Basilis Poledouris - The Atlantean Sword - Conan The Barbarian
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In memory of Vasilis Poledouris. One of the greatest Greek-American Film Score Composers of All Time (August 21, 1945 - November 8, 2006). This is the Scene from the Movie "Conan The Barbarian" when Conan finds an Atlantean Sword. The Name of the Song the "Atlantean Sword".
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Aww man. John Milius didn't treat Conan like a comic book or a cartoon, he told the story as if it was ancient history turned legend. Larger than life!
In fact, he told the story very close to the style of the CLASSIC Conan comic books. By the way I respect you so much for your avatar, Det sjunde inseglet
YaTEdiGo He's trying to say that Milius didn't ridiculize Conan just by taking some of the source material from comic books.
Tita Katy Milius went back to the original source material and put his own spin on it. A lot of the plot is bits and pieces from Robert E. Howard's 1930's original Conan stories first published in "Weird Tales."
there is inspiration from sumerians and huns, conan is like gilgamesh, later become a king like him and search for immortality...
You play chess, don't you? 😉
There's more acting and emotion here than the remake had in it's entire runtime.
+killer3000ad no need to talk about the remake...
+CESSKAR Or Destroyer, or Red Sonja... THIS is what's good in life.
+TheWholeYearInn The Destroyer does not exist nor does Red Sonja.
Shh! Never speak of that again! It angers the Hollywood gods!
Perfectly put! Thanks!
This is an initiatic voyage. Conan enters in the grave as slave, and exit as warrior and future king. Epic.
+Diadema033 In another sense, Conan is also meeting his own future self as king ... and his own ultimate end (think Shelley's "Ozymandias"). The scene is full of ambiguous symbolism, which is what makes it so good.
The music is a revelation style; a feeling of learning something of massive importance
The tomb = the voyage to the Underworld, claiming the sword = rebirth...yep.
Passing of the "warrior torch", the ancient warrior bones can now rest in peace
The dead king bows to Conan the future king, when he wields the sword
Ya know, it's only now years since I first watched this film as a kid that I understand, truly understand its importance. At this point in his life it's been years since his village was slaughtered. He spent his teenage years pushing a damn wheel while his remaining friends died off around him or were sold of. He was then a gladiator, gaining back his sense of worth, being educated in mental and physical disciplines. He had women thrown on him, he was basically living a good life, even if he was a slave. Then he was freed and sent away, with no where to go, he stumbled into this place by accident. When he found that sword, he had no concept of its relevance, it's history. Conan, at the start of this scene has no idea where to go and what he is going to do with his life.
When he said Crom, that was the moment it all came back to him, his history, his people's history and his sense of identity. This was the moment when he remembered who he has and decided what he was going to do with his life, avenge his people. This is when Conan's origin story stopped in this movie and we got Conan, the hero of this story.
I find it amazing that we got so much character development, from a lost, scared young man, to a determine warrior with a destiny, all of it happened in this scene...and only one word was spoken.
Sol Zen excelsior.
@@michaelwills1926 That is good.
This was the birth of Conan. A lone man, small flame, cold cave!
Fantastic.
happy sigh
With the fall of the Atlantean king from his throne, one almost senses a recognition that it wasn't by chance that Conan stumbled into this tomb, that the dead king has been waiting for 1000 years knowing that he would come according to some prophecy. And, when Conan finally takes the sword, the king is released from his vigil and free to go wherever dead kings go; the 'torch' has been passed.
I heard that in the conan comics the Atlantean King was Kull, the last king of atlantis and a direct ancestor to conan!
indrajeet It is.
Kull was the Thing In The Dark?
indrajeet that’s exactly what I was thinking and it makes sense
indrajeet nope he wouldn't be Kull because he uses an axe not a bastardsword plus Kull existed when Atlantis was still a barbaric land not during the final age of Atlantis before the cataclysm..i think there are engravings of Atlantis sinking in the walls of the tomb if you look closely..so I don't think it's Kull he would've been long dead..i don't even think his remains let alone his burial mound would survive intact given the time difference.
Poledourisis its a genius. This movie have one the best soundtracks ever. Beaultiful, deep-Mystic, mysterious masterpiece. thk you Vasilis.
Actually, it’s Basil
yes. Basil Poledouris@@user-es9kt6pd4k
In my opinion this is one of the best movies ever made.
"..and we who found it are just men. Not gods, not giants, just men."
