Robin Hood

[Jake Cassidy]

IMO the best Robin Hood will always be Errol Flynn.

Cary Elwes. 'Men In Tights' is the greatest Robin Hood movie ever. t:

What's funny is that Elwes is the only actor to play Robin on the big screen that was actually born in England. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

 

[That-Guy]

Cary Elwes. 'Men In Tights' is the greatest Robin Hood movie ever. t:

What's funny is that Elwes is the only actor to play Robin on the big screen that was actually born in England. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

The sad thing is, Elwes WOULD have made an awesome Robin Hood in a serious film. Swap Costner for Elwes in Prince of Thieves and give Little John more screentime (and remove Azeem and the witch... those characters were unnecessary), and you'd have a damn near perfect Robin Hood movie.

 

[BestGirl]

i don't that they are downplaying the role of the Sheriff in this version. Supposedly.

Do you mean that they're downplaying him in favor of Prince John? I feel like I saw quite a bit of John in the teaser and trailer, though maybe that wasn't him.

 

[Octoberist]

From what I know, the Sheriff has a minor role. Prince John to me has always been the main antagonist, but the Sheriff was his right hand man.

Instead, Sir Godfrey is Prince John's right hand man in Ridley's version, a made-up character, I reckon. I just don't understand the creative changes that were made.

 

[BestGirl]

From what I know, the Sheriff has a minor role. Prince John to me has always been the main antagonist, but the Sheriff was his right hand man.

Instead, Sir Godfrey is Prince John's right hand man in Ridley's version, a made-up character, I reckon. I just don't understand the creative changes that were made.

That is odd. Perhaps he's a version of Guy of Gisbourne, but then why change his name to Godfrey?

 

[Octoberist]

I don't know if this spoilers, here I go:

From what I've read, Godfrey is somewhat based on a number of different characters, including Guy of Gisbourne. But instead of using Guy or Sheriff, they opted to create a new character. But it's so strange..why do that?

The Sherriff is more like a catalyst that starts Robin's mission to help England, from what I heard from previous rumors and articles.

 

[Figs]

I'm still up in the air with this film. The trailer didn't do anything for me so I think I'll wait for some fan and critic reviews first.

 

[That-Guy]

Yeah, I don't understand the Godfrey/Guy thing. Apparently Mark Strong said in an interview that he was going to be Guy of Gisbourne but then they changed his name to Godfrey since they opted to make him the right-hand-man to Prince John.

Which really is silly because that's what Guy of Gisbourne was in the Errol Flynn version. I know that wasn't what the character was according to legend (he was a mercenary, I think), but I mean, why not just use the name anyway? Seems kind of pointless to me to change it to someone new.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

I'm not sure if this movie will be a big hit if this is released in the summer. Seems more like a winter film IMO

 

[Batspider77]

First Review-sort off

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43779

 

[Octoberist]

at least they mentioned the Sheriff. However, the reviewer could be confusing him for Godfrey. I hope not...unless Godfrey..is actually his real name and there's multiple Sherrifs.

 

[Hunter Rider]

SuperBowl Spot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drVmmo9C54

 

[Kane52630]

SuperBowl Spot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drVmmo9C54

hurm, it seems like its a film ive seen many many times before, but we'll see

 

[nite-owl]

I like that Russell Crowe is using an Yorkshire accent.

 

[dark_b]

this will bomb so hard IMO. so hard

 

[That-Guy]

This new spot confuses me. They seem to be implying that the film is some sort of origin/backstory of Robin Hood, but as far as I can tell, it just looks like mostly the same old story we're familiar with. I don't know.

 

[That-Guy]

hurm, it seems like its a film ive seen many many times before, but we'll see

ROBIN HOOD FILMS



Adventures of Robin Hood. Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone and Olivia De Havilland. Warner Bros., 1938.

Adventures of Robin Hood. Dir. Bernard Knowles, Lindsay Anderson, Ralph Smart, Terry Bishop. With Richard Greene. CBS, 1955-1958. (143 episodes.)

Bandits of Sherwood Forest. Dir. George Sherman and Henry Levin. With Cornel Wilde and Anita Louise. Columbia, 1947.

A Challenge for Robin Hood. Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards. With Barrie Ingham and James Hayter. Seven Arts-Hammer, 1967. (British; distributed in U.S. by Fox.)

Ivanhoe. Dir. Herbert Brenon. Independent Moving Pictures, 1913. (British; silent.)

Ivanhoe. Dir. Richard Thorpe. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. (British.)

Long Live Robin Hood. Dir. George Ferron. With Mark Damon and Louis Davilla. Edde Entertainment, 1993.

Men of Sherwood Forest. Dir. Val Guest. With Don Taylor and Eileen Moore. Astor, 1954.

The Prince of Thieves. Dir. Philip Ford. With Monte Hall. Republic, 1949.

Robin and Marian. Dir. Richard Lester. With Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Columbia Studios, 1976.

Robin and the Seven Hoods. Dir. Gordon Douglas. With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Bing Crosby. Warner Bros., 1964.

