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Conan the Barbarian - (1982)
Sword and sorcery fantasy films weren't really my thing as a kid, so Conan the Barbarian has remained a vague piece of 1980s pop culture that I had not seen before last night. I was expecting something borderline bad, in a b-movie kind of way, but I think Conan the Destroyer muddied the water a little. This was interesting as an early Schwarzenegger artifact - he was a bit of a joke early in his career, snagging roles as barbarians and robots because he was basically a body-builder with no acting experience. Some might say that ability never really improved much despite all the on-the-job training he got, but his lack of nuance did nothing to hurt his grunting, yelling, or, basically "aarrrgh-ing" in this film. Surely he patented that "aahhhrrgh" of his - it must have some kind of copyright on it. Does anyone else at all do it in their movies? Lots of violence in this - chopping, blood spurting, stabbing and crushing. It's fun, and James Earl Jones was having a good time. That wasn't his actual hair was it? No. Anyway - what else can you say about Conan? "Arrrrgh!" Sorry. Oh - nice practical effects indeed. Loved that about it.
7/10
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Black Girl - (1966)
I can feel a lot of pain in Black Girl, and despite this only having a 55-minute runtime it says a lot. Review here, in my watchlist thread.
8/10
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