Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Antonius Block Let's start with the positives – you have the very beautiful Myrna Loy appearing in a bathtub for goodness sake, a suave Ramon Novarro wooing her with beautiful songs, and an exotic pre-code tale set in Egypt. Where modern viewers will struggle is with the scenes in the desert, where Novarro mistreats and later rapes Loy. What started out as a forbidden romance, albeit with borderline creepiness in Novarro's persistence, becomes cringe-inducing, and I have to say, I also hated the ending. Men forcing themselves on women until they gave in was de rigueur for the time, and the fantasy about Arabs post-Valentino was still strong in America, but the film would have been stronger had it either had Novarro's character been truly honorable ('Barbarian' indeed), or Loy's ultimately capable of resisting him if he wasn't. As it is, one feels conflicted and kind of icky with the message it conveys about both Arabs and women. And yet, Loy and Novarro are both pretty compelling, and make it worth watching. Did I mention Loy appears in a bathtub?

David Allen THE BARBARIAN (1933) starring Ramon Navarro and Myrna Loy is/was an agreeable, no-brainer "B" movie with "A" movie stars of talent, esp. Loy.It's a desert romance story of which the 20's were packed (both Valentino SHIEK movies, THE DESERT SONG and others less famous).None of the Arabs had dark skin, and all of the Oases had unpolluted water holes and half moons shining through the sweeping palm trees and all the sand looked like White Sands, New Mexico with huge (but firm, easy to walk on) sand dunes.Hollywood's idea of the desert in "Arabia." The movie is a "girl's movie" (called a "Chick Flick" nowadays) written by GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES author Anita Loos.The movie is about a pushy (probably feminist), spoiled "half Egyptian" leading lady with an American accent about to marry an English aristocrat in Egypt (but who runs off with Ramon Navarro at the very end of the movie..... Ramon had told her when he abducted her in the middle of the movie and proposed marriage that she won't have to be part of a harem, but makes her wait for water at an Oasis waterhole until the horse drinks first, then he drinks.....she's last to drink.)Girls buy movie tickets.Young guys between ages 18 and 24 courting girls and trying to keep the girls happy ALSO buy movie tickets for girls!"Keep the girls happy" is what this movie is all about.She's a pushy, spoiled USA feminista, and the guys (two of them!) both think she's wonderful!It's just like WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1988) starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal.They guys never learn, the girls always win. The guys always pension off the girls at an early age (which is why marriage is so popular with young girls) and kill themselves to do it, and the girls live 30 years longer than the guys, thanks to the good life the martyr husband earned for them before he died early! Unpardonable cynicism, but I put to you and leave it with you.Old story, and it still goes on!The rising races of the world (Orientals, Latinos in the USA) ALL support the ladies, lots of children, and "family values" and the disappearing races (White people loyal to each other in the USA esp.) disappear because their numbers shrink and disappear, like a water hole during a drought.So it goes, and THE BARBARIAN (1933) shows why!Myrna's famous bathtub "nude scene" was dull and boring, (not as good as Maureen O'Sullivan's swim with Johnny Weismuller in TARZAN AND HIS MATE 1934).Myrna was/is a true movie star, and was the best actor in the movie. A pleasure to watch her act.Ramon Navarro wasn't terrible, but also wasn't convincing. His career didn't continue in the sound era, and this movie shows why.

vincentlynch-moonoi It's amazing to me how wrapped up in hysteria some people get. Yes, this film clearly implies rape. Rape happens. It's detestable. Films -- to varying degrees -- depict human life. Therefore, I expect films to sometimes depict unpleasant topics. And that should not be a reason that we give a positive or negative critique of a movie. What's important is how the film approaches a topic. Admittedly, this film doesn't approach it very well.Although I had often heard the name Ramon Novarro, I don't believe I had ever seen one of his films...I guess I thought of him as too much in the silent era. So this film was a learning experience for me...particularly after reading his bio on Wikipedia. In terms of his performance in the film, I found it interesting, but I was not exactly surprised when I learned that in real life he was gay. He doesn't seem very macho in this film, which sort of belies the character he was playing. He does come across -- at least in our time -- as a pervert, so I wonder how he would have been perceived in this film in 1933. But, despite his supposedly being a romantic lover, his gestures and behavior definitely suggest his gayness. But, still, it's interesting.Myrna Loy was very good, as she almost always was.Reginald Denny...well, he did okay here, but I never quite saw the attraction for him in films. It always nice to see the great character actor C. Aubrey Smith, and he's fine here...although in not so noble a role as we often saw him, and with little real screen time. A surprise was seeing Edward Arnold in a character role as an Egyptian...interesting.In terms of the plot and script, we first meet Ramon Novarro -- as an Egyptian gigolo -- at the train station, where it is clear that he has romanced a number of foreign female tourists...probably robbing them to some extent, as well. And then along comes Myrna Loy with friends and family...his next victim. Early in the film he seems to be annoying in his attempts to insert himself into situations, but alternately being very helpful...although in our time, it would appear to be stalking. And, that interpretation would be justified considering action later in the film. It seems pretty clear that rape does occur in the desert, although you only see the aftermath. Okay, it made sense with this script. But, the conclusion of the film makes no sense at all.Production values are quite high here, particularly considering it was 1933.All in all, worth watching at least once. I guess 1933 must have been a very different national psyche; so that makes it an interesting film.

MartinHafer I can't believe the reviews so far on this movie on IMDb. So far, one reviewer gives it a score of 1 and two others a 10!! The simple fact is that very, very , very few films deserve a 10 or 1 but reviewers routinely throw these numbers about without thinking. After all, there's no way that anyone could place this movie among GONE WITH THE WIND, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES or even STAR WARS just as there is no way this film deserves the same rating as BABY GENIUSES or PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE!!! Like most movies, a realistic score would definitely be somewhere in between.Now this isn't to say that the film reviewers were totally wrong. The one perceptive person who thought the movie was evil because it propagates "the rape myth" is 100% correct--the film is terrible because it seems to indicate that the way to a girl's heart is to kidnap and probably rape her--or at least whip her into submission!! In the 21st century I cannot understand how anyone could rate a movie that treats women like cattle with a score of 10! And, people who would kind of scare me.On the other hand, the film is gorgeous. The cinematography and costuming is incredible and made Myrna Loy (often the "nice girl" in films of the 1930s) into an incredibly alluring figure. Her bathing scene is simply one of the sexiest scenes in screen history--not so much for what it showed, but how it showed so much without showing everything as well as not being pornographic but artful and beautiful. She was, in many ways, like a modern Venus de Milo. Plus, when Ramon Navarro isn't busy trying to rape Ms. Loy, he is a very, very dashing and gorgeous figure himself. So beautiful and compelling that he was like a better and more romantic version of Valentino from THE SHEIK. Plus, given that Mr. Navarro was in real life gay, he deserves a lot of kudos for his convincing romantic scenes. The problem, though, is that the writers didn't know what to do with this romantic figure. One minute he is kind of funny and clever, the next he is an ardent suitor, the next he is selling her into sexual slavery and the next he's a sex offender trying to rape her!!!! The fact is the movie strongly implies he DID rape her (though it is a bit vague in this respect). And, having this confusing package ruins the wonderful romantic elements of the film. After all, what's romantic about a rapist or spousal abuse?! This is in the end, a complete muddled mess that could have been a wonderful film. With a re-write to remove the sick aspects of the film (the physical and sexual abuse AND Ms. Loy's ultimate choice to run away with this sick, twisted freak after being abused), it could have been among the most memorable and romantic films of the age. As it is, mostly it will be remembered for the pre-Code titillating bathing scene with Ms. Loy.