10,000 B.C. Review
What’s this movie about? A small tribe of hunters is attacked by an unknown civilization, many of said hunters are captured and taken away. A young warrior of the tribe (Steven Strait) must set out to save his people and his love interest (Camilla Belle).
What went right? The best thing I can say about this movie is that it did get better as it progressed. This is relative of course, as the first half was a complete disaster of surprising proportions. I still can’t believe how bad it was, and found myself contemplating how bad it was more often than I could pay attention to the movie. I don’t think I expected a masterpiece, but I thought I was going to attend a passable movie experience that satisfied my desire to see a big budget flick with some solid action. Needless to say, that’s not what this movie is. It’s just bad.
What went wrong? I guess I’ll start with the effects, because you probably need really good effects shots to make a movie like this work. I’ve seen some other reviews online praise the effects work, and there are some good shots, but for the most part they lacked the punch to make the movie look authentic. The worst offense is poor green screen shots, making certain scenes look completely unrealistic and destroys any chance of being engrossed in the story. I don’t want to complain about the acting, because I think the lack of an authentic feel probably made the actors look worse than the performances they delivered. The story is thin, as one would expect out of a popcorn flick, but if your story is going to be thin you need to make up for that in other areas or it stands out even more than it would have otherwise. I think this movie made me realize that I don’t like narrators all the much, I noticed myself being annoyed at this moderately used element for whatever reason. I won’t go into any specifics regarding the story, if you’re like me you’ll probably watch the movie anyway no matter how many negative reviews you read. Speaking of which, this thing has pulled of a fairly epic bad-reviews-to-budget ratio. It’s currently sitting at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is quite impressive given the effort put into it.
The Bottom Line: If you’re on a budget, feel safe in your decision to skip this one. Bad effects and a bad story do not a good movie make. 2/10.
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