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10,000 BC: Dunderheaded excursion or instant classic or both?
3:00PM ON
03/10/2008
BY
Ari Savitzky
Ok, I haven’t seen it, but it looks phat as hell: CGI Woolly Mammoths, ancient civilizations, and non stop-action. Too bad it got panned hard by the Times:
“Only time can teach us what is truth and what is legend.” This bit of fake-folk wisdom commences the voice-over narration of “10,000 BC,” and the more you think about it, the more preposterous it seems. If anything, time confuses the issue. But it’s best not to think too hard about anything in this sublimely dunderheaded excursion into human prehistory, directed by Roland Emmerich from a script he wrote with Harald Kloser, who also helped compose, using his better ear, the musical score.
Whatever. There’s no need to to be snooty. Sometimes you just want to some action-packed reverse-sci-fi Sabretooth Tigerz and Zigguratz and Clan of the Cave Bear-style hairdos, something that tickles you in that StarGate/Atlantis/Lost Civs/Erich Von Daniken spot, and you want it now.
This is on the top of my list to catch at Providence Place- anyone seen it yet?
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYWJmvl3MA]
March 10th, 2008 at 3:16PM
Eric Smith Says:
Von Daniken fucking rules.
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March 10th, 2008 at 9:12PM
Beth Comery Says:
I wasn’t discouraged by that review at all. “Sublimely dunderheaded”? That is my highest praise. I will definitely be seeing this.
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