{"id":3375,"date":"2018-11-25T15:46:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2018-11-25T15:46:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T15:46:32","slug":"robin-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/robin-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This Robin Hood <\/i>turns the legend on its head. It\u2019s cheesy, trite and not good. Oh, it\u2019s packed with action, and loaded with A-list actors, but\u00a0 <\/span>sometimes you\u2019ll find yourself guffawing at silly sayings that might be\u00a0 <\/span>intentionally campy or maybe just ludicrous.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Otto Bathurst directed this tale of handsome, rich Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton). He falls in love with Marian (not called Maid Marian here, played by Eve Newson.) She is stunning with striking ice blue eyes and smiles a lot. Robin\u2019s a rich good guy. He\u2019s drafted to go on the Crusades fighting brutal wars in the Middle East while the evil and greedy Sheriff of Nottingham (an ever sneering Ben Mendelsohn) steals every last piece of gold from the people in the name of Church and State. He also tries to steal every scene wearing a much too contemporary long gray leather coat.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3367″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3366″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3363″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The fight scenes are way too modern as Bathurst tries to make this an updated take on medieval combat. Robin fights Arabian warriors who can sling arrows with assault weapon speed and accuracy. They also have what appears to be a machine gun style arrow launcher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After years of fighting in the desert, Robin realizes the fight is neither holy nor just. His savagely brutal commander Guy of Gisbourne (Paul Anderson) is about to take pleasure in executing the son of the Moorish leader, ( Jamie Foxx.) Robin stands up to him pleading for the boy\u2019s life and fails. That Moorish commander with a dotted tattooed face who sees his son die, eventually becomes Robin\u2019s mentor here called Petit Jean (for Little John which sounds really silly).<\/p>\n

There are so many continuity breaks and plot holes that one wonders if this is a finished script or an earlier draft that was rushed into production. The fact that this is the first feature from writers Ben Chandler and David James Kelly doesn\u2019t excuse some of the glaring lapses in storyline like this one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Robin gets shot with an arrow and seems on the verge of death, but within a minute he\u2019s able to fight and run. Really? And the ludicrous, simplistic line Marian delivers to Robin which is supposed to motivate him to take up the battle against the Sheriff brought laughter. \u201c If not you, who? If not now, when?\u201d Did she look it up in a simple Google search?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3364″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3361″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3365″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Petit Jean teaches Robin new skills with a bow so he, too, can shoot arrows like a machine gun. The fight scenes are bloody and repetitive. The sound department must\u2019ve been busy keeping up with putting in all the arrows hitting their human targets.<\/p>\n

Marian shacked up with Will Scarlet (Jamie Dornan) while Robin was gone those years. His character is a true idealist looking to create a people\u2019s revolution but he\u2019s such an unsavory, depressed and depressing character, we lost interest in him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither campy nor fun, this Robin Hood got lost in the Forest and there\u2019s a good chance you may not see him again.<\/p>\n

Lionsgate\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>1 hour 56 minutes \u00a0 <\/span>PG-13[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tJfDBSWYqU8″ el_width=”80″ align=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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