Went to see the new Russell Crowe film, Robin Hood, the other day.
Very educational. I learned that:
- Robin and most of his Merry Men were Irish (although Russell Crowe's accent changed as the film went on)
- Robin's Dad, an 'umble stonemason, wrote the Magna Carta (clever of him).
- Those crafty French invented the 'Saving Private Ryan'-style landing craft as a means of quickly landing troops on a beach. I half expected them to unveil a Sherman tank in that part of the film.
On the plus side, the medieval settings are all well done. And Russell Crowe would've made a perfectly decent Robin Hood if they'd kept to the original story. Unfortunately, it's all about a French invasion rather than robbing the rich to feed the poor. The two great bad guys of the original story, King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham, don't get much of a look-in.
My viewing companion's opinion was a bit harsher. 'Waste of £7,' she said. Sorry, Russell.