Nice👍
“This you could trust”
@@Howyaduing he was partially correct because one has to trust themselves in order to succeed however you still need strength to move forward
Trust+Strength = Will
More importantly, the ancient king clearly bows to Conan, because Conan is to become a great king of Aquilonia, perhaps even the greatest.
Lord of Lost Socks and the king can now rest.
Yes, like something from The Golden Bough, in which the young king-to-be has to slay or vanquish or best the old king and take his place.
No matter how much you praise Basil for the soundtrack, it will never be enough, never too much. Here I am 30+ years later and appreciating the music more than I ever have.
It's a
Masterpiece
@@DidoInFlames indeed
You sir,are a man of good taste,judging by the obvious and by the avatar you have :)
100 %
Back when filmmakers wanted to make movies for themselves and a certain audience. Now we have mediocracy that tries to please everyone and ends up being for no one.
So primodial. The tune speaks where Conan didn't.
Primordial.
Composer: He is Conan, Cimmerian. He will not speak, so I speak for him.
The best part about this scene is actually omitted. It's that he finds the cave by fleeing from hungry wolves/dogs. Coming out of the cave the wolves are still waiting for him but Conan looks at them with the sword and in the very next scene he has a huge fur coat of wolves.
lol yup
It would have been nice, but I think Conan's story is about a lot more than just getting revenge on some rabid dogs.
I think the comedy in that scene would have detracted from the solemnity of this one.
@@squamish4244 What comedy?
This is an actual scene in the movie, wearing the coat of wolf fur.
It's not meant to be funny.
It's meant to demonstrate that Conan no longer has anything to fear, and the wolves got what they deserved, spending an eternity as a coat.
@@We_Are_Borg_478 I dunno, I always chuckle at that part. It's a legitimately funny moment and well-edited
They don't make scenes like this anymore, they don't make movies like this anymore!!!!
One of the greatest scenes in all of movie history!! The music is so perfect!
+DOOMED ! Give us an example of those great movies.
Gone Girl, totally different genre, but for me who thinks Conan is a perfect movie, that one is as well.
Superion Solace because they can't make like that any more, that why this is a master piece
Yeah thats true
This is the movie that every man needs to see at least one time in this life. Practically every sentiment is covered here. Death, tragedy, pain, strength, maturity, education, power, endurance, love, philosophy, recovery, revenge and the list goes on. One of the most underrated films, viewed only as a "Schwarzenegger film" even though its clearly much, much more.
Υ.Γ Ευχαριστώ Michael Niotis που ανεβάζεις τέτοια διαμάντια όπως ο Πολυδούρης!
Seeing this scene makes me nostalgic for the 80s. Things were so much simpler back then. Movies didn't need to be loaded with CGI in order to capture attention. This is a truly great and enjoyable film with a fantastic soundtrack.
CGI is definitely a double-edged sword. Many films have greatly benefited from it, while others have been made terribly artificial. Lately, I have been watching mostly older films-Conan, Star Wars, Forbidden Planet, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Jason and the Argonauts, Vikings (I could keep going)-it is so refreshing to see non-CGI effects and characters that are unique or more down-to-earth.
***** the feminization of men and our world would never allow such film to be made anymore. Just look at the television series coming out nowadays. All about "empowered" women who are nothing but conniving whores who backstab their "bff's"
word, I usually watch this once a year, still holds up well ;]
"The feminization of men and our world would never allow such film to be made anymore."
Oh for fuck's sake. Since when are men such goddamn crybabies?
"Just look at the television series coming out nowadays. All about "empowered" women who are nothing but conniving whores who backstab their "bff's""
OK, Breaking Bad. Widely regarded as the best TV show ever. Almost every major character is male, and no female characters have any real power. There we go, we're now done with that argument. And if that's not "recent" enough, fine, Better Call Saul, which is still ongoing, and which has one major female character who doesn't match your description.
Nice to see a guy recognizing that the entertainment/film world is still 90% controlled by men. Executives, directors, producers, lead roles, stories . . . you name it. On the other side of the coin, it is Valeria who dominates this movie (and Conan) in every possible way, including the best lines.
2:10 love the scale of the sword and the dead warrior, its a normal size sword for him but for Conan is a 2-handed sword. Atlanteans were giants. Awesome little detail.
Yeah, it's filmed subtly but you have to look carefully to realize the dead king's skeleton is impossibly huge and that he couldn't have been an ordinary man.
