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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9761551" data-attributes="member: 6799660">There was little wrong with Prince of Thieves, it just wasn't especially right. Costner (who, yes, is American and sounds it), rather than the passion he brought to The Untouchables through JFK, started (or continued, depending on how you view Dances With Wolves) his streak of underacting performances that lasted through The Postman. Morgan Freeman brought wonderful acting to a tropish role. Sean Connery came for a requisite cameo that was very much cameo-shaped and of cameo-duration. Rickman and Geraldine McEwan absolutely nailed the villain roles and elevated every scene in which they appeared. The problem is that if all the great components of a movie are in one facet (villains, visuals, score), you don't say that they elevate the whole, you instead say it's wonderful villains/visuals/score in an otherwise bad/bland movie. It's like Raul Julia in Street Fighter (perhaps moreso, since unlike Street Fighter, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves isn't otherwise bad so much as muddled and bland). Thank you for not starting a 'What do most people get wrong about Robin Hood' thread.</blockquote>