Hugh Jackman's The Death of Robin Hood ends its run as a massive box office bomb with less than $7 million worldwide against a reported $20 million budget.
There hasn’t been a good Robin Hood movie since Prince of Thieves, and the director straight up gave up trying to get his star to speak with an accent, so he just let Costner speak American. And it was still great (though, I’d say more due to Freeman, Slater, and Rickman, though Costner was no slouch, accent or not). Or you could say Men in Tights, but that was a parody of Prince of Thieves that wouldn’t exist without it.
There was the 2010 Russell Crowe Robin Hood that straight up sucked. The Taron Egerton one was okay, but not great. Other than Prince of Thieves, you have Adventures of Robin Hood which was good, but is a bit dated, and the Disney one, which is a classic as well.
Meanwhile, every Count of Monte Cristo adaptation I’ve seen has been good. Interestingly, my favourite is also by Kevin Reynolds. Even the anime, with its headache-inducing graphics, was pretty good.
Robin Hood is one of those legends that people have heard about, but almost never read the source material. Yet because he’s such a cultural shorthand, Hollywood feels the need to do a “different” spin on it to keep things “fresh”, but really it just muddies the waters on what Robin Hood actually represents. It’s been decades since anyone has even attempted shooting it straight.
No mention of the one we watched heaps as kids, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman. It says its only PG, but i do recall decaying people in cages with their eyes plucked out by crows.
Havent seen it in 20+ years though. Robin Hood (1991)
There hasn’t been a good Robin Hood movie since Prince of Thieves, and the director straight up gave up trying to get his star to speak with an accent, so he just let Costner speak American. And it was still great (though, I’d say more due to Freeman, Slater, and Rickman, though Costner was no slouch, accent or not). Or you could say Men in Tights, but that was a parody of Prince of Thieves that wouldn’t exist without it.
There was the 2010 Russell Crowe Robin Hood that straight up sucked. The Taron Egerton one was okay, but not great. Other than Prince of Thieves, you have Adventures of Robin Hood which was good, but is a bit dated, and the Disney one, which is a classic as well.
Meanwhile, every Count of Monte Cristo adaptation I’ve seen has been good. Interestingly, my favourite is also by Kevin Reynolds. Even the anime, with its headache-inducing graphics, was pretty good.
What can’t they get right about Robin Hood?
Robin Hood is one of those legends that people have heard about, but almost never read the source material. Yet because he’s such a cultural shorthand, Hollywood feels the need to do a “different” spin on it to keep things “fresh”, but really it just muddies the waters on what Robin Hood actually represents. It’s been decades since anyone has even attempted shooting it straight.
No mention of the one we watched heaps as kids, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman. It says its only PG, but i do recall decaying people in cages with their eyes plucked out by crows.
Havent seen it in 20+ years though.
Robin Hood (1991)
I’ve never even heard of that one. It doesn’t sound terrible, sounds like it just came out at the same time as Prince of Thieves and got overshadowed.
Oh absolutely, its usually the case that no one knows it, but me and my siblings watched it loads cos we recorded it off the tv once 🤷♂️
Men in Tights is the best Robin Hood. Prince of Thieves or not.