Robin Hood (with a little bit of iron man)

Well I saw the new Robin Hood movie yesterday with my mom and my wife and these are my thoughts on it. This isn't going to be a summary of the movie and there is going to be a spoiler alert if you don't already understand the foundation of the film So if you don't want to know what happens stop reading. First off, in all honesty, i was not particularly interested to see this movie. I'm tired of remakes and i'm tired of fifty different interpretations of the same story. So with that in mind i was a bit skeptical about whether or not i was going to like this. Also i had my doubts about russell crowe. I'm not denying his acting abilities or anything like that because he is a talented actor but for me he didn't seem to fit the roll of robin hood. Obviously being the age that i am, robin hood for me was kevin costner (who by the way did an excellent job). Anyways, the movie started off rather slow for me. Or not slow, but confusing. It was hard to follow along and made little sense. As it continued on it started to unravel itself and make more sense, though in my eyes it was absolutely NOT the Robin Hood of the 90's or even of the Disney kind either. The story was all wrong, Robin only robbed from the King once, and he wasn't yet living in Sherwood forest. So at this point i'm thinking the only thing that makes this movie Robin Hood is the names of the characters and the setting in which it takes place. There was no hatred between Robin and the Sheriff of Nottingham, no robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, heck, Russell Crowe barely even picked up his bow but a few times throughout the movie. I was enjoying the movie but at the same time angered about the fact that it wasn't Robin Hood. Finally after the climactic battle towards the end of the film, the plot opened up and revealed that this isn't the story of Robin Hood, this is the story of how a man named Robin Longstride became Robin of the Hood, an outlaw and criminal banned from any city in England, specifically that of Nottingham. IT was a Prequel! I had no idea walking into the theater that this was a prequel! Had i known that, i may have enjoyed the movie a whole lot more! Leave it to the movie industry to make a movie about a man and then wait til the end of the flick to show you that this isn't his story but how he came to be the legend of lore.

On a side note, saw iron man 2 the weekend it came out. After standing in line for about an hour, it was totally worth it. My only major problems with it were 1: Don Cheadle. He's a great actor, but he doesn't fit the role of war machine. Terrence Howard would have done a much better job. And 2: there wasn't enough fighting. Yes there were some cool fight scenes and explosions and battles, but they weren't long enough and they were all at the end of the movie. Then again, the story was about tony stark's internal struggle to be iron man and still live. The best part of iron man 2 though was the secret scene after the credits. I won't spoil it completely, but if you're not a comic book fan, or don't know comics very well then go home and google God of Thunder and that may help you understand that last scene. I'm so excited! Until next time

May the Force be with You.

The Nerd