Re: Is "Conan" One Of The Best Movies Ever ?

Johnny <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:50:03 -0500

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On Sat, 24 Jun 2023 01:43:15 -0400
"34J.935" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is "Conan The Barbarian" one of the best movies
> ever made ???
> 
> It is chocked-full of "Jungian Archetypes", but
> scaled-down to the practical, human, level.
> 
> It's treatment of personality-cult leaders,
> aptly represented by James Earl Jones, is
> almost prophetic at this point - left,
> right, whatever.
> 
> It's a simple movie, little "flash" or even
> attempt at "seeming relevant" - yet it IS
> relevant and instructive. A very "human"
> film. Today's seeming complexities projected
> on a simpler time.
> 
> I especially liked the short dialogue
> about gods/religions. We can see how
> "omnipotent" gods evolved there.
> 
> Sometimes films are different than they
> SEEM on the surface.

I don't know about it being one of the best movies, but I have listened
to all the Conan series books by Robert E. Howard.

You can find them here:

https://librivox.org/author/937?primary_key=937&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

There are some other books mixed in, but most are about Conan.