tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post898273295928673625..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: THE WORLD OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, PART 4Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-40351056726875309462015-12-13T11:24:30.838-06:002015-12-13T11:24:30.838-06:00For me, this is one of those movies that I know is...For me, this is one of those movies that I know is actively terrible, I can readily see all the glasses and missteps and shit and I just don't care. <br /><br />Sometimes swords, blood and boobs varies the day above my more enlightened and not sexist tendencies, I guess. Plus Ron Perlman.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546972990126033036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-73680484921446323492011-08-29T12:26:35.851-05:002011-08-29T12:26:35.851-05:00What a pity, judging by the tv-spots I thought the...What a pity, judging by the tv-spots I thought the movie at least looked good (the production and costume design), and seemed to have some fun action scenes. <br />Then again, I'm not saying I'm surprised at the movie being awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-24887951815519572212011-08-28T20:56:30.493-05:002011-08-28T20:56:30.493-05:00This movie is much closer to the Robert E.Howards ...This movie is much closer to the Robert E.Howards books. Arnold's movies where more of a mockery of the books then a faithful reproduction. I'm not saying that The Govenator's versions of Conan character wasn't entertaining, but they barely resembles the source maternal. <br /> Beings I loved the books, I really enjoyed the movie, but I can understand why others would not.Armairginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520744008526619795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-44303560942015821982011-08-27T21:12:31.882-05:002011-08-27T21:12:31.882-05:00I just saw this one yesterday and, like you, I was...I just saw this one yesterday and, like you, I was underwhelmed. I'm glad you highlighted the horrible performance by Rose McGowan. Every time she was on screen I didn't so much see an evil sorceress so much as a high school goth kid acting like an evil sorceress.<br /><br />I thought Jason Momoa was fine as Conan, though he never seemed particularly barbaric to me. But he was effectively brooding and, perhaps luckily for him, he isn't asked to show much range. I don't know if he's a good actor or not, but I thought he could have been a good Conan with a better script, direction, and supporting performances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-40631799790433112702011-08-27T17:24:03.556-05:002011-08-27T17:24:03.556-05:00It is not as cool as that makes it sound. Okay, so...<i>It is not as cool as that makes it sound</i>. Okay, so that scene is. But not the movie that follows it.<br /><br />I just don't want anybody blundering into <i>Conan</i> on my account.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-49616422741697880752011-08-27T01:58:04.141-05:002011-08-27T01:58:04.141-05:00"this means that his nine-months-pregnant mot..."this means that his nine-months-pregnant mother was herself right in the middle of a brutal battlefield, and one of her opponents managed to gouge her in the womb, and she was able to deliver herself of the child before dying. We get to see this event from inside her uterus, incidentally, and so the film gets to prove right early that it's not going to be squeamish about things that it might, possibly, have been okay for it to be squeamish about."<br /><br />Holy shit... I need to see this movie.Daniel Silberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685707813625269747noreply@blogger.com