Recently bought this sword in RL, is so awesome! And pretty big.;]
BigZapfer How much does the reproduction weigh? I recall reading in the bladesmithing magazines that the prop guys didn't know what they were doing and made the Conan swords impossibly heavy.
Here she is - kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=884016 - Its not unbalanced but it is heavy, I can just about wield it efficiently with 2 hands. Am not a big guy but am not a light weight either so I have a whole new appreciation for the bit where he does the flurry behind his back and didn't hurt any stunt men or himself during filming, man he was strong ;]
BigZapfer Well, I know for a fact that the props the actors actually wielded on camera had aluminum blades...
The music + not a single word being spoken for almost 4 minutes, is juste awesome. It's eerie and at the same time beautiful.
I believe conan whispered "crom" when the kings hand "moved".
Here are those giants buried in the earth! And with them the enigma of steel.
One of the most epic scores in cinema history. It's a large part of what made this movie great.
4:06 The chain hit by the sword and the bark of the dog, perfectly timed with the superb music. That's how a story must be told.
+Sancho Retáblez - That's John Milius, Holmes.
And so shall all fame, wealth, beauty, glory, arrogance and power come tumbling down into bones and dust.
+Spartaculus Jones - Crom!
"All we are is dust in the wind.."
“Gaze upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
The care and detail in this movie regarding sets to make up an ancient prehistoric world were amazing. The exterior of the burial chamber resembles a genuine neolithic or bronze age tumulus. Today they would go on the cheap and just show a cave or some tacky looking set with 'fantasy' trappings.
rozback
What if it was actually the bronze age and that steel was actually just steel ?
This looks like mesopotamia , Anatolia and caucasus mountains ( maybe even a little part of south russia ). And the earliest presence of steel is 1800 BC and it was made common only a thousand years later .
What if only the people of conan ( the cimmerian who are supposed to be possibly the ancestor of celts who produced noric steel later for the romans ) where the only one who knew how to produce good steel ?And that secret was what thulsadoom searched for ?
This is actually really possible .
Bronze age is relative; it happened at different times in different parts of the world, as different cultures discovered bronze. If Atlantis did exist, it's possible they may have been a bronze age culture surrounded by stone age ones. Would explain a few things.
@ClandestineOstrich oh crap good call
At 3:40 in this clip, my dad whispered to my brother and me in the movie theater, "Look, the king bowed down to Conan." I never forgot that.
Absolutely awesome scene, you get the feeling that the Atlantean king was waiting in that cave for all those years to give that sword to Conan (The King of Acquelonia) very powerful score.
SlingBlade79 The sword bears design identical with the sword forged by Conan's father. Conan's people, the Cimmerians, are descended from colonists or refugees from Atlantis. It is unknown whether the sword itself was forged in Atlantis or after the fall of Atlantis.
Aquilonia
remeber at the start conan's father tells him giants stole the enigma of steel from Crom, the earth shook and the giants fell and the gods threw their bodies into the waters... the destruction of atlantis. And here, Crom guides Conan to this place to take steel for his vengeance.
Well my brother have the sword, and it has sculptures of the Cataclysm (erupting volcano and seas). So it's probably after the fall of Atlantis.
The backstory of the dead king would be more interesting than many of today’s Hollywood’s new productions.
this movie is still relevant in my life. it speaks of how we have transitions in our lives and how we come out of them....or how we come to our sense on other things. the score is brilliant. thank you for posting this.
Certain energy this movie puts out. Very mysterious and dark at the same time. Unusual take on soundtrack that makes this movie very unique. 100 000 remakes would never even scratch the surface of this masterpiece. True art in this movie that makes it legendary and should carry out for many generations to come! Truly unique and original!
This amazing scene I think, intentionally or unintentionally, has a deeper meaning as well, because the King without his sword, even in the afterlife, is just dust, whereas the frightened and hunted Conan is now a powerful man. All because of the Steel.
+TomeOfBattle I kinda agree with Thulsa Doom, cause I meant the sword as a driving force for realizing the internal power, not as a tool... It's a pity because this movie is so much better than a typical fantasy.
Damn son.
As a young lad I didnt have a father. This movie had a huge impact on me and is a huge part of the man I grew into... Whenever I'm slogging it out I just think of conan on the wheel of pain and dig deep and keep going. Thanks Arnold and Milus 👍
Hi, I love how Milius plays with the expectations of the viewer. Everybody expects the undead king to rise (following the cut to the skull and the moving skeletonized hand) and to fight Conan for the sword (Conan to win of course). But no, the skeleton just crumbles to dust. And the music perfectly aligned.
