When I first saw the previews for this movie I thought it looked awesome. Then I heard the reviews. Sometimes, though, I strongly disagree with professional critics. This was NOT one of those times.
10,000 B.C. (2008) is not good. It is close to being bad....very very close. First off, I know there is such a thing as suspension of belief. But to suspend belief in this I would have to assume it did not take place on earth and they were not trying to portray our ancestors. And nothing in the movie set me up for that...no "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," or "Somewhere on Earth 2" or anything like that. They want us to believe that this is earth, and somehow so many cultures and technologies and animals from different eras all were at the same time. It does not come close to working.
The story itself is standard and cliched. The acting was so-so at best. And the vaunted CGI effects were only average, if that. When I see a movie with good CGI I want to think, "Wow, that looks almost real!" This movie made me think "CGI, cgi cgi cgi cgi...it all looks like cgi."
It is incredible what good teeth these ancient ancestors had. I mean, so white and bright, no missing teeth, almost like they had cosmetic dentists. If they had added that, I would not have been surprised. It almost would have fit in this mess.
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