I hear you. Even his speech at the end--something to the effect of, "If a Moor can fight for Robin and justice, why can't you?" was laughable and groan-inducing to me.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:31:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Scott and Crowe Back Again for Robin Hood Keith, as much as I love Morgan Freeman as an actor, I deny the existence of that version of the movie. I was given it as a Christmas gift the holiday after the movie came out, and I donated my copy to the library. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:15:36 +0000 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Scott and Crowe Back Again for Robin Hood Yeah, the Errol Flynn version is full of men laughing merrily, but that's the main vision of Robin throughout the ages. I liked the Patrick Bergan/Uma Thurman version as it was less...colorful. But Costner's? Dude that was dreck! His accent kept fading in and out, for some reason Freeman's character shoehorned in irritated me (and i typically love it when people add people of color to a story like that), and it was just weak. But as you say, some people might like it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:15:23 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Scott and Crowe Back Again for Robin Hood One man's junk is another man's treasure. I love Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" with Morgan Freeman as Azeem, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Maid Marian, Christian Slater as Will Scarlet and Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Frankly, I am not a fan of the Robin Hood genre, in general, as most of them have been a little too "merry" for my my tastes. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Man, this is wild. When seeing "It's Complicated" the other day (for the > wife, you know), i was treated to a trailer for a new film treatment of the > Robin Hood mythos. I sat up in my seat in anticipation--I love Robin Hood, > King Arthur, and all that stuff--and was a bit surprised to see the Robin of > Loxley portrayed by none other than Russell Crowe! Seeing Crowe stalk across > the screen in this obviously darker, more violent, and more militaristic > treatment, i turned to my wife and said, "Wow! That is the biggest-a$$, > buffest Robin I've ever seen!" > Interviews I've read with Crowe say this is a "reimagining" of Robin, > focusing more on the soldier who's fought bitterly in the Crusades, who comes > home, weary, to fight further injustice. Used to more lithe, agile, and > lighthearted Robins, I was intrigued by this treatment. Crowe's bringing that > furrowed brow, that worn, barely coiled anger so familar from "Gladiator" to > this role. Obviously this hulking Prince of Thieves won't be swinging much > from slender ropes in the forest of Sherwood! And obviously the Merry Men > won't be standing around in garishly bright pastel colors, laughing joyfully > and chowing down on stag legs. This thing is pretty intense. My fav Robin > movie of recent times has been the smart version with Patrick Bergman and Uma > Thurman, which was a nice companion to Errol Flynn's funfest. Forget > Costner's junk. > Maybe this one can add an interesting new twist to the legend? > > http://www.robinhoodthemovie.com/ > http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/robinhood/ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
