tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post4544421178618053578..comments2020-10-15T03:44:17.517-06:00Comments on Heromeblog: Conan The Barbarian (movie review)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899964934488037629noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-30183318798522012522011-12-06T05:47:11.347-07:002011-12-06T05:47:11.347-07:00lol, nicelol, niceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899964934488037629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-82017974057802561912011-12-05T13:22:33.135-07:002011-12-05T13:22:33.135-07:00Hahahahaha!
Howard was poetic in his writing, his...Hahahahaha!<br /><br />Howard was poetic in his writing, his descriptions of scenes and events are awesome:<br /><br />"They drifted down the darkened street like the ghosts of murdered men."<br /><br />Too cool. Check out the "real" Howard stories someday.<br /><br />By the by, the scene sequence of Conan as a young man, fighting the Picts -- the eternal enemies of the Cimmerians -- with the egg in his mouth IS NOT how Conan was first "blooded," according to Howard -- by it was a DAMN AWESOME scene sequence all the same! ;)<br /><br />See? I'm flexible. :DMystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-83827012037697675282011-12-04T04:53:59.866-07:002011-12-04T04:53:59.866-07:00I can see why that would bother you, sounds like a...I can see why that would bother you, sounds like a plot hole to, I honestly didn't hear Hyborians mentioned, so I wouldn't have known the difference either way.<br /><br />I do need to read the books some day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899964934488037629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-11483010013745573942011-12-03T22:20:46.777-07:002011-12-03T22:20:46.777-07:00Okay, I finally watched the movie.
My one big pee...Okay, I finally watched the movie.<br /><br />My one big peeve as a R.E. Howard "fanboy."<br /><br />Robert E. Howard always -- ALWAYS -- made it a point to inform the reader that the Cimmerians WERE NOT -- Hyborians!<br /><br />Conan's people DID NOT share in the "breaking of the mask" -- not a Howard "creation" by the way.<br /><br />The Hyborians did over throw ancient Acheron -- according to Howard -- but the Cimmerians were not a Hyborian "tribe" and did not take part in the assault on Acheron.<br /><br />Sorry.<br /><br />Neither were the Aseir, the Vanir or the Hyperborians of the Hyborian tribes.<br /><br />So, as the daughter misqouted, it might have been a Hyborian sword that broke the mask, but the sword of Conan's father was NOT a Hyborian sword to aid in "reforming" the mask.<br /><br />Sorry, the mixing up of the Hyborians with the Cimmerians drives me nuts.<br /><br />Doesn't anyone pay attention to detail any more?<br /><br />I know -- they don't care.<br /><br />Well, if you don't care -- make some other movie.<br /><br />Anyway, that's my only gripe. The Cimmerians WERE NOT Hyborians.<br /><br />Sorry.Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-67683207745868698482011-11-29T22:55:25.598-07:002011-11-29T22:55:25.598-07:00Your first to points, I see but didn't notice ...Your first to points, I see but didn't notice within while watching the movie and frankly they sound like complaints against movies in general.<br /><br />I loved the C-Section because it's been along time since I have seen something new in a Sword and Sorcery and I watch to see things beyond belief.<br /><br />I always thought He-Man stole that gesture from Conan and then lent it to link.<br /><br />As for the rest, I think it just left room for more things to be explorer or even imagined in your mind. It was also Implied that the daughter might hate or betray her dad. I actually like the hints of more going on in the movie then was attempted to answer. Gave it more depth IMHO.<br /><br />Frankly I'd like you to point out a single fantasy movie that doesn't have the majority of things on your list.<br /><br />1. Badguys facing heroes dead on when it would be smarter not too<br />2. Action for the sake of Action<br />3.Things beyond belife<br />4.A little Cheese<br />5.Not enough time to focus on everything<br />6.NPC's suck compared to Stars<br />ect.<br /><br />Anyway thanks for coming and sharing your opinion, helped me to further evaluate what I did or didn't like about it and I still say awesome movie :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899964934488037629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-79872257558961339942011-11-29T19:25:15.588-07:002011-11-29T19:25:15.588-07:00I'm a huge fan of sorcery movies, and I was ve...I'm a huge fan of sorcery movies, and I was very disappointed. Spoilers ahead:<br />1) Why confront conan with just yourself and your daughter when you have an army? Oh noes they escaped!