One Million Years B.C.

Like most young boys growing up I had a fascination with dinosaurs, and one of my favorite movies was One Million Years B.C. Of course over the years this film has been tossed into the movie vault, once other films like Jurassic Park, and the like, have taken center stage with the advancement of CGI graphics. But this film still holds a place in my heart; it is a true classic in the science fiction genre.A man from a tribe of rock people is banished and through his travels finds a tribe of shell people that live in a much calmer and gentler way of life. Isolation is the main ingredient in this movie each tribe that is seen believes that they are the only ones alive and must fight to live. The shell tribe being blonde and athletic seems a little far-fetched but if all the women look like the young Raquel Welch in an animal skin bikini I'm willing to accept it. The greatest part of this movie is that there is no dialog for the actors, oh the occasional grunt and groan, even some made up words, but no English to contaminate the idea that this is the dawning of time. The stop motion wizardry of Ray Harryhausen helps cement the action into the minds of the audience and for 1966 this was probably a big budget film.
With the imagination that went into this film at the time it is no wonder that it was a hit with audiences, and you can still see the likeability of this movie. Though the effects are not the best on film, and the idea that dinosaurs and man coexisted is just a make believe story, it is still an enjoyable and fun movie. And besides having a young Raquel Welch run around the movie half naked for an hour is definitely not a drawback in any way, shape or form.