Marvelous.
But I remember the movie novelization, and in it, the skeleton arises and Conan has to smash it up.
+Bill Miller The skeleton does not crumble to dust, it bows to Conan, who is to become the new king.
IIRC, that's exactly what they wanted to do in the movie, but probably couldn't due to budget constraints. In the end, not turning it into a fight-/action-scene works much better (IMO). I always felt sorry for the old, dead king, seeing the movement of the hand and slumping down of the head as some sort of last attempt to hold on to the world of the living and interfere with it ... but ultimately lacking the strength or will to do so.
So much Love for this movie.
+Rusty Blade this scene is enough to make you cry. ;_;
I love how he bows in respect to the dead king after taking his sword.
it truly shows what an honorable warrior Conan is.
a beautiful sword!
5 dislikes? pfff go to hell haters.. This is one of the best movies ever made..
24 now, they can all go to Arallu!
I never realized how awesome this scene is.
I love how after this scene he has a wolf skin coat.
That ancient king basically gave Conan his blessing to wield his sword.
Worth noting that in the original Robert E. Howard short stories Conan never really had one particular sword (In the same way King Arthur, Aragorn or Link have one favored blade), Conan would usually armed, and dress, himself according to the lands his adventures were taking place. The closest he ever got was in the first story "The Phoenix on the Sword" which he used a blade blessed by the ancient sage Epirimetrus. Even in the story the blade brakes off close to the hilt and he switches to an ancient battle Axe mounted on the wall.
That being said I love the soundtrack, every time I read "The phoenix on the sword" I like to play it in my mind every time I get to the scene where Conan meets Epirimetrus. It' fits that chapter so perfectly, like Basil wrote it specifically thinking of thet scene.
So nice to find somebody else who's read Robert E. Howard's original "Conan" stories.
Best scene of the movie..full of magic and inspiration..like finding the reason for him to kept living
One of the greatest movie scores ever, and an under-appreciated masterpiece of cinema that set a benchmark for sword and sorcery epics that has yet to be beaten.
This song, this scene, gives me the chills
What makes this so great is that all of us, even Conan, are seeing this for the first time ever. He is stunned and careful, as we would be. He had wonder in his eyes, just as we would.
The music is hauntingly ethereal and just paints the scene.
Wonderful stuff.
As a child I speculated that the dead king was Conan himself having traveled back in time(sorcery and shit) mortally wounded on a great adventure. The sword was always destined to be his because it always only ever was. That or his ancestor Kull.
It's Kull.
AnklebiterTypeR I later learned that after the Kevin Sorbo movie. Shoulda read the books instead. :/
The Kevin Sorbo movie was... entertaining. But only in that sort of way where you can't really think about it while you're watching it. I applied Silvestri's score on it and his attempt to combine hard rock with fantasy orchestra. Very light hearted entertainment though.
Plus, Chinese girl with green eyes.
Chinese girls do not come with green eyes.
All the best movies have mysteries. Why was "Darth Vader" in the cave on Dagobah? Was there anything more than sand in the bottom of the lost Ark? Why did Kane say "Rosebud" as he died?
And this wonderful scene. Who was the man on the throne? An Atlantean General? A king? A human form of Crom himself? We are never explicitly told, and that is part of the fun; we get to imagine all the details of how that strange tomb came to be. Just great.
It's King Kull, another Robert E. Howard creation.
AnklebiterTypeR True.
AnklebiterTypeR but kull favored an axe,didn't he?"by this Axe i rule"?
Why Vader was in the cave and why Kane said Rosebud is in the movie if you pay attention. Its not a mystery at all. In fact, Yoda pretty much says why right after and the its pretty obvious what Rosebud is if you actually finished the movie. Did you?
Remember, Robert E. Howard made it clear in Conan's world there were all manner of strange, unexplained ruins and lost, nameless civilizations. As well as a whole host of demons, monsters and supernatural beings from other dimensions that would keep popping up without any particular rhyme or reason.
Man the cinematic direction and pacing chosen for this is just an enitre league on it's own. Today's movies just don't know how to replicate this.
This music is Brilliantly composed and gives the movie sublime nostalgic compliteness
For that giant dead king, that big two handed sword was like a tooth pick
It took me decades to notice this.
For a long ass time i though that this Cairn was just of some random smucks, other humans dead long ago.
And its quite hard to really see the scale difference because the way it is shot, Arnie doesn't stand in front of any of them Skeletons.
