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This movie may or may not win Razzie nominations, but Yahoo has included it on a new list of 10 most historically inaccurate movies. The other winners were:

Gladiators

300

The Last Samurai

Apocalypto

Memoirs of a Geisha

Braveheart

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

The Patriot

2001: A Space Odyssey

To read the article and see why each of these films won a place on the list, click this link:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/10mosthistoricallyinaccurate .html;_ylt=AtLrZzLlV1UkmcJUOWE9p1RfVXcA

Braveheart was  a decent film, but it is fraught with historical inaccuracies, as the article specifies. I thought 2001 was a somewhat more curious addition (albeit probably a tongue-in cheek one) since it is not an historical film per se, but rather a speculative one.

At the time it was made, we were on our way to the moon (although we hadn't made it yet), and it seemed as if the conquest of Mars and the rest of the solar system would follow in short order. How sad that since the last human set foot on the moon 36 years ago, no human has ventured further from our planet than Boston is from New York. On the other hand, we have extensively explored our solar system with robotic spacecraft, which is both cheaper and safer, so we haven't done all that badly.

NOTE: the words "last" and the number "36" above have been set in bold letters to avoid further editing that might create the impression that I, too am guilty of an historical inaccuracy.  With all due apologies to the board, I suppose you will just have to accept this as an inside joke, but take note, Head Razz.

I can think of quite a few westerns that could be on that list...

Specifically, WILD WILD WEST. I can't put my finger on it, but there was something about that movie that made me find it unrealistic.

10,000 B.C. shows what happens when you pile a lot of money into a movie consisting wholly of ideas borrowed from many other movies and characters as two dimensional as a slice of Dominoes pizza.  I'm especially disappointed in how bland Camille Belle's character Evolet was.  Evolet should have and could have had a lot of heart, and the character as written, directed and performed was nothing but recycled cardboard. 

Then there's that one particularly ridiculous moment.  Remember, when the mammoth looks at you, your dreams will come true. . . .

Even so, this movie doesn't come close to worst of the year, with such stellar movies as The Hottie & The Nottie, Strange Wilderness, 88 Minutes, Meet The Spartans and Witless Protection crowding the field, not to mention TWO Uwe Boll films, In the Name of the King and Postal, AND Sly Stallone's resurrection of Rambo.  Even among wastes of money pictures, 10,000 B.C. wasn't anywhere near as bad as Speed Racer.  In the end, blandness hamstrings this picture, and even in its best moments, it never transcends being a very expensive B movie.