When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
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Such a frustrating disappointment
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After I saw this movie, I was so terrible disappointed... It was just so......average......but after a few minutes I thought; what's my big problem with this movie here? Simple answer; there is no problem! I had too high expectations! If you just forget: 1.) who directed it, 2.) who acted in it, 3.) and what's the story about;then it's still an average action movie about some guy in medieval England and still quite entertaining for 2 hours 30 minutes.
God almighty! This Robin Hood is catastrophic, period. On top of that, the lack of humbleness reaches the unthinkable. I've heard Russell Crowe , the new Robin Hood, referring to Errol Flynn's version as crap. Crap? Can you imagine! Errol Flynn made that movie "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" in 1939 and people still watch it today, 77 years later, with utter delight. Russell Crowe's "Robin Hood" was made only 7 years ago and it's already forgotten. I was appalled by his comment and realized that Oscar winner or not, wisdom or knowledge is not part of the equation. I've heard Russell Crowe in a different interview saying he never trained as an actor. He claims he doesn't know anything about Stanislavski and more importantly, he doesn't care to know. What a message to send to the new generations.
Can 15min make such a huge difference? YES - THEY CANAfter Blade Runner, Kingdom of Heaven and now Robin Hood you can say, that you have to wait for the DC of Scott-film just to enjoy is capabilities in film-making. After seven years (!) I decided to watch Robin Hood again and for free by amazon prime. For me the movie was more entertaining then in cinema in 2010, but I just thought: "Hmmm... Kingdom of Heaven was so great in the DC-Version - just give Robin Hood another chance."So I watched the 15min longer DC yesterday night and I was really blown away!!! I was just watching the new scenes and by every single take i've thought: "Why - for god's sake - took they these scenes out? NOW the story makes much much much more sense!" It's IMHO a much more smarter story then Gladiator had - I think, the greatest benefit of Gladiator (besides acting and the visual thing) was the music. Zimmer's Score is really great and the Robin Hood Score by Streitenfeld is also good and fit's into the movie, but it's not that impressive. Therefor you will have IMHO a much more political story. It feels sometimes like a history lesson, but so unbelievable entertaining because of the Robin Hood-elements, the action and so on... Here the facts, which increases the movie for me from a solid 7/10 to a really good 9/10 (SPOILER): the children of the forest get now more screen time and you will now understand AND accept there action in the final battle - many small and gritty scenes are integrated and you will sit in Front of the screen thinking: "aaaaahhh - now I've got it - that makes sense now..." and so on - the relationship between Robin and Marian get's more depth and intense: it's amazing to see Blanchet and Crowe act so fine, funny and lovely, that you really think, that they are in love - great and very well done - the merry men get's also more screen time, even so Mark Strong, the french and William Hurt - the inner-political conflict and why it is focused by Godfrey will be now seen in a much more clearer way - the action sequences are now more brutal (not as explicit like in Braveheart or Gladiator, but brutal and bloody enough that you will be great entertained) - King John's hate against Robin Hood and his reaction after the won battle (where he not signed the Charata) is now much more clearer - the final battle at the beach is now much more epic and is the key scene in the movie (because now all English parties (the poor people, the King and the barones fight together (UNITED KINGDOM) against the french invasion); overall it seems to me, that the last battle is "greater" and much more impressive as the in the cinema version The cinema version just feels like Scott made the movie with a Robin Hood-Checklist: - Merry Men in - check - King John in - check - Maid Marian in - check - robbing rich people and give it to the poor - check - Kids + forest-something in - check - Bow and Arrow in - checkand so one... The cinema-version felt "unfinished". But the DC finishes the story to a funny, entertaining and fully-action medieval history lesson with great actors and great cinematography. I think you will recognize, that Scott puts his heart into this Dicretor's CutI really, really, really don't understand, why they didn't bring this version into cinemas. It takes all the great things of the 70's comic and the Costner-Version together with the historical elements of Kingdom of Heaven and the humor of The Martian (that kind of humor plays now a bigger role in the DC) and the better title would have been: "Robin Hood Begins". It's a very cool mix out of pieces you've seen in "Lord of the Rings", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Gladiator" but despite this it's kind of funny and NOW in the DC-Version it's to fast over. At the end I've hoped to see a sequel, in which Robin fights again the King and rob's much more rich people to give it to the poor.If I should compare the Robin Hood DC with any other movie according to his level of entertaining then I would say: "If you loved "Batman Beginns" than you will also love "Robin Hood", but only the Director's Cut" Really unbelievable, how 15min can improve a movie that much. For me it's the best Robin Hood Version I've ever seen. It's not ridiculous, it's serious in the right moments, it's not to brutal, but gritty enough. Now you will get in touch with the actors, you will understand there motivation and the story is now much more better developed. Every sentence makes sense, every scene has a certain meaning and fits into the "great picture". Like "Gladiator" or "Kingdom of Heaven" you will feel now a kind of Shakespeare-spirit in this movie. You have differente levels which are now and finally combined in a very smooth and intelligent way: the love story, the political background and Robin Hood as political outlaw, who fights for the poor and "left behind". Thank you Mr. Scott for this great re-invention of one of the most popular historical persons (and first socialist in the western world ;-))
Thoroughly enjoyed this film from top to bottom. I have always had an open mind to different renditions and loved reading since I was 2 years old. I enjoyed the classic fairy tales and the lesser known tales and loved my book collection which featured all the various variations of those same fairy tales. Snow White varied greatly as did many others from one author/compilation to another. Thus, I am perfectly satisfied with a well done movie which does not follow the same path as the written version or prior film versions.People who didn't understand aspects of this film such as the children in the forest and other elements must not have actually watched it with both eyes open and ears cleaned of wax.Watch, listen, enjoy this version of Robin Hood which provides additional layers to the histories of the characters we love and hate in the legend of Robin Hood.