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Robin Hood directors cut - superb on bluray

posted 11 years ago by Quest_Shield
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Like a lot of Sir Ridleys epics there's a directors cut and that's the one I watched. Straight from the off the stunning video and audio was apparent, like Kingdom of Heaven and Gladiator before it, it's pure demo material. The exceptionally immersive DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track ensured that waves lashed at you from all sides, and arrows whistled there way across the living room. Muscular LFE abounds with this movie. A very original prequel of sorts to the Robin Hood legend, I think it's a beautiful looking and sounding medieval world, and would love to see a sequel. 8/10

[–] BlackOoze 10 years ago

I had the director's cut on BR, but ended up watching my digital copy on iPad. The digital copy was the theatrical release version. I had mixed feeling about it. I decided to watch the DC version this weekend and it was awesome! I also recommend watching this after Kingdom of Heaven. It's like Scott's version of history.

[–] syntinen 10 years ago

Yes, it is, but the problem with Ridley Scott's version of medieval history is that it's deeply tendentious cr*p. it would be fine if he set these films in a outright fantasy universe; but he didn't, and for deliberate historical disinformation they're right up there with Braveheart.

[–] silverwhistle 10 years ago

It's like Scott's version of history.

Which is on a par with Walter Scott's and bears no resemblance to reality other than some character-names.

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