I went and saw this movie last night with my baby boy, and have been thinking about it all day. Not about the story, because it was good, nothing new or earth shattering, but a nice message to it. Nor about the acting, because they're cave people, not that hard to mess up. The costumes we're even ok.
Then today around lunch, it dawned on me what bothered me...the narration. It really could have been better with less narration, and about a half hour more movie.
The CGI was good, the wooly mammoths kicked ass. The temple and city was incredible. Some of the scenes I really wondered if they had all the extra's, or if they were people. I do think that the Sabre toothed tiger could have had a little more work though.
But the movie was too short. They crammed a 2 and a half hour story, into a little under 2 hours. And to be honest, they really could have made it a two parter, because thre was more than enough material to cover.
I hope they have a Director's Cut DVD, and that it does have more.
Granted, some of the stuff was pretty far reaching. And I imagine the tribes back then more brutal, and not leaving as many survivors as they did, but thats just my theory.
So if you want a good, clean movie to go see with your kids, give it a shot. I give it 7.5 cavemans out of 10.
