10,000 B.C.

WARNING: Semi-spoiler alert!!!

As I have mentioned in one of my posts, Aris and I watched The Spiderwick Chronicles last Tuesday. Upon leaving the mall, we saw that the mall staff (or whatever you call them, hehe!) were replacing the movie posters. We saw that they were putting up the 10,000 B.C. poster which will be shown starting on Wednesday. With that, we agreed that we'll have another date the following day to watch that movie.

I wasn't really able to watch the whole trailer for this movie but the huge standing cardboard thingy for 10,000 B.C. caught my attention. Haha! At first I thought the movie would all be about giant mammoths and saber-tooth tigers but it was more than that. It was, despite the numerous "action" scenes, a love story. It was about a man's promise to the woman he knows he is bound to love forever. D'Leh (hunky main character) ventured into the ends of the earth battling dinosaurs (yes dinosaurs!), turban-wearing men (they kinda look more like pirates actually) and an eight-foot tall god (whose face was never seen in the movie) just to rescue the lovely, Evolet (throughout the movie, I thought her name was Evelyn. Hahaha!). If Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships, Evolet in turn had the face that launched a thousand tribes. :-D Haha! Corny!

All in all, I think it was an 'ok' movie. However, there are two things that I don't get. I suck in World History so correct me if I'm wrong but is it really possible for mammoths and saber-tooth tigers to be living in the same age of the dinosaurs? Are they like situated in different parts of the earth or should they be in different eras? I don't wanna sound technical here but I just want to be enlightened (plus I'm too lazy to do research right now). Another thing, what is up with the gay priests?? I have nothing against gay people (babaeng bakla kaya ako! LOL!) but I just don't get it. The power and authority of the god was diminished once you see the fumbling priests that serving him/her.

I am not a critic. Don't be influenced (feeling!) with this post. Just wanted to give my two cents on this movie. Happy weekend everyone!

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