight, like are there really giant birds running around 10.000 BC ? and it's probably not the movie to end all movies .. but it was more than decent. The story never became predictable, the visuals were enjoyable all throughout and I did not cringe at any of the dialogues or the acting for that matter although both were kind of basic but hey, it was a prehistoric time after all remember, and I have to admit I cried real tears when .. Nah I'm not gonna tell you that yet! are you kidding me. The whole production had a pleasant warmth and friendliness to it, like in olden times, when people still had a heart and cared for each other, instead of preying on something twisted or shocking. I guess that's what you guys have been missing? That means evolution did a bad job and now you're just too numb to enjoy anything if bloody body parts are not slapping you in the face.. So, perfect feel good movie for a night with the girlfriend or your family and totally made to watch on a large screen. I had some debate with myself whether to give this a nine or a ten but this title really needs some rescuing from harsh votes of the modern day zombies and I'm willing to be the hero of the day

romanorum1 Creating a period piece based upon the Stone Age is very dubious because little is well known about prehistoric times, even with some evidence like fossils and cave men drawings. Nevertheless it can be safely stated that Roland Emmerich's "10,000 BC" fails on many levels. And the problems go way beyond the historical blunders, which include Iron Age items (swords, cages, chains), pyramids, gilded metallic pyramid top, stirrups, fabric clothing/sails with bright colors, and copper telescope. Note that the Iron Age commenced only around 1200 BC; the Copper Age began around two thousand years or so earlier. We even see a fairly accurate early modern map of the western world, including eastern South America (!). Where did these ancients get the appropriate nautical instruments for map-making? Even domesticated woolly mammoths are shown restrained by iron chain in the DESERT heat. Could not the director use Computer Generated Imagery to create mastodons instead? Hey, you can't have everything! Anyway, it is nice to learn that folks had such full and white sets of teeth then, while some women had beautiful coiffed hair and skin without scars, cuts, and scratches (even after a grueling forced march). It was interesting to learn that the Africans dined on South American chili in 10,000 BC. Beyond these fantastic facts, the movie is problematic with odd language use (unnatural English) for the era. Another annoyance is the expression "white rain" for snow. One would think that early man had used a simple word for "snow" at it is a common occurrence among mountain people. Other problems include dreadful scripting, poor pacing, ill-timed editing, and unremarkable acting. The whole muddle would have been better known as a fantasy or dream.The film, which becomes more ludicrous as it progresses, is narrated throughout by Omar Sharif. A Yagahl mountain clan of woolly mammoth hunters ekes out a meager existence (to make some sense of location, maybe they inhabit the Mt. Ararat area in eastern Turkey). But as the narrator says, before long the tribe will morph into warriors. The main character, D'Leh (Steven Strait), is looked down upon by some as his late father was unfairly perceived as a coward. The kinfolk are attacked and pillaged by prehistoric Arabic-looking slavers on horseback while two dozen or so survivors are taken prisoner (including D'Leh's love, Evolet = Camilla Belle). D'Leh and three companions quickly assemble to track the invaders. They trudge across nearly impassable mountains and thick jungles and scorching deserts. But to obtain a few slaves the ancient Arabs certainly made a cost-prohibitive and long and arduous trek (coming and going), which seems to consume about half of the feature. Along the way people encounter three types of prehistoric mammals: (1) more woolly mammoths from the Cenozoic Era's Pleistocene Period, (2) Diatrymas (large flightless birds from the Eocene), and (3) a Pleistocene saber-toothed cat (Smilodon), whose upper canines are disproportionately large and so long that the poor animal can barely extent his lower jaw beyond them! Anyway, D'Leh frees the dangerous cat, who repays him by not eating him. Because he handled himself well with the Smilodon (known as "spear-tooth" by natives), D'Leh is acknowledged as leader of the growing expedition by the prehistoric black Africans. At trek's finale D'Leh observes a super-advanced civilization (very very early Egyptian) under a man-god who commands the building of pyramids. The ruling nobles are prehistoric Asiatic Indians. Despite his unifying of North African warriors, D'Leh realizes that he is still outnumbered. If only he can free the captive slaves working the pyramids! Will the captured slaves even help them? Guess. The CGI is passable, and the sweep shots of the pyramids are well done. A positive element is that the use of gratuitous violence is somewhat controlled. Not that there is no carnage, but the camera cuts do spare us the potential grisly segments. Would including these scenes improve the film? Well, go back and read the first paragraph. On a typically more negative note, the movie does present some strange quotes. Here are just three of them:• "I understand your pain."• "Don't forget to chew."• 'Tell him I am older than I look."A defender of Director Emmerich may say that he creates movies to please crowds and make money for the major studios. While that may be, it is difficult to find those above adolescent age who would appreciate this preposterous mess. You may get through it if you do not care much about history. But it is recommended only for the incarcerated, intoxicated, deranged, and the drugged.

andersr28 I really don't get why this movie has received so many negative reviews. This movie have some really well made special effects, and an awesome storyline. The story takes place in a prehistoric era approximately 10.000 years b.c. You follow a tribe of mammoth huntsmen called the Yaghal on an epic journey. The critics constantly bash this movie, for the ''poor acting'' but most people really don't care much about that, because of the fact that the acting isn't really that bad. I gave this movie 10 out of 10 stars, because i simply had a blast watching it! If you are into films about the prehistoric era I'm sure that you will appreciate this movie as much as i do! i will definitely recommend this fantastic movie to others! I also strongly recommend watching the movie in Full-HD with surround sound.