Strong and Moving!

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Is Hollywood really trying to make people dumber for having watched rubbish like this. The Second scene in the movie shows a 12yo Conan take out 4 fully armed and grown men unarmed. Apparently even though he weighs about 45kg max it was no problem to over power them. He also knew martial arts..This is close to the stupidest thing i have ever seen in a movie. *If you are a fan of Conan like me, just don't watch it. *If you have even the slightest bit of intelligence, just don't watch it. *If you have a shred of decency for yourself, do NOT watch it.If you are an idiot, watch this movie and rate it in between 7 & 10.That is all. Don't say i didn't warn you.Edit: I forced myself to watch the rest of the movie and thank god it moved on from kid wonder, but if the book was anything like this it must have been an incredibly small book. Other reviewers say it is true to the book. I say thank god that was one of the books i never read..In fact i'm sure the book could never of been this bad. But as a book reader myself i know that some fans will enjoy even the crappiest of movies if it stays somewhat true to the book, as the original Conan movie with Arnie would be extremely different. But imo as a movie an Arnie B grader is better than Conan 2011 & that says something. Funniest part of the film, watching the juiced up Jason Momoa struggle for like over a minute to pull up the 70kg max, girl on a chain. Bring back the wheel of pain!

I love Conan/ Middle Earth type of movies, although for some reason the original Conan lacked appeal to me, perhaps because it looked like Arnold wore a wig the whole time. In this film we get a significant childhood view of Conan as a person who has more heart than brains. After his village is destroyed and his father killed, Conan wanders the earth to find the man and seek revenge.He comes to a town involved in slave trade, kills the traders and frees the topless women in a cage. Later soldiers show up and Conan deliberately gets himself arrested so he can get inside of the prison camp to get information. Of course armed guards are no match for a chained Conan.Conan is a barbarian, a Viking type. Another tribe appears to mimic Native Americans with Mohawks and another of the 12 tribes mimics Mongolian. The problem with Conan, the Barbarian is that he speaks as a barbarian with bad lines and a bad delivery. The CG specials effects make this a better film. There is a good supporting cast, however Conan himself was just written poorly. For most people this should just be a rental.No f-bombs, nudity, one poorly lit sex scene.

The Good: Casting. All around, Momoa really nailed the role of Conan. He's strong, abrasive, bloodthirsty, and bears conviction. The cast as a whole really gave the film the highest rating I could give it.Also Good: Hyboria. The Picts looks quite terrifying early in the film, even if they fall like straw men. The film did a nice job exploring a few other areas of Hyboria that the 80's films never did. All in all, those who read the old books will find a lot of Easter eggs to enjoy here.The Bad: The final act of the movie was just as boring as could be. Why do we care what the villain does with this really weird-looking octopus mask? The final battle sequence was a critical failure that ended the film with a whimper instead of a "Wow!"Also Bad: Action sequences. There are many throughout the film and for each that will sincerely impress you, there are equally as many that are simply laughable. The Ugly: The director, Marcus Nispel, may have given some fresh life to Hyboria, but at the cost of a coherent story and developed characters. You will reach the end of the movie knowing just as much about the characters as when you first started watching it. There's no depth to the characters (hero and villain alike). Character development is forgotten entirely. The stakes of the story are lost in a hodgepodge of randomly strung-together action sequences.Overall, there's enough to like about the movie to make it watchable, but not enough to really wow an audience looking for so much more out of this rich universe.

he is the only realistic motif to see this bizarre film. but a flower does not a season. the good intentions of an actor, the hope to resurrect a brand, the darkness in new nuances are not the good choice. first - the theme is part from another cinema age. then , Jason Momoa does his the best.the presence of Stephen Lang and Ron Pearlman is symbolic. maybe, to act in a film who could be reduced at few fight scene, eccentric costumes and a lot of clichés is not a good option. except colors and remind of old fairy tales theme, Conan has nothing interesting.because the script is a joke and the respect for poor Momoa is high scene by scene because except his physical virtues, far being by a new version of Schwarzenegger, he tries to do a decent work. but nothing helps him. so, a film for a too precise target . for the others, convincing invitation to return to the original Conan.