Liked the book, hated the movie

Rating: 1/10 (24 November 2002)

I really liked the book. But people, not EVERYONE who watches a movie has read the book. The people I watched the movie with had NO IDEA that those were supposed to be Neanderthals. Nor did any of them realize that it was based on Beowulf. And we have all read that - and this is AFTER THE MOVIE WAS OVER. Unless you read the book, there was NO WAY you could understand what any of this was about. We never found outwho these crazy people were. If they spent $100 million on this movie, then why not spend JUST A LITTLE on some "Walking with Prehistoric Beasts"/"Quest for Fire"/"Clan of the Cave bear" makeup? This movie sucked, just like Congo sucked. Just liked disclosure sucked. Just like sphere sucked. The only good Michael Crichton movie was Jurassic Park...the FIRST one. Love his books, hate his movies.