i be look forward to this flick . be an old robert e howard fan and mainly from a conan stand point . i be not expect a great deal and thought they could not mess it up too much . oh dear how wrong be i. the main flaw be it be fairly dull . it need to zip along with a nice help of supernatural going on and sword fight and the like . you get some gore and but everything else be just pretty life less . the middle section just seem to involve 40 minute in a muddy forest with slow plod horse drawn cart and even slow dialogue and character development . on the plus side equal costume and effect be fine and but not enough to keep your interest . i think it would have be good to tone down the gore and up the tempo and and go for a 12a rating . a a ten year old boy and i may have like this movie . probably about the age i be first read the conan story funny enough . perhaps that say a lot about my anticipation of the film . or . go really art house with tone and direction and etc . but that fairly high risk as far a box office be concern . oh well . perhaps the next conan movie will make up for it .