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Local paper here gives 2 of 4 stars. Ridley Scott just can't get a
break lately ...
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That Robin Hood played hubby to Lady Marion. I had to Wiki English monarchs to make sure the time line fit and it did. At the end when John told them to go blow they got him to the table again in 1215 and we all know what that was.
Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
Think I'll just stick with the old Erol Flynn version. Movies were just so great back then.
Bad reviews here.
I discovered on Netflix a couple of years ago was actually pretty enjoyable. Robin Of Sherwood
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this was a highly lauded series when it aired in the 80's if you;re going on nothing but the single image in the wikipedia article for the Title what can I say..lol this was a fun show. Excellent character development played by superb actors. Great sets, costumes and well researched. Some interesting stories too.. where do you get this preposterous notion?
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Just one guy's opinion.
I like Robin Hood. And I've seen lots of variations on the theme.
Based on the recommendation here I ordered it in from Netflix. Live and learn. Just today I watched 2 episodes and moved on to something better.
I find it a real weak effort. It is supposed to be a depiction of the middle ages but it screams eighties from the mullet haircuts to the high color, cheesy costumes and sets and the soft, highly staged tumbles. A casual script. Just not a thoughtful treatment, I think.
A fine example of English mediocrity, yet can't quite manage be bad enough to be good, dadgum it. Just a commercial product to fill TV hours. I can think of a quick half dozen takes on R.H. that I like better.
I understand perfectly that others might like it.
Thank you. But this theme is not my passionate one.
I am perfectly happy with Curtisīs and the good Nazi / womanizer Flynn.
It's suitably muddy and the storyline becomes ever less likely.
Cate looks lovely in a tired and worn kind of way and all sorts of 8 year olds could have cracked the double dealing but not the king of England.
It's enjoyable but don't mistake it for anything like history.
Crowe does a nice job of being in two places at once towards the end when he leads the archers on the cliff and miraculously accompanies the cavalry along the beach.
Errr...
Seems that lately there's a convention in medieval pictures that the sky is always overcast and dull, as though the Dark Ages were literally dark.
It's pure kiddy stuff despite a couple of "adult" jokes slipped in which makes me think it was originally aimed at children.
"My husband left almost immediately"
"A good night"
"Short and sweet"
"No, I meant he WAS a good KNIGHT"
you sleep through that or... do you think that's good kiddy fare?
Have you never read the Brothers Grimm?
Children's stories are traditionally very gory and violent.
It's only the post-Disney cleaned up purity league of America who have denied it.
;-)
and having 40-ft. tall characters, 100-db surround sound, and graphic depictions of gory blood-letting.
And the usual US pornification of violence.
So obviously nothing to upset the little dears. Cate only even undresses behind some inexplicably sheer curtains.
A lost lamb of a film.
scripts, unimaginative and derivative ones to boot, and the substitution of loud music, FX, and gore for plot line and character development. I won't even get to dialogue. "Make my day" has been the high point for the past 2 decades.
... for someone who hasn't seen it
dfs
Seems just a tad perverse....
;-)
you if from time to time, you attempt to recall there is such a thing as tongue-in-cheek. If the image of a shit shake angers you, instead of bringing a grin to your face....
..has not been good for him.
Chuckle... ;)
I'll wait for its "Television Premier" then.
... in my opinion.
..in a nutshell that's it.
the requisite gore, commensurate with said acts, was missing. To help with the PG-13 rating.
No, I haven't seen it, nor will I, WAYYYYYYYYY too overhyped
fds
bleep
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