Comments on: Review: Robin Hood

By: mutiara

mutiara — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:07:13 +0000

Yeah, i agree with you, it’s 5 out of 10.
Not exactly an epic, but it’s quite intertaining, so that’s good enough.

By: harrylime

harrylime — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:16:44 +0000

Not a good movie but not all bad. I agree that the villains left a lot to be desired and maid marion, well, she certainly idn’t do the trick. the final battle scene left a lot to be desired but the real problem is that a ridley scott movie should be an ent like Kingdom of Heaven. This as not one of btter moments. But the real question is that why this movie succeeds is that there is littleouit there to wet the appetite. I do agree with David Logan the Micheal Caine movie, Harry Brown, is something quite extraordinaire on all levels. Bravo.

By: darren j seeley

darren j seeley — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:42:20 +0000

In reply to darren j seeley.

Whoops . Rodney gave it a 5 out of 10.
It sounded to be like he overpraised the film, but just now I noticed the 5 out of 10. To me it was more of a 4; but I can’t say Rodney Overpraised the film now.

I stand corrected on that.

By: darren j seeley

darren j seeley — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:37:39 +0000

We’ll never know how the original take on this- “Nottingham”- would have looked like on film. I’ll never know.

What I do know is that Rodney’s review is his own; I found Scott’s film to be a disappointment. I left the show scratching my head as to why this film was a letdown. It’s not terrible, I wouldn’t say it sucked. But I am saying it’s not as good as I’d hoped. I remembered the genesis of the project, how it started off as a story about not Robin Hood, but the Sheriff Of Nottingham, who was “the protagonist” trying to capture/investigate the well to do Bandit as Robin Hood.

Then I recalled the first handful of rewrites- that interesting but hard to sell twist of the Sheriff and Robin being one the same.

Then delays. “Trying to get the script right” Bullshit like that.
This was the end result.

I don’t know if the previous drafts or the original hot-ticket spec script would have made a better film; I just know that Rodney has overpraised this mess that we see on screen.

Not good.

By: darren j seeley

darren j seeley — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:26:24 +0000

In reply to Bdog. Low ratings? The actress who played Marion taking a hike?

By: Bdog

Bdog — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:55:17 +0000

So,So bad….the BBC series was superior and it got nixed. That’s Hollywood for ya.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:21:51 +0000

All of the reviews I read say that this movie is just so-so, and yet everyone I talk to really enjoyed it! What I can gather is that it’s no Gladiator, but still a good flick. Most of the Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe movies have turned out pretty decent so despite the so-so reviews I think I’ll check it out this weekend.

By: 420BAND

420BAND — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:12:07 +0000

The ‘bad guy” I saw in the trailers looked like he came off set of a Puerto Rican version of “Fast and the Furious”

Looked bad.

Thanks for the review Rodney

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:28:28 +0000

In reply to Rodney.

Why does every film have to be “Citizen Cane”

I wasn’t at all impressed or moved by that film, and I despise people using it as a benchmark for film quality.

There wasn’t “too many villains”. There was one. The French. Godfrey was an agent/spy for the French King and everything that transpired was to facilitate the French invasion.

By: T-VO

T-VO — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:24:00 +0000

In reply to Rodney. This is more like Robin Hood, Year One. I have lowered expectations and enjoyed the movie. I think it suffered with the Spider-man 3 curse. Too many villians. Although it may not be Citizen Cane, Scott's prowess behind the camera is in full display. I love his wide camera shots on battles (Cavalry riding down to the beach at the end and Robins' ride to Nottingham to save the citizens) Excellent camera work as Robin rides toward the center on Nottingham. It follows him with a steady camera as he rides his steed.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:10:06 +0000

In reply to DAVE. Its a completely different film. And despite the two having inspiration from the same legendary tale, there is no comparisons.

By: DAVE

DAVE — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:28:19 +0000

So how does it compare to the early 90’s classic “Robin Hood: Price of Thieves”? Because despite the lack of British accents from some key players, I’ve always thought that flick was sweet.

Any bad-ass Moors? Catapulting Costners? Brian Adams ballads?

How does it stack up?