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Conan the Barbarian (the 1982 film)

Started by Sir Perceval of Daventry, April 12, 2013, 10:43:18 PM

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Sir Perceval of Daventry

Anyone else love this film?
I personally think it and Excalibur are still the two best fantasy films ever released.

Blackthorne

Yeah, I love the 1982 Conan.  As far as sword and sandal Fantasy, it's one of the best.  This flick, along with The Beastmaster, are my 80's fantasy flick guilty pleasures.


Bt
"You've got to keep one eye looking over your shoulder
you know it's going to get harder and harder as you
get older - but in the end you'll pack up, fly down south, hide your head in the sand.  Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer." - Dogs, Pink Floyd.

stika

Still the best in the series and the first beastmaster was awesome as well.

Don't know why in the hell they decided to bring the Beastmaster to the 1980's though, that was just duuuumb

KatieHal

Best fantasy films ever are solidly the Lord of the Rings trilogy (with Fellowship being the best of those).

For me, from the 80's, I preferred Legend, Labyrinth and of course The Princes Bride to these two. But those are all very different from these two, which I also enjoyed for what they are.

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stika

Quote from: KatieHal on April 13, 2013, 10:30:51 AM
Best fantasy films ever are solidly the Lord of the Rings trilogy (with Fellowship being the best of those).

For me, from the 80's, I preferred Legend, Labyrinth and of course The Princes Bride to these two. But those are all very different from these two, which I also enjoyed for what they are.
I could be wrong, but when Perceval said "fantasy" I think he meant Sword and Sorcery, which is an aesthetic style that LOTR doesn't really fall into.

I could be wrong though :P

Blackthorne

Ooh, yeah, definitely Legend.  Man, there's so many different cuts of that flick too.  It's interesting to compare versions.

And yeah - the Sword and Sorcery movies like Conan and The Beastmaster are definitely different from Fantasy flicks like LoTR.  I mean, they're of a similar milieu, but they definitely have differences.


Bt
"You've got to keep one eye looking over your shoulder
you know it's going to get harder and harder as you
get older - but in the end you'll pack up, fly down south, hide your head in the sand.  Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer." - Dogs, Pink Floyd.

KatieHal

Fantasy is a pretty broad scope, yeah--personally, I'd still put LotR at the top of the genre as a whole.

For Sword & Sorcery, though, I'd say Princess Bride and Legend.

Also, I was not aware there are different cuts of Legend! I'm intrigued now.

Katie Hallahan
~Designer, PR Director~

"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix." Christina Baldwin

I have a blog!

stika

#7
Is this a bad time to say I've never really enjoyed the LOTR movies? :P

(Is tempted to post the Clerks 2 explanation)

Blackthorne

Haha, nice Clerks 2 ref.

Katie, if you're a Legend fan, check this out - it tells about the different versions.

http://www.figmentfly.com/legend/different1.html


Here is a great site that has comparisons between versions with pictures and detailed lists!  It's awesome.

http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=5828765


Find the Director's Cut if you can. 


Bt
"You've got to keep one eye looking over your shoulder
you know it's going to get harder and harder as you
get older - but in the end you'll pack up, fly down south, hide your head in the sand.  Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer." - Dogs, Pink Floyd.

stika

I love that clerks 2 scene, it just explains everything that I dislike about the movies :P