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Conan The Barbarian (Remake)
Aug 21^st, 2011 at 9:38pm

I don't know why I bothered with this other than it didn't cost me anything to watch it, but don't bother yourself. The acting was horrible; it might be hard to believe, but it's true - then again let's consider the cast of both movies (hard to beat James Earl Jones). They spent 20-25 minutes on Conan's childhood, where that was about 5-10 minutes of the original movie. Overall about 40 minutes on back story. The 2 plots are similar, but obviously they made several changes to the story in the new movie.

If you can view it for free, watch it, but don't spend a penny on it.

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Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake)
Reply #1 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 10:33pm

Demos wrote on Aug 21^st, 2011 at 9:38pm:

I don't know why I bothered with this other than it didn't cost me anything to watch it, but don't bother yourself. The acting was horrible; it might be hard to believe, but it's true - then again let's consider the cast of both movies (hard to beat James Earl Jones). They spent 20-25 minutes on Conan's childhood, where that was about 5-10 minutes of the original movie. Overall about 40 minutes on back story. The 2 plots are similar, but obviously they made several changes to the story in the new movie.

If you can view it for free, watch it, but don't spend a penny on it.

Never needed to be remade... Sad

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Jasmine LNF Speaker LNF Bunker Conservative Caucus Offline God Bless America! Posts: 12,519 Hawaii Gender:	Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake) Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 1:36am I believe the star of the movie, Jason Momoa, is from Hawaii. Yay! But I have no desire to see it.
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SeriousMan Ex Member	Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake) Reply #3 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 4:08am Jasmine wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 1:36am: I believe the star of the movie, Jason Momoa, is from Hawaii. Yay! But I have no desire to see it. He was a regular in Stargate Atlantis.
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Mercy For All LNF Moderator The Writer's Croft LNF Bunker Offline Be completely alive until you're completely dead. Posts: 36,917 Gender:	Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake) Reply #4 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 7:43pm Quote: He was a regular in Stargate Atlantis. Ah! That's why he looks familiar! Other "not worth remaking movies": Total Recall Footloose Dirty Dancing
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Jasmine LNF Speaker LNF Bunker Conservative Caucus Offline God Bless America! Posts: 12,519 Hawaii Gender:	Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake) Reply #5 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 7:47pm Mercy For All wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 7:43pm: Ah! That's why he looks familiar! Other "not worth remaking movies": Total Recall Footloose Dirty Dancing I could argue that those movies weren't worth making in the first place.
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Mercy For All LNF Moderator The Writer's Croft LNF Bunker Offline Be completely alive until you're completely dead. Posts: 36,917 Gender:	Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake) Reply #6 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 9:53pm Jasmine wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 7:47pm: I could argue that those movies weren't worth making in the first place. Yes, you could. And you'd probably have a good argument. The original Conan, however, was worth making.
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Queshank LNF Representative2 Offline Posts: 1,690	Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake) Reply #7 - Sep 2^nd, 2011 at 7:56am He played Khal Drogo in the Game of Thrones too. I kind of expected this movie to be rubbish-ish. Is it at least worth DVD renting to watch while drinking 6 bottles of cheap wine? Queshank
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Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake)
Reply #8 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 8:47am

Why remake any movie?

I understand more than one movie based on a separate classic work (like Shakespeare, or Dracula) but why remake an original film?

I get that the Conan character predated the movie, but they weren't restarting the franchise, they were remaking the original movie based upon the character. Why bother with that?

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Re: Conan The Barbarian (Remake)
Reply #9 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 10:26pm

Mercy For All wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 9:53pm:

Yes, you could. And you'd probably have a good argument. The original Conan, however, was worth making.

If only to hear James Earl Jones speak any line (but especially, "That is REAL power! What a waste. You may ponder this on the Tree of Woe. ...Crucify him!"), and to hear Arnold intone, "To crush your enemies; see them driven before you; and to hear the lamentation of their women."

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