New Conan movie---

[babycyclops]

I'm a massive fan of Arni's Conan, but this Guardian article comparing Arnold to the new guy is pretty funny.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...er?INTCMP=SRCH

[Bruce Banner]

I'm just wondering how accurately they've portrayed R.E. Howard's character from the actual Conan stories this time round.
I suspect it'll be about as faithful to the source material as the John Milius movie was.
But accuracy aside, from what I've seen so far, the movie seems to lack that epic, sombre, brooding feel which so effectively underpinned the Milius film.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

It looks okay; maybe not great, but there's plenty of mayhem. Even the obligatory car chase scene didn't bother me so much. I think one of the problems with doing a Conan ANYTHING is that he's THE prototypical lost world barbarian, and there've been so many clones over the decades that it's tough to stand out.

Don C.

[torgospizza]

But accuracy aside, from what I've seen so far, the movie seems to lack that epic, sombre, brooding feel which so effectively underpinned the Milius film.

I just think that's so hard to do nowadays. He could fistfight Cthulu and and the guys on Ain't It Cool News and IMDb would be like, "Clash of the Titans ripoff!" Could you imagine a straight adaption of "People of the Black Circle"? Everyone would complain it didn't seem like the real (i.e. Arnold) Conan to them and it was too Bollywood because most of the characters are Indian analogues.

[Hector]

I'm a massive fan of Arni's Conan, but this Guardian article comparing Arnold to the new guy is pretty funny.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/...er?INTCMP=SRCH

He hates the original and Arnie...lol.

The last sentence of his...

"Winner: 2011, by several billion light years."

[Spawn67]

Ok so as some of you may or may not know I am a HUGE Conan Collector/fanboy..even got a Conan tattoo on my leg.
I did not have high hopes for the movie but being a Conan fanatic I had to see it anyway.
I can honestly say after going in the movie with an open mind it WAS NOT very good at all.
I do not think Jason Momoa was a good Conan. It seems he didn't study the Character at all as Arnold did. I don't think the movie came even close to Howard's Conan at all. Ive seen better cheesy 80's barbarian knockoff flicks that were way more Conan than this movie.
I expected it to be like the "newer" (and awful) conan comics that you see today.
All and all I DO NOT think it did justice to Howard's dark brooding epic Conan at all.
I would be very suprised if they made a sequel.

Thats my 2 cents...

[Gorn Captain]

I would be very suprised if they made a sequel....

Conan does Dallas? Conan goes to college?

Sorry to hear you didn't like it. With you being a big fan, that must have been really disappointing, as it's rare to get a new Conan movie...

[Bruce Banner]

All and all I DO NOT think it did justice to Howard's dark brooding epic Conan at all.

I would agree with that, for the most part.

Although I fear we'll never get a movie adaptation that truly reflects the essence of REH's original character.

[Tyme2tyme]

Wow! Did I see the same movie? I have been a Conan fan my whole life. Not only did I have the comics and lots of figures, but I owned a number of the original RE Howard stories in the early pulps. A friend (and fellow Conan fan) and I went to the new movie yesterday and felt it caught the feel of Howard's original epics very well. My comment to my friend leaving the theatre was "Vastly superior to the Arnold Conan movies in every way except the music". That says a lot from me considering that I have seen the Arnold movies too many times to count. This new Conan reminds me more of the Barry Windsor Smith Conan where Arnold's Conan reminds me of Buscema's version. JOHN

[Tyme2tyme]

BTW, Jason Momoa signed to do THREE Conan movies.

[MegoMark71]

Perhaps he can take some acting classes b4 filming the next one. He was my problem with the movie. I found myself wanting arnie to make a cameo and cut the new Conan in half then say some cheesy line like Bet you didn't know this was a double feature, or sorry to cut this movie short or well you get the picture. Of course this is just my opinion of the movie.

[Spawn67]

"This new Conan reminds me more of the Barry Windsor Smith Conan where Arnold's Conan reminds me of Buscema's version. "

That's a good Comparison!

[Spawn67]

For you CONAN nerds like myself check out this little Conan Comic book documentary if you haven't seen it before.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMA5F...829BCE49D475F4

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI9da...eature=related

[Hector]

I saw a work print of the film a few weeks ago-- I didn't care for it as a CONAN movie. It's actually not that horrible, but that Jason Momoa dude is NOT the Conan I know and love. I'm sure it'll do well at the box office-- unlike another movie that comes out tomorrow...

SC

Sorry, Sandy...but that post deserves this...

[MIB41]

Just watched the original last night with Arnold. Truly a classic. The production wasn't huge. But what they had to work with, they did well. I loved the costumes and the war paint he wore near the end. It felt very much like Conan. I'm still sad they never got the series to the point where he became King Conan. He looked great in the final scene. of course the sequel to this was a total joke.