Glad we agree on Conan the Barbarian. I was watching this with 2 friends and before hand, I asked them which one they like best and no one was willing to say anything (I think it was because they were Destroyer fans and that movie sucked). But as I said in my review, Barbarian surprised me and was a great movie. And I agree with everything you said about it being the only comic book "mythology" movie from Hollywood that begins and concludes as an outright satisfying myth of adventure and in storytelling. And yes, the finale was great as well (beautifully shot).