10,000 B.c.

[Klaus]

I liked Stargate a lot better, tho.

Bye
Thanee

I liked it, up until it turned into The Crying Game.


Roland Emmerich does love him some voice-altering filter, doesn't he?

 

[Tiberius]

Those *were* the Pyramids, according to the geological evidence of vertical erosion marks found on the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, dating them to 10,000 BC. Of course, egyptologists deny that theory.

Pfft. They just don't want to recognize the truth that the Pyramids were landing platforms for Ha'tak-class vessels.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Go check out Antoine Fuqua's dreadful King Arthur...

Dreadful is right. That movie is as much fun as having your fingers broken. 10K BC was pretty fun. That's all.

Though I think the mammoth hunters still had to move. That valley did not look good for farming to me.

 

[Mark]

Decent fantasy movie. Needs to be seen on the big screen. I'd suggest a matinee.

 

[David Howery]

Those *were* the Pyramids, according to the geological evidence of vertical erosion marks found on the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, dating them to 10,000 BC. Of course, egyptologists deny that theory.

This movie is as historical as Stargate. And as enjoyable as that one.

It's pretty obvious that the writers are familiar with the books of Graham Hancock (I think that's his name)... notice the big Sphinx with a lion's head? However, the erosion marks were pretty conclusively shown to be actually dew percolating in the bands of different sandstone at night, and flaking off in the morning.... the Sphinx is particularly prone to this. Because of the layers of different kinds of sandstone, the dew affects them at different rates, and thus, you have what looks like water erosion.

As for the movie... I kinda agree with the reviewer that said it was rather 'timid' for the subject matter. Still, it was fun to watch. The terror birds were a hoot. The sabertooth that featured so prominently in the trailers wasn't on screen enough.

 

[ssampier]

It was certainly interesting. The soundtrack seem a bit too serious (melodramatic?) for a pulp film.

The movie felt rushed despite being somewhat bored during the beginning scenes; needed more terror birds and mammoth fights.

The pyramids were gorgeous. Spoiler question

Spoiler

In the temple where the Almighty lived, did they show what thing was? They were burning it, but I couldn't tell what the heck it was

.

 

[WayneLigon]

Spoiler question

Spoiler

In the temple where the Almighty lived, did they show what thing was? They were burning it, but I couldn't tell what the heck it was

.

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure it was a huge sailing ship.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure it was a huge sailing ship.

I agree.

Spoiler

The suggestion – made by a single map showing a large island at about the location of the Azores – is in the movie to hint at the god-king being from Atlantis. And at one point someone says they came from a land that sank beneath the seas. So, that was probably the boat he came on and the priests were trying to retreat to it, but they did not move fast enough.

 

[Fast Learner]

Also agreed, definitely a

Spoiler

huge sailing ship

. You could see part of it sticking out of the side of the temple and into the water, towards the end.

I had heard that there were fantasy elements, so went in expecting a fantasy, and got a pretty enjoyable one.

The only thing that really bothered me -- and yes, I know, I'm saying it's a fantasy -- was the incredibly diverse peoples that he brought together. The group would have had to have covered

Spoiler

nearly the entire continent of Africa

to have gathered up some of those peoples. Well, that and how ethnically diverse the original European (assumedly) tribe was: they had very widely varying facial features, skin tones, etc. for what was presumably a single tribe of people in 10,000 BC.

Still, good stuff.

 

[ssampier]

I want a prequel to 10,000 B.C.

10,005 B.C. Atlantis