Nameless Voice on 19/12/2009 at 04:19
Wow that looks stupid. :D
(Though, of course, it's a trailer, it's expected that it look stupid.)
I'd say nothing can hold a flame to Robin of Sherwood, anyway.
Fafhrd on 19/12/2009 at 05:45
There was a '91 made for TV version with Uma Thurman in it that I quite liked. They did a Norman versus Saxon interpretation that was kind of interesting, albeit highly anachronistic, considering King Richard was five generations removed from William the Conqueror and I'm pretty sure by then everybody'd gone back to just calling themselves 'English.'
The hook for this version is supposed to be Robin and the Sheriff are the same guy but that may have changed during shooting.
thefonz on 19/12/2009 at 08:32
Actually I take it back.
The best Hollywood film of Robin Hood is not Prince of Thieves, rather the mighty:
Inline Image:
http://edukacija.net84.net/Crtani%20Filmovi%202/Robin%20Hood%20(1973).jpgYou know it, and I know it.
My question though, is after Kingdom Of Heaven; which for the record is a brilliant and gorgeous looking movie; why the hell did we get barraged with Arthur/Hood/Troy...none of them can ever hold a candle to Legolas beating crap out of Saldin so why bother?
Aerothorn on 19/12/2009 at 14:46
What was the last movie starring Russell Crowe that was worth seeing?
Anyway, "the story behind the legend" makes it sound like some sort of History Channel documentary and not, you know, another legend.
Aerothorn on 19/12/2009 at 18:21
Right, forgot about that. But yeah, never looked into it because I figured I'd just watch the BBC series.
Zygoptera on 19/12/2009 at 22:39
Whatever else I don't think the movie can be as bad as the current Robin Hood TV program
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
There was a '91 made for TV version with Uma Thurman in it that I quite liked. They did a Norman versus Saxon interpretation that was kind of interesting, albeit highly anachronistic, considering King Richard was five generations removed from William the Conqueror and I'm pretty sure by then everybody'd gone back to just calling themselves 'English.'
Norman v Saxon probably comes from Walter Scott's Ivanhoe- there was still a pretty big divide between the Norman French speakers and the English speakers they ruled, though probably not as large as the book implied. Richard's father, Henry II, was of the new Plantagenet line and came from Anjou originally, so he was pretty definitively French (though not Norman) as much as that meant anything at the time. Richard also famously spent less than 6 months of his 10 year reign in England. I think Edward III was when most accepted that the change to 'English' was more or less complete and even then diplomacy and such was in French, and they were claiming the French throne.[/historydump]
Nameless Voice on 19/12/2009 at 23:04
Robin of Sherwood also had a Norman/Saxon divide, with discrimination against the Saxons.
ercles on 22/12/2009 at 19:24
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
What was the last movie starring Russell Crowe that was worth seeing?
Even ignoring State of Play, he's been in a bunch of decent movies in recent history, Body of Lies, 3:10 to Yuma and Cinderella Man were all certainly watchable.
