Legolas what do your Elf eyes see?
Originally Posted by Legolas
Legolas what do your Elf eyes see?
Originally Posted by Legolas
There is a TV series called Spartacus. Lots of actors required to run around in loin cloths look the part and act. The talent required is out there they just have to be willing to go with that slightly more unknown actor rather than trying to pick a name that they think will sell the movie rather than selling the movie because "insert name" actor is in it.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2541974/?ref_=sr_1 Jai Courtney (I first saw him in Spartacus) and his name will be getting some more credibility as well pending the release of the new Die Hard movie, he's a solid actor and wouldn't look out of place as Conan... but this is only a suggestion and my own opinion.
All of those guys are pretty boy metrosexuals who look like they care about their hair Alot and use moisturiser.
Arnie didn't, that's why he's cool.
Nobody, they should do what they did in the first place and cast unknowns for the look. The only really famous person in the first movie was Max Van Sydo whatever, the rest of them were a hodgepodge: A football player, one of Arnolds lifting buddies, a surfer, a foreign model, the producers daughter...
It worked for the first movie and it was great.
Doomsayer 2008
It worked due to Conan being Mr Universe for 7 years and a big bulging sack of muscles with an Uber accent and bulging eyes. Just remember "Crraaaam, I haf never prayed to you before ..."
And it was campy .. silly music, silly accents, just silly and comic book action. Momoa was too serious to work, Conan is not a very serious character, is a bit dim so needs to be a bit funny.
Last edited by Invino; 8th March 2013 at 08:26.
I just watched the '2011' Conan the barbarian movie.
Surprisingly enough, Jason Momoa is quite good. It's the movie that sucks, and in so many ways, that I'll not even bother to list them all.
A shame, because there were some good elements thrown in it, but the whole thing is just a pain to go through.
Let's hope that Arnie will get things straight for the next iteration. The Conan verse deserves it.
~ Cimmeria, land of Darkness and deep Night.
I am bothered about how small Momoa was in that movie.I am not saying that every Conan must be like Arnold, but Momoa got smacked around but EVERYONE in that movie and that never happened to Conan in books. In the stories worst case scenario: Conan's strenght was matched and that was rare.
He didn't have the bulk for the role and I think he was over-acting, trying to do that crappy "Batman voice" to sound tougher. I can understand that he wanted to make the character "tougher", but Carl Urban in Judge Dredd did it right without overacting.
We shall see.
p.s the script was horrid! Everyone: give the damn Acheron a rest already!!!
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