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10,000 B.C. | 
 enlarge | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Virgel, Affif Ben Badra
Studio: Warner Bros.
Category: Movie
Buy New: $3.99
Rating:  237 reviews
Sales Rank: 298
Genre: Action
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 109 Minutes
ASIN: B001BKV9TE
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 2008
Release Date: November 19, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Edge-of-the-seat great! August 9, 2008
mayflower (BFE North, Ca. United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was purely entertained by this film. And after all, isn't that what movies are all about? Obviously it's not true to the time period, but people didn't speak English back then either. But I didn't feel any of the misrepresentations took away from the film. It was well worth watching! And I have recommended it highly to everyone!
Are you kidding me?? July 29, 2008
Jacquard (High Desert)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have a lot to say about those who have reviewed this film negatively but since it's against the "review guidelines," I can't.
This was a fantastic movie!
In defense of the historical aspects of the film: I applaud the writers and directors for giving us a better view of civilization in ancient times than what we are used to. We are not often told that Homo Sapien has existed in its exact form since 250,000 B.C. Same brain size, same body size, same ability to reason, same capacity to love. Pick up a history book and prove it to yourself. Amazon has thousands of them! They were masters of the world they lived in at the time, like we are masters of the world we live in today. Historically, this film is more accurate than inaccurate. Put aside the presupposition that the pyramids were built around 2500 B.C. according to our accepted historical time-line and what you have is a wealth of imagery describing how we hunted the mammoth, how we captured the saber tooth tiger and how we were hunted and eaten by downgraded dinosaurs in the form of giant birds!
Is it conceivable that racism didn't exist between the dark skinned tribes of the African savannah and the pale skinned men of the mountains? Or did they wonder at each other? Dreams and visions are often mentioned in ancient literature as belonging to the most sacred member of a tribe. It's Shaman, mystic, medicine man, etc! These people busied themselves with knowledge and wisdom while everyone else in the clan had their purpose and goals. Wouldn't you want to see how they might have lived, created, communicated, learned, stood together side by side united for a cause and died for what they believed in! And how appropriate that this work is a love story! No one can deny that as a race, man's awareness to love spans the ages, knows no limit and sets us apart from animal instinct!
I can understand how those who are not fans of ancient history can sit back and wonder why the dumb cave man isn't poking sticks into an anthill to eat the ants but the reality is, that cave man is you without technology! Could you hunt the African elephant without a rifle? Could you feed you family without a grocery store? Would you travel hundreds of miles on foot? Ancients were not dumb! They were brilliant at surviving and learning how to control their environment, or we would not be here today.
Most of what we think we know of ancient history is merely a lot of guesswork anyway. Compared to the complexity of human life, facts from these times are limited. The filmmakers have put together an incredible interpretation based on a mixture of fact, guesswork and pure fantasy! You want a documentary watch the history channel, you want a good story see this movie.
Loved it March 23, 2008
Alyssa A. Lappen (Earth)
16 out of 22 found this review helpful
No doubt about it, I'm a contrarian, and that pattern holds concerning this fictional kids' film.
I know that history is askew in this film, yet there are so many pieces that work. Within this fiction, the characterizations, portrayals of prehistoric animals (mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and birds) and cinematography are all dazzling.
More importantly, the tale carries several wonderful messages that kids appreciate---the need to protect one's own people as well as others, the need to preserve and restore human rights, and the need to work with others, despite seeming differences. The saga also includes a romance, and legend.
And all this comes (as one other reviewer noted) without blood and guts. I wouldn't say the film portrays the world "before the White Man came and ruined everything."
True enough, the chronology is way off kilter---as the ancient Egyptians reigned long after 10000 B.C. And they undoubtedly did not harness mastodons while building the pyramids. But never mind that.
The ancient Egyptians did treat their slaves cruelly.
And history aside, this action and adventure film provides authentic representations of prehistoric living conditions, as well as the myths and medicine men of early civilizations. The movie also includes a large dollop of humanism, which sticks with viewers long after the last scene.
Our whole family really enjoyed it---much more than we expected, at that.
Great Adventure Yarn June 20, 2008
baggani (Los Angeles, CA USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is probably one of the best adventure films of the year. It took me to a place I had not been before. It showed me Wholly Mammoths and Saber Tooth tigers, and races long extinct. Leave your history lesson at the door, and just enjoy the rollicking adventure of prehistoric man fighting oppression. You might learn something. Oppression still exists in the world in 2008 A.D.
I enjoyed this movie July 31, 2008
Hey Man Jesus Saves (In the palm of God, man.)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought the musical score for it. I enjoyed the music. I liked how it was sort of a Eurasian Apocalypto, very cool. The whole man connecting with beast thing was cool. The Nephilim hanging out in the yet to be built Pyramid City was most excellent, I thank God for that scene. There are a number of things in this movie that I would thank God for. The Mammoths, the gnarly cave dudes and dudettes. That was one awesome spear that the tribal leader got to carry! Most excellent and a big thanks to God for that as well. Overall, I enjoyed it and that's what counts. I thank God for the time I spent viewing this beautiful and historical journey back to the days of yore. Thanks God! (Spoken while pointing both index fingers toward the Heavens!)
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