Robin Hood

[nite-owl]

That's an interesting idea. I guess we'll have to wait and see what this Robin Hood turns out to be.

I just hope that the film turns out to be truly epic. There aren't many directors that can trult do that; Scott being one of the few. Unfortunately, I worry that he may have lost his touch (Kingdom of Heaven sucked). Plus, even if the film is fantastic, there will still be the complaints of "Robin Hood, again?

Have you seen the director cut of KOH it's a lot better the than the theatrical cut.

 

[Matt]

Sigh, does anyone else remember when this movie was about a Javert-esque portrayal of the Sheriff? I used to be so stoked for this movie. Now, I dunno...I'm just not up for another re-telling of the Robin Hood mythoes from the same perspective.

 

[dark_b]

yeah makin it different would at least be interesting. but the same old story?

 

[victor hugo]

Sigh, does anyone else remember when this movie was about a Javert-esque portrayal of the Sheriff? I used to be so stoked for this movie. Now, I dunno...I'm just not up for another re-telling of the Robin Hood mythoes from the same perspective.

javert esq? right on. yeah it sounded like a very interesting take. now it just sounds like another retread.

meh. im sure i will still see it.

 

[regwec]

Every telling of Robin Hood's story for the last 600 years at least has been a retread. That doesn't stop intelligent retreads from being entertainment. I trust Ridley Scott on this; I don't think he would bother to make the movie if he didn't have something new to do with it.

 

[victor hugo]

i hope you are right.

 

[That-Guy]

Have you seen the director cut of KOH it's a lot better the than the theatrical cut.

No, I suppose I should. I just have a problem taking Orlando Bloom seriously as a leader. He works okay as an Elven foot soldier, but from what I saw in KOH, I thought the same thing I did when I watched Pirates of the Carribbean: "Would you follow this guy? I know I wouldn't."

 

[Galactus]

Crowe Gives First "Robin Hood" Interview
By Garth Franklin Friday June 5th 2009 08:24AM
Alan Jones, Australian radio's nearest equivalent to Rush Limbaugh, talked with Russell Crowe on the Gilford-based "Robin Hood" set this week and a ten-minute audio excerpt is up at Live News.

There's some interesting new information nevertheless that Jones relays in the broadcast. Ridley Scott's set for example uses crops, buildings and infrastructure made not just of material of the 11th century period but assembled, constructed and grown in the same way.

An amused Crowe says he was shooting a scene where "the evil Sir Godfrey has put all the good people of Nottingham inside the corn exchange, boarded up the doors and set it aflame. We [Robin & the Merry Men] are come back from a meeting of the Northern barons because I think rebellion is in the air [laughs], we find this situation and have to chase Sir Godfrey off".

Don't expect things to be too sanitized either. In the battle swept by dust and fire, Crowe's Hood is "chopping one guy through the chest through his crossbow, hacking another guy through the back, spinning the horse, telling Little John to duck cause he's about to get a pike in the back of the neck, burying my sword in that man's chest, turning then to find another pike man coming at me, taking the pike off him, using that to uppercut another soldier, then actually throwing it through the chest of another guy" says Crowe. There's also a man-made bog which Robin has to save Maid Marian (Cate Blanchett) from.

Shooting on the 200-acre lot in the Surrey area, complete with French castle, will soon move to the west coast of Wales for several weeks of shooting scenes on the beaches there

 

[regwec]

Rebelling Northern barons? This sounds like it is set before 1087. Odd.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Rebelling Northern barons? This sounds like it is set before 1087. Odd.

They could be doing a bit of a mix and mash. Certainly wouldn't be the first time a movie has adjusted things to spice things up.

 

[That-Guy]

Yeah, that does sound odd... but either way, that sequence he described sounds pretty awesome.

