Slate says it doesn't match the "gold standard" of Robin Hood movies:


I was like . Then I was like .

Slate sucks anyways.

5/14/2010 1:14:16 PM

I can't decide if I liked it. The only real Robin-Hoodish part for me was when he "nailed" the proclamation to the tree at the end. Was that the point? He's not really "Robin Hood" until the end? It looked really good, but they totally botched the history. Meh...

5/15/2010 1:14:49 AM

i could not care any less about this movie

5/15/2010 1:18:30 AM

Ooda-lolly

5/15/2010 1:14:50 PM

how did they botch the history? i have not seen it yet, but i like movies that are supposed to be historic but i hate it when they egregiously mess it up.

5/15/2010 1:56:03 PM

It was meh. Almost like they were trying to take most aspects of Gladiator except spin it into Robin Hood.


I prefer the Disney version.

5/15/2010 2:05:29 PM

Quote :

"I can't decide if I liked it. The only real Robin-Hoodish part for me was when he "nailed" the proclamation to the tree at the end. Was that the point? He's not really "Robin Hood" until the end? It looked really good, but they totally botched the history. Meh..."

i haven't seen it, but i recently read that this is supposed to be like an "origins" story. Given what you said, i guess that's the case. That makes me a lot less interested. I was hoping this would be a little closer to the traditional tale.

What did they mess up about the history?

5/15/2010 10:02:21 PM

^Definately like a prequel of sorts. the end is more like the robin hood of old and actually you dont get to hear the words robin (of the) hood until the very end.


my guess is that there will be a sequel since movie studios are all about the money instead of making an all encompassing movie anymore.

5/16/2010 12:41:31 AM

just saw it. It wasn't amazing by any means. Definitely not a "must see" kinda deal. But I thought it was good and definitely entertaining. For as long as it was, it didn't feel that long to me and never seemed to drag or move too slow imo.

There are definitely some similarities to gladiator story-wise. And style-wise... well, it's the same director. But there was a shot or two that came straight out of gladiator.

5/16/2010 7:18:55 PM

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"how did they botch the history?"

I'm pretty sure the only parts they got right were that Richard and John were kings of England, Philip was king of France, and Richard went on a crusade. They tried to make Robin Hood responsible for an early Magna Carta (all the liberty nonsense that is forced into every historical film these days). The French never invaded England in hopes of causing a civil war.

The "accepted" form of the Robin Hood legend has him going off to crusade with Richard years after he is outlawed, but YMMV.

5/16/2010 11:12:16 PM

Okay but not fantastic. It was interesting to see their portrayal of 12th century England. I'm not going to nitpick on the combat aspects. It wasn't bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon though... more a low on the Netflix list pick.

5/17/2010 2:40:54 PM

Very surprised with all the "cheesiness" in this movie. Expected more out of the Crowe/Blanchett/Scott trio. I still find Blanchett amazingly beautiful.

5/26/2010 9:34:18 AM