Robin Hood (Spoilers)
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Dorn_the_warrior
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Well, here's my $.02:
I can understand making Marion at the end into some kind of Boudicca wannabe. You really can't do the whole damsel-in-distress thing in 2010. Still, the whole WWII landing craft thing bothered me. Not to mention making him an outlaw only at the last minute of the film. And what's with Robin's father being a stonemason/philosopher? Don't want to give too much away if you haven't seen it, but I think the aristocrats would have said in real life: "How dare you, knave, address us in that way!?" and not given it a second thought.
I can understand making Marion at the end into some kind of Boudicca wannabe. You really can't do the whole damsel-in-distress thing in 2010. Still, the whole WWII landing craft thing bothered me. Not to mention making him an outlaw only at the last minute of the film. And what's with Robin's father being a stonemason/philosopher? Don't want to give too much away if you haven't seen it, but I think the aristocrats would have said in real life: "How dare you, knave, address us in that way!?" and not given it a second thought.
Darth Shoju
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I didn't mind the movie, but all of the above criticisms of it are spot on.
Klaus
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Ridley Scott couldn't go with the legend, because Richard Lionheart never makes it back to London from the Crusades, and Prince John becomes the true king.
I read in a local magazine that if a sequel is made, it will involve Robin being the one to convince King John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 (iirc). That would be his enduring victory.
As for Crowe being old, I see him (in his 40s) playing a medieval 20-something. Max Von Sydow's character could be a wizened 53-year-old, instead of the actor's true age (80s?).
Crothian
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You mean wouldn't.
He could have and since the movie is not a historical documentary the reality of what may or may not have happened doesn't seem to matter.Similar Threads
