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To anyone who has ever yearned to see woolly mammoths in full stampede across the Alps, 10,000 BC can be heartily recommended. There's also a flock of "terror birds" (lethal ostriches on steroids) in a steaming jungle only a splice away from the heroes' snow-dusted alpine habitat. And lo, somewhere in the vastness of the North African desert lies a city whose slave inhabitants alternately teem like the crowds in Quo Vadis during the burning of Rome and trudge in hieratically menacing formations like the workers in Metropolis. That's pretty much it for the cool stuff. Setting movies in prehistoric times is dicey. Apart from the "Dawn of Man" sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey, only Quest for Fire makes the grade, and its creators had the good sense to limit the dialogue to grunts and moans. 10,000 BC boasts a quasi-biblical narrator (Omar Sharif) and characters who speak in formed, albeit uninteresting, sentences (including a New Age–y "I understand your pain"). But let no one say the storytelling isn't primitive. The narrator speaks of "the legend of the child with the blue eyes" and bingo, here's the kid now. When, grown up to be Camilla Belle, she's carried off by "four-legged demons" (guys on horseback to you). The neighbour boy (Steven Strait) who hankers to make myth with her leads a rescue mission into the great unknown world beyond their mountaintop. His name is D'Leh, which is Held, the German for "knight," spelled backward. So yes, there is some hidden meaning after all. 10,000 BC is the latest triumph of the ersatz from writer-director Roland Emmerich. Like Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), and The Day After Tomorrow (2004) before it, it's shamelessly cobbled together out of every movie Emmerich can remember to pilfer from (though to be fair, the section in pre-ancient Egypt harks back to his own Stargate). Emmerich's saving grace is that his films' cheesiness is so flagrant, his narratives so geared for instant gratification, he can seem like a kid simultaneously improvising and acting out a story in his backyard: "P'tend there's this alien ... p'tend maybe he came from Atlantis or something...." Just don't p'tend it has anything to do with real movie-making. --Richard T. Jameson
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Ticked Off
Format:Blu-ray
Was this magnificent movie-making? No. But it was an enjoyable ride all the same and I liked it despite its clunky script. It didn't really pretend to be much more than it was - a popcorn movie for a rainy Sunday afternoon. Don't analyse it. Don't expect historical accuracy or intellectual depth. Just enjoy the romp and you'll probably find it's better than you expected.
I'm willing to pay £8 for a Blu-Ray copy just for the scene with the big cat in the pit, alone!
I'm willing to pay £8 for a Blu-Ray copy just for the scene with the big cat in the pit, alone!
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By yl_ksa
Format:Blu-ray
ok, alot of people watched this movie and gave it really bad reviews, you can see that in the reviews here in amazon and u can also see it in the IMDB rating...however, I bought this movie and watched it...
I really enjoyed the story, its nice and it keeps you wanting more...it also looks amazing on blu-ray...if u r the kind who only watched a movie for action and thrills then most probably u wont like the movie, but if u r into a nice story with great special effects, then this movie is for u...
I give this movie a 4/5 stars and i recommend it for blu-ray fans, if ur not gonna buy it, rent it and check it out atleast...
I really enjoyed the story, its nice and it keeps you wanting more...it also looks amazing on blu-ray...if u r the kind who only watched a movie for action and thrills then most probably u wont like the movie, but if u r into a nice story with great special effects, then this movie is for u...
I give this movie a 4/5 stars and i recommend it for blu-ray fans, if ur not gonna buy it, rent it and check it out atleast...
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I thought this was great, initially I was put off by bad reviews, but actually it all hung together. Ok so it's not a masterpiece, but it was entertaining! I think people are mistaking understated acting for bad-acting! It's nowhere near as bad as Tomb of the dragon emperor, which really was atrocious!!!
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Great movie
Very good price and promt service. Just what i wanted. No hasstles or worries with this product, you must buy,
Published 1 month ago by Mr. J. Frayne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dancing with Saber tooth tigers!
How to review such an unusual film?
The story line is simple. A man goes on a journey to rescue a lady in distress. Read more
The story line is simple. A man goes on a journey to rescue a lady in distress. Read more
Published 1 month ago by LincolnshireRose
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up
Very enjoyable film. Was a good change from the run of the mill gun wielding, High octane, car chase action film.
Published 2 months ago by Borris Gadget
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thanks
received the product very quickly through the post and are very happy with it and would like to send my thanks
Published 4 months ago by mark cato
3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent blu-ray transfer, film not so!!
Ok so 10,000 B.C. is never going to win an Oscar, is never going to win awards - unless they are the awards no one really wants - but one thing this film (blu-ray) does have in its... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Warnie Wombat
3.0 out of 5 stars
Product description doesn't match item received!
I ordered this a few days ago and from the product description I was expecting this:
"Each tin contains the limited edition 2 disc DVD, with digital copy as well as a... Read more
"Each tin contains the limited edition 2 disc DVD, with digital copy as well as a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Christopher
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sets Movie-making back 10,000 years!
Not entirely true but is probably as an accurate statement that the film itself projects.
Immediately, the stilted, hushed, dialogue (it's in English! Read more
Immediately, the stilted, hushed, dialogue (it's in English! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Tim Kidner
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dreadful, dreadful,dreadful... you get the idea
I quite liked the look of this, and I must confess, bought it without reading any reviews. Silly me. What a dreadful (sorry) film. Read more
Published 13 months ago by N. Davey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better Than You Would Think
I caught the bit of this on TV where he first meets the Sabre Tooth Cat in the pit. 'Nuff said, as I ain't gonna spoil the story by saying more. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Filthy Raider
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you want to be sure, only need to be 120 centuries old
This film is very good. I'm unable to say right now if 100 centuries before Christ there was prehistory or protohistory, or if there existed sabre- tigers, although sure yes the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Carlos Vazquez Quintana
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