This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Other curiosity in my list. Two breakthrough Technicolor movies in a row, both featuring Olivia de Havilland. Both overblown blockbusters of their day.
This is supposed to be the number one adventure film of all time. I didn't find it that exciting. Certainly there are some amusing action scenes, but form it's reputation I was really expecting to be more surprised.
Maybe I've just been spoiled with so many other retellings of the Robin Hood tale. The Disney version was always one of my favorite Disney animation movies. And Robin Hood: Men in Tights was highly formative to my comedic sense, probably being one of the first PG-13 movies I ever saw (in the theater at least). This film however had all the basic elements, but it felt like they were all mostly empty some how.
Rating: 6/10