Recut battle scene from the movie Conan the Barbarian (2011).
My fellow Hyborians, you know very well that I am a huge fan of Robert E. Howard's Conan - as are you.
I have to write my feelings because it has been bothering me ever since this movie came out.
I have mixed feelings about Conan the Barbarian (2011). I wish so much for the movie to be great and it's definitely a guilty pleasure for me. I'm glad this movie was made, but I see wasted potential in it - Jason Momoa as Conan is great imho, the costume designs, sound design, locations and visuals are great, but some things are just wrong and don't make sense to me. I see the fault mainly in the editing of the film, the action scenes are strangely put together and the script is such a mishmash that tried to cram all of Howard's stories into one. Tyler Bates' music is fine (I like it) but of course not up to the quality of Basil Poledouris - but that's my fault for expecting something different.
I'm sad that this movie was not successful because Momoa personally wrote the script for the second part, which was supposed to be more lore-authentic and have more monster fights.
Marcus Nispel is a horror director and while watching "behind the scenes" it seems he prefers quantity over quality and brutal or "cool" scenes over logic.
It is simply a modern film with all the hasty faults of today's consumer age.
Movie plot:
Born on a battlefield, Conan is the son of Corin, barbarian chieftain. As a child, he proves himself a skilled but violent warrior to his father. One day, Conan's village is attacked by Khalar Zym, a warlord who wishes to reunite the Mask of Acheron to revive his dead wife Maliva, an evil sorceress, and conquer Hyboria. The mask, crafted by sorcerers and used to subjugate the world, was broken into pieces and scattered among the barbarian tribes to prevent unification. After locating Corin's tribe's piece and slaughtering the entire village, Zym leaves Conan the only survivor.
Years later, Conan, now an adult, is a pirate and hunts Zym, seeking revenge for his father's death. In the city of Messantia, he meets Ela-Shan, a thief being chased by Lucius, one of Zym's soldiers that Conan recognizes from his village's slaughter. He allows himself to be captured alongside Ela-Shan to confront Lucius. Torturing him, Conan learns that Zym seeks the female pureblood descendant of the sorcerers of Acheron to unleash the mask's power. Conan frees Lucius' prisoners, who kill Lucius.
Zym and his daughter, the sorceress Marique, attack a monastery to find the pureblood descendant. Fassir, a monk, tells his student, Tamara, to flee, knowing she is whom Zym seeks. Conan rescues Tamara and captures Zym's righthand man, Remo. After learning Tamara's identity, Conan catapults Remo into Zym's camp, killing him and sending Zym a message.
Zym and Marique confront Conan and Zym finally recognizes him as the boy he left alive. Amidst their battle, Marique poisons Conan with a boomerang sword and he is rescued by Tamara. They jump into the sea and return to Conan's ship, where he recovers. The boat is attacked by Zym's men but Conan and his gang defeat them. Conan departs for Zym's kingdom. His friend Artus sends Tamara after him, and the two spend the night together. The next day, as she is returning to the boat, Tamara is captured by Zym's men.
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28 сен 2024
