Review of One Million Years B.C. (1966) by Marcus W — 25 Jun 2015
One Million Years BC (soon to be retitled One Million Years BCE) features some terrific cinematography by Wilkie Cooper, some fairly scary dinosaurs courtesy of Ray Harryhausen, and a decidedly dark atmosphere that at times is quite disturbing.
Raquel Welch is the reason most people (well, most men) cite for watching this film, but she's really only icing on the cake. Besides, Martine Beswick looks even better than Raquel does!Had a hard day at work? Don't feel like doing any deep thinking? Here's the first film you should reach for.
No dialogue to keep up with or complex characters. Just sunny scenery, girls in fur bikinis and just enough Ray Harryhausen animated dinosaurs to keep things moving. If you have to go to the restroom, you don't even need to pause the DVD.
Just go and when you come back, nothing of any depth has happened so it's easy to figure out what you missed. Just don't walk out on the true stars of the film - the dinosaurs. They are some of the best ever done for any film.
It's 90 minutes of no-brainer entertainment and holds up to many viewings.
This review of One Million Years B.C. (1966) was written by Marcus W on 25 Jun 2015.
One Million Years B.C. has generally received mixed reviews.
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