An unbearable movie (which feels about three hours long) about a giant prehistoric caveman - who one day actually decides (because of a nicely-scented girl) to walk just a little farther from his cave, straight into modern civilization. Problem Number One - is that according to what I understand about ancient man and evolution (which has nothing at all to do with Bible verses as the movie implies), cavemen were actually much SMALLER than modern man. By the way, where did he get that huge bone that still had a bit of meat on it? It looked like it came from a mastodon or something.
This movie should have been called "Disembodied Voices", because whenever someone (especially Eegah) is talking loudly or shouting, their lips are barely moving (or badly out of sync) or NOT MOVING AT ALL, from start to finish! The most ludicrous scene is when Tom is singing and playing guitar and instead of the guitar, we hear a band and some additional female vocals. The scene cuts to Eegah and the music seems at a lower volume as if he is hearing an invisible band and invisible singers from a distance, then it seems to get louder again when cutting back! The other thing that makes no sense (and nor is it amusing in any way) is how he keeps loudly growling "Eegah" (with lips not moving) throughout. Yes, I know it is supposed to be funny, but I didn't find myself enjoying it much. Why would you be wandering around growling your own name endlessly, anyway? Some sort of identity crisis?
Certain young children MIGHT enjoy this movie (except for the naughty grabbing and shaving bits), but I wouldn't be too sure.
Roxy can never seem to decide whether she wants to play with Eegah's face or scream in fear.
I absolutely DETESTED the ending, also, which didn't fit at all for the general style and overall comical mood of the movie. In fact, if it had actually had a decent ending, I might have given it a three. I also might have rated it one higher had it not felt like it was so long.
2/10. I gave it as high as a two because of the very interesting opening titles, which were about a hundred times better than what came later. In fact, the opening titles looked as if ten times more was spent on those sequences than the entire rest of the movie.
This movie should have been called "Disembodied Voices", because whenever someone (especially Eegah) is talking loudly or shouting, their lips are barely moving (or badly out of sync) or NOT MOVING AT ALL, from start to finish! The most ludicrous scene is when Tom is singing and playing guitar and instead of the guitar, we hear a band and some additional female vocals. The scene cuts to Eegah and the music seems at a lower volume as if he is hearing an invisible band and invisible singers from a distance, then it seems to get louder again when cutting back! The other thing that makes no sense (and nor is it amusing in any way) is how he keeps loudly growling "Eegah" (with lips not moving) throughout. Yes, I know it is supposed to be funny, but I didn't find myself enjoying it much. Why would you be wandering around growling your own name endlessly, anyway? Some sort of identity crisis?
Certain young children MIGHT enjoy this movie (except for the naughty grabbing and shaving bits), but I wouldn't be too sure.
Roxy can never seem to decide whether she wants to play with Eegah's face or scream in fear.
I absolutely DETESTED the ending, also, which didn't fit at all for the general style and overall comical mood of the movie. In fact, if it had actually had a decent ending, I might have given it a three. I also might have rated it one higher had it not felt like it was so long.
2/10. I gave it as high as a two because of the very interesting opening titles, which were about a hundred times better than what came later. In fact, the opening titles looked as if ten times more was spent on those sequences than the entire rest of the movie.