08 Mar 08 10,000 B.S.
Nick Schager gives the best review of Roland Emmerich’s (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) latest tripe:
10,000 B.C.’s stereotypically primitive characters have less personality than Kubrick’s primeval 2001 apes, and no more distinctive is its narrative, a hodgepodge of mystical prophesies, man-vs.-beast skirmishes, and rousing calls to arms so stale that the film comes close to emitting an actual stench. D’Leh eventually finds the courage to be a shirtless, dreadlocked Braveheart to the legion of African-ish warriors who join his crusade. His orchestration of a lame climactic rebellion against the tyrannical powers that be, however, whips up only the desire to stage one’s own revolt against big-budget Hollywood tripe like this.
What happened to the Germans (well, besides that)? They used to make good films didn’t they? Both Emmerich and Uwe Boll are really giving the krauts a bad name when it comes to modern cinema.
Actually though, Emmerich produces better things than he directs. Maybe he should just stick to one over the other.
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