Ridley Scott's take on the Robin Hood legend came out recently and it's not too bad.
First issue I'll deal with is Russell Crowe. You've probably heard some things about his ever changing accent and you'd be right. It's not consistant, however the parts where he's inconsistant aren't really too noticeable as you're often focusing on what is said rather than how.
Now that's dealt with, it's a decent enough film. Lots of action, a somewhat interesting plot even if it doesn't really hold any suprises after about half way through and barrels on nicely to the film's conclusion.
The film deals with Robin Longstride (note: not Loxley) and how he becomes Robin Hood, rather than his adventures as Hood. I could talk about the plot but it will spoil it so I'm not.
There are a couple of things which did annoy me though. Glassware was a small one. The seriously small size of the armies being another, massing to perhaps a few hundred on each side, nothing more. Then there's also the apparent speed of horses. I wasn't aware that a horse and rider in chainmail could make it down from South Yorkshire / Nottinghamshire to the cliffs of Dover in the time it takes for a sailboat to cross the channel from France.
The big one though is the "landing craft". Ridley Scott obviously loves Saving Private Ryan, as the boats are simply wooden versions of the WWII American landing craft. You half expect a machine gun to open up at one point and it really does make you laugh at how rediculous it is.
If you ignore those gaffs though, it's an enjoyable action film with some rather nice cinematography and a decent enough plot. Lots of politcal intrugue storywise for what I did expect to be a simple action plot.
It's worth seeing at the cinema if you can get a discount (ie, Orange Wednesdays).
:starfull::starfull::starfull::starfull::starfull::starfull::starempty::starempty::starempty: 7/10(There's going to be spelling and grammar mistakes in this post, I'm tired and will edit it later).
