10,000 Bc

[X-Maniac]

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[The Shape]

If it is opinion then, why don't you accept that some people liked it instead of hanging around here bashing on it?

This movie was more than just bad acting and if you can't see that then IMO you have no taste in movies. This movie was not good no, but it wasn't one of the world's worst movie which is what a 1/10 is.

And why don't you just accept that many people, like me, didn't like it and stop getting on my back about it? You're just digging a deeper hole for yourself here, because you're doing the same exact thing..

Also, I know it was more than bad acting. It was bad action/adventure with bad special effects, a bad story, and bland cinematography. Sorry that I thought this movie was horrible, but that doesn't affect my movie taste whatsoever. And there's no such thing as "the world's worst movie". There is such a thing as an opinion, and this is mine -- 1/10.

 

[The Shape]

I thought it did have great suspense. And just as with any action sequence in any movie with an established set of characters, you know deep down they will make it through the sequence. Very few movies have genuine shock deaths and lasting consequences and those that do (X-Men The Last Stand, Bridge to Terabithia) get bashed for it. But your criticism isn't valid - did we really expect Superman to die in SR when he fell to earth and lay in that hospital bed? No, we knew he'd make it. But, here we are listening to your lame, asinine 'Dudez, dere's noo suspenze. dis flik suxor.' Zzzzzzz. Get some sex and lighten up!

My point wasn't that there's never been a film where we actually though the main characters were gonna kick the bucket, rather than make it through a suspensful scene in the middle of the story. The point is that we've scene action scenes like this (which was pretty much all that the film comprises of) in other films...but much BETTER, with much more SUSPENSE. Also, I'm not sure why you're attemting to personally attack me, because everything I'm posting is my opinion, as it is your. Yours isn't any more valid than mine, *****ebag.

I thought the birds did look real, and so did the mammoths. I thought the sabretooth was a few per cent off being totally convincing, but it was still excellent.

Your problem, or at least one of them, is that you're knowing it's CGI and saying 'Oh no, it's CGI, it can't be real therefore it isn't real therefore I'm not convinced.' The same is said with most movies where there is CGI or even prosthetics. It's like those absurd criticisms of Hulk - 'It's CGI, boohoo, wahhhh, it's not real.' As if the director was supposed to put out a casting call for a 15ft green goliath.

Seriously, get a grip. Watch some older movies like the Harryhausen classics, see what passed for magnificent effects decades ago, then look at what can be achieved today and just learn some gratitude rather than being some pissy little bedroom Gameboy who finds it soooooo easy to criticise.

Once again, when did this become the "let's see who can have better quips and attacks against another poster" argument? You're actually much more immature than I pegged you for. Way to go. And yeah, I'm the "bedroom Gameboy", because I'm the only one out of the two of us that posts on a superhero forum.

My problem isn't that I know the effects are CGI. Computer generated imagery has become a staple in pretty much any action movie these days. There's basically no way to make a straight up action flick without it. With that said, no CGI is truly convincing, we all know that, but there are cases where it is either used sparingly/tastefully, or the CGI is at least pretty damn good (Transformers comes to mind...mindblowing effects). The overall goal of CGI is to not look like CGI, so in a film like 10,000 BC, the goal is to make these creatures and settings appear as real as possible, which is extremely difficult to do, and they failed. Simple as that. Obviously we aren't going to get the most real-looking creatures out there, but the ones in 10,000 BC weren't even halfway there.

Again this is all my opinion, just as everything you post is yours (as much as you want it to be fact). But why should I feel grateful for the effects in this film if I didn't like them? IMO, the effects in ID4 were actually better than in this.

 

[X-Maniac]

My point wasn't that there's never been a film where we actually though the main characters were gonna kick the bucket, rather than make it through a suspensful scene in the middle of the story. The point is that we've scene action scenes like this (which was pretty much all that the film comprises of) in other films...but much BETTER, with much more SUSPENSE. Also, I'm not sure why you're attemting to personally attack me, because everything I'm posting is my opinion, as it is your. Yours isn't any more valid than mine, *****ebag.

The film consists purely of action? Are you kidding!? It needed more action, either during or just after the walk through the desert, when the pacing sagged. I wanted more action, more of those wonderful prehistoric creatures!

