One Million Years B.C.

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Billy D Painful to watch now apart from the timeless beauty of Raquel Welsh. But I did love this movie as a child. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review CodyZamboni Movie has too many repetitive dull scenes, and needs more campiness. But the Ray Harryhausen stop motion animation dinosaurs are great. Kudos also to the spectacular location photograpy, and Raquel Welch, wow, she is so stunning and amazing. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/29/23 Full Review Bert M The movie has no real plot and is full of scientific errors, But seeing Rachel in that fur bikini is worth a watch. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/23 Full Review Taylor L The film that's mostly known today for putting Raquel Welch in a fur bikini, and for featuring a poster in The Shawshank Redemption. Though One Million Years B.C. is rightfully considered a relic of the time period, with its live-action Flintstones premise and bikini-clad cavewomen with fantastically conditioned hair, it's actually one of Ray Harryhausen's more accomplished visual effects projects. At first, the accomplished animator got a bit experimental, pushing for blown-up footage of live-action animals such as monitor lizards, which he believed would be more lifelike; it's ironically these segments that look the worst today. But once he gets into his traditional style, the film picks up with a creative series of dinosaur battles that feature actors actually interacting rather than pantomiming (because otherwise the dino 1 v. 1 is a Harryhausen standard; both the models and the idea would be reused in The Valley of Gwangi). The story's nothing to write home about and the the lack of dialogue is a big drag; where they worried that actors speaking English would somehow ruin the authenticity of this otherwise carefully-researched film? Interesting because it's got a type of fantasy style that would never be made today, and in part because of some of the casting choices - two of the big names would be recognizable castings in the Bond franchise, including early Bond girl Martine Beswick and Robert Brown, who took on the role of M in the 1980s. Hard to take seriously, but credit where it's due on the stop-motion. (2/5) Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/20/22 Full Review dave s Set in a magical time when humans and dinosaurs apparently co-existed, One Million Years B.C. reinforces how difficult life must have been for your everyday caveman. When not fighting neighboring tribes (or themselves, for that matter), they were busy battling those pesky dinosaurs or dodging natural disasters. Life was not easy. Nope. While the film has some respectable production values and a lot of stellar special effects from Ray Harryhausen, the only real reason to watch (let's be honest about this) is the presence of Raquel Welch, who bounces about in a remarkably sexy fur bikini, her perfectly coifed hair blowing in the wind. Other than that, it's all a bit boring and repetitive – fight, wander about, battle monster, fight some more, deal with earthquake, resume wandering. That's about it. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Lovely and cheesy, Carrying good elements, But still it got some silliness. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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