This is a film that I so want to like. I love the character, the books by Robert E. Howard were fun and I have loved the various comic book adaptations, but most of all I really loved the 1982 John Millius film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
All that being said I am just not feeling it with this version. I like Jason Mamoa in HBO’s “Throne of Games” and really believe he will be a perfect Conan. I like the way the film looks, and I really dig that they are pushing for a hard R release as this red band trailer shows. But I am still not excited and I think it comes down to remake-itis (a forming allergy to remakes – symptoms include depression and an irrational hatred of Hollywood) and terrible marketing. I know they are trying to engage the youth audience but the hard rock modern music just turns me off when it is married to images of sword and sorcery. I’m sure that the film will have a great big score and feel appropriate (at least I really hope it does) for the time period but that is not what they are selling.
Anyway, you can watch the red band trailer for “Conan The Barbarian” directed by Marcus Nispel below. The film opens in Australia on the 18th of August 2011.
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