My problem isn't that I know the effects are CGI. Computer generated imagery has become a staple in pretty much any action movie these days. There's basically no way to make a straight up action flick without it. With that said, no CGI is truly convincing, we all know that, but there are cases where it is either used sparingly/tastefully, or the CGI is at least pretty damn good (Transformers comes to mind...mindblowing effects). The overall goal of CGI is to not look like CGI, so in a film like 10,000 BC, the goal is to make these creatures and settings appear as real as possible, which is extremely difficult to do, and they failed. Simple as that. Obviously we aren't going to get the most real-looking creatures out there, but the ones in 10,000 BC weren't even halfway there.

Well, in Transformers, the camera was shaking all over the place so much that any FX would have been okay. It was hard to tell what was going on. It's just nothing like the type of FX we had in 10,000BC which were focused shots on living creatures, not stiff robots.

I thought the mammoths were stunning, utterly real. It's not even arguable. If you don't think that the mammoths were fantastic, there's something else going on here apart from disliking the movie.

The Titanis birds were also fine, i thought the kinetic nature of the action sequence in the jungle created mystery and suspense. It wasn't supposed to long lingering shots like the mammoths. The sabretooth was almost perfect, not as convincing as the mammoths. But excellent. I've seen sabretooths in many other things, like the Walking with Beasts series, the Primeval series, and other programmes, and the one in 10,000BC was the best yet.

Again this is all my opinion, just as everything you post is yours (as much as you want it to be fact). But why should I feel grateful for the effects in this film if I didn't like them? IMO, the effects in ID4 were actually better than in this.

My opinion on the mammoths just cannot be argued any other way. They were right there on screen, in that landscape. In the tundra landscape and at the pyramids, they looked absolutely stunning and blew me away. Perfect CGI. So much so that the Titanis birds and sabretooth could hardly match up, but did a very good job.

I think you have other issues here that you aren't being honest about. The CGI isn't an arguable issue really. Storytelling was a bit cliche and corny in places, sure. But the stunning cinematography/visuals and the FX were fantastic and left me wanting more, more, more! It didn't have enough creatures!

 

[X-Maniac]

Also, I know it was more than bad acting. It was bad action/adventure with bad special effects, a bad story, and bland cinematography. Sorry that I thought this movie was horrible, but that doesn't affect my movie taste whatsoever. And there's no such thing as "the world's worst movie". There is such a thing as an opinion, and this is mine -- 1/10.

Passable acting, great action/adventure with excellent special effects, a decent story, excellent cinematography.

Your opinion of 1/10 means something else is going on here. Are you some bitter failed FX student? Or from an FX department that didn't get to work on the film? Either that or you need to see a few more movies to give your opinions more relevance and meaning.

 

[Mr. Credible]

Passable acting, great action/adventure with excellent special effects, a decent story, excellent cinematography.

Your opinion of 1/10 means something else is going on here. Are you some bitter failed FX student? Or from an FX department that didn't get to work on the film? Either that or you need to see a few more movies to give your opinions more relevance and meaning.

dude, this movie sucked, hard. i can't see how you can possibly defend it so vehemently... the acting was bad, mostly because the dialog was so laughable, the action was totally weak, the cgi was passable, decent, but really nothing special, and NOWHERE near perfect, it was actually pretty bad in a few spots, the the story was ridiculously stupid, and the cinematography was merely okay.

get over it. you liked it? good for you, you liked a terrible movie. quit trying to act like your opinion is fact and that we're being unfairly hard on the movie. we're not. you're just overly praising it.

 

[X-Maniac]

dude, this movie sucked, hard. i can't see how you can possibly defend it so vehemently... the acting was bad, mostly because the dialog was so laughable, the action was totally weak, the cgi was passable, decent, but really nothing special, and NOWHERE near perfect, it was actually pretty bad in a few spots, the the story was ridiculously stupid, and the cinematography was merely okay.

get over it. you liked it? good for you, you liked a terrible movie. quit trying to act like your opinion is fact and that we're being unfairly hard on the movie. we're not. you're just overly praising it.

Now look 'dude' (God i hate that word), all you've just told me is your opinion. Seriously, I don't understand what issues people have with the movie.

