Movie: Robin Hood 2010
Starring: Rusell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong
Director: Ridley Scott
Director Ridley Scott sets his ambitions high by trying to retell the legend of Robin Hood
in a fresh and more realistic manner than past films. With a top-notch cast that includes Rusell Crowe and Cate Blanchett my expectations were pretty high going into this film. I mean this is the same pair that created Gladiator
together right? Sadly, despite there best efforts a weak script and bad pacing keeps Robin Hood from truly being the epic film it was intended to be. Ridley Scott starts us off at the beginning when Robin Longstride (Rusell Crowe) is returning from the crusades, a war that in the end he regrets being involved in. Richard The Lionheart is killed on their return leaving the Kingdom to the envious and spiteful Prince John. A promise to fallen knight Sir Robert Loxley leads Robin back to his home town of Nottingham. Whereupon he finds Loxley's widow Maid Marion (Cate Blanchett) and learns of his past. He is drawn into a battle to protect Nottingham and England itself from Prince John and the traitor Godfrey (Mark Strong).
