At the start of the film you are told this is all true, though clearly it isn't. I don't really understand the point of that. It's fair enough to imply it's real but to outright lie about it, that's just a bit desperate.
I quite enjoyed the movie to start with but it falls apart towards the end. The thing is nobody knows what Sumerian sounds like, it's not like you can look at the alphabet and say "that letter looks like an oooh sound" as the writers seem to think. It's a shame that the lazy hacks that put this one together couldn't be bothered to fix this huge and easily remedied plot hole by using Egyptian which would have worked just as well. It didn't spoil the movie for me, but it did serve as a good example of how badly conceived the whole thing was. No wonder they had to go for a stunt to sell it to the audience.
Likewise the twist doesn't work either. It's a shame because I thought this would be quite a good film but yet again I expected too much.
I quite enjoyed the movie to start with but it falls apart towards the end. The thing is nobody knows what Sumerian sounds like, it's not like you can look at the alphabet and say "that letter looks like an oooh sound" as the writers seem to think. It's a shame that the lazy hacks that put this one together couldn't be bothered to fix this huge and easily remedied plot hole by using Egyptian which would have worked just as well. It didn't spoil the movie for me, but it did serve as a good example of how badly conceived the whole thing was. No wonder they had to go for a stunt to sell it to the audience.
Likewise the twist doesn't work either. It's a shame because I thought this would be quite a good film but yet again I expected too much.