Robin Hood once more

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/may/11/robin-hood-cannes-film-review

The Cannes Film Festival opener of this year is the film ‘Robin Hood’. The story has been told many times before, which is the reason that director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland have chosen a different approach to the story. Instead of the usual Sherwood-forest-tale, the story takes place years before that, and ends when the normal story begins. The events that happened before are cleverly linked. Robin Longstride is a peasant archer in the army of King Richard Lionheart, who returns from the crusade, but dies in France. Robin takes the place of a noblemen called Robin of Loxley. In this combined role of noblemen and peasant he can be a member of both classes at the same time. Robin has to fight King John, his vicious captain, conspirators, and the French. Meanwhile he also gives a speech promoting something like the Magna Carta and obviously, he has to save Marian. Both Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett are excellent in their roles of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. This is without a doubt a good film.


I have seen both the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves , the parody Robin Hood: Men in Tights and the recent BBC series and are therefore familiar with the story. At first (after seeing the commercial) I decided this film was not worth seeing because it looked too large-scaled, more of a media hype than a good movie. After reading the article, however, I have to change my opinion. I always wondered about the events that happened before Sherwood, and according to the reviewer, they are clearly linked. Every actor and actress give a different interpretation of the characters of Robin and Marian, and I am eager to see what Crowe and Blanchett made of them, more so because they both have an good reputation (on film domain). Robin Hood is a typical British symbol, known worldwide for his inspiring ideals. The film will be two hours of not worrying about the ‘real world’ and I will definitely go and see it.