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I just watched this movie for the first time in about ten years. And it's just as much fun now as it was then.
Before, it was fun because of all the cool sword fights, the moving dialogue, the fact that there was a kid about my age, the redheaded woman in next to no clothing.
Now, it's cool because of the cliche'd swoardfighting, hilarious dialogue, heavy lesbian theme ... and redheaded woman in next to no clothing.
The more things change, the more they stay the same ...
I laughed my ass off, I really did. But not in a *bad* way, and a lot of the dialogue is actually rather good, but the acting leads a bit to be desired. To be honest, as is the case in far too many movies, the best acting came from the 'seconds' -- notably Sandahl Bergman, Pat Roach (who I admit I love from Willow), Paul Smith, and Ronald Lacy. To me, Sandahl (Gedran) and Falkon stand out above the rest as being the performances that I bought into the most, even now.
A funny little tidbit ... a friend of mine once watched Red Sonjia, then came on line to ask me what happened to Gedron's daughter. SHe apparently missed the beginning ... plus any interaction with Gedren and Sonja.
Even at the tender age of around 6 when the movie came out, I had worked out that Gedren didn't want Sonjia as a tiddlywinks partner.
I've often heard that clothing means a lot as to whether someone's a good guy or a bad guy. Like how the good guys in BUffy (particularly the Wish-verse) are called "White hats" ... It can be concluded then, from this movie, that clothes are evil. Cuz Gedren had all that lovely skintight/shiny flowy stuff and Sonja had ... some scraps of metal. And a big fur lined red robe.
Oh, oh! ANd something else that I found hilarious right from the getgo. If you've ever seen Heavy Metal you'll get what I mean by saying that the plot of Red Sonjia involved destroying the lock-nar. Er, I mean the Talisman. Big green pulsy glowing thing that inevtably leads to evil ... No, that's not the lock-nar, not at *all* ...
And Ahrnie's character wasn't Conan, either.
For some more info ... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/ (IMDB)
Before, it was fun because of all the cool sword fights, the moving dialogue, the fact that there was a kid about my age, the redheaded woman in next to no clothing.
Now, it's cool because of the cliche'd swoardfighting, hilarious dialogue, heavy lesbian theme ... and redheaded woman in next to no clothing.
The more things change, the more they stay the same ...
I laughed my ass off, I really did. But not in a *bad* way, and a lot of the dialogue is actually rather good, but the acting leads a bit to be desired. To be honest, as is the case in far too many movies, the best acting came from the 'seconds' -- notably Sandahl Bergman, Pat Roach (who I admit I love from Willow), Paul Smith, and Ronald Lacy. To me, Sandahl (Gedran) and Falkon stand out above the rest as being the performances that I bought into the most, even now.
A funny little tidbit ... a friend of mine once watched Red Sonjia, then came on line to ask me what happened to Gedron's daughter. SHe apparently missed the beginning ... plus any interaction with Gedren and Sonja.
Even at the tender age of around 6 when the movie came out, I had worked out that Gedren didn't want Sonjia as a tiddlywinks partner.
I've often heard that clothing means a lot as to whether someone's a good guy or a bad guy. Like how the good guys in BUffy (particularly the Wish-verse) are called "White hats" ... It can be concluded then, from this movie, that clothes are evil. Cuz Gedren had all that lovely skintight/shiny flowy stuff and Sonja had ... some scraps of metal. And a big fur lined red robe.
Oh, oh! ANd something else that I found hilarious right from the getgo. If you've ever seen Heavy Metal you'll get what I mean by saying that the plot of Red Sonjia involved destroying the lock-nar. Er, I mean the Talisman. Big green pulsy glowing thing that inevtably leads to evil ... No, that's not the lock-nar, not at *all* ...
And Ahrnie's character wasn't Conan, either.
For some more info ... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/ (IMDB)
