Posted on 05/14/2010 11:31:49 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
Liberal newspapers think alike. In Friday's Washington Post, film critic Michael O'Sullivan seconded the emotion of New York Times critic A.O. Scott that there were "tea party" elements in the new Russell Crowe version of "Robin Hood." O'Sullivan also lamented there was "precious little of the socialist stuff" that's usually associated with the Hood legend's rob-and-redistribute routine. O'Sullivan began:
Dark and polemic, Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood" is less about a band of merry men than a whole country of really angry ones. At times, it feels like a political attack ad paid for by the tea party movement, circa 1199. Set in an England that has been bankrupted by years of war in the Middle East -- in this case, the Crusades -- it's the story of a people who are being taxed to death by a corrupt government, under an upstart ruler who's running the country into the ground. It asks: What's a man of principle to do?If you said, "Steal from the rich, and give to the poor," you must be thinking of the old Robin Hood. The correct answer here is: "Don't retreat, reload." There are more arrows flying every which way than you've ever seen -- through the face, the neck, the chest, the back. It's a pincushion of a movie.
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Remember these same critics trashing 300.
I ordinarily avoid Russell Crowe movies until I can catch them on Netlfix, but I might have to make an exception.
I just might buy it on BlueRay. I’m looking forward to it.
I’ll put it down on my ‘to watch later’ DVD list. I was afraid they’d muck up Robin Hood.
But, actually, that’s what all the Hood films I’ve seen are about. The commoners being taxed to death, Robin’s lands being forfeit, and Robin striking back. Not redistribution. The ‘government’ are redistributing the commoners money into their own pockets, so the commoners take it back.
May have to watch this one. I am usually in Ayn Rand’s camp concerning Robin Hood. He was the anti-Christ to all individuals.
I read another review from Kurt Loder (MTV guy) and I expected a liberal-hate spit. I didn’t get it.
He states that the movie is a prequel to what we know as the Robin Hood story. And his criticism centered around how bored he was at the 2 hour 20 minute movie.
There. I saved you all 10 minutes of reading.
That settles that. I’ll check it out in the theater now. No wonder Cannes hates it.
Much appreciated!
In the movie ‘Robin Hood’ says “Give me LIBERTY by LAW!” Not bad ;-)
“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions”, the outlaw Robin Hood.
Well, guess I will have to see it now.
Sounds good to me! Is Russell Crowe a conservative? He’s in movies like “Master and Commander”, “Gladiator” etc that make me think he’s a conservative. He was awesome in “Cinderella Man” about a boxer that wouldn’t take government hand outs! This guy must hate that movie!
Movie reviewers have become soooo very tiresome. They’re almost all failed “writers” with a chip on their shoulders and think they’re oh, so very clever.
If the NY Times and Wash Post hate it, it must be worth seeing. I haven’t been to the theater to see a movie for atleast 10 years. I HATE Hollywood and I refuse to line their pockets.
Robin Hood did not "steal from the rich", he stole from the tax collectors and gave the money back to those from whom it had been confiscated.
He's an Aussie, so I'm not sure he'd fit into our convention of conservative/liberal. My sense is he's a social liberal, but a small government, more liberty thinker - probably analogous to a US libertarian.
Cinderella Man was good, and unfortunately unseen. My only gripe - and this is directed at the Ron Howard and the screenwriters, no Crowe - is that James Braddock was a DEVOUT Catholic. A daily mass kind of guy. A significant portion of his estate went to the Church after his death, and he was an ACTIVE member of the Knights of Columbus his entire life. None of this is covered really in the movie, at least not to the extent that it should have been, IMHO.
Faith was a central element in Braddock's life, perhaps the central element. Howard didn't give it the time and importance it deserved.
The reception for the first screening in Cannes was decidedly muted, with some critics questioning the “politically correct” rewrite which has Robin arguing against the killing of Muslims in the Crusades and Marian donning chain mail to fight French troops on the battlefield.
Robin Hood stole money from the tax collector’s and gave it back to those who it was taken from.
TEA Party like it is 1199.
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