Modern people don't understand the domestic combat opportunities avialable then, and assume you need to be a foreign combat veteran in order to be a badass. There might also be some notion about needing to pay your dues to king and country before you can rightfully take up arms for your own reasons, and of course, what filmmaker can resist the chance to draw Vietnam & Iraq parallels.
A decent film maker would resist

It seems to boil down to you saying he has to go on a ten year crusade to show he is tough and to explain how he gets back to England from France they need to create a 12th Century D-Day. It is depressing that you are making Costner's version sound like a logical, well made film
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Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robin Hood (2010)
- 14/05/2010 01:23:47 PM
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I doubt I'll be watching it.
- 14/05/2010 01:28:44 PM
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Re: I doubt I'll be watching it.
- 14/05/2010 01:31:00 PM
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Re: I doubt I'll be watching it.
- 14/05/2010 01:35:48 PM
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Re: I doubt I'll be watching it.
- 14/05/2010 01:48:19 PM
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I think I'm going to invade Ridley Scott's backyard with French boats. Makes as much sense.
- 14/05/2010 06:26:33 PM
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Yeah well, what's the point in trying to write a balanced and open minded review...
- 15/05/2010 12:41:46 PM
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I'm not too fussed by it
- 14/05/2010 04:11:46 PM
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If this is an origin story why is Robin Hood being played by a bloated guy in his late 40's? *NM*
- 14/05/2010 06:12:04 PM
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Because very few people come back from a 10-year crusade in their 20s? *NM*
- 15/05/2010 12:39:00 AM
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The Robin Hood as a crusader is an unnecessary modern addition anyway. *NM*
- 15/05/2010 05:34:31 PM
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But its necessary to establish his bona fides as a warrior.
- 15/05/2010 11:42:15 PM
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Only in bad/ lazy film making.
- 18/05/2010 12:05:30 PM
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A depiction of the first Tea Party, & the origin of the first right-wing militia movement!!
- 15/05/2010 01:29:45 AM
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ummm
- 15/05/2010 10:06:11 AM
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Did you actually READ the post, or have some sort of bot replying?
- 19/05/2010 02:51:27 PM
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Russell Crowe, let me count the ways I hate you...
- 15/05/2010 06:02:07 PM
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It's odd how often I hear that
- 16/05/2010 12:17:06 PM
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I also don't think he's a good actor
- 18/05/2010 09:49:12 PM
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Insider, rubbish? What the hell?
*NM*
- 18/05/2010 09:59:21 PM
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*NM*
- 18/05/2010 09:59:21 PM
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