10,000 BC getting hammered by critics

[spittledip]

they had lots of movies like this in the 70s. It's probably just an updated one of those

 

[Epic Fail]

Epic Epoch Fail.

 

[ballmode]

this movie would put into a coma

 

[golfercraig]

Originally posted by: destrekor
was this necessary?
R
searching 10000 brings up the post. so you obviously didn't search

btw, I enjoyed all of Emmerich's movies. I don't like really judging a movie unless its an atrocious B or C movie. I'd rather not realize I had wasted time or money by bashing a movie at the end, and instead I enjoy most movies I have watched. Then again, I usually know what kind of movies I'm going to like prior to even watching them, so that limits my dislike based on story or known director faults. But Emmerich's movies I've enjoyed. Stargate? ID4? Godzilla? The Patriot? The Day After Tomorrow? Check, check, check, check, and check. Enjoyed them all.
I'll probably like this movie. Some movies just aren't meant for critical judgment, and are there for pure enjoyment.

Day After Tomorrow enjoyable? Godzilla? note to self---destrekor is a glutton for punishment, and a horrible judge of movies....

 

[Freejack2]

It depends on how you view it.
If you view it as a fantasy movie, it was great.
If you go to it expecting it to be historically accurate you're going to hate it.

For what it's worth people clapped at the end of the movie. I can't remember the last time I was in a movie where people clapped.
We went into with no expectations of historical accuracy so we enjoyed it.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: golfercraig

Originally posted by: destrekor
was this necessary?
R
searching 10000 brings up the post. so you obviously didn't search

btw, I enjoyed all of Emmerich's movies. I don't like really judging a movie unless its an atrocious B or C movie. I'd rather not realize I had wasted time or money by bashing a movie at the end, and instead I enjoy most movies I have watched. Then again, I usually know what kind of movies I'm going to like prior to even watching them, so that limits my dislike based on story or known director faults. But Emmerich's movies I've enjoyed. Stargate? ID4? Godzilla? The Patriot? The Day After Tomorrow? Check, check, check, check, and check. Enjoyed them all.
I'll probably like this movie. Some movies just aren't meant for critical judgment, and are there for pure enjoyment.

Day After Tomorrow enjoyable? Godzilla? note to self---destrekor is a glutton for punishment, and a horrible judge of movies....

now that's just wrong. I said I don't judge movies.
I won't deny that I like a lot of movies people dislike. Movies we all agree are bad? Anything by Uwe Boll. I can't stand his trash.

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Is this movie suppose to be historically accurate? Seems like theres way too many anachronisms to be enjoyable. Reminds me of that one picture floating around hte internet of dinosaurs w/ laser beams.

Edit: ah found the pic http://media.1up.com/media?id=3437703&type=lg

Historically accurate? No. You saw the previews didn't you? With the saber toothed cat and the big hairy elephants?

 

[supesman]

This movie deserves a 0%, the plot is laughable, the acting is atrocious and how come there is a Bellagio in the Middle of the Desert being built by Mammoths? Was this Vegas ? People who clap at the end of this movie are idiots.

 

[sandorski]

wait a minute, 8%? It's easily 2.5/5ish range IMO. Not Great, but not Terrible. I'm not sure how RT calculates their numbers, but 8% is way out of line.

Given the choice of re-watching this or Children of Men(highly rated RT movie), I'd be hard pressed to decide.

 

[T9D]

Looked pretty lame to me from all the previews. But I would have guessed it had at least some entertainment value. I didn't understand why so many people wanted to see it. But I was going to check it out since everyone was convinced it was going to be amazing. Going to pass on it now knowing that it is in fact lame.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: sandorski
wait a minute, 8%? It's easily 2.5/5ish range IMO. Not Great, but not Terrible. I'm not sure how RT calculates their numbers, but 8% is way out of line.

Given the choice of re-watching this or Children of Men(highly rated RT movie), I'd be hard pressed to decide.

Umm.. Children of Men was original, incredibly well directed, acted, etc.. 10,000 BC is an expensive Uwe Boll movie.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: sandorski
wait a minute, 8%? It's easily 2.5/5ish range IMO. Not Great, but not Terrible. I'm not sure how RT calculates their numbers, but 8% is way out of line.

Given the choice of re-watching this or Children of Men(highly rated RT movie), I'd be hard pressed to decide.

Umm.. Children of Men was original, incredibly well directed, acted, etc.. 10,000 BC is an expensive Uwe Boll movie.

Horribly over rated schlock. Ya, I hate CoM. Almost as much as I hate Fight Club, almost.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: Baloo

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Is this movie suppose to be historically accurate? Seems like theres way too many anachronisms to be enjoyable. Reminds me of that one picture floating around hte internet of dinosaurs w/ laser beams.

Edit: ah found the pic http://media.1up.com/media?id=3437703&type=lg

Historically accurate? No. You saw the previews didn't you? With the saber toothed cat and the big hairy elephants?

whats the problem with saber toothed cats and woolly mammoths?

