Robin Hood

Lamper.sffc

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I enjoyed the film a lot, it was much more humourous than I thought it'd be. Robin Hood's brothers in arms are great comic relief. I think it ended at the right time too, when

King John declares Robin to be an outlaw

I thought it was going to go on for another 40 minutes.

Totally agree. Loved the

A Beautiful Mind

joke in the bar.

Handsome Bob

Lucifer-0 wrote: »

Apparently he sounds Irish in it....which Russell Crow isn't impressed with.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100514/ten-crowe-angry-over-irish-accent-5f8abb3.html

To be honest while his Yorkshire accent is good there are moments when his accent falls flat and there are hints of a plane Dublin accent. Either way Crowe did a good job with the accent. I can only assume Crowe got indignant because he thinks we all have Darby O'Gill accents.

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

Nope initial script was focused on the sheriff (played by Crowe) and robin hood was while not the villian was to play a less virtous role (and was never casted)

When it was changed that it was to be about robin hood, they originally had it he became the sheriff very early in the film (sort of like how he became

locksley

in the final film. Hence the confusion.

I vaguely remember tabloid rumours suggesting that Christian Bale was in line to play Robin Hood when the script entailed a role reversal between him and the Sheriff. Then Crowe was supposedly meant to play both roles which just left me feeling a bit confounded.

PWEI

I'm shocked that people are actually surprised that Scott has made a mess of this film. Lets be honest about it,you have to go back as far as Gladiator to find the last really good film he has made. Body of Lies was rubbish, American Gangster - average, Kingdom Of Heaven - forgettable. For somebody who brought us two of the greatest films of all time in Alien & Blade Runner, to say his work in recent years has been a disappointed is the understatement of the year.

Hank_Jones

I really love Ridley Scott as a director but this was just awful.
I sat there for pretty much the whole time just waiting for the film to end.

Honestly couldn't believe how bad it was, he didn't use any imaginative shots, the script was absolutely terrible.
They could have cut at least half an hour out of the film no problem and that might have possibly made it better,
the whole thing just dragged along not really going anywhere and it didn't go anywhere.
The storyline was so meek that I find it hard to believe they actually paid somebody to write it.
There were so many scenes that just seemed like needless filler and had no point within the scheme of the story.

He kept on using these awful close up shaky shots as well, like the audience needed to be really fcuking close to everything in order to see what was going on...
I honestly think this film is possibly the biggest disappointment that I have ever encountered within the walls of a cinema.
Cate Blanchett was miscat, as was Crowe, as was pretty much everyone in the feckin film.
Although I thought the casting of Max Van Sydow was rather humourous considering his casting in The Seventh Seal though, certainly got a kick out of that.

Also Kingdom of Heaven is a very good film. It has some of the most amazing shots I have ever seen in the history of cinema.
Have a look at the directors cut, or the definitive edition.

dr gonzo

PWEI wrote: »

Body of Lies was rubbish, American Gangster - average, Kingdom Of Heaven - forgettable. For somebody who brought us two of the greatest films of all time in Alien & Blade Runner, to say his work in recent years has been a disappointed is the understatement of the year.

Even great directors have their off days. James Cameron for example made the Terminator films but he also made Avatar so you have to cut them some slack.

JP Liz V1

Why was

Marian at the battle

near the end

sickofwaiting

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Also Kingdom of Heaven is a very good film. It has some of the most amazing shots I have ever seen in the history of cinema.
Have a look at the directors cut, or the definitive edition.

Kingdom of Heaven was a joke, the main problem with it being Orlando Bloom cast as a great warrior and leader of men. It's like putting Ashton Kutcher in the Arnold Swarzchenegger role in Predator. It's a completely ludicrous proposition.

c - 13

CabbageThing wrote: »

Why has the Robin Hood soundtrack got uillean pipes on it mmmmmmm?
Is that because dare I say it English actually have no culture at all except for WWII and 1966?

Probably the same reason most of the villages had celtic crosses and that in them.

Malmedicine

sickofwaiting wrote: »

Kingdom of Heaven was a joke, the main problem with it being Orlando Bloom cast as a great warrior and leader of men. It's like putting Ashton Kutcher in the Arnold Swarzchenegger role in Predator. It's a completely ludicrous proposition.

Please please please watch the directors cut of the film. It shows a reluctant leader of men, a thinker not a warrior and I think Orlando Bloom is an excellent choice when viewed in this light as opposed the cinematic release which I watched and thought was muck also but my opinion changed on viewing the directors cut!

Hank_Jones

sickofwaiting wrote: »

Kingdom of Heaven was a joke, the main problem with it being Orlando Bloom cast as a great warrior and leader of men. It's like putting Ashton Kutcher in the Arnold Swarzchenegger role in Predator. It's a completely ludicrous proposition.

I thought that he was alright.
Obviously he isn't going to be the most amazing ''action'' hero, but just because you want to go with the conventional Stallone look doesn't mean that someone who isn't a muscle bound freak can't play a role involving weapons.
People just don't have the attention spans to sit down and watch long films any more.

I think it's extremely underrated and that people who don't like it should certainly take a second look.
It has amazing set design and some fantastic aerial shots of battle scenes.
Parts of it really reminded me of Lawrence of Arabia.

indough

he isnt supposed to be an action hero in it anyway, i never understand how people dont get that even from the theatrical cut