Quick Review: Robin Hood (Dir. Ridley Scott)

As I entered a busy cinema, popcorn in hand and a million pounds poorer due to the refreshments stand I had this overwhelming sense of, "Here we go again" Crowe and Scott pair up again for a no nonsense, punch you in the face block buster, but sadly I was wrong.

The first thing that did it for me was Crowe's ever changing accent. Part Yorkshire, part Irish, part Australian it seemed he had a new one for each scene and as you can imagine after about 10 minutes this becomes incredibly irritating.

Crowe's portrayal of hood is not bad, it's not ground breaking or oscar winning but it's not awful either. However with dodgy casting and wooden performances from the normally brilliant, Cate Blanchette the connection between the character and the audience is somewhat short lived.

The battle scenes are very much what you'd expect from 12A, and that isn't a compliment by any means.

However there are good points about this film, probably the main one for me being it's technical production. Like gladiator there is some phenomenal cinematography and some of the shots Scott uses are fabulous, they really are.

If I was Ridley Scott I would have gone all out with this adaptation and made it alot more gruesome and raw, maybe give it a 15 or 18 classification because as it is, it kind of feels like Gladiator on a diet. A lack-luster adaptation that looks beautiful but lacks in so many areas.