I never expected smart, crisp dialogue from a primeval people. We were either going to get primitive grunts and subtitles or a simple dialogue to try to convey the age the movie was set in. I never expected award-winning dialogue in this.

If you can show me better CGI sabretooths, birds and mammoths, then great! But somehow I doubt it.

Why was the story stupid? It was supposed to be a prehistoric myth - prophecy, quest, legendary journey, etc. No more stupid than any other myth or legend.

I think you've just forgotten how to enjoy yourself and go along for the ride.

I hope we get a lot more of this kind of prehistoric movie. More creatures next time please!

 

[Timstuff]

The Sabertooth looked really fake. The Mammoths were amazing though.

 

[Mr. Credible]

Now look 'dude' (God i hate that word), all you've just told me is your opinion. Seriously, I don't understand what issues people have with the movie.

I never expected smart, crisp dialogue from a primeval people. We were either going to get primitive grunts and subtitles or a simple dialogue to try to convey the age the movie was set in. I never expected award-winning dialogue in this.

If you can show me better CGI sabretooths, birds and mammoths, then great! But somehow I doubt it.

Why was the story stupid? It was supposed to be a prehistoric myth - prophecy, quest, legendary journey, etc. No more stupid than any other myth or legend.

I think you've just forgotten how to enjoy yourself and go along for the ride.

I hope we get a lot more of this kind of prehistoric movie. More creatures next time please!

well gosh, dude... i guess you've got me there.

especially considering that there really haven't been any in recent film history.

nice try, though.

and yes, this movie was much, much stupider than other "myth and/or legend" movies.

and no, i haven't forgotten to enjoy myself at the movies. i like quite a few movies most would consider "brainless entertainment", but this movie just wasn't really enjoyable on any real level.

 

[The Shape]

Passable acting, great action/adventure with excellent special effects, a decent story, excellent cinematography.

Your opinion of 1/10 means something else is going on here. Are you some bitter failed FX student? Or from an FX department that didn't get to work on the film? Either that or you need to see a few more movies to give your opinions more relevance and meaning.

Alright, that is all your opinion, just as everything I've said is mine. I don't know what you're getting at...

Apparently, I'm not the only one who feels this way -- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10000_bc/ -- and for the record, I have seen more than enough movies to formulate an opinion, and I'm having trouble coming up with many titles that were as unimpressive as this film.

 

[The Shape]

well gosh, dude... i guess you've got me there.

especially considering that there really haven't been any in recent film history.

nice try, though.

and yes, this movie was much, much stupider than other "myth and/or legend" movies.

and no, i haven't forgotten to enjoy myself at the movies. i like quite a few movies most would consider "brainless entertainment", but this movie just wasn't really enjoyable on any real level.

This is how I feel. I don't see why it's so hard for X-Maniac to wrap his brain around this. I also like how he ignored my posts concerning his random/stupid attacks on me personally.t:

 

[X-Maniac]

well gosh, dude... i guess you've got me there.

especially considering that there really haven't been any in recent film history.

nice try, though.

Well, I have got you because you are unable to come up with anything else.

Now, let's see. There were sabretooths in the Walking With Beasts series (documentary), in the Primeval TV series just recently on here in the UK, there was one in the Extinct series (documentary) and also in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.

The one in 10,000BC looked better than all those.

and yes, this movie was much, much stupider than other "myth and/or legend" movies.

Which movies are you referring to?

and no, i haven't forgotten to enjoy myself at the movies. i like quite a few movies most would consider "brainless entertainment", but this movie just wasn't really enjoyable on any real level.

For you, it may not have been enjoyable. For me, it was. I want more of this stuff! Good old escapist entertainment and believable creatures, yep, give me more!

 

[X-Maniac]

This is how I feel. I don't see why it's so hard for X-Maniac to wrap his brain around this. I also like how he ignored my posts concerning his random/stupid attacks on me personally.t:

Apparently, I'm not the only one who feels this way -- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10000_bc/ -- and for the record, I have seen more than enough movies to formulate an opinion, and I'm having trouble coming up with many titles that were as unimpressive as this film.

I think I made my point with those 'attacks'. There was no need to continue it. But I stand by what I said.

