10,000 BC is a terrible, terrible movie

It's true. Despite the incredible amount of human and capital effort that went into this film, no one I've talked to has remotely enjoyed it. It was predictable, used stereotypical and inexperienced actors, and somehow failed to create a single suspenseful moment. It also seems director Roland Emmerich has copied several elements from Zack Snyder's 2006 blockbuster 300: (to name a few) it's epic, it's set in the past, there's a number in the title, the landscapes are fantastical, they were released the same time of year, the hero is against all odds, there's an oracle figure who's gross, some good men die, and the villainous, flamboyant demigod with suspiciously long fingernails is slain in the end with a heroic spear-toss in slow motion. In a way it's like comparing Star Trek to Star Wars. They're essentially the same but...one's just awful. At any rate, I ended up watching the last half-hour of this movie in fastforward. To my surprise this actually made the movie halfway entertaining, so I was less upset that I had paid $4.50 to rent a disappointment. Conclusion: Don't watch. If you have to watch, view as a comedy, or in fastforward. Life is too precious to waste your time watching dredlocked mountain-men getting chased around by prehistoric beasts.