StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

keithmcdonald-52384 John Milius's Conan the Barbarian is a gritty visceral epic which kickstarted the "swords and sandals" sub-genre in the early 80s. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in top form in a film that catapulted him into the stratosphere and a year later he would go onto star in the Terminator, cementing his arrival as leading man. Milius is such a good director and it seems war and moral codes are running through his veins. The cinematography is good as is the score and one scene in particular- the kitchen orgy sequence is awe inspiring in its outlandish transpiring. If you like historical epics, then Conan the Barbarian is a great film to wind down with.

shaolinmasterkev Music: 11/10Story: 11/10Conans' Dialogue: 11/10Barbarian Action: 9,000/10Conan hears the silence of Croms unanswered prayers.

balsarius Conan was my first epic S&S movie experience. I can still hear my Dad saying: "Hide your eyes, boy!", during the naughty parts. He was one for the parental discretion. As a result, I grew up well adjusted, and we have a great man-to-man relationship in my adulthood.Conan the Barbarian, is like a teleportation into the canvases of Frank Frazetta's art. It is the best movie on the, Robert E. Howard, character and world of the Hyborian Age.This movie injected me into literature at 11 years old, and I found something strange occurred I have yet to experience in any other novels I have read.In those books I had to struggle to imagine a concept that when realized on film, often never lived up to my own mind's visual.With, Howard, I didn't have that dilemma. I could see Conan and many of his companions. I could see, smell, and hear the settling without a need to imagine beyond the scope I had seem already.As a man, I watch it often and it is a cinematic masterpiece. Brutally honest, gender serving for both sexes, and visually perfect for fans of, Howard. The effects are not over the top, and believably done. The blood splashing is iconic, and Johnathan Earl Jones, is as great in this as Star Wars.Not to be missed in life. This is, Conan, as nothing after it measures up.The 2011 remake made me think they were just trying to sell a climactic Play Station ending for the game they'd release on the title. I love the actor who played, Drogo, but he is, Drogo, not Conan, I'm sorry....

jimbo-53-186511 When his family and tribe are killed by an evil sorcerer named Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) young Conan is enslaved by this cult and is trained to become a fierce warrior. When Conan is set free as an adult, he seeks revenge against Doom.Conan the barbarian is another film that I seemed to remember as not being too bad when I watched it a number of years ago when I was a child. I decided to watch it again as an adult and can't decide whether it was a bad film when I watched it (and I'd forgot) or that my opinion on it has changed now that I'm an adult...At its heart this is your typical basic revenge film, but in Conan the barbarian the revenge element seems to take a backseat and for the most part the film is chocked full of weirdness - all the sorcery, wizardry and gods knows what else seems to dominate the film. The odd thing is that the sorcery and wizardry nonsense never seemed to have any connection to the revenge element of the story and at times it felt like I was watching two different films (sadly neither of which was particularly entertaining). For me, the whole film was a bit too whacked out and weird (and sadly not in an enjoyable way). It just felt weird for the sake of being weird in my opinion.Aside from the above other issues with the film are that it is dull and overlong and with next to no character development, little action, and several nonsensical plot elements this is not an easy film to sit through during its 2 hour running time. The voice-over narrative is terrible, rather cheesy and also didn't feel entirely necessary.As far as the performances go then they are pretty much as bad as you'd expect with only James Earl Jones giving a fairly credible performance. Schwarzenegger isn't the greatest of actors and this is something that filmmakers started to learn in his later career; I think that's why a lot of his characters in later films were played in a more tongue-in-cheek fun way as it helped to distract from his weak acting. In Conan the barbarian, the tone is quite dark and the feel is mostly serious and this exposes Arnie's weaknesses as an actor all the more. Like I say, this is something that filmmakers would improve upon with Arnie in time and by the late 80's they'd pretty much perfected the formula.Conan the barbarian is nowhere near as good as I remember it to be and my view on it today is that it's a dull, nonsensical and rather uninteresting affair from start to finish. Had it played out as a more straight-forward revenge film and had it been a bit more fun then I think it would have been far more enjoyable.