Robin Hood

Ratings: 7.2/10

Film Class: B+

Genre: Action Drama

Enter the life of Robin Longstride before he became the famous Robin Hood. This movie brought the fictional character to life, because the setting and era was exceptionally realistic. I'm not sure where the director Ridley Scott dug up Robin Hood's history from, but it sure was an eye opener for me. Even though the movie didn't quite turn out as I had expected; there wasn't an exaggerated display of archery skills, it was still fairly action packed.

This movie glorifies the prince of thieves by showing how honorable and capable he was as a great leader. In simpler words, this movie is all about him. I found his "merry men" equally as admirable and there were some reminiscence of Troy in this movie... like the King being so incapable and detestable. The storyline behind the entire movie was filled with deceit and how England turned against itself because of one traitor amongst them. That's where Robin Hood, the hero comes in to save the day...

Initially, I wasn't aware that the director of the movie was Ridley Scott, hence the level of impressiveness I had for the CG and the grandeur of the film. The horses and the calefares in the movie were in abundance, and the settings were realistically breath-taking. However, what this movie lacked was the inability to keep its audience engaged and there were just too many elements covered in a single 2.5hr movie, many of its subplots were touch and go. Isn't a bad movie, objectively, it's quite a blockbuster... but subjectively, it failed to sweep me off my feet.