Conan the Barbarian

Pros: A great guys movie, and faithful to the character to boot!
Cons: It's only a pity that the second one wasn't nearly as good.

Fantasy has come back into fashion over the last couple of years - shows like Xena and Hercules enjoying long runs on television and of course Lord of the Rings making all kinds of box office noise a few years ago. But as far as ...

Pros: Laconic. Iconic. Beautiful. Stirring. Surprisingly thoughtful.
Cons: Is camp a con? Well there’s little of that in any case.

Silence Is it any surprise that only the first ten roles listed under 1982’s Conan the Barbarian at imdb.com have speaking parts? Laconic is the word. In fact, the entire cast list doesn’t fill the screen. It tapers off into ...

Pros: Power, passion, aggression. It'll bring out the man in you!
Cons: Some slippage in the acting department. But it's irrelevant.

“What is best in life, Conan?”

“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.”

Back in the Dark Ages (1982), Conan The Barbarian was one of the most eagerly awaited of films....

Pros: This is one of those rare movies it would be hard to improve.
Cons: none.

Conan the Barbarian (1982) Directed by John Milius Screenplay by Oliver Stone, From the Novels and Short Stories of Robert E. Howard. “Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an ...

Pros: Emotionally moving, great soundtrack
Cons: No special effects, but that's not really a fair con.

Conan The Barbarian

Sometimes a movie comes by that is so spiritually inspiring and moving that it compels you to watch it over and over. Who knew that the movie that would generate this much feeling would be one titled CONAN THE BARBARIAN?...

Pros: One of the best films ever made.
Cons: If only they could have used current special effects technology.

Conan the Barbarian is the standard to which all future Sword and Sorcery movies are to be held. Made twenty years before the initial release of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the movie still stands as the...

Pros: Its nigh perfect
Cons: you could say the effects if you were being harsh

Back when I just started reviewing here, I thought I would pull a bit of a fast one by putting up a review of Conan the Barbarian which was barely a paragraph, and was written in about 10 minutes. This was originally written for a school/college project ...

Pros: Realism, Arnold Schwarzenegger looks like made to do this. James Earl Jones´ Thulsa Doom.
Cons: Some slight mistakes in the plot and sometimes laughable acting.

True my epinion ´Conan the Barbarian´ is the coolest character Arnold Schwarzenegger ever portraited, at the same time I think it´s one of the best epic adventures ever... Long, long time ago. Before there was Frodo, there was Conan. As a young boy he ...

Pros: Lots of action
Cons: none

This is the movie that made Arnold famous. Not that I didn't know of him, I was already a huge fan. I had been inducted in the Arnold Schwarzenegger Mucho Admiration Society years before when he was a young bodybuilder. Both my brothers were...

Pros: Some really excellent visual scenes.
Cons: The main fights lack punch.Thulsa Doom was good,but lacked depth.

From gyrating,tight,fur-cladded trunks to masterly-built,skull-masked dungeon keepers,fantasy films( ...

Pros: Classic fantasy film; one of the finest soundtracks ever
Cons: Special edition DVD includes alternate ending, no option to see original ending.

Fortunately, I didn't see "Conan the Barbarian" until after I had discovered Conan in his original literary form, as the brainchild (brainbarbarian?) of Robert E. Howard, one of the foremost American pulp authors of the late 1920s and early '30s. Make no...

Pros: Memorable soundtrack; mostly set in Central Asia
Cons: So-called philosophy is bulls**t

Despite many entirely legitimate complaints against the films Arnold Schwarzenegger made in the 1990's, they were consistent in one thing: all of them, with the notable exception of the magnificent "Terminator II," were pure escapist fun. One of...

Pros: good story, lots of swords & sorcery action, fantastic soundtrack
Cons: somewhat shaky performances, some poor fight choreography

This was the first R-rated film my parents allowed me to see. I remember watching it in a dirty old dollar theater next to the bowling alley where my parents participated in a Wendesday night league. Dad bought the ticket and took me to the door, then...

Pros: Arnold, Conan, Robert E Howard, Costumes, Scenery, Music and the Hyborean World
Cons: The series will never be completed

Arnold's best "acting" role yet. Why because he didn't have to act. He played a big, brutish Germanic barbarian. Arnold is a big, brute from Austria. I can see him on the set, "What is Conan's motivation for this scene?"...

Pros: AHNOLD! The music is actually awesome! A guy movie, action-packed!
Cons: very dark.

In 1981 Conan The Barbarian was a total hit. It launched Arnold Schwarzenegger's career to the very limit! As the 90's sprung about, Conan was soon forgotten. Sword and sorcery fans became more familiar with Red Sonja,...