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Although Ridley Scott is rarely favored by the critics, he is one of my favorite filmmakers. Few directors today can bring a story and character(s) to life as well as he does, even though the studios often try to murder his work. In the case of ROBIN HOOD, he takes a totally different approach than other Robin Hood filmmakers, and concentrates instead on how a common archer ( Robin Longstride ), in Richard The Lionheart's army, returns to England and, through a series of events leading to a terrible injustice, becomes the outlaw Robin Hood.
I didn't see this in the theater and chose to watch the director's cut on Blu-ray, which adds about 15 minutes to the film. I'll watch the theatrical cut someday just to see where the addidional minutes come into play. I can only say that the Director's Cut of this film absolutely blew me away. The story hooked me from the beginning and held me to the end. The chemistry between Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett was great, the characters, the settings and the battle scenes were all more than believable, in fact they made you feel like you were there, participating as events unfolded.
Don't bother if you are expecting an Errol Flynn/Kevin Costner type Robin Hood movie. This is a totally different approach. If you wanted to believe there really may have been a Robin Hood, but had some doubts, you will finish watching this film with the firm belief that he really did exist, and you just spent 2 hours and 36 minutes with him.
A huge :T
I didn't see this in the theater and chose to watch the director's cut on Blu-ray, which adds about 15 minutes to the film. I'll watch the theatrical cut someday just to see where the addidional minutes come into play. I can only say that the Director's Cut of this film absolutely blew me away. The story hooked me from the beginning and held me to the end. The chemistry between Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett was great, the characters, the settings and the battle scenes were all more than believable, in fact they made you feel like you were there, participating as events unfolded.
Don't bother if you are expecting an Errol Flynn/Kevin Costner type Robin Hood movie. This is a totally different approach. If you wanted to believe there really may have been a Robin Hood, but had some doubts, you will finish watching this film with the firm belief that he really did exist, and you just spent 2 hours and 36 minutes with him.
A huge :T
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