Jun 30 10

Conan the Barbarian: The Musical

by Paul

This is one of the greatest movies ever made. Conan the Barbarian was Hollywoods Manhattan Project. For one brief period in the history of mankind, the movie brought together the few men capable of accomplishing such an overwhelming task.

Conan The Barbarian Sword

The apex of Oliver Stone’s delirium coupled with the emergence of James Earl Jones and Arnold Schwarzenegger combined to form one of the greatest movies of all time. Two things about Conan the Barbarian will go down in history…

The scene where Arnold Schwarzenegger first appears on the big screen, this was a literally a heart stopping moment. The absolute genius cinematography of this one scene will be studied by alien archeologists. You have to watch it to appreciate it.
The absolute awesomeness of the music in the movie. The theme music from Conan the Barbarian will increase your heart rate, release your endorphins, and cause you to test positive for performance enhancing drugs.

Conan The Barbarian Sword

So you can imagine my delight when a very good friend of mine introduced me to Conan the Barbarian: The Musical by Jonandal.com. I take my hat off to Jondal for doing justice to the original through satire:

If you’ve never seen the original movie let me hit you with a broad sword of knowledge. The movie was released in 1982, as a novice actor Arnold Schwarzenegger carried the entire 2 hour and 31 minute film with about 5 minutes of dialog total. Impressive!