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Subject: re:RED SONJA
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 11:10:18 EDT
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Basicly, I agree with Mark Leeper's assessment of the CONAN movies and 
RED SONJA too.  These people spend so much money on sets and special
effects, it would be nice to have actors and scripts to match.  While I
agree than Arnold's acting was better in this film, saying he was the best
was going a bit too far.  I thought the kid that played Prince Tarn was
best.  And the lead bimbo who played RED SONJA was mis-cast. Like Arnold,
they should have hired one of the Miss Universe contestants; after all,
RED SONJA was supposed to have super strength.  Picture this, the poor
disheveled Sonja is standing in the forest when the Vision grants her
superior strength - our Miss Universe actor does a muscle flex and now
really looks impressive.  The current actress was not.  Nothing in  the
plot or acting lead you to believe that she had any unusual strength at
all, and this is what her legendary power was supposed to be, unless you
count her being able to wield a sword at all.

	The sword play was boring and repetitious.  Not having a convincine
lead character killed off any chance of rating a 2.  I'd give it a 1 on a
scale of 0 to 4.  Go see Cocoon, Pale RIder, Silverado, anything else first.