I'm sure this was great back in the day but today it is just fine.
Fun movie to watch, great humor.
Quite silly fun. Errol Flynn continues to grate on my nerves--he thinks he's more charming than he is, and he's incapable of wiping that smirk off his face. Still, it's easy to overlook the overacting and the poor swordfights and just bask in the Technicolor spectacle of it all.
"Welcome to Sherwood, my lady!"
The Adventures of Robin Hood is such a fun film. The colors, the fighting set pieces, the adventure, the archery tournament, Errol Flynn rocks being Sir Robin, Claude Rains is always a highlight, the humor is fun too and I just loved the ending.
Never really seen any of the early Hollywood adventure movies and haven't seen any other work with Errol Flynn in it, but that door is opened now and he's on my radar!
So yeah anyway, if you are up for some fun, watch this one!
Rather childish overall, and mostly harmless…
I’ve seen this movie many times. I must say it has only aged like fine wine and I enjoyed it this last time more than ever!
if you like classic adventure romance thriller movies, than this one is for you.
I do wish they’d remaster it in 4K and even maybe color correct and refine it a bit.
Despite being a household name, Robin Hood is one figure with whom I'm not all that familiar. Sure, I read the original Howard Pyle book...but that was all the way back when I was in elementary school. The only flicks I've seen before that relate to the legends are Prince of Thieves (rather violent, in my opinion), Men in Tights (hilarious, though I only saw the edited for TV version; I don't want to see the uncensored one), and the Wonderful World of Disney telefilm _Princess of Thieves (starring Keira Knightley as the super-capable daughter of Robin; need I say more?). All those I saw well over a decade ago, so, this was a bit of a reintroduction to the characters and story.
So, how was the movie? It definitely had a lot of old-school charm going for it. Robin and Marian were likable, not to mention a cute couple. The villains were appropriately despicable. Though there was a lot of action--Robin was a thief, after all--the violence was completely free of blood or gore, and the fight sequences were spot-on. True to classic film style, this flick was completely free from profanity, and it also respectfully portrays the Christian elements of the legend.
The only annoyance I had with the movie was that, a few times, they tell you what happened via onscreen text instead of actually showing it. While I understand having words like that at the start--Star Wars, anyone?--to have it happen more than once is a bit annoying; why not just show us the events? Still, that's a minor complaint. Maybe I should check out more old-school flicks like this.
Although the years are noticeable, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains are still fine
Good movie, sword fights were not Game Of Thrones but it was entertaining. Did not like the eating scenes with those big pieces of meat and legs.... kind of grossed me out but that’s just me. Nice ending.
Shout by mike_eBlockedParent2012-12-08T23:02:27Z
yay, technicolor!