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Failing to understand the slight regard for this movie
posted by tmdb67572229STAFFMOD on February 14, 2017 at 12:58 PM
Was it Costner's accent? Ok so it was bad but so was Sean Connery's "Russian" (Ok, "Lithuanian") accent in Red October. I loved this movie. It was light hearted and fun with a great cast. Seriously the late great Alan Rickman totally stole the show with this one. I also adore Michael Wincot as Gisbourne, I love Christian Slater in most anything he's in. Morgan Freeman turns in a good performance here too. There were also great side characters like Duncan and Bull. Seriously, what's not to like about this movie?
Reply by Cheetara
on February 14, 2017 at 1:09 PM
All in all I agree with you, especially as far as the secondary roles are concerned and of course Alan Rickman ruled. He made the film. However, my problem with it (and I saw it that one time when it came out in the cinemas) was Costner himself. Not at all a good fit for Robin.
Reply by AusFem
on February 14, 2017 at 1:18 PM
I loved Kevin Costner in the role... Non accent and all
Reply by NotoriousRio
on February 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM
Costner though a good actor was terribly miscast in this role, the movie itself owes alot to the far superior Robin of Sherwood TV series.
Goofs I remember being picked up upon from the time are, the American accent (Of course!), Nazir - Oh I mean Azeem using a not yet invented telescope and Richard the Lionheart being far too old.
Having said that Alan Rickman was great and the look of the film good but its not a patch on Robin of Sherwood or Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood.
Reply by tmdb23329739
on May 3, 2018 at 7:06 AM
Best Robin Hood movie ever. Period.
Reply by Philippe LeMarchand
on May 3, 2018 at 7:36 AM
Not to mention Robin's trip from Dover to Nottingham via Hadrian's Wall in seemingly under 24 hours on foot.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/England_Regions_map.png/930px-England_Regions_map.png
The White Cliffs are near Dover (bottom right), Hadrian's Wall near the top and Nottingham is close to the centre.
It was entertaining, but I don't think I was ever moved to rewatch it.