Conan the Barbarian

The Original Movie (Conan the Barbarian [1982]) was Great and a Classic.

This movie at MINIMUM is as Good or better than the Original.

While Jason Mamoa is no Arnold. Watching this movie again after 2 decades. I realize it's a real spagetti recipe of Mongolian, Thai, Arthur-ian, Sahara costumes and castles. Action sequences are less than there should be. Still descent, to watch though.

Was a bit boring and yes very much over the top and typical story line.

I bought this on Blu-ray because I thought it was the Arnie one. Doh!
The beginning was okay, then big Jase rocked up and it kinda went down from there. The action isn't bad but just as the movie seemed to get going it ended.

I love Rachel Nichols, but the real star of the movie is Nonso Anozie. Every scene he is in, he has the best presence.

If this had have been half an hour shorter it would have just been a bad film, instead it powered through two hours and reached tedium.

The story was trite, the script a bit lame and mostly the acting was only passable. I found only two of the characters to be engaging; Young Conan (Leo Howard) and Marique (Rose McGowan).

As young Conan Leo Howard had something to work with in terms of Conan and I thought he did well with it; once Conan is an adult any kind development stops so Momoa just has to flex and speak at the same time.

Rose McGowan in that costume, that make up and those claws... speaks volumes about me but there was some drool.

Stephen Lang played Stephen Lang so tick that box if you need to.

Could have done with a little more Ron Perlman, but I think that with anything I see with him it (except Drive - see shout)

Overall it's pretty forgettable.

Weak Cimmerian Sauce!
[that sounds awful]

Had good special effects, was lightly entertaining, and had a bad story line. Despite the latter two of the three, I have seen worst films then this. I only gave it an extra star because of the lead actor from Stargate Atlantis and for the bad story line this movie had I was a little shocked that the special effects were at least decent (not great, but decent).

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It’s a shame this version has none of the charm or wit of the Arnie original.
I blame Khal Momoa - he hasn’t the charisma at this point in his career to be other than a one-dimensional muscle-freak.
And even Arnie managed to raise a laugh - Jason didn’t even punch a camel!

[spoiler]Spudgun from Bottom gets his nose chopped off by a child and then is torn limb from limb by an angry mob! [/spoiler]
(So pretty much what he was used to with Ritchie & Eddie then?)

Conan clotheslined a mounted man... with a battleship chain! 😮

I fully expected the coach to explode during the horsey chasing sequence. Very exciting - but quite ludicrous.

In an age before Oil of Ulay and Botox, the skin of the (many) stunning women looks incredible - must be those ancient heathen gods they worship and no artificial sweeteners.

Nathan Jones was a crap pro wrestler, a crapper MMA fighter, but at least an adequate monster-goon in fight scenes. Ditto Bob Sapp.

Queen Amidala really needs to lay off the hard drugs and emo music. But she is hot, in a worrying, Freddie-Krueger-style way... 🙄

Why this remake. So much worse than the original. Arnie rules!

Jason Momoa is a worthy successor to Arnold the Barbarian. The weakness was in the story and the failure to remain faithful to Howard's vision. This movie failed to explain how the Warrior Conan became so exceptional; no formal training, no battles in the ring, no training in the philosophies...just blind vengeance and that just doesn't account for living his life as long as it did. Rose McGowan was just a freak-show distraction. Tamara was a poor replacement for Valeria. No wizard (Mako) and no Subotai (Gerry Lopez). Parts of the movie were "borrowed" from The Mummy (1999). Not worthy to be included in the cannon of Conan.