Robin Hood
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Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and acclaimed director Ridley Scott, in their fifth collaboration (after Gladiator, A Good Year, American Gangster, Body of Lies) retell the Robin Hood legend – last tackled by Kevin Costner in Prince of Thieves.
Crowe stars as the bow-wielding hero, while Cate Blanchett plays Maid Marian.
Starring
Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Durand, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Danny Huston
Directed by
Ridley Scott ('Gladiator','Thelma & Louise','American Gangster')
Written by
Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, Brian Helgeland, Tom Stoppard
(M) Contains Violence & Sexual References | Action, Drama, Historical, War | UK, USA | Official Website
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Reviewed by pups the curryThe Best
The best movie absolutely. Watched it twice and the extra features. Both Russell and the whole cast were amazing. For us it was like we were there in the movie in the 1200's. Action, twists, you name it.
Reviewed by BrandonAWESOME
best movie i have seen in a long time. lots of jokes and action plus russell is a total hottie
Reviewed by moviequeenIs he da baddies or da goodies?
Excuse me, dis is Malofo from da islands, and here is my reviews of da Robin hoods. Oh my life, is he da baddies or da goodies? I am so confused. He is doing da armed burglaries, when my cousin latu did da armed robberies in mangere he got da arrested and he was on da police ten 7 and now hes famous in all of da tuvalu islands
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Empire (UK)
Grown-up but not too serious; action-packed but not juvenile… Not only is this the mullet-free Robin Hood movie we’ve been waiting decades for, it’s also Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe at their most entertaining since Gladiator.
Click to read full review.Hollywood Reporter
Scott has an eye -- and it's a very good one -- for sieges of castles, charging horsemen, hand-to-hand combat, glistening swords arcing through the air and deadly arrows whistling toward helpless targets.
Click to read full review.NZ Herald (Russell Baillie)
Rusty Crowe and his trusty bow in good form but movie can't see Sherwood forest for the trees...
Click to read full review.Total Film (UK)
The most pointless and bloated vanity project since Battlefield Earth. Overthought, overwrought and not over soon enough.
Click to read full review.TVNZ (Darren Bevan)
The final epic sequence which culminates on a battle on England's Dover cliffs is stunning - cameras swoop in and capture every nuance of the action.
Click to read full review.Variety (USA)
Impressively made and serious-minded to a fault, this physically imposing picture brings abundant political-historical dimensions to its epic canvas, yet often seems devoted to stifling whatever pleasure audiences may have derived from the popular legend.
Click to read full review.View Auckland (Matt Turner)
Ridley Scott's take on Robin Hood is nicely acted and features some state-of-the-art CGI effects but there's not enough action, it drags horribly in the middle and the decision to focus on the pre-outlaw days means that it occasionally feels a bit Braveheart-by-numbers.
Click to read full review.Flicks.co.nz "Robin Hood" Movie Review
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Andrew Hedley, Flicks.co.nz
I had a sense of unfulfilled hopes when I sat through the whole of Robin Hood only to have the words “The legend begins” appear in the final few seconds. Why not begin when the legend does? That’s when the fun starts, surely?
Like Casino Royale, or Batman Begins, this is a back-to-the-beginning tale that explains how the character came to be. The intention is to revisit the folklore hero, to make him more real and ditch the fantasy. Personally, I liked the fantasy.
Instead, this bland but bombastic version attempts to set everything within a pseudo-historical context, channel-hopping between England and France, and throwing in a bit of politics.
Fans of Scott’s Gladiator will be relieved to find quite a bit of action, including a beach landing that recalls Saving Private Ryan. And yet it’s not very graphic – there are plenty of arrows going through bodies but there isn’t much blood to be spurted.
There’s certainly a thrill in seeing all the usual characters on screen (The Sheriff, Little John, Friar Tuck et al) and they are well cast. Hood’s camaraderie with his merry men (not referred to as such, although they use ‘merry’ as an adjective on occasion) is fun.
Everything is set up for ‘Robin Hood 2’ and hopefully that will have a better sense of adventure. Meanwhile, the 1991 Kevin Costner version remains a more entertaining take on the hero of Sherwood forest.
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