Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Kevcb — 02 Sep 2011

I have been a big fan of Howards Conan stories for decades now. I was really hoping the low ratings were driven by critics who just don't like the fantasy genre. Unfortunately my hopes were dashed. This is a pretty poorly made movie.

The beginning was ok, recounting Conans childhood, but then it went downhill. The movie was very disjointed. It didn't flow smoothly from scene to scene. Plot was weak and the writing was weaker. Even a lot of the action scenes were a big disappointment, because the view was mostly close-ups and you couldn't really see what was going on half the time.

So, to sum up, the bad writing and bad directing was not offset by good acting. CGI was cool though. Oh well.......