Ridley Scott's Robin Hood ("a love letter to the Tea Party..")

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-05-11/film/ridley-scott-s-robin-hood/ ^ | 5/12/10

[Hodar]

Heard the same trash when these idiots reviewed Iron Man2.

“A love letter to Ronald Reagan” and assorted tripe. Heard that the character Tony Stark drove the Monticello race while drunk ... I don’t know what movie they went to; but it was obviously not the movie I saw.

I wonder if these clowns even bother to see the movie they ‘review’. More often than not, I’d wager that they simply make things up from watching a trailer.

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm thrilled that they are linking this to the Magna Carta. That is a crucial historical document, perhaps the first time that people stood up to government and said, "You have too much power. We are taking some of that power away from you, so that we can be free."

Now, the Magna Carta was basically a case of the nobility asserting their own rights against the King's, and is not precisely a "We The People" moment -- but it was a start. It basically put a stake in the ground and said "There are limits to what government should be allowed to do."

Hurrah!

[roses of sharon]

“Ridley Scott’s inventive and sumptuous retelling of the legend of Robin Hood will have you drooling for more.”

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1277563/Robin-Hood-First-review-Ridley-Scott-film-Chris-Tookey.html#ixzz0njEruAoG

[piytar]

The reviewer rips the movie at the end and adds a dig at Palin for good measure.

[VRWCmember]

The usual depiction of Robin Hood is the central theme in socialism: steal from the rich and give to the poor

The "steal from the rich and give to the poor" meme is actually a misrepresentation of the usual depiction of Robin Hood. Most versions of the Robin Hood story depict him as stealing not from the "rich" but rather from the tyrannical rulers who have through confiscatory taxes plundered the very livelihood from the subjects/citizens.

[roses of sharon]

Good list! Love those Toy Story movies.

[dead]

What a pissy little review.

He acknowledges that its bravura film making, but can't untwist his panties over the anti-tax, pro-liberty message. Maybe he would have liked it more if somebody in the theater rested their feet on his neck while he watched.

Serfer dudes can't even stand the stench of freedom, but he sold me on the film.

[MNJohnnie]

That is the fraudulent Leftist hijack of the Robin Hood story. Robin Hood robbed the tax-collectors, including the church, and gave it to the poor tax payers

[sig226]

Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the land
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Without a merry band

He steals from the poor
And gives to the rich
Stupid bitch

Wait a minute. Blimey, this redistribution of wealth is quite tricky.

...

It appears the Village Voice finally figured out what that skit was about.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

This reminds me of when “The Patriot” came out 10 years ago.

Gad....I love that film. It makes my blood boil every time I see it.

[JoeProBono]

[Sybeck1]

He’s great in Master and Commander too!

[Charles Martel]

Robin Hood is a story of fighting back against an oppressive government: taking back from GOVERNMENT what it stole from the people to give it BACK to its rightful owners.

Robin Hood is a story about restoring liberty and undermining oppressive GOVERNMENT. It is the very antithesis of some socialist paradigm story.

At the end of most versions of the Robin Hood tale, benevolent, non-abusive government returns in the person of King Richard. Had Robin's goals been socialist in nature, that wouldn't have been the end of the story, would it?

[NRA1995]

Unfortunately, we have traded one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away.

[trisham]

He is indeed.

[EternalVigilance]

Interesting.

[roses of sharon]

Tea Party leader?

[PapaBear3625]

Robin Hood is a story of fighting back against an oppressive government: taking back from GOVERNMENT what it stole from the people to give it BACK to its rightful owners. Robin Hood is a story about restoring liberty and undermining oppressive GOVERNMENT. It is the very antithesis of some socialist paradigm story.

Robin Hood as a right-wing militia leader and violent tax protester. I can see how that would make their heads explode.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"We have traded one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away. "

Niiiiiice tagline.

[ottbmare]

I heard there was a long speech in which Robin beats himself up for killing those dear Muslims fighting to take over the Holy Land. That doesn’t sound too Tea Party-ish to me; sounds pretty PC.