But when he grabs the sword and take the hand of the Corpse out of it, take a good look at the skeleton hand, the size of the pommel of the sword and Arnie's hand, when the three things are in the frame...
You notice that the Hand of the Skeleton is at least double the size of Arnie's, hinting that those where Humongous people, at least 2.6 metres tall.
And in the hand of the Skeleton the pommel of the sword looks like a One Hander, but once in Arnie's hands it looks like the sword is a Longsword/Bastard sword.
greatest soundtrack ever!!!!!!!
"You got dog problems? Fine: here's my knife."
"SWORD."
"Whatever."
+Nick Hentschel Ahh, Robin Hood, men in tights.
One of my all time favourite films, with one of the best soundtracks ever imho.
That's an amazing scene. Absolutely loved the Conan movies..
+White Ranger Movies? with an "s"?
+CESSKAR unfortunately on the First one was any good.
I forgot how fantastic this movie is
love this movie so much
One of the most epic scenes.
This scene tells us so many things, and only one word is spoken. Truly a work of art
This film in its entirety can NEVER be replicated. The cast were picked brilliantly and the story was unmatchable.🇬🇧
The closest we have is The Northman film
This is how you paint with music.
There is so much depth here. An achingly ethereal quality to the music. Wonderfully done.
I like crappy 80s movies like this
it had a charm movies of today seem to miss
it is proof that as perfect and high budget the movies of today look they can still be bested by things like this
4:14 Look at Conan's face. It is the visage drawn by my favorite comic book artist - Barry Windsor Smith.
Four minutes of film just to look at a skeleton and take a sword - brilliant! You don't get this kind of lavish detailed and quiet scene in adventure films now, they are too frightened of boring the audience and just bombard us with action and dialogue.
That's so true!
I completely agree. There is something to be said about allowing a scene to develop in a natural way. Constant in-your-face stimuli (and special effects) are not only distracting, but they steal away the genuine human spirit.
All comes down to Basil's score. Absolutely brilliant scene. I reckon I've watched/ listened to this piece of music at least once a week, every week for the last 20 years!!!!
The score sounds amazingly Byzantine, its not surprising its by a Greek. I actually never noticed it much in the movie until I watched this clip, and now I think the music has a layered grandeur which is too good for this film (tho its an ok film overall).
It also helps that the music is very good in this scene and throughout the whole film. I can't think of a memorable film score that's come out in the last 10 years or so.
Yes, Conan the sword is yours...now is the time for revenge...
Amazed that no one here has noticed that when Conan climbs out of the cave, right before he hits his chains, you can briefly see a hand hidden inside the hole coming up to grab them and pull them down, lol.
+Jonathan Goh I've seen this movie so many times that I used to be able to recite the entire script, and I never noticed that until you pointed it out! LOL!
+Richard King me too lol
+Jonathan Goh Oh yes, there is a website called 'blooper' that describe this and many other herrors.
+Jonathan Goh That's the digital age for you, ha ha.
It was Crom, holding the chain straight so Conan can cut the chain and start off his trip into badassary and royalty.
John Milius's scene and Poledouris powerful music made Conon immortal!
That dead King has to be Kull his ancestor otherwise why would he have found that place
Best Movie and Music!!!
The spare dialogue of the movie allowed the best support, the Music, to shine and become the real star.
The soundtrack is approved by Crom.
The light, the music, the screeplay, Scharzy...... All is perfect in this scene..
what a scene....project yourself into conan
Bow to the king
Esper the Bard, consider my knee bent.
Love this scene with its incredibly beautiful music.
another beautiful, inspiring scene in this amazing film. and the music absolutely makes this movie. one of the best soundtracks of the 80's.
There is NOTHING in the recent remake with this much soul and feeling in it, and this film had tons of moments such as this
This, the first Conan movie was just magic......And then the rest, just crap !
It began to get crappier culminating with the worst with the remake.
one of my absolute favorite movies and best soundtrack respect!
What power shines through these images and music....I love it!
the music makes the scene multiply in awesomeness. I sometimes listen to this in my car, when i feel stoic.
A wonderful scene. I don't think anyone expected this somewhat low-budget film to be so great. It was scenes like this that were very honest to feeling that made it so great. Two generations ages apart come together in this moment. Conan seems to ponder...for a moment only...what great men and kings they must have been.
I never get sick of this movie or the soundtrack.
beautiful score!
No score will ever come close, absolutely beautiful.