And who cares about the out-of-touch critics on BitterTomatoes website!? They're terrified of recognising pop-culture and entertainment value and are totally disconnected from the mainstream. If I based my entertainment on what they enjoyed, I'd never even get to see a movie! Critics are utterly insignificant today. The internet killed off the critics years ago. They're just dinosaurs uttering their last gasps. They're judging movies by a set of arty-farty criteria that don't really exist, they fail to recognise genre and want a single standard applied to everything yet they cannot even agree on that standard, hence the huge variation in views, ratings and scores on critic websites.

Don't try to use that crusty old bunch to validate your opinion. I notice you ignored my comments on what was really behind your 1/10 score, so I'm obviously on the right track.

 

[lollycop]

I was going to see this today but I didnt...I seen a better movie (from what I hear) Doomsday...(by the way AWSOME movie..9/10)

 

[The Shape]

I think I made my point with those 'attacks'. There was no need to continue it. But I stand by what I said.

And who cares about the out-of-touch critics on BitterTomatoes website!? They're terrified of recognising pop-culture and entertainment value and are totally disconnected from the mainstream. If I based my entertainment on what they enjoyed, I'd never even get to see a movie! Critics are utterly insignificant today. The internet killed off the critics years ago. They're just dinosaurs uttering their last gasps. They're judging movies by a set of arty-farty criteria that don't really exist, they fail to recognise genre and want a single standard applied to everything yet they cannot even agree on that standard, hence the huge variation in views, ratings and scores on critic websites. Your opinion is no more valid than the "out of touch critics", as theirs are no more valid than yours.

Don't try to use that crusty old bunch to validate your opinion. I notice you ignored my comments on what was really behind your 1/10 score, so I'm obviously on the right track.

I'll address them now, buddy. No, I'm not a "bitter failed FX student. I'm simply a moviegoer that was not entertained by 10,000 BC...at all. Why is it so hard for you to wrap your head around this concept? Are you involved in an ongoing study of the prehistoric times and can't accept that someone would not be entertained by a movie about them???

And my point by posting the views of critics isn't to suade your opinion (and you didn't need to go into your "reviews mean nothing" rant). I'm not trying to prove to you that "YOU ARE WRONG DOOD, YOU CAN'T LIKE THIS MOVIE!!!!!1". Though I am perplexed by the fact that you enjoyed this movie so much, my point is that not all humans on this earth share your opinion. Look around these boards and read the reviews, where you will see people who dislike this movie just as much as I do, if not more.

Just because I am able to nitpick a mindless action movie (big stress on the "mindless") and not like it at all doesn't fit me into any of the generic stereotypes you desperately want to throw me into. Here's what you said to Mr. Credible: "For you, it may not have been enjoyable. For me, it was." You should have said that from the beginning and left it at that, rather than launching into an argument of how and why it's soooo impossible for your new favorite movie to warrant a 1/10.

 

[X-Maniac]

I'll address them now, buddy. No, I'm not a "bitter failed FX student. I'm simply a moviegoer that was not entertained by 10,000 BC...at all. Why is it so hard for you to wrap your head around this concept? Are you involved in an ongoing study of the prehistoric times and can't accept that someone would not be entertained by a movie about them???

And my point by posting the views of critics isn't to suade your opinion (and you didn't need to go into your "reviews mean nothing" rant). I'm not trying to prove to you that "YOU ARE WRONG DOOD, YOU CAN'T LIKE THIS MOVIE!!!!!1". Though I am perplexed by the fact that you enjoyed this movie so much, my point is that not all humans on this earth share your opinion. Look around these boards and read the reviews, where you will see people who dislike this movie just as much as I do, if not more.

Just because I am able to nitpick a mindless action movie (big stress on the "mindless") and not like it at all doesn't fit me into any of the generic stereotypes you desperately want to throw me into. Here's what you said to Mr. Credible: "For you, it may not have been enjoyable. For me, it was." You should have said that from the beginning and left it at that, rather than launching into an argument of how and why it's soooo impossible for your new favorite movie to warrant a 1/10.

Then why did you even go to see the movie? The trailers and production photos revealed most of what was in it - the creatures, FX, visuals, dialogue.

