Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) by Busyrob — 19 Aug 2011
The good:
Jason Momoa pulls off Robert E. Howard's version superbly. Stephen Lang portrayed an excellent villan. The colors palet was nice. The gore was there, the nudity was there, and there was no rock music. The sets were good, and theThe good:
Jason Momoa pulls off Robert E. Howard's version superbly.
Stephen Lang portrayed an excellent villan.
The colors palet was nice.
The gore was there, the nudity was there, and there was no rock music.
The sets were good, and the CGI didn't feel like overkill. You could tell it was there in several instances, but not enough to ruin the movie.
The bad:
Not having the original score is equivalent to a Star Wars moving missing it's original soundtrack.
It's a true Sword and Sorcery movie. Very linear plot, characters are predominately one-dimensional, and a quest vs good vs evil. Although, almost everybody in the movie could be considered a bit evil. It's just the scale of how evil they want to be.
Not as good as Conan the Barbarian - not enough nudity, no good one-liners, music unmemorable, but better than Conan the Destroyer - still rated R, excellent gore, still needed more tit-time. The movie runs in the same vein as Willow, Legend, or any other 80's fantasy movie.
The camera needed to be pulled back in the action sequences. There were some extremely talented swordsmen that nobody could see because the camera was busy focusing on their belts or something. I'd watch the sequel btw.
This review of Conan the Barbarian (2011) was written by Busyrob on 19 Aug 2011.
Conan the Barbarian has generally received mixed reviews.
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