<br />2) a stagecoach chase has been done to death. Stop it, or make it awesome.<br />3) The C-section when he is born is beyond belief. One cut? Really?<br />4) Heman gesture with the sword made be laugh out load.<br />5) Conan's allies did what exactly? Apart from give work to Zena outcasts.<br />6) Nobody in the movie knows how to shoot a missile weapon.<br />7) the father-daughter relationship either didn't go far enough, or should not have been implied sexually. They're baddies remember, they can be twisted. <br />8) script was dreadful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-17134528439771848192011-11-29T04:28:34.930-07:002011-11-29T04:28:34.930-07:00I think the only place I saw the actor so far was ...I think the only place I saw the actor so far was in Stargate Atlantis and so I thought it was pretty cool he has moved from to being Conan. I need to give Game of Thrones a shot though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899964934488037629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-58186171822026338092011-11-28T19:27:52.737-07:002011-11-28T19:27:52.737-07:00@Jagsatai: I understand your position and don'...@Jagsatai: I understand your position and don't have a problem with it.<br /><br />My only complaint with the new movie -- unseen -- would be that they should have paid Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson whatever he wanted to make the movie.<br /><br />I wasn't impressed with the current "Conan's" performance in Game of Thrones -- or Stargate -- as others apparently were. So, for me -- except for financial reasons -- there was no particular reason to go with him.<br /><br />But that's just personal preference, so . . .Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-83123515205619622242011-11-28T15:43:47.179-07:002011-11-28T15:43:47.179-07:00I get that, but I grew up at a weird time. My firs...I get that, but I grew up at a weird time. My first exposure to Conan was through Marvel comics, and I loved them. Then I got to see Arnold as Conan, and I loved that too. Then I got to read Howard and grow to love the original, so I am pretty flexible as to what Conan CAN be I guess.The Great Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342783210750664992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-4104694963821604662011-11-28T09:57:30.977-07:002011-11-28T09:57:30.977-07:00I haven't seen the movie, but I want to -- and...I haven't seen the movie, but I want to -- and I'm a Robert E. Howard "fanboy."<br /><br />The Arnold movies were a "bad" mix of many Howard stories. There was a Valeria, but most of what "she" said in the movie was actually said by a woman named Belit. So . . .<br /><br />Holywood can only do so much. Even a movie based upon a single Howard story would take a trilogy to make properly. I accept that and am happy if Holywood simply "tries" to get it "mostly" right.<br /><br />As for The Lord of the Rings, my only gripe was that Arwen plays no part in the story, but she dominates the movies -- in order to get "chicks" to go see it.<br /><br />I only bitch about the commercialism. Changing my "beloved" stories for no reason other than to make money irks me.<br /><br />But I'm a flexible "fanboy." ;)Mystic Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593826779432906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-91708857208493256622011-11-27T23:51:45.784-07:002011-11-27T23:51:45.784-07:00Exactly, taken as a sword and sorcery movie it sta...Exactly, taken as a sword and sorcery movie it stands on its own without even needing the Conan name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899964934488037629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144906962339145035.post-16315569817585622412011-11-27T22:46:17.221-07:002011-11-27T22:46:17.221-07:00I agree. When my wife and I saw this movie neither...I agree. When my wife and I saw this movie neither of us saw what all the bitching was about, it was a solid sword & sorcery movie. Was it a perfect Conan movie? No. But what constitutes a perfect Conan movie these days? A scene for scene adaptation of an REH Conan story? The REH fanboys would still find fault with it somewhere, just like the Tolkien fanboys did with the LotR movies, and I can't see how they could have been done better. Would the hypothetical perfect Conan movie be a remake of Arnold's Conan from the 1980s? Arnold Conan fanboys would hate it because it wasn't their film. Taken on it's own merits this Conan was pretty good.The Great Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342783210750664992noreply@blogger.com