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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The first must-see film of the year.

Despite a flat performance from Ron Perlman I loved the opening. Leo Howard stole the show, and laid a solid foundation for a great Conan. Jason Momoa was a great choice to follow Howard, too bad the screenwriting and direction failed to utilize him to his full potential. The cgi was poorly executed and overly relied upon instead of a solid story telling. This movie felt like it was made more as a marketing tool for the video game that followed and less as a darkly brutal sword and sorcery throwback.

Apparently those who have not actually read and enjoyed the original Robert E. Howard stories are responsible for this film's incomprehensibly and unfairly underrated status. It's far superior to the earlier attempts and much truer to Howard's characterization. As a film it's also superior to such bloated and underwhelming projects as "Prince of Persia" and "Gods of Egypt" which were little more than boring big-screen video games with non-existent or nonsensical plots. The abundant action proceeds briskly and the film looks stunning. It's an excellent introduction to the Conan character with Jason Mamoa doing the barbarian proud. Unfortunately it's generating more fans from the DVD release than it did while during its theatrical run, which is probably going to preclude more of the Conan stories being filmed, on this scale at least.

The problem with doing a remake is that it really, really needs to be better than the original. For S&S fans, that's going to be a tough job. But it's always easier to get finance for a 'proven concept' than an original one. You'd have thought they'd have learned their lesson by now but apparently not.Having said that, this isn't a direly bad film, it's just not a particularly good one. Is that an oxymoron? Anyway, it certainly falls short in comparison to the two originals which is a shame because there is a lot of 'Conan' left to explore, but this just doesn't get to the heart of the characters or story/plot. If you look at the sequence of events, it can seem rather contrived (maybe you're not supposed to do that).The goodies and allies are good and the baddies are suitably bad and, of course, get their comeuppance - comeuppance is always good, isn't it. There are some interesting set pieces and the production values are superb but the editor (stand up Ken Blackwell) could do with a little less caffeine while he's copying and pasting. In case no one's told him - which they obviously haven't - fast cutting doesn't make scenes more interesting or exciting, just more boring and confusing. Hey ho...Momoa may be a good actor but, judging from from this movie, the jury's still out. Ron Perlman is at his gruff, solid and earnest best. Lang (in spite of some corny lines which he still delivers well), Nichols and McGowan are excellent and Nonso Anzoie as Conan's sidekick is superb! More Nonso, please!But neither they - nor the copious amounts of action - can make up for a rather derivative script and iffy direction. And what's his predilection with dark? It's not more menacing, threatening, scary, intriguing, mysterious or mystical - you just wonder why they spent so much on production if you can't see it.Watch it and enjoy it on a lazy Sunday afternoon but don't expect any of the magic of the original.I'm scoring it higher than it probably deserves but, heck, it's a Sunday afternoon.

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.