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A Complete review of Ridley Scott's work (20 movies items)

" Cast : Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Danny Huston, Matthew Macfadyen, Léa Seydoux What was it about? In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. My two cents: Ridley Scott and Russel Crowe were talking about making this flick for years and some of the rumors were rather intriguing (Russell Crowe would "

“The action sequences did not stun, the story was not very entertaining and overall, it really wasn't that impressive. Only when Cate Blanchett's character is introduced does this film take off, slightly, and the comedic chemistry between her Marion, and Robin Hood, make this film enjoyable. Definitely one of Ridly Scott's weaker films, but even that doesn't mean that it's a dud.” read more

Watched in 2012 (172 movies items)

"Kauniita maisemia katselee mielellään ja taistelukohtaukset ovat mukavan intensiivisiä, mutta onhan tämä tarinansa puolesta melkoista huttua. Tässä keskitytään Robin Hoodin tarun alkuosaan, joten rikkailta varastelua ei tässä nähdä. Myöhemmät osat jätettiin sitten mahdollista jatko-osaa varten jota ei ole koskaan tälle tulossa, kehnon lippuluukkumenestyksen takia. Erikseen pitää mainita yksi taistelukohtaus joka jäljittelee Saving Private Ryanin Normandian maihinnousukohtaust"

The Arrow Guys (13 movies items)

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“While watching Russel Crowe in Robin Hood, I momentarily went back to the movie Gladiator. Russel is a powerful actor and he manifested the same in this movie.

Russel Crowe as Robin is an archer in King Richard's (the Lionheart) army in England during the twelfth century. England’s downfall is on owing to taxation on their own people. Kingdom needs money so they take from the less powerful. After Richard killed in a battle, this injustice is taken even further when King Richard brother John (Oscar Isaac) takes over, serving the country as a tyrannical king with close friends, Godfrey (Mark Strong), in all the wrong places. Robin, along with his merry men and the aid of William Marshall (John Hurt), takes it into his own hands to reconstruct England’s laws and taxations, deter” read more

Aatu's Movie Diary - 2012 (111 movies items)

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Robin Hood

“Robin Hood does something incredibly odd: it tries, vainly, to realistically depict an origin, and even make an argument for the reality behind, of a folk-tale. Robin Hood didn’t exist; he was merely a creation of folklore passed down through song from one generation to another. All of the sense of wonder, adventure, joy, and rabble-rousing anarchic cheer has been stripped away. Robin Hood is an insufferably boring retread of incredibly familiar tropes and iconography.

But it didn’t have to be this way. Robin Hood started life as a spec-script called Nottingham in which we are treated to a sympathetic sheriff as our heroic figure. He would have been emotionally torn between following a king who was corrupt and dipping into madness on one hand, and on the other would have had ” read more