Honestly, it's exactly what you should expect. My favorite thing about it is that they actually do a decent job of boring you so much that you don't expect anything to happen and then very quickly something happens in a major way, it's pretty thrilling in the moment. The problem is that the thrill last for maybe 15 minutes and after that it's just as much of a mess as the beginning was. The super long boring build up was cool when I thought it was going to lead into the epic 2nd half of the movie, but it did not do that at all. Instead, I feel like I was forced to sit there and watch 2 couples have a meal and joke with each other for 40 minutes for absolutely no reason. Like I said you get about 15 minutes of on the edge of your seat exciting stuff and almost as soon as it begins you learn that nobody in this movie is to be taken seriously and at the snap of a finger it becomes very dull again. I wanted to give it a 5 because like I said it was pretty much what I expected, and it did hold my attention long enough for me to finish it. However, I downgraded to a 4 simply because it actually could have been really good if they either didn't waste so much time in the beginning or executed the 2nd half of the movie better. They needed to hold the tensity longer and give the viewer more time to ponder and digest the situation. So, the fact that I think it was so close to being a lot better actually makes me like it even less, but hey, I wouldn't call it a waste of time I just could never see myself recommending that someone watch this, it feels like such a letdown by the time you finish.
Review of Barbarians
