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Originally Posted by KellyC
Robin Hood - 4/10
NOT what I expected. Detracted from popular legend that made Robin Hood cool. Really, really slow pacing and a bunch of other stuff that I won't bother get into. The only thing they got right was King John was still a major douche. But I hear this film is the first of a series, in which case, it would make a lot of sense.
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I give it 8/10.
I liked the reimagination. I always found the "popular legend" of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men too heavily romanticized - I feel the same about many Victorian-era movies.
I also didn't find it slow - the exposition was well timed, and well executed. Sorry, but comparing it to movies like Clash of the Titans, which skipped character development and plot exposition entirely, just to give you a 90min formula action flick, to be a complete waste of time. I reckon Scott timed it this perfectly at 140mins.
And John is not the only thing they got right. Excellent acting throughout, a great "new" villian in Godfrey (Mark Strong ftw), some great vistas, and nice taut battle scenes made this a good movie for me.