![]() The heart of the director and of the main actor are just not there, and it shows. Even the battle scenes feel boring, predictable, and not spectacular at all. It is almost inevitable to compare this to "Gladiator", because the latter excels at all the points that "Robin Hood" fails at. It is a failed epic, devoid of passion, adventure, or feeling. I was surprised at how boring this movie turned out to be. So Ridley Scott tried to take a new approach on a well-known story, but the results are not impressive. It is by all practical means a "prequel" to the classic legend of Robin Hood. It presents all the known characters, though many of them are vastly underused, and it describes how they came to know each other and become involved in each other's lives. This is rather the (embellished) narration of how Robin Longstride came to be Robin Hood. As it has repeatedly been pointed out, you should not go into this expecting to find one more version of the "prince of thieves" theme. Crowe have beaten the odds before with Gladiator.Technically and aesthetically accomplished, but empty of substance, and full of pretentiousness, this "Robin Hood" is, in my opinion, one absolutely unnecessary revision of the mythical English archer's story. That means Robin Hood may have an uphill battle, but Mr. Robin Hood opens in the wake of Iron Man 2, and the second big movie of the summer often stumbles. Gladiator, though, was the first big movie of its summer. This type of picture tends to appeal mostly to adult men, and the new Robin Hood appears to be on the same tract, unlike the 1991 version's explicit targeting of women (replete with Bryan Adams ballad), emphasizing the Gladiator connection more than anything. King Arthur, an attempt to re-imagine the Camelot legend, disappointed with a $51.9 million gross in 2004, while Kingdom of Heaven followed suit in 2005 with only $47.4 million. Movies set in the Middles Ages, though, frequently struggle at the box office, with the exceptions of Robin Hood 1991 and Braveheart. In its trailer, Robin Hood is sold as a gritty historical epic as if it were Gladiator set in the Middle Ages. Crowe is today, who is coming off of two under-$40 million grossers in State of Play and Body of Lies. Back in 1991, Kevin Costner, fresh off Dances with Wolves, was a bigger draw than Mr. Spoof Robin Hood: Men in Tights aside, the last straightforward, theatrical Robin Hood was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991, which grossed a rousing $165.5 million, or the equivalent of around $290 million adjusted for ticket price inflation. Now they reunite for a re-imagining of one of the most famous characters of all-time, Robin Hood. ![]() Crowe: A Good Year in 2006, American Gangster in 2007 and Body of Lies in 2008. View the Photo Gallery Analysis: Ten years ago, director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe revived the sword-and-sandal epic with Gladiator, which grossed $187.7 million, and Mr. ![]() This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more. ![]() With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Upon Richard's death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion (Oscar winner Cate Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Release Date: May 14 Studio: Universal Genre: Period Adventure Director: Ridley Scott Writer: Brian Helgeland and Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris Cast: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Kevin Durand, Matthew Macfadyen, William Hurt, Max von Sydow Studio Description: Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard's army against the French.
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