It certainly doesn't deserve a 1/10. That's just being silly and reveals a limited comprehensive ability or that you haven't seen too many movies.

I've seen some stinkers in my time - in the days before trailers and the internet, we just had to take a chance and go to the cinema. But, in this case, I watched the trailers, I knew what was coming, I knew they'd speak English, i saw the sabretooth in still photos and in a trailer, and I decided to see it.

It did what it indicated in the trailers, it did what it said on the tin. Prehistoric fantasy adventure. It didn't say 'Stone Age Schindler's List' or 'Jurassic Titanic' or 'Ancient Atonement.' I'm also aware from other movies set in ancient times that it's hard to get the tone right to please everyone, because you end up changing things by necessity - no one knows how people spoke back then, so language/dialect is always going to be a tricky area. Take liberties with history and you can be more cinematic, but you risk upsetting people who take history literally. Getting effects right on complicated creatures with fur and feathers and shadows and muscles is a tricky art too, but i think they got it totally perfect with the mammoths and pretty much perfect with the sabretooth and Titanis birds.

The movie was far from perfect but it worked on many levels. For me it needed more creatures and more excitement after the desert sequence.

As Harryhausen himself says on the documentary with One Million Years BC, which I've just watched again, these movie are for entertainment not for professors. I can just imagine the uproar on here if a prehistoric movie today put men with dinosaurs, but that would just show the overly picky mentality of people today.

I just can't understand why you even went to see it. The trailers gave a crystal clear indication of what was in the movie. Did you go to see it just so you could hate it?

 

[The Shape]

Then why did you even go to see the movie? The trailers and production photos revealed most of what was in it - the creatures, FX, visuals, dialogue.

It certainly doesn't deserve a 1/10. That's just being silly and reveals a limited comprehensive ability or that you haven't seen too many movies.

I've seen some stinkers in my time - in the days before trailers and the internet, we just had to take a chance and go to the cinema. But, in this case, I watched the trailers, I knew what was coming, I knew they'd speak English, i saw the sabretooth in still photos and in a trailer, and I decided to see it.

It did what it indicated in the trailers, it did what it said on the tin. Prehistoric fantasy adventure. It didn't say 'Stone Age Schindler's List' or 'Jurassic Titanic' or 'Ancient Atonement.' I'm also aware from other movies set in ancient times that it's hard to get the tone right to please everyone, because you end up changing things by necessity - no one knows how people spoke back then, so language/dialect is always going to be a tricky area. Take liberties with history and you can be more cinematic, but you risk upsetting people who take history literally. Getting effects right on complicated creatures with fur and feathers and shadows and muscles is a tricky art too, but i think they got it totally perfect with the mammoths and pretty much perfect with the sabretooth and Titanis birds.

The movie was far from perfect but it worked on many levels. For me it needed more creatures and more excitement after the desert sequence.

As Harryhausen himself says on the documentary with One Million Years BC, which I've just watched again, these movie are for entertainment not for professors. I can just imagine the uproar on here if a prehistoric movie today put men with dinosaurs, but that would just show the overly picky mentality of people today.

I just can't understand why you even went to see it. The trailers gave a crystal clear indication of what was in the movie. Did you go to see it just so you could hate it?

When did I say wanted to see a movie that was completely historically accurate? Now you're just making things up.

Anyway, if you'd read my first post in this thread, you would have learned just why I went to see this. I had absolutely no desire to, but a few weeks ago my girlfriend and I went with a few friends to go see Semi Pro (probably another stinker, but who knows). However, it was sold out and someone mentioned that 10,000 BC was playing at about the same time so we saw it. It was not my choice, not my desire, and I pretty much knew what I was in for, but I actually went in with an open mind...and let's just say we were unimpressed. Hell, the entire theater laughed so many times at the "serious" parts of this "movie".

And for that last time, I don't care about Harryhausen. I don't care what you say, no matter how many times you wan't to argue that people can't be picky about a movie like this. Again, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL INNACCURACIES. I NEVER SAID I DID. WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING THAT UP, AS IF IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR ME? Anyways, to me, this movie is still God awful and you will not not change my mind on that, just as I won't changed your mind that you loved it.

If you think all this movie needed was another "creature attack" in the desert, maybe you are the one with limited comprehensive ability.

