Conan the Barbarian

Went tot he theatre to see Conan and was heavily disappointed. The movie is quite bad, the story line is weak and the conversations have poor substance. Around the middle of the movie I was already expecting it to end. The fact that part of the audience was playing with their iphones reflects the level of interest. The movie contains a huge amount of violence but that would be expected from a barbarian. Conan is a warrior from the time where barbarians and nasty kings ruled the world. Conan goes around doing good and bad things and eventually face the man who killed his father. He wins the battle against this brutal enemy who wanted to use a legendary mask to dominate all peoples.

I give 3 out of 5 for Conan the barbarian.

Cowboys & Aliens

After a long time without watching movies in the cinema we are back and hope to start writing weekly reviews again. I went to the theatre with low expectations, after all, what to expect from a movie in which aliens attack a small town in the middle of nowhere and the local cowboys fight them back holding regular pistols and ridding horses? This movie had a number of interesting features with bandits, bad people, good people and native indians all holding guns and fighting each other. Interestingly there would always be an alien attack just before things got out of hand. And the enemies would unite against the aliens - a much stronger and uglier looking creatures. All in all the movie goes with a fast pace and I felt entertained till the very last minute.

I give 4 out of 5 for Cowboys & Aliens.