Attractive and yet bland and over-long

Russell Crowe plays Robin Hood in this adaptation of 'Robin Hood' directed by Ridley Scott. Crowe and Cate Blanchett are good, the film is attractive and yet bland and over-long. The art direction is nice to look at, but then there's a bland plot line which somehow takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to tell!

To me, the film didn't rely on plot so much and focused on too much sword fighting. There are also plot holes including the characters zig zagging across the world to various countries and all of them oblivious to Geography! This film could be slightly better if it were shorter and relied less on sword fighting. Yeah, the score and visual style are nice but the film is overly bland and bloated in length! Only for Russell Crowe die-hards!

5/10