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WaPo Film Critic Joins NYT in Finding 'Tea Party Like 1199' Theme in 'Robin Hood'
Newsbusters.org ^ | 05/14/2010 | Tim Graham

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movie; ridleyscott; robinhood; russelcrowe
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The critics hate it for all the right reasons. This means that it's a MUST SEE movie. I can't wait until tomorrow night.
1 posted on 05/14/2010 11:31:50 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Remember these same critics trashing 300.


2 posted on 05/14/2010 11:34:37 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: OldDeckHand

I ordinarily avoid Russell Crowe movies until I can catch them on Netlfix, but I might have to make an exception.


3 posted on 05/14/2010 11:34:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (FYBO: Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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I just might buy it on BlueRay. I’m looking forward to it.


4 posted on 05/14/2010 11:36:07 AM PDT by bcsco (Obama: Hokus Pokus POTUS)
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To: OldDeckHand

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.


5 posted on 05/14/2010 11:36:08 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: OldDeckHand

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.


6 posted on 05/14/2010 11:36:26 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; OldDeckHand

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.


7 posted on 05/14/2010 11:36:50 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: OldDeckHand

That settles that. I’ll check it out in the theater now. No wonder Cannes hates it.


8 posted on 05/14/2010 11:36:58 AM PDT by ccruse456
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To: Celerity
There. I saved you all 10 minutes of reading.

Much appreciated!

9 posted on 05/14/2010 11:37:38 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (FYBO: Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: OldDeckHand

In the movie ‘Robin Hood’ says “Give me LIBERTY by LAW!” Not bad ;-)


10 posted on 05/14/2010 11:39:26 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions”, the outlaw Robin Hood.


11 posted on 05/14/2010 11:40:04 AM PDT by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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Well, guess I will have to see it now.


12 posted on 05/14/2010 11:40:40 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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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!


13 posted on 05/14/2010 11:41:40 AM PDT by albie
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To: OldDeckHand

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.


14 posted on 05/14/2010 11:44:20 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (The Quran and Mein Kampf: if you've read one you've read them both.)
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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.


15 posted on 05/14/2010 11:46:31 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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"Steal from the rich, and give to the poor,..."

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.

16 posted on 05/14/2010 11:49:03 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the People's Republic of Boulder)
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'He was awesome in “Cinderella Man” about a boxer that wouldn’t take government hand outs! This guy must hate that movie!"

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.

17 posted on 05/14/2010 11:51:28 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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Good point about Cinderella Man. At one point Braddock says “I'm all prayed out” or something like that. Plus, I never knew so many people in the 1920’s and 30’s said G*ddamn all the time. Paul Giamatta’s character sure loved blaspheming. This is why Hollywood sucks.
18 posted on 05/14/2010 12:08:44 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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Politically Correct Robin Hood denounces Muslim killing:

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

19 posted on 05/14/2010 12:11:45 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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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.


20 posted on 05/14/2010 12:25:38 PM PDT by stockpirate ("......When the government fears the people you have liberty." Thomas Jefferson)
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