This could have been an excellent version, but dear God Kevin Costner just makes me cringe. He's so awful in it and everyone else is so good it just amplifies what a total stiff he is. Also suffers from a tone problem, you can't alternate between brutal violence and then goofy comedic lines, just doesn't work. So when all is said and done it's your basic 6/10 among all films, but below average compared to films I actually pay to watch.
shareCostner belongs in a Robin Hood film about as much as Alan Rickman does in a baseball movie, but nearly a quarter of a century later people are still talking about Prince of Thieves and Hollywood has yet to make a Robin Hood film since that has captured people's imagination the way this one did in the Summer of '91.
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You're forgetting 1993's Men in Tights!
shareCostner is certainly the weakest link. He doesn't have to be Errol Flynn, but Robin Hood is a role that requires a certain degree of charisma, zest, and sexual appeal that Costner just doesn't bring. He barely even registers. I feel like they were aiming for the same balance of blustering villainy and laconic heroism that had becomes popular after Batman and Dick Tracy, but the central character just wasn't thought through very carefully this time. Oddly enough I think the movie works in spite of him, and I didn't have as much of a problem with the tonal shifts as you did. It's not really a film made for a family audience and I admire the attempt to make a more authentically grimy medieval Robin Hood.
that has captured people's imagination the way this one did in the Summer of '91.
The third highest grossing film of 1991, yet you claim ... (
Costner)barely even registersand
It wasn't really a beloved film ...LOL! Not just a fuzzy navel, but a fuzzy head as well! People loved the movie and Kevin Costner in the title role. Money does talk.🐭 share
Nick Brimble as Little John looked like a nice troll in a children's program with that silly smile. He was worst.
shareHis acting is wooden, his (lack) of accent horrendous and it seems like he doesn't feel comfortable in this movie.
I think a combination of brutal violence and goofy comedic lines can work just fine, but the funny scenes just seem kind of out of place because of the camera work and their higher entertainment value. Any serious/romantic scene just seems to fall flat
You're all wrong. Costner is fine! Then again I grew up watching this film so maybe I'm just biased.
shareGive it a try
shareTrue, but I like this movie anyway.
Because it's the film that introduced me and the rest of the world to the wonder that was Alan Rickman!
Really, it's a pretty good film if you just ignore Costner.. And whatshername.