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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DPG Darrin" data-source="post: 172420" data-attributes="member: 1002">I went to see this movie about a week ago. I rarely get out to see the movies because I am so busy, but this one I had to make time for. Going in I wasn't sure if I should expect a prequel to the Mummy movies, or something more along the lines of Conan. By the end of it I was still expecting to see pacts with evil gods, but it never materialized... and despite this, I was not disappointed.I am not a pro wrestling fan, and I can't even say that I'm much of a Rock fan, but I really enjoyed this flick. Compared to the 2 Conan movies, I place the quality somewhere higher than Conan 2, but lower than Conan 1. It completely blows the D&D movie out of the water, but then that's pretty much assumed. Between this and Kull the conqueror (which I enjoyed), SK wins hands down. Yes it was more sword than sorcery, and some of the Rock's acting was a little cheesy, but overall it was a fun romp.I think that the comment about how the men felt after Memnon lost his sorceress is completely accurate. The movie makes it plain that the secret of this guy's success was the sorceress and without her he had very little other than sheer combat prowess. I think this was intentional. If this guy was actually a good leader, he wouldn't have been so hung up on the sorceress, and maybe he would have made a good leader that most people don't want dead. It made sense.Biggest gripes: They didn't show how the sidekick made it out of the sand when the ants were coming towards them. The sidekick was a little too much of a weasel. Noscenes involving giant snakes about to eat a bare breasted sacrifice (oops, wrong movie series on that last one).Biggest smilies: The part where The Rock and the resistance leader's swords shattered when they met, the fact that they killed The Rock's brother within minutes of saving him from the barbarians, and the final scene.My recommendation: don't see it if you plan to overanalyze it and tear it apart. Do go see it if you enjoy fun kick-butt action movies with lots of fight scenes.One last comment is that Conan, Crown of Thorns is supposedly in the works (finally) and the rumors are the Vin Diesel of Pitch Black will be playing his son. I'm going to be so happy if ths movie gets made and they actually do it right.</blockquote>

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