Universal shot out the new trailer for "Robin Hood" today, and I'm happy to say that it's better than the previous one.
The trailer moves away from the feeling that it is another Ridley Scott epic retread and focuses on story and character, giving some limelight to the thespians. Very few actors are able to give rousing speeches like Russell Crowe, and here it looks like we may have several.
It still seems to be very serious, which is not a bad thing, but part of the reason why the Robin Hood legend took hold was not only the idea of one man rebelling against authority but the way it poked fun at the unjust king. Meaning the whole thing, on a storytelling level, was mirthful. The trailer shows a glimmer of that in one scene where King John, putting up a wanted poster, asks for a nail and gets an arrow instead.
Here it is:
Reading the Howard Pyle book right now and am surprised at how closely the Michael Curtiz / Errol Flynn version came in its adaptation, in tone if not necessarily to the letter of the work. On the other hand, there is something especially topical about Robin Hood right now so a new movie version seems appropriate, but then again, Ridley Scott's last good movie was Blade Runner in 1982. Everything he's done since then has been mediocre & forgettable.
Posted by: dsi | March 11, 2010 at 01:22 AM
If there is any way that is better to kill in movies than with explosions or guns or swords or knives or spears it is with a bow and an arrow and that is why I am so excited for this movies. Maybe it can be on a list someday as sweet as this http://tinyurl.com/ybwf2g6
Posted by: MC_dLyte | March 11, 2010 at 04:06 AM
@dsi
Black Hawk Down... Gladiator... Body of Lies... Thelma & Louise... American Gangster...
Yes, the man clearly has not made a single great film since Blade Runner.
Posted by: James Francis | March 11, 2010 at 04:10 AM
Oh wow, this is going to be real good for sure!
Jess
www.fbi-logging.se.tc
Posted by: Jess Woods | March 11, 2010 at 06:37 AM
I'm really looking forward to this film... real actors, real action, accurate period settings and nature... minimal CGI and a heroic title character who rides a horse, shoots a bow, gallops a horse, romances a woman and looks like Russell Crowe... oh wait...
Posted by: hatchling | March 11, 2010 at 08:14 AM
@ MC dLyte
(applauds)
Posted by: its a me | March 11, 2010 at 08:40 AM
I'm really looking forward to this film... real actors, real action, accurate period settings and nature... minimal CGI and a heroic title character who rides a horse, shoots a bow...
Posted by: digital camera memory cards | March 11, 2010 at 08:49 PM
Ditch the PG-13 rating and go for the R. If this is still rated PG-13 by April, this movie is going to be as good as Soul Survivors.
Posted by: Champion | March 12, 2010 at 02:04 PM
Its need to be seen!
Posted by: Кредит | April 28, 2010 at 08:16 AM