An average movie

I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I’m not surprised that it turned out to be a box-office flop since it might have been the most useless adaptation of this classic story I have seen so far. Of course, the merit of delivering a new version every decade is already seriously dubious but, in this case, the end-result was probably even weaker than usual. First of all, they gave us an aesthetic which was some kind of mix of Medieval and modern stuff. I mean, it was not awful but it was still rather distracting to see one of the main characters suddenly showing up with a modern coat. Of course, the makers wanted the damned thing to look edgy but they should have focused on the story instead. Indeed, the biggest challenge when they come up with yet another version of a story which has been told so many times before is that they have to come up with a new fresh approach as well. Well, in this case, they went for an origin story which was not a bad idea, except that it was already what Ridley Scott did with the previous version so it felt rather redundant. Furthermore, they turned Nottingham into some kind of mine city exploited by the Sheriff of Nottingham which was at least something new but, unfortunately, this approach was never entertaining or interesting whatsoever. For some reason, King Richard never showed up which was even more bewildering because, towards the end, they actually had proofs showing that the Sheriff of Nottingham and Cardinal Franklin were betrayers. Seriously, why didn't they bring the money and the paper work they found to King Richard instead of hiding in the woods, only because it is what Robin Hood must apparently always do at some point? Anyway, to conclude, even if I have seen worse, the damned thing was still pretty weak and I don’t think it is really worth a look.