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Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Conan the Barbarian |
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Conan witnesses his family killed by the marauding Thulsa Doom and is enslaved as a child labourer for 10 years.
After slavery Conan becomes a gladiator and is trained for 5 years in order to become the perfect killing machine with no consciense regarding life and death.
After finally being set free, Conan is a barbarian in the midsts of a great civilization. He now possesses superhuman strength and indifference to human life. Despite the preceding events Conan maintains his sense of vengeance and the rest of the movie is based on his searching for Thulsa Doom and ultimatly, his own sense of worth.
--Ian Rodriguez, Resident Scholar
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Conan (Schwarzenegger) was raised as a slave by the men who slaughtered his tribe. After growing into a muscular warrior, he is freed. He soon surrounds himself with a loyal group of fellow warriors and is asked by a king to rescue his daughter. It turns out that the king's daughter is being held in the castle of Thulsa Doom, the very man who killed Conan's mother. Doom is the leader of a cult who worships snakes and he even possesses the ability to turn into a giant snake himself. This is a thrilling adventure of valor, strength, and good vs evil.
--Alex Emborsky, Resident Scholar
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One day the village of young Conan is attacked by the wicked snake cult of Thulsa Doom. His parents are killed, and he and the other children are forced into slavery. After being freed Conan sets on a quest for revenge against Thulsa Doom ,along with the help of a few allies.
--Tony Lucas, Resident Scholar
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As a child, Conan witnesses the brutal slaying of his parents and destruction of his people at the hands of a Warlord in search of the 'Secret of the Steel'. Conan grows up as a slave, never forgetting that revenge has kept him alive. When freed, this fully trained pit-fighter finds an 'Antlantian Sword' and travels the known world in his search for revenge...
--Andrej, Resident Scholar
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Conan's parents are killed by an enigmatic religous leader called Thulsa Doom so that he can steal "the riddle of steel." Conan as a child is used as slave labour and eventually is sold to become a pit fighter. He is released as a skilled warrior and sets out to find is revenge on his parents deaths.
--Scott Nicholas, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 46%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 26%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 28%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on another world/distant past
Powerplays
Yes
Plotlets:
- overthrowing bad govt (sci-fi)/claiming throne (fantasy)
Superhero movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- slave
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- religious figure
- mage/magician
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- mind control
- can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- fat (man)
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity
- Black
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
- Genius
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- general past
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Mountains?
Yes
Desert?
Yes
Misc settings
- fort/castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- orgies
- seeing breasts
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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