Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by 4Tomillions — 25 Aug 2011

If you liked the 1982 version of Conan the Barbarian, you will almost assuredly enjoy this one as well. It has everything you want in a Conan movie, copious amounts of violence, gore, and boobs. The opening scenes of Conan's childhood were fantastic. The movie does lose a bit of its momentum after that. But, over all it still a fun movie with enough of action and adventure to keep just about anyone entertained for the entire 112 minute run time.

I was disappointed with a few elements of the movie. The 3-D seemed to hurt the enjoyment of some of the fight scenes, especially fight scenes done in low lighted areas. I really did not like Morgan Freeman's take on the opening narrative. He seemed to read it the same way he would have read a grocery list. Finally, where was the music? The soundtrack from the 1982 version enhanced almost every scene in the movie. Unfortunately, there isn't one memorable note in this soundtrack.