Customer Reviews

The Barbarians [VHS]

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I have too many copies of this classic, perhaps my FAVORITE, Sword and Sorcery movie that have deteriorated due to over-use. If one movie were to ever wish be realeased on DVD...it would be this...probably on a double disc with Think Big...The Barbarian brothers are my heroes...

I am so happy to hear that I am not insane and other people like this movie as well. This was my favorite movie growing up and still is in my personal top ten! It is a hilarious movie about two barely audible barbarians who fall into the classic fantasy adventure! Being a huge fantasy fan I must say that if you have not seen it, it is deffinately worth the time to watch. I promise you will not regret it!!!

a movie that possess such an amalgam of all the best elements; fine actors (not even worhty of a swarzenegger one liner, these guys have a grunt that sounds like a mix between a lawn mower and a tuba as their trademark), a script with about 8 pages of dialogue, and a plot that doesnt make sense to the drunken hippie who wrote it on his napkin gets 5 stars in my book. the big monster is a stiff piece of cardboard who dies in 1 minute, the fight scenes consist of plastic toy-like coreography, and the dialogue explains away holes in the plot through such gems as: "how'd the horses get here" -"they knew we'd be here by instinct" all in all if you enjoy seeing how terrible movies can get, and you dont want to watch your little cousins public access show,by all means buy barbarians.

Peter Paul and David Paul made their Big Screen debut in this action and comedy filled epic. If you like Flashing Swords, scantilly clad women, bulging muscles, decapitations, black magic, and a cast of characters that can only be found in the days of the Barbarian, then this movie will be just the thing to satisfy your appetite. The Barbarian Brothers are fun to watch, fun to laugh with, laugh at, and in the end, you will be cheering them on. You want to see sword fights, Dragons, and Good vs Evil; then your gonna love this movie. And when your ready for more of the Barbarian Brothers, make sure to check out Peter and David in Twin Sitters, and Double Trouble.

I absolutely loved this movie growing up in the 1980s. While it hasn't aged as well as, say, Conan, it is still a lot of fun to watch. The barbarian brothers have a great, refreshing, open-hearted joy for life that is always a welcome relief from the rigors of modern sickly civilization. Sure, it is a dumb fairy story involving giant, steroid-bloated hulks (they are and remain incredibly strong and fit guys, whatever their juice habits may be) waddling around and waving chunks of metal at each other while in their fur gachies. But, darn it, they're having so much fun with it, you can't help but have fun right along with them. If a man dislikes the performance of Peter and David Paul, he must dislike life; for that is what they are: great, giant, hulking, good-natured living men! I mean, the facial expressions! The bon mots! They're wonderful!

It is a darn shame that this is not available on DVD.

Campy, action packed and hilarious - a D&D game on steroids! My wife, friends and I have this movie playing in the background every morning before we hit the Renaissance Faire. It really puts us in meade & BBQ turkey leg partying frame of mind.

In 15 years, we've gone through 5 copies on VHS and are in dire need of a more resilient playing medium. This movie belongs on DVD... PLEASE!!!

I remember watching this movie when it first came out and thought it to be one of the best movies I have seen. I still have the same opinion. The action is great and so are the brothers. They make the film work with there bumbling ways :-) It is a shame I have not found it on DVD or even if they have made it on DVD yet. Once it does, this is/will be a must have DVD.

I first saw this film whilst very drunk indeed in a house in Leeds. Ten years on I am now a tv producer and still aspire to the high standards set by the Barbarians. sadly I fear such brilliance only comes once in a generation. I am one of the Barbarian brothers. Ugg

This might not be THE worst movie ever, but it's definitely one of the worst in the past few decades. If you're a fan of campy schlock like I am, you won't be able to find a movie with worse acting, dialogue or premise. It is hilarious from the start, and only gets more unbelievably bad. With a plot revolving around the "Ruby of Life" and the incredibly phallic "bog dragon," you know it's got to be good! ANd to top it off, there are lines like "Hey! What are you doing with my face?"

a movie that possess such an amalgam of all the best elements; fine actors (not even worhty of a swarzenegger one liner, these guys have a grunt that sounds like a mix between a lawn mower and a tuba as their trademark), a script with about 8 pages of dialogue, and a plot that doesnt make sense to the drunken hippie who wrote it on his napkin gets 5 stars in my book. the big monster is a stiff piece of cardboard who dies in 1 minute, the fight scenes consist of plastic toy-like coreography, and the dialogue explains away holes in the plot through such gems as: "how'd the horses get here" -"they knew we'd be here by instinct" all in all if you enjoy seeing how terrible movies can get, and you dont want to watch your little cousins public access show,by all means buy barbarians.