10,000 B.C.

I watched 10,000 B.C. simply because of lack of alternative. At first, the movie was just okay for me. There are some romance bit, some funny bits here and there, but it was mostly a very shallow movie. The casting and makeup are not realistic of the era they are portraying. It just screams Hollywood version of a movie set in 10,000 B.C. Just great looking actors and actresses (Steven Strait as D'Leh and Camilla Belle as Evolet) but they really did not have that much grasp and understanding of what the people during that era are supposed to act or sound like.

10,000 BC is similar to the movie 300. I am talking about the "spear throwing" scene wherein D'Leh threw a spear to kill the The Pyramid God, the head enemy. Of course it was done in slow motion so all I can think of is "Oh my god, it's probably going to fall short or it probably won't kill the enemy, just like in 300!" And then the spear hit the Pyramid God and the he falls down the flight of stairs without any grace at all! I was simply stunned because I can't believe that his role was just finished like that. I thought he would have done some other evil thing to make the story have more depth and plot. Sadly, the highlight of his role is his falling down the stairs and tumbling just a tad bit too long.

The last scene just screams of a Hollywood ending when Evolet died and came alive again. It was a classic Hollywood ending of the hero and heroine ending up together and living happily ever after. They shouldn't have killed Evolet in the first place. It was a lame attempt to give the plot a twist!

Anyway, the main conclusion is, the movie plot and story was not very good. I simply liked the setting and the fact that it tells of a story during 10,000 BC and we can get a glimpse of what was life then.