Robin Hood

Robin Hood 2010

• Director: Ridley Scott
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Max Von Sydow, Oscar Isaac, Mark Strong, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, Mark Addy, Matthew Macfadyen, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Léa Seydoux
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Russell Crowe – Winter’s Tale, Man of Steel, Les Misérables, A Good Year, A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator
• Cate Blanchett – Cinderella, The Hobbit etc, Hanna, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Elizabeth the Golden Age, I’m Not There, Hot Fuzz, Notes on a Scandal, Babel, Little Fish, The Aviator, Coffee & Cigarettes, The Shipping News, The Gift, The Man Who Cried, Elizabeth
• William Hurt – Humans, Winter’s Tale, Into the Wild, A History of Violence, Sunshine, Smoke, The Accidental Tourist
• Max Von Sydow – Star Wars the Force Awakens, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Shutter Island, Awakenings, Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd, Voyage of the Damned, The Exorcist, Utvandrarna, Invandrarna, Nybyggarna, Vargtimmen
• Oscar Isaac – Star Wars the Last Jedi, X Men Apocalypse, Star Wars the Force Awakens, Ex Machina, Inside Llewyn Davis
• Mark Strong – Before I Go to Sleep, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes, Young Victoria, Stardust, Sunshine, Sunshine (the other one), Fever Pitch
• Danny Huston - Wonder Woman, Children of Men, The Constant Gardener, The Aviator, 21 Grams
• Eileen Atkins – Vicious, Beautiful Creatures, Last Chance Harvey, Cold Mountain, The Hours, Gosford Park, David Copperfield, Titus Andronicus, The Dresser
• Mark Addy - Doctor Who, A Knight’s Tale, The Full Monty
• Matthew Macfadyen – The Pillars of the Earth, Frost/Nixon, Pride and Prejudice
• Léa Seydoux - Spectre
• Why?  Came in a box with Gladiator
• Seen:  Once before. Now 24 November 2019 

Robin Hood before he was Robin Hood. Good idea. It should have been a good film with that director and that cast. Frankly, it’s boring. It’s all muddled with lots of intrigues and nasty villains. I am really not entertained by long and bloody battle scenes. The good parts are few and far between in this far too long film. Shorter would have helped.

Not Ridley Scott’s finest, nor the cast’s.

2 * of 5

PS If you’re interested in King John, read Shakespeare’s version. If you have the impression that Richard Lionheart was an admirable king, read The Wrathful Traveller – The Merlin Chronicles Volume 2 by Rhuddem Gwelin https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wrathful-Traveller-Merlin-Chronicles/dp/9188713369/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+wrathful+traveller&qid=1574689337&s=books&sr=1-1. You might change your mind.