I've never met a prophesy I didn't like. That is until I saw 10,000 B.C., and then I met about 6 prophesies that really annoyed me. Prophesies have to be one of my favorite forms of story telling. They bring so much mystery with them, and its this mystery that keeps me into the story. Who made the prophesy? Where did it come from? Who will fulfill it? What happens when they do?
10,000 B.C. is about a small group of Cavemen (Cavemen, so hot right now) who hunt the mighty Mantec (Mammoth). Thanks to Global Warming and the White Man's greed, the mighty Mantec are almost extinct, leaving this group of Cavemen very hungry. However, the group really isn't too worried because one prophesy has already been fulfilled. The first is the prophesy of a blue eyed child. The coming of the blue eyed child prompts the crazy, old, voodoo, witchdoctor to make a second prophesy, that "four legged demons" (horses) would come and with them a great destruction. Not to fear because the prophesy also says that though they will bring destruction, they will also bring an abundance of food. The rest of the story is about the Cavemen and the chain of events brought on by the "four legged demons."
The rest of the movie is an anthropologists dream come true. As the Cavemen journey into the strange lands prophesied by the ancient ones, they meet all types of different tribes and peoples who also have their own prophesies. They all team up and decide to attack those who ride the "four legged demons" because they have enslaved their peoples and forced them to build pyramids.
Not to be outdone, we find out that those who ride the "four legged demons" also have a prophesy warning them of the good guys.
If my calculations are correct, there are about 5 different prophesies all foretold by the ancient and wise ones, and you guessed it, all come to pass.
Now don't get me wrong, Mr. Rumble and I enjoyed this movie in the way that we always enjoy crappy scifi/fantasy/action movies. We were fully entertained not only by the crappiness of the movie, but by our own whit and negative comments throughout.
On a side note, we snuck into Never Back Down and enjoyed its awesomeness for about 20 minutes before our movie started. I can't wait to go back and watch the whole thing.
6 comments:
Maybe you should post a SPOYLER ALERT for all those who are going to be watching 10000000BC.
My prophesy for the movie did not come true as I expected a better script to come from 10 thousand years of history. But given the caveman, the acting was much more civilized than expected.
I forsaw this movie not making in the box office. Does that make me a fortune teller?
That makes you a poor proffeseyer
Cicely,
How can I believe that you truly foresaw this box office flop if you share your prediction 3 weeks after it opened?
Next week I'm sure you'll be predicting that W will be a bad President.
Though I must admit that I would enjoy seeing your movie review from this fine film.
Rumbler-
I'm sorry your prophesy didn't come true. We can't all prophesy like Cicely.
I really did predict that George Dub would be a bad president. I also predict that Eli's mustard poo will find it's way onto your pants within the next two months.
...We'll see who is a poor prophesier is.
Spencer, I am so sorry to hear you are leaving Karate. Your poster is awesome. Grace watched your video taped moves the other day at least five times in a row. She loved it. I'm glad we caught it on tape before your time came to an end!
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