 

[sithgoblin]

0/10

 

[The Shape]

0/10

IT' CAN'T BE!!!! BUT THE MAMMOTHS LOOKED SO REAL!!!!????!!!!

 

[X-Maniac]

When did I say wanted to see a movie that was completely historically accurate? Now you're just making things up.

Anyway, if you'd read my first post in this thread, you would have learned just why I went to see this. I had absolutely no desire to, but a few weeks ago my girlfriend and I went with a few friends to go see Semi Pro (probably another stinker, but who knows). However, it was sold out and someone mentioned that 10,000 BC was playing at about the same time so we saw it. It was not my choice, not my desire, and I pretty much knew what I was in for, but I actually went in with an open mind...and let's just say we were unimpressed. Hell, the entire theater laughed so many times at the "serious" parts of this "movie".

And for that last time, I don't care about Harryhausen. I don't care what you say, no matter how many times you wan't to argue that people can't be picky about a movie like this. Again, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL INNACCURACIES. I NEVER SAID I DID. WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING THAT UP, AS IF IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR ME? Anyways, to me, this movie is still God awful and you will not not change my mind on that, just as I won't changed your mind that you loved it.

If you think all this movie needed was another "creature attack" in the desert, maybe you are the one with limited comprehensive ability.

Right, well I guess it sucks to be you then.

I saw it, thought it was fine for what it was, that it did what it said it would do, and that was that. I definitely wanted more action either during or after the desert journey, I'd have cut some of the dialogue and some of the narration, kept the revival ending but executed it differently to make it seem more plausible, and that's about it.

I'm curious over what movies you actually do like... but ultimately I'm not bothered to hear your answer!

 

[sithgoblin]

As Harryhausen himself says on the documentary with One Million Years BC, which I've just watched again, these movie are for entertainment not for professors. I can just imagine the uproar on here if a prehistoric movie today put men with dinosaurs, but that would just show the overly picky mentality of people today.

Firstly, I thought we told you not to see this film. So what the f**k?

The inaccuracies are just the icing on the cake. If the film had been any good, as in entertaining - which is all anyone wanted from it, no one wanted a history lesson - no one would even be complaining about the inaccuracies (of which there are many).

But here's the thing. The movie SUCKED. It WASN'T ENTERTAINING. The 'plot', if you can even call it that, was so pathetically predictable I couldn't believe it made it through the development process. It did absolutely EVERYTHING you expected it to, and at times characters did things for NO REASON other than it would be relevent a few scenes later (example - freeing the sabertooth cat. Why the f**k did he do that? It was stupid, and it made no sense. Oh wait, they needed the cat to return the favour a few scenes later, which was also stupid and made no sense.)

And why was it important that everyone think the father was a coward? Like, he insisted on it. Wtf was that all about? And that whole bulls**t with the star that doesn't move? Apart from being so cliche, it was so obvious they'd use it to navigate the desert when they were stuck. I can't believe it took them so long to figure it out. It was freaken obvious. And there was a new prophecy every five minutes. Whenever they ran out of plot - which they didn't have any of anyway - they introduced another prophecy. Pathetic.

You see, here's the thing. We're always seeing the same stories retold. This one's core was no different than a million other movies, it happened to be the quest for the girl storyline, which is fine. But what makes these old stories interesting is the NEW WAYS in which they are told. THAT'S why we keep going back to the cinema. Because while the root of the stories are all the same, the way in which they are told keeps them interesting.

This movie did not tell its story in a new way, it told it in a way that has been told a thousand times before, using unbelievably outdated cliches and embarrassing storytelling conventions. That's why it sucked. It wasn't fun, it was boring and annoying, because we've seen it all before, and done better, too.

As for the FX - the mammoths were okay, they weren't mind blowing or anything. They weren't embarrasing like the sabertooth, which was a blunder in all possible terms of its conception. The big birds, yeah, they were alright. Wasn't outstanding though either. Again, I've seen it all before. And done better.

Zero out of ten. And it should be grateful I didn't give it a negative.

 

[Wolverini]

Some of you guys are pathetic.

"YE LTZ GIVE UT A 0/11 becuz it sucx so i can be prt of gruup!"

