It's a good thing I saw this before I saw the BBC series Walking with Caveman, otherwise I might have thought less of this movie. But then I remember that this was made twenty years earlier. In fact the age of the film doesn't mean much, Both are entertaining. This one is fiction rather than fact, and it incorporates some decent scientific accuracy, as well as some VERY primitive, but clever humor, and some cute creature effects for the amazing beasts which shared Ice Age Europe with us a hundred thousand years ago.
The great thing about movies like Quest for Fire is the way they can be universally appreciated. There is no classifiable language, it can be enjoyed equally in all countries. People are saying the same thing about WALL-E, but this is actually a better example. After all regardless of Nation, creed, and color, we all evolved from the same creatures.
We follow the semi-epic journey of Neanderthal trio which has been sent by their clan to bring back the gift of fire, after the clan has been kicked out of their massive cave home by the clan of another species. The three of them have to hurry before their brothers and sister freeze to death. Along the way they find a skinny little Homo Sapien girl (that's our species), she is a long way from home and she urges them to help her get back to her people. Reluctantly they do. However, things to do turn out to be so bad when, they discover that these people know how to make fire.
In truth we will never fully know how our ancestors lived, but the fossil remains we have discovered are numerous and can give us a descent understanding. Today, twenty years later, we know twice as much. It is now believed that Neaderthals did not have dark hair, but red hair. I doubt that the majority of people who watch quest for fire will care about science and anthropology, but I think the film is more interesting if you do care. Otherwise you are liable to see quest for fire as old hat, long been replaced by modern movie magic.
The great thing about movies like Quest for Fire is the way they can be universally appreciated. There is no classifiable language, it can be enjoyed equally in all countries. People are saying the same thing about WALL-E, but this is actually a better example. After all regardless of Nation, creed, and color, we all evolved from the same creatures.
We follow the semi-epic journey of Neanderthal trio which has been sent by their clan to bring back the gift of fire, after the clan has been kicked out of their massive cave home by the clan of another species. The three of them have to hurry before their brothers and sister freeze to death. Along the way they find a skinny little Homo Sapien girl (that's our species), she is a long way from home and she urges them to help her get back to her people. Reluctantly they do. However, things to do turn out to be so bad when, they discover that these people know how to make fire.
In truth we will never fully know how our ancestors lived, but the fossil remains we have discovered are numerous and can give us a descent understanding. Today, twenty years later, we know twice as much. It is now believed that Neaderthals did not have dark hair, but red hair. I doubt that the majority of people who watch quest for fire will care about science and anthropology, but I think the film is more interesting if you do care. Otherwise you are liable to see quest for fire as old hat, long been replaced by modern movie magic.