BY CROM! It Was GOOD!

I'm a LIFE-LONG fan of CONAN THE BARBARIAN.  From the old Marvel comics to Robert E. Howard's classic stories--and yes--I even liked the 1982 AHNULD film version (although part 2 is better left forgotten).  When I saw stills of new Conan JASON MOMOA, I rolled my eyes thinking this guy's too much o0f a pretty boy and not half as bulky as AHNULD.  But bulkiness be damned...Momoa did a FANTASTIC job of playing the Cimmerian, and the barbarian way of life seemed much more authentic here than in the 1982 film.

I'm way too much of a Conan fan boy to give this thing a solid review.  Suffice it to say, it follows about 5 Howard Conan stories quite closely, features countless decapitations, amuptations, battle sequences, sorcery,  jiggling boobies, and enough action to wake the dead.  I'm a happy camper (despite being able to pick out a few flaws that I won't even bother mentioning here).

Ron Perlman does a GREAT job as Conan's father, and the early scenes of the young Conan were fantastic.  Kudos to Rose McGowen as a razor-clawed witch and Stephen Lang as her power-obsessed father, seeking godhood through an ancient mask.  Rachel Nichols does okay as Conan's love-interest/woman in peril, and the CGI tentacle-creature (and sand men) weren't half bad.

I couldn't help but giggle at most of the dialogue, thinking members of MANOWAR must be having orgasms watching this film!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN delivers the skull-bashing goodness we fans of the Cimmerian have come to expect...what more do you need in a mainstream Hollywood movie?


Jason Momoa as CONAN THE BARBARIAN--he surprised me, but next time someone needs to tell the make-up people barbarians don't use hair conditioner...