If it really WAS THAT BAD of a movie... why the #@*^ didnt you leave the cinema half-way through?

 

[sithgoblin]

Some of you guys are pathetic.

"YE LTZ GIVE UT A 0/11 becuz it sucx so i can be prt of gruup!"

If it really WAS THAT BAD of a movie... why the #@*^ didnt you leave the cinema half-way through?

lolz derr lets beat up da smrat kidz.

And to answer your question, I stayed because I hoped it would become 'so bad its good'. It didn't.

 

[X-Maniac]

Firstly, I thought we told you not to see this film. So what the f**k?

Well, I'm glad I didn't listen to you 'telling' me not to see the movie. I wanted to make up my own mind so don't get so high and mighty that you think you decide who sees a movie.

The inaccuracies are just the icing on the cake. If the film had been any good, as in entertaining - which is all anyone wanted from it, no one wanted a history lesson - no one would even be complaining about the inaccuracies (of which there are many).

Inaccuracies have zero relevance in a fantasy movie. It doesn't matter.

But here's the thing. The movie SUCKED. It WASN'T ENTERTAINING. The 'plot', if you can even call it that, was so pathetically predictable I couldn't believe it made it through the development process. It did absolutely EVERYTHING you expected it to, and at times characters did things for NO REASON other than it would be relevent a few scenes later (example - freeing the sabertooth cat. Why the f**k did he do that? It was stupid, and it made no sense. Oh wait, they needed the cat to return the favour a few scenes later, which was also stupid and made no sense.)

There's no 'here's the thing' about it. All that was your 'thing', not mine.

And why was it important that everyone think the father was a coward? Like, he insisted on it. Wtf was that all about? And that whole bulls**t with the star that doesn't move? Apart from being so cliche, it was so obvious they'd use it to navigate the desert when they were stuck. I can't believe it took them so long to figure it out. It was freaken obvious. And there was a new prophecy every five minutes. Whenever they ran out of plot - which they didn't have any of anyway - they introduced another prophecy. Pathetic.

I can't even remember the cowardly father thing. But don't you think that maybe, just maybe, they needed to figure out the star navigation after they had failed and had the drama of getting lost. Rather than being super-expert navigators from the word go.

You see, here's the thing.

Oh, another one of your things. I'd better brace myself for your rabid slavering.

We're always seeing the same stories retold. This one's core was no different than a million other movies, it happened to be the quest for the girl storyline, which is fine. But what makes these old stories interesting is the NEW WAYS in which they are told. THAT'S why we keep going back to the cinema. Because while the root of the stories are all the same, the way in which they are told keeps them interesting.

No, YOU keep going back to the cinema because you are unable to discern what you will like or dislike beforehand so, like a moth to flame, you put yourself through something you hate and then come on here to spill that hate. Can I suggest being better informed next time, like watching the trailers and doing some research?

This movie did not tell its story in a new way, it told it in a way that has been told a thousand times before, using unbelievably outdated cliches and embarrassing storytelling conventions. That's why it sucked. It wasn't fun, it was boring and annoying, because we've seen it all before, and done better, too.

Where have we seen it all before? I haven't seen a 'quest for girl' story featuring mammoths, giant birds, a sabretooth and pyramid people. THAT was the original take on the story. Can't believe you missed that!? Are you sure you went into the right auditorium?

As for the FX - the mammoths were okay, they weren't mind blowing or anything. They weren't embarrasing like the sabertooth, which was a blunder in all possible terms of its conception. The big birds, yeah, they were alright. Wasn't outstanding though either. Again, I've seen it all before. And done better.

Again, where have we seen it all before? How was the sabretooth a blunder? Show me a better one.

Zero out of ten. And it should be grateful I didn't give it a negative.

'It' doesn't have to be grateful to you at all. Don't kid yourself that your ego has registered on the great worldwide radar of things. You're just a bitter internet guy. Especially when you give it zero. There's a lot worse out there.
If it was that bad, you would have walked out, but no, you have to come on here spouting and spewing and believing the movie owes you some gratitude for not giving it lower than zero. Delusional much!

 

[Hunter Rider]

Ok guys ive let this go long enough, you are getting to heated over this, calm it down.