10,000 B.C. – cleverest hero in film history!
He calls himself D’Leh, and he happens to be the cleverest hero in film history. For starters, his name spelled backwards is “held”…which is German for “hero.” And since the bad guys in this movie don’t speak German, they have no clue who they are dealing with!
Ruthlessly, the bad guys kidnap D’Leh’s girlfriend. Along with a hundred other slaves, they take her across the three lands—mountain, jungle, and desert—to work on a pyramid in their honor. They are so confident!
And they don’t realize that D’Leh is part of a prophecy that everybody believes in…a prophecy that speaks of a hero…a hero who can communicate with Spear-Tooth, the saber-toothed tiger…a hero who will bring ultimate destruction to bad guys everywhere.
But D’Leh wants them to feel confident. That way, the bad guys will be all the more careless.
To further disguise his potency as a hero, D’Leh’s friends call him “delay”…which is English for “good for nothing.” When D’Leh is ready to embark on a quest to rescue his girlfriend, his spiritual leader actually spits on him as a blessing in disguise. And that is very clever. Officers in World War II used to smear mud on their helmets to disguise their rank. You never know when a sniper is watching!
From that point onward, 10,000 B.C. is a blur of nonstop action. We get everything from man-eating ostriches to rampaging mammoths.
Well, there are some slow parts, like when D’Leh has to convince people to join his army. And the ending of the movie might seem a tad forced…but that’s how we know it’s good for us. Like a plate of our least favorite vegetables, it’s challenging, healthy, and in the end, it makes us happy once we get over it!
P.S.: If you like the warlord in this movie, find out what role will make him a movie villain superstar.
March 18, 2008 at 9:02 am
that loser didn’t deserve that cute chick!!!! but im glad she didnt end up dead. that’d have sucked.
March 18, 2008 at 10:13 am
way to start cracking the Emmerich code! Of course he would use a backwards german word! Brilliant
March 20, 2008 at 10:11 am
Hey, Aniche, it just goes to show how clever this guy is. He’s smooth. Against all odds, he knows exactly how to get the girl of his dreams, whether it’s stargazing, chucking spears, or going on a tri-county marathon. We can all learn a few tips from D’Leh on how to get the girl we simply don’t deserve.
March 28, 2008 at 2:49 am
rocket french
haha nice one mate i like this post!
April 27, 2008 at 6:29 am
Very nice one indeed mate! Would not have picked up on those clues myself! I completely agree with Aniche - D’Leh so did not deserve that really cute girl! But yeah - he is smooth. For some reason, I actually found the warlord (played by Ben Badra) to be far more interesting as one of the lead male characters in the film. I would have loved to have seen his character develop even more so in the film.
@Ari, you’re so right … Ben Badra’s character is probably the most underrated hero in movie history.
–Rey