Thanks Sonny, I think I will skip this new version of Robin Hood. My favorite Robin Hood movie is "Robin and Marion" with Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw and Nicol Williamson. The movie portrays Robin, Marion, the Sheriff, and Little John as rich and complex characters. Robin is an honorable man - he refuses King Richard's order to attack a castle occupied by just women and children - but his fatal flaw is believing in his own myth, a myth that he had disparaged earlier in the movie. Robert Shaw's is terrific as the Sheriff, who finally understands how to beat Robin, but is undone by his own need to prove himself a better man than Robin. And by the end of the movie, we also see that Marion and Little John are much more complex and tragic characters than we imagined. I think the ending of the movie hurt its popularity - it certainly shocked me when I first saw it in college - but over the years I have come to see how it fits into the story that the movie is trying to tell. Movies like this are the reason why I love movies.
I was going to leave a very similar comment. Robinson and Marion is an amazing movie that deals with myth without simply trashing it. If you are going to make a movie about thugs, brigands, and cycles of violence, why use Robin Hood? Except to make the argument that all times were as violent and viscous as the one we are in, and all leaders are as selfish and sordid as the ones we’ve got.
Plus, Robin and Marion had a truly stellar cast — Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn in the title roles, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Richard Harris as a vindictive King Richard, Ian Holm as Prince John, and — most memorable of all — Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham. It was truly an amazing movie.
"Cinematographer Pat Scola (who worked with Sarnoski on his precious two features)..."
This is just an old editor's guess, but maybe the word should be "previous" instead of "precious," my love. If I'm right and you make the change, feel free to erase this comment.
Thanks Sonny, I think I will skip this new version of Robin Hood. My favorite Robin Hood movie is "Robin and Marion" with Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw and Nicol Williamson. The movie portrays Robin, Marion, the Sheriff, and Little John as rich and complex characters. Robin is an honorable man - he refuses King Richard's order to attack a castle occupied by just women and children - but his fatal flaw is believing in his own myth, a myth that he had disparaged earlier in the movie. Robert Shaw's is terrific as the Sheriff, who finally understands how to beat Robin, but is undone by his own need to prove himself a better man than Robin. And by the end of the movie, we also see that Marion and Little John are much more complex and tragic characters than we imagined. I think the ending of the movie hurt its popularity - it certainly shocked me when I first saw it in college - but over the years I have come to see how it fits into the story that the movie is trying to tell. Movies like this are the reason why I love movies.
I was going to leave a very similar comment. Robinson and Marion is an amazing movie that deals with myth without simply trashing it. If you are going to make a movie about thugs, brigands, and cycles of violence, why use Robin Hood? Except to make the argument that all times were as violent and viscous as the one we are in, and all leaders are as selfish and sordid as the ones we’ve got.
Plus, Robin and Marion had a truly stellar cast — Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn in the title roles, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Richard Harris as a vindictive King Richard, Ian Holm as Prince John, and — most memorable of all — Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham. It was truly an amazing movie.
Sorry — “Robin,” not “Robinson.” Damnedautocorrect!
"Cinematographer Pat Scola (who worked with Sarnoski on his precious two features)..."
This is just an old editor's guess, but maybe the word should be "previous" instead of "precious," my love. If I'm right and you make the change, feel free to erase this comment.