 

[Wiseman]

Russel Crowe has worked with director Ridley Scott 4 times already, but things are not going so well on the set of their untitled Robin Hood project. “The producers had to fly to London because Russell and Ridley won’t talk to each other. Every time they stop filming, it costs the production millions of dollars.” The movie has a budget of 175m already but it will likely go way over that. Which is all you need to know about Hollywood. Filming 90 minutes of guys in the woods with bows and arrows made of sticks can somehow cost more than a 6 month vacation on the moon.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06092009/gossip/pagesix/crowe__scott_in_new_flare_up_173235.htm

 

[BestGirl]

^This movie's shaping up to be a disaster.

 

[The Guard]

$175 million?

Whoa.

 

[SatEL]

$175 million?

Whoa.

LMAO good luck making a decent profit with that kind of budget for a movie like this.

 

[Octoberist]

this is what you get when you do rewrites everyday on the set. So the script was NEVER ready and this happens.

 

[Figs]

this is what you get when you do rewrites everyday on the set. So the script was NEVER ready and this happens.

Sad thing is, is that some people will still defend the fact that a tiny handfull of films had that happen to them and still came out great. The thing is a small handfull doesn't meant **** compared to a huge number of films that started filming before they had their crap together.

Truth of the matter is, I've said it before and I'll say it again, when you start making a film and the script isn't fully done that's a big sign of fail in the future. Some rewrites are ok but if it's true that they are having rewrites almost every day...that's horrible.

 

[Octoberist]

yeah, the ratio of good movies that had constant rewrites on set is so small.
Gladiator had constant rewrites but to me, it was just a happy accident. It just worked as a movie, you know, but it doesn't mean that same formula will work again.

Yeah, when you hire a separate writer to come in ONLY for the on-set rewrites, it's a sign of trouble. No matter if the writer is good or not.

 

[Octoberist]

yeah, the ratio of good movies that had constant rewrites on set is so small.
Gladiator had constant rewrites but to me, it was just a happy accident. It just worked as a movie, you know, but it doesn't mean that same formula will work again.

Yeah, when you hire a separate writer to come in ONLY for the on-set rewrites, it's a sign of trouble. No matter if the writer is good or not.

 

[DarkKnight88]

But that's the thing... Gladiator DID work with constant re-writes on set. And it had the SAME director and lead actor. So it's very surprising to hear this... especially after they've worked together on FOUR previous movies. I think the media is blowing this up to be bigger than it is. Fights always happen on set. It'd be like hearing that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton or Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are fed up with each other.

 

[BestGirl]

this is what you get when you do rewrites everyday on the set. So the script was NEVER ready and this happens.

I really can't understand why they would start filming if the script wasn't finished.

But that's the thing... Gladiator DID work with constant re-writes on set. And it had the SAME director and lead actor. So it's very surprising to hear this... especially after they've worked together on FOUR previous movies. I think the media is blowing this up to be bigger than it is. Fights always happen on set. It'd be like hearing that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton or Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are fed up with each other.

Just because they pulled it off once time doesn't mean it will happen again. That's a dangerous way to make a movie.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Just because they pulled it off once time doesn't mean it will happen again. That's a dangerous way to make a movie.

Yes, but VERY common on a big blockbuster. In fact, it's probably more rare for big budget films to stick completely to the script than not.

 

[Octoberist]

you don't understand Robin Hood's situation then.

They're not even using the screenwriters who wrote the shooting draft. They got a completely different (and talented) playwrite to help rewrite the dialog on the set, so it's a rewrite on the go. So that is NOT common.

 

[Watson]

This could end up being Scott's "Man of La Mancha" (sp?)

 

[DarkKnight88]

They're not even using the screenwriters who wrote the shooting draft. They got a completely different (and talented) playwrite to help rewrite the dialog on the set, so it's a rewrite on the go. So that is NOT common.

Yes it is. As bad as it is.. it happens on MANY blockbusters. Which explains the wide range in quality. But a lot of the time, they throw the script out and make it up as they go along on a lot of big films thanks to producers.