Review of Conan the Barbarian (1982) by Marc37 — 02 Jul 2020
This film has some strenghts: The music is epic, good and really suits to the movie. The set pieces are realistic and good looking (but they are not enough diverse). Art direction is cool. The effects are good but there are not enough effects in this movie.
The fight choreographies are decent. However this movie has many weaknesses too: From acting that leaves more than a lot to be desired, a generic, blank and almost mute main character (Conan), a caricatural vilain (Thulsa Doom), completely blank secondary characters (Subotai, Thorgrim and Rexor.
), a simple plot that is bogged down by random side quests (Becoming a gladiator, pushing a big wheel, the underground necropolis and the sword,...) and useless minor characters (the mongols slave masters, the witch, the priest, .
..) met along the way, a love story that doesn't really work, this high budget movie is boring and it definitely is not good. In fact, by the time the plot was introduced (45 minutes), I had almost checked out of the movie.
This review of Conan the Barbarian (1982) was written by Marc37 on 02 Jul 2020.
Conan the Barbarian has generally received positive reviews.
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