Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian
R | 19 August 2011 (USA)
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A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

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SmugKitZine

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

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Livestonth

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

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Aubrey Hackett

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

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Sarita Rafferty

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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djfrost-46786

They didn't have to make this bout Conan. Could have done any other hero n it wouldn't have changed anything. Didn't seem anywhere close to Conan. Alot of boobs in this movie. Not bad. Some cool action scenes.

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rdoyle29

Well ... on the good side, this is a suitably R-rated Conan, with quite a bit of gore and a bit of mild nudity. That's all appropriate to Robert E. Howard's vision. On the bad side, this in an intensely, crushingly dull film, and that's probably not what Howard had in mind. This film is a blur of action, quick edits, CGI and cardboard characters. It had numbed my brain into abandoning all attempts at attention after about 20 minutes. Some interesting actors like Ron Perlman and Stephen Lang get lost in the brouhaha. Jason Momoa is on the other hand resoundingly forgettable.

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demontrace

This is the worst movie ever made. At best it ties with other worst movies ever made. It has none of the charm, nor spectacle of the 1982 movie. The acting is horrible. The story line is a major step down from the 1982 movies. Indeed, in every way, compared to the 1982 movie, this one is worse. How does that happen when almost 30 years have passed since the 1982 movie? Certainly Jason Momoa is no Arnold Schwarzenegger, not even at his best, versus Arnold's worst.So what is there to look forward to here? Well, nothing really. Watch the 1982 film. The 2011 film is one of the worst things I've ever seen, to the point that I couldn't even finish it. It's really that bad.

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TreeOfWolf

I couldn't watch the whole movie, but I doubt it got better.I watched the 1982 version before watching it. Conan became a slave who was forced to be barbaric to survive, but then had the chance to discover the value of his own freedom, friendship... and love. Falling for a woman who helped him fight, as an equal, for revenge and everyone's justice at the same time. She ends up sacrificing herself to save him when he was helpless.The new version is completely different. It shows an arrogant guy who uses the word "woman" in a derogatory way, calling her his property and bossing her around. When she says that she doesn't have to obey him just because he's a man... he freaking gags her! That's where I stopped watching the movie. She had the dignity and courage to stand up for herself, and he wouldn't even listen, forcefully, with no respect whatsoever. That's a horrible message to give the new generation of women and men.I am ashamed that the women rights actually got worse 30 years later! Women are born to live their life, not to serve a man's life. Men shouldn't stay helpless babies needing a mommy to serve them all their lives.No amount of amusing gore can make up for this disaster. I like slasher movies with psychopaths killing sluts and I laugh while they scream. But I couldn't stand watching this respectable woman be degraded. The psychological violence was so nasty that it felt worse than murder. Weird but true. I can understand a psychopath's madness... but trying to make abusing women seem like a normal manly thing to do... it repulsed me.The story is so different that it shouldn't be called the same way, but the film makers probably tried to use the old one's fame to seem more interesting than they tried to be. Lame trick. The old movie had more depth in silent stares than anything that came out of the new Conan's mouth.Stick with the Arnold version. Terminate this horrible remake.Old crap is way better than this new crap.I guess that if you're a misogynist, you won't see anything wrong with this movie.Otherwise, don't bother.

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