Like vampires to sunlight.....libs run screaming from the theaters!
Sounds like a MUST SEE!
This reminds me of when “The Patriot” came out 10 years ago.
This is a surprise.
The usual depiction of Robin Hood is the central theme in socialism: steal from the rich and give to the poor
I will wait for other reviews, preferably from Freepers who have seen the movie
I’ve been looking forward to this movie for a while. I like Scott, I like Crowe .. and Robin Hood is a conservative story if there ever was one. The “King”, Prince and tax collector are the bad guys ... and the hero is an armed vigilante tax cutter, charitable giver, and Christian warrior.
“Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions.”
SnakeDoc
And unwittingly creating mass interest, I hope. As said earlier, I'll wait for it on DVD/BlueRay. Might even buy it...
This is rich. If this theme of a hero fighting over-taxation and burdensome government has been around in lore and literature since the 13th century, doesn't this writer think there might be some truth there? And that there is virtue in fighting it?
Ridley Scott could have retired after Alien and his career
as a geat director would have been secure. He is great. Blade Runner was also excellent and his Apple ad remains a classic.
Crowe is a great actor, does not spew any left wing crap and appears to be a pretty good dad to his kids.
I assume no Opie Ronnie Howard or Brain Glazer involvement - lib scum. Opie and Andy are lib scum. I bet Clint Howard is not a lib.
Robin Hood didn’t “Redistribute the wealth” from “rich guys”, he took back the high taxes that the governing bodies had collected and gave THAT back to the people.
What next? Will they read Aesop’s fable about the Ant and the Grasshopper and realize that squandering your time in unproductive pursuits will not protect your when times get lean?
Been looking at the previews and I do believe I wanna see this film.
Robin Hood is frequently hyped as a case for redistributive socialism: stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Except. It’s not.
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.
I’m looking forward to it. I still love “Gladiator”.
“Instead of robbing from the rich to give to the poor, this Robin Hood preaches about “liberty” and the rights of the individual”
You can almost hear the gaskets being blown in the White House and Capital Building.
I don’t go to the movies very often. I going to make it a point to take my wife and see this one.
This movie is to be the first (before the other times portrayed in the other Robin Hoods); and is to explain his character and how it developed.
I expect to like it. we have few hero’s to be a model for us anymore. If any. Especially for the young among us.
Looks to be a kind of decent movie season
What does everyone think?
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.
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!
The reviewer rips the movie at the end and adds a dig at Palin for good measure.
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.
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.
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It appears the Village Voice finally figured out what that skit was about.