The fact that the main character in Sherwood is a female has me very excited. I am not too familiar with the story of Robin Hood, but the concept is one that I love. But with a sweep of his green cloak and the flash of her sword, Marian makes the choice to become her own hero: Robin Hood. Marian never meant to tread in Robin’s footsteps-never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant return. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff’s right hand, wishes to step into Robin’s shoes as Lord of Locksley andMarian’s fiancé. In the game, the player controls up to five characters in a setting based on the stories of the protagonist, Robin Hood. It is similar to games such as Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and the Commandos series. Maid Marian doesn’t know how she’ll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector. Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a 2002 stealth-based real-time tactics video game developed by Spellbound Studios. Mark Strong, who’s become the go-to Hollywood heavy (he played a suave Jordanian spy in Body of Lies, an occult con artist in Sherlock Holmes, and a sociopathic mob boss in Kick-Ass), schemes with aplomb.Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner’s next fierce fairy tale-inspired story, which Illuminae author Amie Kaufman calls “a kick-***, gender-flipped feminist retelling.” Cate Blanchett brings her usual dedication and attention to detail to the humdrum task of playing Lady Marion she’s like a master carpenter asked to craft an Ikea desk. Max von Sydow is luminous as the aged but unbowed Sir Walter. But even if Crowe makes no sense as the outlaw-trickster of Sherwood Forest, he’s always an interesting actor to watch (unlike, for example, Kevin Costner, whose 1991 Robin Hood was simply dull), and he’s surrounded here by an exceptional supporting cast. But what on earth made anyone think Crowe would make a good Robin Hood? Off the top of my head, I could think of a dozen actors currently working who’d be better-suited for the role. 2002, 2004) The Mask of Zorro (1998) and its sequel The Legend of Zorro (2005). Scott has used Crowe’s stocky build and brooding, intense manner effectively in the past in Gladiator, American Gangster, Body of Lies, and other films, the actor’s stolid and glowering presence worked on his behalf. The Mark of Zorro (1920) Robin Hood (1922) Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925). Scott’s remake is unremittingly dour in the modern style: That’s how we reboot old legends, right? By making sure no one in them smiles?
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Seventy-two years later, the Errol Flynn Robin Hood is still the version to beat, and its shadow-or rather, its lack of shadow, for never has a movie been sunnier-looms over any cinematic return to Sherwood Forest.
The legend of the forest-dwelling thief and his merry band has been committed to film scores of times, most definitively in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), one of those magical movies in which everything-the casting of then-newcomer Errol Flynn, the crisp vividness of early Technicolor, the jaunty score by Erich Korngold-somehow coalesced into a perfect artifact.
Not the most elegant defense, but like the movie, it’ll do. Nowhere near as terrible as it could have been? Reasonably successful given the grievous miscasting at its core? Let’s go with: pretty much ill-conceived from the ground up but saved by a couple of strong performances and a wealth of well-researched period detail. I’m not exactly sure on what grounds I plan to stand up for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (Universal Pictures).
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