Barbarian is the favored film, but I prefer The Destroyer, its more fun to watch plus it has a more epic theme song!
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LightningLad — 15 years ago(February 18, 2011 09:53 PM)
I tend to think of Barbarian as being several cuts above the best in its genre, Destroyer's about on par with some of the better ones and it's pretty entertaining. There are some bad sword and sorcery films, Destroyer is far from the worst. I do like that it just goes right into a Conan adventure, whereas Barbarian has an (albeit great) origin that takes up a long time.
The fact the story was co-written by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, two of my favourite comics writers, probably helps, as does the presence of super-sexy Sarah Douglas.
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rascal67 — 11 years ago(December 02, 2014 01:56 AM)
They are on different levels and both enjoyable for this reason. Destroyer, is the easier, breezier view, whereas Barbarian, is the more epic and and austere production. Depends on what I am in the mood for.
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rascal67 — 11 years ago(December 04, 2014 02:20 AM)
I certainly think this movie is underrated and a cool adventure yarn. Has a classical look to it.
It manages to capture a mythical and magical ambience\atmosphere and does so, without any pre-tense or conceited aspirations. It appears to have been made with a positive spirit and sense of fun.in other words, it's heart and intentions, were in the right place.
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rascal67 — 11 years ago(December 04, 2014 02:44 AM)
Those are the qualities which surprised me on watching this for the first time recently, especially having grown up on Barbarian.
May I ask why you have only recently seen it, since you grew up on Barbarian? I couldn't wait to see this one, after being impressed with Barbarian, when it first came out.
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rascal67 — 11 years ago(December 04, 2014 08:43 PM)
seemed everyone made this film out to be some kind of babyish joke so I avoided itpleasantly surprised. I swear people hate on stuff just because of its rating or because of less violence.
I have to admit, that I was sceptical due to the US 'PG' rating; but the overall end result was appealing, so I needn't have worried. It delivered the goods in the sword and sorcery action department and it still contained 'some' graphic violence; but of a fantastical and lightweight nature, compared to it's more intense predecessor. It was released about 6 months before the inception of PG13, so it would have likely garnered this rating, if it was around at the time.
It all worked marvellously and the film was well cast. I love watching it, just to see the bizarre and wonderful, feline sexy Grace Jones. The Dagoth creature, was awesome and scary too.
Destroyer, was released hot off the heels of, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Karate Kid, Star Trek III and opened with the release of Tom Hank's popularat the timeBachelor Party. It may not have held the same appeal of the other films mentioned and got lost in the shuffle. It did recoup it production cost of $18mill though and then some. Barbarian, was popular, but not exactly a huge smash either.
