Maybe a classic, but certainly not entertaining.

Rating: 2/10 (7 January 2010)

I was turned onto this movie because I loved Stanly Kubrick's, A Clock Work Orange. But after watching for about 30 minutes I was totally let down.
First of all you have to believe that we evolved from Apes millions of years ago to enjoy the opening scene, The Dawn of Man. I personally think the whole evolution theory is false and full of holes. But then again Planet of the apes was about man evolving from Apes and that was a great movie. I do have to admit though, the scenery of the earth before the age of man in this film was breathtaking.
The movie is way too slow and there isn't much going on. The music selection for the soundtrack was great. I loved some of the classical songs. Which is one of the big reasons I loved, A clock Work Orange.
But if I wanted to hear classical music and see landscapes I could do that on my own. I watch movies for their great stories and thought provoking conversations between well scripted characters. This movie provided neither. I found myself finding better things to do when there was no dialog. This must be some kind of record. The shortest script ever to a full length feature.
I only got half way though the movie because at 1 hour and 12 minutes there was a scene that nearly put me to sleep. For exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds the only audio was an annoying hissing sound and a man breathing. That was it, I'd had it. I had to find something better to do with my time. So I decided to bash this flick on the internet. I gave it a 2 instead of a 1 just because it was made in 1968 and they did their best with what technology was available.