Lon-17
Joined Nov 2000
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What a let-down! Of course, I was expecting something even better than Desperado, and didn't get it. This movie pales in comparison. There is no facet of this movie that even comes close to Desperado.
One of my all-time favorite movies. The tale of a child-slave who grows up to be a gladiator/pit fighter, earns his freedom, has various adventures and eventually becomes a king.
The special commentary was pretty good. Arnold apparently has not seen the movie since the premiere 20 years ago, as he couldn't remember even the most basic portions of the plot and most of his commentary consisted of the blatantly obvious, ("yeahh...here is where I chop off Thulsa Doom's head"), etc. He frequently leaps ahead a scene and remarks on things not yet on the screen. He also makes frequent mistakes and Milius just lets it slide, even though he knows different (as most fans of the movie will). He should have at least watched it once beforehand to refresh his memory a bit.
Milius' commentary was a lot more insightful than Arnolds, to say the least. He provided some great insight, from why and how he casted certain people, location information, how some things were filmed, incidents on the set, etc.
The deleted scenes section left something to be desired. It consisted mostly of several versions of the same one scene. Nothing really new or exciting. There has to be some other deleted footage that was filmed!
The "Conan Unchained" special was very cool and the highlight of the disc! It was and hour-plus feature all about the Conan movie. It includes some things that Milius touches on in the commentary, complete w/ cast interviews (Arnold, Bergman, Lopez, Milius, Stone, De Laurentiis)
There is also a pictures section that shows behind-the-scenes production and cast photos, wardrobe concepts, etc.
Overall, the collectors edition could have been better, but is still a must for any Conan fan!
The special commentary was pretty good. Arnold apparently has not seen the movie since the premiere 20 years ago, as he couldn't remember even the most basic portions of the plot and most of his commentary consisted of the blatantly obvious, ("yeahh...here is where I chop off Thulsa Doom's head"), etc. He frequently leaps ahead a scene and remarks on things not yet on the screen. He also makes frequent mistakes and Milius just lets it slide, even though he knows different (as most fans of the movie will). He should have at least watched it once beforehand to refresh his memory a bit.
Milius' commentary was a lot more insightful than Arnolds, to say the least. He provided some great insight, from why and how he casted certain people, location information, how some things were filmed, incidents on the set, etc.
The deleted scenes section left something to be desired. It consisted mostly of several versions of the same one scene. Nothing really new or exciting. There has to be some other deleted footage that was filmed!
The "Conan Unchained" special was very cool and the highlight of the disc! It was and hour-plus feature all about the Conan movie. It includes some things that Milius touches on in the commentary, complete w/ cast interviews (Arnold, Bergman, Lopez, Milius, Stone, De Laurentiis)
There is also a pictures section that shows behind-the-scenes production and cast photos, wardrobe concepts, etc.
Overall, the collectors edition could have been better, but is still a must for any Conan fan!
If your a big fan of Vince and John, then see this movie. But, I can see how not everyone likes this movie. It is a totally different movie than their previous effort together,(Swingers) and definitely darker and not quite so funny. Vaughn plays one of the most annoying characters in recent memory, and is a testament to Favreau's character who puts up with it the whole movie. Their interaction with each other can be funny though. Not a bad rental.