Stop destroying our Classics... PLEASE
In regards to this film being better than the old version that is total crap. If you consider better being the fact that the plot points and characters are more complex I will give you that much. But complex doesn't really make it better. I mean sure the story line may give the modern day jumping minds more to concentrate on, but for me there was something about the simplicity of the original. Its like trying to compare simple classic music to the music of today which has way too much going on in my opinion.
My real grudge with this movie is that it isn't really even a remake it is a totally different movie. THey could have just called this Barbarian movie or something and left Conan out of it. Then they could have avoided all the nerd rage honestly. Yea I was one of those people who was so mad at them even attempting a remake of this movie that I boycotted it in theaters. I am just now getting around to seeing it and as a standalone movie I like it because I am into swords and sorcery. But the sacrilege of defiling a classic like Conan is unforgivable. I still compare it to the old one and it doesn't live up to the classic. I mean I can watch the classic over and over. Lines that echo in my head for years like "crush ya enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women". And how could they change the riddle of steel? I mean seriously the nerve of these people. Hollywood should stop with the freaking remakes and just do originals in my opinion. If you do a remake it is going to be compared to the actors and everything. The villain that James Earl Jones played can not be touched. Conan should have been cast with way more build than this small guy seriously.
As a standalone movie apart from being a comparison to the old I like it. But honestly it doesn't compare. Hell I would have preferred them to continue the story line where the destroyer left off. Everyone wants to freaking give their own spin on origins. While we are at it why don't we do another remake of the Bible while we are being sacrilegious.... "Do you want to live forever?"