Comments on: First Russell Crowe As Robin Hood Pic

By: Barry j. l.

Barry j. l. — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:31:46 +0000

Saw the film whilst in Florida USA, really enjoyed it – thought it was a great film, could not think of anything I did not like about it, – great battle scenes, lots of extras, – where did they get the landing craft from, – also recognised the lovely site of Dovedale in Derbyshire, and the beach in Pembrookshire, Wales, thought it was the military training area near Penhale camp, well done, great film really worth watching.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:19:47 +0000

Kinda reminds me of Kingdom of Heaven,…where the location in the picture is, kinda reminds me of the scene where they are attacked by the soldiers at the beginning of the film.

Looks great. Can’t wait for the film. It’s coming out next year, right?

By: methos

methos — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:32:31 +0000

lol
fantabulous!

By: Anti-Septic

Anti-Septic — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:51:51 +0000

Screencap looks great to me. Would like to see his bow updated just a bit. Looks like a kids starter bow, but it might just be authentic to the time as it is a period piece so I can live with that.

As far as the accent, speaking from an American standpoint as long as he has an accent most Americans won’t know or care, there will be a small percentage that demand an authentic accent but I am ok with just Crowes Aussie accent.

A good movie is a good movie, an accent is not a deal breaker for me. I know Crowe will deliver so I will easily lay down ten dollars to see this at the theater.

By: methos

methos — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:30:45 +0000

Hazmat,

ooooo agreed. I don’t know if I could stand to see Robin Hood waddling through Sherwood.

By: Matt K

Matt K — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:56:57 +0000

i dont think they would i mean it might jinx the film

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:56:10 +0000

Oh nononono

Im 100% okay with someone being overweight, it didnt bother me at all…

In those two movies his weight was an unimportant factor and to me its overall irrelevant

BUT

If youre playing Robin Hood, you better not be a fatass

By: methos

methos — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:44:37 +0000

3R!C,

Hey, man, I understand what you mean. Don’t misinterpret my comments as a personal attack or anything. A lot of my friends have been giving a Crowe a lot of flak for gaining weight and I’ve noticed some of the same comments online. My rant of a paragraph was simply an overall defense to those who don’t skip over my comments. lol

By: 3R!C

3R!C — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:21:27 +0000

Yeah, I was just saying. I saw him in American Gangster and he was starting to look more chunky than usual, then I saw him in Body of Lies and he was fat. Now he got skinny again. Just something I notice, wasn’t talking bad. I forget about the timespan between when the films are shot and when they are released, like American Gangster was shot in 2006 and released in 2007. Body Of Lies, shot in 2007, released in 2008.

By: methos

methos — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:01:07 +0000

Hazmat,

Did Crowe’s weight really bother you that much in those two movies? lol

Hoffman is supposed to be an aging, out of shape, ex-field agent who took on a cushy job as handler in Body of Lies. His character operated from behind a series of monitors and a headset. Ferris even, in a not so polite way, comments on the weight. Heck, here’s an article where Crowe purposively gained weight for his role.:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009005325

In State of Play, sure he was heavy, but his jelly roll didn’t take away from his character. I wasn’t sitting in the theater thinking, “I don’t buy that he’s a reporter, he’s too fat!” lol

It’s hard to tell from this photo how fit our phone tossing friend is, but Crowe does look slimmer. ;-)