Conan the Barbarian (2011)

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by jumpy

this could be really good, or really baaaaad.
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This has an awful lot to live up to.

Indeed. Considering its a remake, my spidey sense tells me it will probably be really baaaaad.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm also a longtime fan of Howard and all his creations. I liked the movies with Arnie because, as you said, he seemed to be made for the role. On the other hand I hated what they did to Robert E. Howard's world.

I really liked the first movie. But you can tell, they went a whole different direction with Conan the destroyer. Seemed very D&D influenced to me. Too much high fantasy elements. I own both movies, but the first one, has a grit the other one doesn't have. And im deliberatly ignoring Red Sonja, it could probably be cast in this movie series, but, it came after Conan the Destroyer, and there was a sharp drop off there.