March 27, 2008...2:26 pm
10,000 B.C.
By Rishi Kabir
It was among the many films that people remarked about when being questioned on what movie they would be seeing this weekend. It was the film that had movie goers pining to witness the magnificent return of the prehistoric age, being to life with the help of romantic love conflicts, titanic fight scenes, and mammoths galore. And yet when witnessing the phenomenon of 10,000 B.C., one was left with the bitter taste of knowing that, yes we had indeed wasted our seven dollars for an ultimately mediocre film.
10,000 B.C. is the story of a mammoth hunter, D’Leh, who falls in love with a girl, Evolet, who catalyzes a prophecy of epic proportions. As the story continues, a mysterious group kidnaps Evolet and the rest of the tribe sparking an odessyian adventure to find his lost love and bring her back. As the film progresses the protagonist faces a sinister saber tooth tiger, a group of nomads, and a mysterious leader who is worshiped as a god. It remains up to D’Leh to wage war against this evil despot and save the day.
In terms of an action adventure film, 10,000 B.C. delivers a mediocre adrenaline rush fixating on epic mammoth hunts and grandiouos tribal battles, yet this is hardly enough to sustain such a daunting and slow plot. The film takes much of its premise from One million years B.C., where the same concept provided audiences with much richer contexts for prehistoric adventure.
Essentially what really disdains the audience from enjoying the film is that it lends itself to a self aggrandizing stance that the film will be great simply because of the scope it tries to encompass. The film being made by the same director as The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 B.C. is nothing more than an action film laced with pretentious amounts of historical commentary. Perhaps it may answer the question behind who truly made the pyramids, but the important question remains unsolved, why did I waste my money when I could have just rented Apocalypto.
1 Comment
April 11, 2008 at 3:12 am
It does sound cheesy, but I still want to see it.
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