I finally got round to watching it.

I know hat you're talking about with the reference to the martial arts films.

I think Conan's an underrated gem of a movie and it's got a lot more depth than people give it credit for. A lot of '80s Action Movie Man flicks are written off today because, I think, of the reputations of their leading men. Stallone hammered his reputation into schlock jock dust, but First Blood and Rocky are profound and excellent films with great commentary on life and humanity, and a lot of deep themes.

Conan is the same way: it's got a lot of philosophically insightful thing to say, but we just think of it as "AHnold!" and we remember the quote about "What is best in life" or Arnold praying to Crom or whatever. But it's got a lot more going on than that.

I'm glad you dug it.

It's exactly what it should be. A brawny, violent, silly mixture of swordplay and sorcery.

People dont understand this is an excellently made movie with oscar worthy soundtrack, sets and costumes. With renowned classic actors such as James Earl Jones. Also direction and cinematography are top. The only silly things about the movie is the fact it is fantasy and Arnolds accent, everything else is better than 99 percent of films ever made. Better than most oscar winning films but snobs will never realize it.

HOW DID SHOGUN MISS THIS POST?...HE GETS ALL ERECT WITH EXCITEMENT AT THE MENTION OF CONAN.🤔

I just got around to finally watching this and was also quite impressed. My only gripe ( if you can call it that) is the final kill of James Earl Jones, I wish that had been the only beheading in the movie. I loved the other beheading, made me realise how brutal the movie actually is, but I think it would have had more impact as the final kill if it was the only one.

Did you watch the sequel? It has it's moments but it's not great like this one, the sidekick is super annoying too.