Robin Hood. Dir. Theodore Marston. Mutual Film Corp., 1913. (Silent.)

Robin Hood. Dir. Allan Dwan. With Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery. United Artists, 1922.

Robin Hood. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman. Disney, 1973. (Animated.)

Robin Hood. Dir. John Irvin. With Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman. Fox, 1991.

Robin Hood and the Pirates. Dir. Giorgio Simoneli. With Lex Barker. (Italy, 1961.) (Dubbed.)

Robin Hood Jr. Dir. Frankie Lee. Export & Import Film Co., Inc., 1923. (Silent.)

Robin Hood Jr. Dir. Matt McCarthy. With Keith Chegwin and Mandy Tulloch. Brocket, 1975. (British.)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Dir. Mel Brooks. With Cary Elwes, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Lewis, Tracey Ullman, and Mel Brooks. Brooksfilms, 1993.

Robin Hood of Monterey. Dir. Christy Cabanne. With Gilbert Roland. Monogram Pictures Corp., 1947.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Dir. Kevin Reynolds. With Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman and Mary-Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Morgan Creek Productions, Inc., 1991.

Robin Hood and the Sorcerer. Dir. Ian Sharp. Goldcrest Films and Television Productions, 1983.

Rogues of Sherwood Forest. Dir. Gordon Douglas. With John Derek and Diana Lynn. Columbia, 1950.

The Story of Robin Hood. Dir. Richard Todd and Joan Rice. RKO- Disney, 1952. (British title The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men.)

Son of Robin Hood. Dir. George Sherman. With David Hedison and June Laverick. Argo, 1958. (British; described by Dobson and Taylor as "the most curious of all films on the subject...in which the outlaw hero becomes a heroine, Robina Hood.")

Sword of Sherwood Forest. Dir. Terence Fisher. With Richard Greene and Peter cushing. Hammer Film Productions, 1960. (British; distributed in the U.S. by Columbia.)

Tales of Robin Hood. Dir. James Tinling. With Robert Clarke and Mary Hatcher. Lippert Pictures, 1951.

Time Bandits. Dir. Terry Gilliam. With John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, and Michael Palin. Handmade Films, 1981.

When Things Were Rotten. Written and produced by Mel Brooks. Dir. Jerry Paris and Marty Feldman. ABC. 1975. (13 episodes.)

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood. Dir. Ray Austin. With George Segal, Morgan Fairchild, and Roddy McDowall. Bobka Production/Fries Entertainment, 1988.

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[Texas Zombie]

That lion will always get wrecked by that fox.

Looks good, like robin hood, done gladiator style, and yes I do know who directed it.

 

[Kane52630]

i know that That-Guy, i meant how it looks

 

[Bunker]

It looks like Gladiator 2. Duh.

 

[That-Guy]

i know that That-Guy, i meant how it looks

I know dude, I was just joking. But yeah, a lot of the actual film does look familiar. I guess it's because Crowe pretty much looks like he did in Gladiator and a lot of the other scenes are reminiscent of other films.

Foggy battle scenes in the forest: Lord of the Rings

Beach battle: Troy

Storming the castle: every medieval adventure movie ever made

 

[TheVileOne]

I got to be honest, it doesn't look like anything special.

This script when it was originally going around town, it was called NOTTINGHAM, and I think the twist was that the Sheriff of Nottingham was supposed to be like the good guy or the protagonist and I think he ultimately teams up with Robin Hood at the end.

Now it just looks like the same stuff we've seen before. I don't get the marketing at all. BEFORE SHERWOOD FOREST, what does that mean? Is this supposed to be like a CASINO ROYALE type of Robin Hood forest? It doesn't look like some sort of origin story. Especially not when you have a guy pushing 50 as Robin Hood.

 

[BestGirl]

I got to be honest, it doesn't look like anything special.

This script when it was originally going around town, it was called NOTTINGHAM, and I think the twist was that the Sheriff of Nottingham was supposed to be like the good guy or the protagonist and I think he ultimately teams up with Robin Hood at the end.

That was the movie I was excited to see. I think Robin was described as being some kind of "terrorist", at least in the authorities' eyes, anyway. I was very disappointed to learn we'd be getting a run-of-the-mill RH movie instead.

Now it just looks like the same stuff we've seen before. I don't get the marketing at all. BEFORE SHERWOOD FOREST, what does that mean? Is this supposed to be like a CASINO ROYALE type of Robin Hood forest? It doesn't look like some sort of origin story. Especially not when you have a guy pushing 50 as Robin Hood.

Yes, it's supposed to be an origin movie, and I have no idea why such old actors were cast in that case. I don't know how Blanchett is even going to play "Maid" Marian, as she was 40 when the movie was filmed.

 

[Prison Mike]

I liked the tv spot. I know the film looks a lot like Gladiator, but I loved that movie so I'm looking forward to this.

 

[bunk]

this will bomb so hard IMO. so hard

It does seem possible. Especially if there's something great playing at the same time.