Still, it's a great "guilty pleasure" film. 2018 that were most consistently popular with IMDb users according to IMDbPro MovieMeter. Director Richard Fleischer has done better. This animation is part of the famed Detective Conan franchise. It's fun when you have a group of friends together and can "MST3K" it but as cinema, it's not 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
The goofier stuff, who knows? The first film was epic adventure. The elements that work are straight out of Howard and Roy Thomas' comics. How much of their story is in the final film is a puzzler. Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway were quite familiar with Conan, having written the character for Marvel Comics. The basic story is good and in keeping with Conan traditions, but it descends into camp at the worst times. Tracy Walter's character gets annoying with the constant Shaggy and Scooby jokes (you know, "I'll wait here. The fight between Conan and Toth-Amon (Pat "Bomber" Roach) is fantastic, but the campfire scenes after are just plain stupid. The movie has its moments and the finale is pretty good, but there's a lot of junk in the middle. And, speaking of subtlety, there's "Wilt, the Stilt." As an actor, Wilt makes a great basketball player. If you are looking for subtlety, look elsewhere. Mako is good and Sarah Douglas sizzles as always. Instead of Gerry Lopez, we have Tracy Walter, a fine actor, but too comedic for this (yeah, he's the comic relief, but Conan shouldn't have comic relief). He sounds more than a little ridiculous with a large part of his dialogue. Ahnuld is back, and this time he gets more dialogue, a big mistake. Isn't it funny how times change? What was once laughable and disposable is now respectable.Boy, did this one take a wrong turn at Albuquerque! Although it's still pretty entertaining, it's played far too much for laughs.
The basic story is reminiscent to the one told in CONAN, and the films violence is every bit as brutal. It receives generally good notices from critics despite it's historical inaccuracies, poorly edited action scenes and predictable plot. Eighteen years later, GLADIATOR becomes a box-office blockbuster in a matter of weeks, taking in almost one hundred thirty million thus far. Many of these battle sequences (as well as some of the costume design) bare just a little resemblance to the ones in CONAN THE BARBARIAN. It is embraced by critics despite it's graphically violent battlefield sequences, which are praised as exhilarating and authentic. Thirteen years later, BRAVEHEART is showered with praise and Oscar respectability. It's brilliant score and memorable sets are ignored by reviewers, as is the well choreographed swordplay. It was criticized for it's excessive violence and Arnold's wooden performance. Back when it was originally released, CONAN THE BARBARIAN was dismissed by the critics as a disposable Sword & Sorcery B-movie.
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