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stray
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Been looking forward to a more rogue-ish/criminal Robin Hood story like this.
I have nothing against the swashbuckling Errol Flynn type either.. someone should remake something like that too.
I have no idea where the Kevin Costner version falls. Bland, I guess. That just sucked.
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K9
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Bland would be the word to describe Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. The Disney cartoon version of Robin Hood is still my favourite version, followed by Robin Hood: Men in Tights. It's a great story and if those two can capture the spirit that they put into Gladiator then this could be a really awesome film.
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Men in Tights is indeed awesome. Never get tired of it.  |
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I dunno, prince of thieves was ok and how can you forget rickman?
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Prince of Thieves was excellent for it's time. I don't think it aged well though.
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Hmm, I haven't seen it in forever so I can't really say, but it was one of my favorite movies as a kid.
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I want this to be good, but that was the most worthless trailer I've ever seen. Also, Crowe is getting a bit old for action flicks. I don't want to see a Robin Hood film that reminds me of Rocky 8.
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Yeah, I saw the trailer at work last week and it looked more like a teaser for Kingdom of Heaven II than it did a Robin Hood movie. Still looking forward to it though.
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Rocky 8 was the best Rocky in quite awhile, I thought. Geezer action is cool shit. Example: Die Hard With a Vengeance. [edit] Wait, I think Rocky Balboa was Rocky "7" [edit2] Bah! Live Free or Die Hard, I mean. |
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Oh wtf... how many robin hood movies does hollywood need ffs?  |
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 Also: Rocky 8 was the best Rocky in quite awhile, I thought. Geezer action is cool shit. Example: Die Hard With a Vengeance. [edit] Wait, I think Rocky Balboa was Rocky "7" [edit2] Bah! Live Free or Die Hard, I mean. I loved the first 3 Die Hard's very much. I couldn't fucking stand Die Hard With a Vengeance. But thats another discussion I guess!  |
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I thought 3 was the weakest. How can you not love a flying a car into a helicopter. That was badass. But yeah, derail |
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Gladiator in the Woods is going to be amazing.
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The only thing wrong with Robin Hood prince of thieves was Kevin Costner. Everything else about it rocked.
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I guess I'll rewatch someday. Kind of strange to say it rocked if the Robin Hood character sucked though. I mean, what the hell else is there? Maid Marion?
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I think that was his way of saying the whole thing was terrible.
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Come on, Errol Flynn, people.
I thought the Patrick Bergin one wasn't entirely bad.
Costner is such a drag on Prince of Thieves that no real pleasure can emerge from his event horizon.
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I liked the Errol Flynn one solely because they filmed it 20 minutes from where I grew up, in the park we went to constantly as children.
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I want this to be good, but that was the most worthless trailer I've ever seen. Also, Crowe is getting a bit old for action flicks. I don't want to see a Robin Hood film that reminds me of Rocky 8.
There was a longer trailer before Sherlock Holmes last night that sold the film better I thought. This one was the best I could find quickly n youtube |
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I want this to be good, but that was the most worthless trailer I've ever seen. Also, Crowe is getting a bit old for action flicks. I don't want to see a Robin Hood film that reminds me of Rocky 8.
I'm not a big fan of Crowe in general though I tend to like stuff he's in, but Sean Connery points at Entrapment and The Rock and tells you to shut your pie hole. |
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I need to buy that movie. Thanks for the reminder.
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This. Also, the rubber shield flopping about around 30 seconds into the trailer are . |
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I guess I'll rewatch someday. Kind of strange to say it rocked if the Robin Hood character sucked though. I mean, what the hell else is there? Maid Marion?
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That isn't Robin Hood, that is The Pied Piper of Hamlin. Made for tv movie that I loved as a child. Yes I am that old. |
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I guess I'll rewatch someday. Kind of strange to say it rocked if the Robin Hood character sucked though. I mean, what the hell else is there? Maid Marion?
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I remember seeing Prince of Thieves and Kevin Costner goes "Show-Yourself-Child-For-We-Knew-Each-Other-Well." trying to sound all archaic and medieval, and at that point I hated movies forever.
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Yeah, I saw the trailer at work last week and it looked more like a teaser for Kingdom of Heaven II than it did a Robin Hood movie. Still looking forward to it though.
Yeah, this. Or Gladiator 2. Sometimes directors fall in love with visual metaphors (Woo with his goddamn doves) and play it too much. Scott is getting like that with the wolves. I'll likely see this, but I feel like I've already seen it before. Also, Prince of Thieves sucked dead monkey balls through a straw. |
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I am a Robin Hood freak. I'd say the Flynn version is my favorite, followed by the Pagan Robin of Sherwood series--at least the first two seasons. After that, I'm very fond of the 91 Patrick Bergin/Uma Thurmond one that sort of got lost because Prince of Thieves, which oddly I've never seen, came out the same year. I loathe Men In Tights. I think the best Robin Hood themed film, though not properly the Robin Hood story, is Robin and Marian with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Never fails to make me cry. This one looks good to me. I like dark Robins and I think it's a good direction. And, as above, my favorite Robin is an older one. |
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I loathe Men In Tights.
Then don't ever watch Prince of Thieves, because MIT borrowed heavily from it for a lot of the jokes. Also, your comedy sense is broken. |
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I'll never understand the appeal of Uma Thurmond. I suppose she's a fine actress as far as that goes, but do people find her attractive? I enjoyed Prince of Thieves. Good optimistic/light/fun over the top 80s-style movie even if it was early 90s. I rarely play the purist card though (outside of Star Wars movies  ) so even though he was a middle American contemporary transplant to the middle ages, I could check that part of my brain at the door. Fun cameo at the end too. Men in Tights was a good counterpoint to it too. |
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I'll never understand the appeal of Uma Thurmond. I suppose she's a fine actress as far as that goes, but do people find her attractive? Uma "Thurman".. not to nitpick though. I put her in the category of "preternatural" beauty. Some people are a just a little strange looking, yet good looking. Adrien Brody would be a male example. Just look at the size of that nose! He's so dreamy.  |
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Dammit, I KNEW I shoulda looked that up. Blame Numtini  I like "preternatural beauty" though. |
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