This and the Well of Souls scene in Raiders are two of the best musical scenes I have ever seen.
Conan meet king Kuul
Am a novice historian of Schwarzenegger for the last 25 years. In case some of you fans weren’t aware, Arnold got injured doing this scene.
This is one of my very favourite scenes in the movie!!!.
4:03 The infamous chain grabber!:)
This is such a powerful and intimate scene along with arguably being the most important or rather the most significant.
It’s no accident that Conan discovered the Tomb. The old king was waiting for this very moment, waiting for a successor to carry on the legacy of the ancient sword.
Conan did not just take the sword but did so with the upmost respect, honouring his fallen brother; the old king knew that Conan was not only worthy of the sword, but worthy of a Warrior. I doubt the skeletal remains would even allow Conan to take the sword had he not been the true successor
Almost as if the old king were passing the sword on to Conan. Like he was waiting in that tomb for all that time, for Conan to come to him.
0 dislikes, as it should be. Arnold is Conan. Thank you hollywood for once again fucking a legendary character...-_____-
This scene is so symbolic, but I especially love seeing him emerge from the tomb. Just moments before, he was running for his life. Now he reappears, fully confident, armed with solid steel in his hands, ready to take on anything.....
My favourite scene of my favourite fantasy movie! :)
And in the next scene, he's wearing wolf skins.
:-)
+hugh butler
Yeah I loved that subtlety... in modern movies they would explicitly show him fighting the giant CGI wolves... or have the next scene open with him explaining the entire fight, blow by blow, to people...
+Clint John Milius, master director.
Obviously put a few levelup points into leathercrafting.
I totally noticed that too when i watched the movie again just yesterday. That's effective storytelling that one doesn't get to see much anymore.
I know I love that part too.
I'm also reminded of his father's words too..."But Crom is your god Conan..Crom..and he lives in the Earth." I wonder if Milius had those words in his mind when he was designing this scene. I was profoundly disappointed with the second movie...I thought it was complete crap...it lacked all the depth and gravity that Milius and Poledouris poured into the initial project. Howard created a character whom anyone could admire; strong, fearless, shrewd, wild but tempered with unwavering moral integrity. I sincerely hope that the new film captures these nuances with due regard and respect to the magic of the first film.
Agreed, even as a kid I didn't like the second one as much as the original.
The secret of steel, left on the battlefield, or in the grave of an old soldier..."And we who found it, Conan, are just men. Not Gods, not giants...just men". A useful thing to remember, and a useful secret to know in the struggle against the beasts and dogs of the world.
My favorite scene, as a kid this scene scared the crap out of me but, it also fascinated me at the same time. So this is the sword that broke his fathers sword, i wonder what was the meaning of that? perhaps it meant that Conan was no longer of his extinct people and he was to be his own man and create his own kingdom eventually, which he eventually becomes a king.
If you remember, at the start of the movie, Conan's father told him that he cannot trust man nor woman, that the only thing he can trust is steel. The meaning of that is that he cannot trust anyone but himself, his father basically told him that everyone could betray him, that the world is a cruel place. But by the third act of the movie he has learned to love, to trust a woman, he has found a friend, to trust a man, he has received help from Akiro. The woman he trusted gave her life for him and the man he trusted saved him from the tree in wich he was cruxified. So, he has broken his father's egoist/cruel ideology by trusting his friends. When he breaks his father's sword he's breaking his discipline, his view of the world.
+Ehecatl Joel Chávez Martínez A good view. I like to view it as that Conan was the stronger man, not just by going through harsher times than the general who wielded his father's sword but also by meeting his friends and finding love made him the stronger man and that the steel in both swords reflected that
That's an awesome view never thought about that.
Commander Shepherd That view is very interesting. Remember the riddle of steel: "What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?"
The steel in the other sword (his father's) might be even stronger than the one in Conan's sword (the atlantean sword), but conan himself is stronger now as a person, as a lover, as a friend.
bravo.
This is one of the best scenes from the great 1982 film. The music is beautiful, powerful, epic and sad. When I first watched Conan a long time ago, I thought The Atlantean General was Crom. Conan's father told young Conan that Crom lives in the Earth.
I just love the feeling wen he grabs the back en of the sword and the tip comes in to picture with the spiderweb graces in the wind along with the music. It's an EPIC showing of the sword as an vital part of him as well as it's own presence in the movie
Good old barbarian motivation. Get your sword, lose anything tying you down and seize your destiny by the throat!