Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Published April 11, 2020
Film info
- Title Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Director Kevin Reynolds
- Year 1991
- Run time 2hrs 23m
- Genres Romance, Drama, Action, Adventure
- Tagline Sometimes the only way to uphold justice is to break the law
Screen sensation and Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner is the legendary swashbuckling hero of England's Sherwood Forest who defends the poor and battles Alan Rickman's deliciously evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Academy-Award nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is Robin's fair damsel in distress, and Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater round out the all-star cast in this pumped-up version of the classic adventure tale!
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 5:03 | What can I say, guy knows how to wield a sword. |
| 7:21 | Can you crack a melon on your knee? |
| 9:00 | Brian Blessed is Robin Hood’s dad?? |
| 13:59 | Loving the trip along Hadrian’s Wall to get to Nottingham. |
| 18:50 | “I’ve seen enough blood spilled to last two lifetimes.” |
| 24:00 | Brian Blessed was right! It IS vanity to force other men to your religion. |
| 27:17 | Alan Rickman getting to camp it up with the witch is epic. |
| 33:11 | He burnt her hair? This is not a nice guy. |
| 34:37 | Mary really might be one of the worst actresses ever. |
| 36:35 | “Either we take our chances with the ghosts or become ghosts ourselves.” |
| 40:17 | Hadn’t appreciated John Little’s accent before. Heavenly. But not Yorkshire? |
| 50:53 | “Robin, do something for me. Take a bath.” BURN. |
| 53:36 | A spoon! So random! |
| 1:01:43 | I’m on board with most of it but how are the fires in the forest hot enough to melt steel and make swords? |
| 1:03:15 | “SOMETHING VEXES THEE?” Greatest line in cinema history. |
| 1:05:10 | You can’t mess with Christmas. |
| 1:23:35 | Ugh, priests being judgmental. |
| 1:25:45 | “You talk, I’ll drink.” |
| 1:30:45 | Fun that she’s like, go to France immediately. I’m not sure it’s that easy now. |
| 1:33:29 | Duncan is making me weep so far. |
| 1:40:58 | All the budget must have gone in this fire battle because it is incredz. |
| 1:53:57 | Yes Fanny! She epic. |
| 2:02:51 | I don’t fully understand how you can fight someone with a sword when you only have a bow. |
| 2:27:47 | Sean Connery, the what-now? |
Thoughts
I love this movie. It’s not a good film, I grant you, but it’s a cult classic and one of my favourites. Good ol’ Kevin Costner wielding the bow and arrow, against Alan Rickman’s incredibly camp Sheriff. Actually, the film stood up better than I thought it would, although the first half really does seem low budget - the sets are so obviously put together, it’s wild.
But it’s a good group of people, taking us through the legend in their own style and having fun along the way, so no complaints here.
Rating: 4 / 5