 

[edro]

300 got a 60% rating, and I loved it...

RT sucks.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
that trailer didn't even make sense. humans didn't even live with some of the animals in the trailer. I wouldn't go see it. I'm glad its getting hammered by critics. I hope people don't go watch it.

While I'm pretty bitchy about History and shit, I thought it'd hopefully be like Scorpion King, which was a decent movie.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: sandorski
wait a minute, 8%? It's easily 2.5/5ish range IMO. Not Great, but not Terrible. I'm not sure how RT calculates their numbers, but 8% is way out of line.

Given the choice of re-watching this or Children of Men(highly rated RT movie), I'd be hard pressed to decide.

Umm.. Children of Men was original, incredibly well directed, acted, etc.. 10,000 BC is an expensive Uwe Boll movie.

Horribly over rated schlock. Ya, I hate CoM. Almost as much as I hate Fight Club, almost.

Note to self... Sandorski has horrible, horrible, taste in movies...

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: sandorski
wait a minute, 8%? It's easily 2.5/5ish range IMO. Not Great, but not Terrible. I'm not sure how RT calculates their numbers, but 8% is way out of line.

Given the choice of re-watching this or Children of Men(highly rated RT movie), I'd be hard pressed to decide.

Umm.. Children of Men was original, incredibly well directed, acted, etc.. 10,000 BC is an expensive Uwe Boll movie.

Horribly over rated schlock. Ya, I hate CoM. Almost as much as I hate Fight Club, almost.

Note to self... Sandorski has horrible, horrible, taste in movies...

Note to self: Slick5150 hates my taste in movies!

 

[vexingv]

i saw the following headline earlier and recalled the horrible rating over at RT:

Reuters via NYT

"10, 000 BC" A Mammoth At Worldwide Box Office
...
"10,000 BC," a widely ridiculed prehistoric action movie boasting a menagerie of exotic beasts, trampled the competition at box offices around the world.

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, the Warner Bros. Pictures release sold $61 million worth of tickets during its first weekend.

The North American contribution was $35.7 million from 3,410 theaters, an easy No. 1 ahead of fellow rookie "College Road Trip" with $14 million.
...

i don't understand "bad" movies can perform so well while great/critically-acclaimed movies can flop. this goes to show that people will watch anything, no matter how bad it is.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: vexingv
i saw the following headline earlier and recalled the horrible rating over at RT:

Reuters via NYT

"10, 000 BC" A Mammoth At Worldwide Box Office
...
"10,000 BC," a widely ridiculed prehistoric action movie boasting a menagerie of exotic beasts, trampled the competition at box offices around the world.

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, the Warner Bros. Pictures release sold $61 million worth of tickets during its first weekend.

The North American contribution was $35.7 million from 3,410 theaters, an easy No. 1 ahead of fellow rookie "College Road Trip" with $14 million.
...

i don't understand "bad" movies can perform so well while great/critically-acclaimed movies can flop. this goes to show that people will watch anything, no matter how bad it is.

It's not "Bad", it's mediocre.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: vexingv
i saw the following headline earlier and recalled the horrible rating over at RT:

Reuters via NYT

"10, 000 BC" A Mammoth At Worldwide Box Office
...
"10,000 BC," a widely ridiculed prehistoric action movie boasting a menagerie of exotic beasts, trampled the competition at box offices around the world.

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, the Warner Bros. Pictures release sold $61 million worth of tickets during its first weekend.

The North American contribution was $35.7 million from 3,410 theaters, an easy No. 1 ahead of fellow rookie "College Road Trip" with $14 million.
...

i don't understand "bad" movies can perform so well while great/critically-acclaimed movies can flop. this goes to show that people will watch anything, no matter how bad it is.

I'm guessing the majority of movie-goers probably don't bother reading reviews on IMDB or RT before going to a movie. If the preview looks good, then they'll see it.

 

[akshatp]

Saw it Friday night. It was TERRIBLE. I got duped by the trailer, which promised some good cgi and action scenes. Unfortunately, all the scenes worth watchign were in the trailers.

I liked ID4, wasnt a great fan of Day after Tomorrow. But RT got this one right.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
It depends on how you view it.
If you view it as a fantasy movie, it was great.
If you go to it expecting it to be historically accurate you're going to hate it.

For what it's worth people clapped at the end of the movie. I can't remember the last time I was in a movie where people clapped.
We went into with no expectations of historical accuracy so we enjoyed it.

They were probably clapping because it was finally over!

 

[Pocatello]

People like watching charging elephants (I didn't know the Timurids had cannons mounted on their pachyderms!!!! And resistant to buried sharpened stakes!!!), and the trailers had those woolly mammoth in CGI.

 

[kalster]

this movie sucked, wife liked it though

 

[mrrman]

I saw it today, not bad but not nothing to get excited over