Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Rating:
PG-13
Runtime:
155 minutes
Box
Office (in today’s dollars): 288 million (approximately)
Characters:
Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood), Sheriff George of Nottingham, Azeem, Marian
Dubois, Will Scarlett, Little John, Duncan, Friar Tuck, Mortianna, Guy of
Gisborne, Bishop of Hereford, King Richard
Favorite
Quote: “Fuck me, he cleared it!”
Favorite
Scene: Robin of Locksley and Little John duel at the falls
Favorite
Character: Azeem
Other
need-to-see nineties movies directed by Kevin Reynolds: none . . . he directed Waterworld!!
I
remember watching this movie a lot when I was younger. This time around I
watched the extended version (about 12 minutes longer than the theatrical). We
will get to that later. First let’s begin with the film score: it’s amazing. I
would recognize it whenever/wherever I heard it. And while we are on the topic
of amazing things, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” is pop music cheese at
its finest. The movie is full of characters to love (and hate). Robin (our
hero) is good with the bow and arrow (of course), Marian is our lovely damsel
in distress, Sheriff of Nottingham is played brilliantly by Alan Rickman, and
Will Scarlett is, well, he’s Christian Slater. My favorite character is Azeem
because, well, he’s Morgan Freeman.
When
trying to decide on my favorite scene, I had many to choose from. Side note:
when I asked my girlfriend, Rebecca, what her favorite scene from the movie was,
she said, “Whenever Christian Slater was on screen.” For me, I narrowed it down
to the training montage, the slow motion/flaming arrow scene, and the battle
between Robin and Little John. I decided to go with the duel at the falls,
because that is where we discover Robin of Locksley has “balls of solid rock.”
I bet you are surprised I didn’t go with the scene where Marian stumbles upon
Robin bathing under the waterfall. . . . I am pretty sure everyone loved that
the first time they saw it.
I
was going to choose an inspirational quote (“Nobility is not one’s birthright.
It’s defined by one’s actions.”), but Salty went with the classic “Fuck me, he
cleared it!” because it made no sense being in the film and it is pretty funny.
Oh, back to the extended version. It is poorly edited and way too long. I
recommend sticking with the theatrical version. The extra scenes add nothing of
importance, or don’t make sense. And it just makes you wait 12 minutes longer
to get to the sweet voice of Bryan Adams.
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movie to review: Terminator 2: Judgement
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