Well, I’m pretty sure they knew they were going for the Disneyesque aesthetic, gleefully playing it as camp as Christmas and it’s just brilliant! It’s funny, daft, speedy, witty, daft, action packed and did I mention daft? I will always love this movie for its atmosphere of the last day of school where everyone is allowed to wear their favourite accent. 😉
@@6581punkyou were lucky when I started university in the bar a couple of students for some reason, probably they smoked too much weed, kept playing Octopus’s Garden by the Beatles 😳. I’m a Beatles fan but hearing it every lunchtime for a month irritated us a lot . Why Octopus’s Garden? F*ck knows, it still sounded better than some of the other stuff people put on at the time (1993).
Alan Rickman was great in this movie. I don't remember much else about other than bryan adams being on the radio and tv constantly for months back then
The best and most distinctive things about this movie are Alan Rickman (RIP) and Morgan Freeman. Both characters are somewhat lifted from the infinitely superior Robin of Sherwood (which I noticed you included a shot of in your montage). A review of that would be most welcome.
Robin of Sherwood is certainly hokey in parts, but also dreamy, moody and atmospheric, with its suggestion of pre-pagan culture in Herne the Hunter, and the Sherriff's dabblings in sorcery & devil-worship - and of course the distinctive synth + ethereal-vocal soundtrack by Clannad. And yes, 'the Moor' was a 100% rip-off of Nasir.
I was waiting for that Cary Elwes clip 🤣I saw PoT once, then only watched Men in Tights for the next 3 decades. I forgot how good Alan Rickman was in this movie. I might have to watch it again just for him.
Never saw the big deal about Costner. He usually had the charisma of a plank of wood. Yet in his defense, he was genuinely impressive in Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World and Tin Cup.
Costner does 'stoic', 'upright', 'relentless', 'principled'... but not much else. Haven't seen either of those films you mentioned, but he's pretty good in Yellowstone, in a performance which leans heavily on those attributes I just mentioned!
It's weird, because he does have a charming personality and sense of humor when he actually opts to bring it out. I'd note his roles in SIlverado and Tin Cup as examples. It's like he doesn't get that even dramatic films can have some levity in them.
@@Nifter71 I highly recommend A Perfect World. Costner plays a Con on the run and he's surprisingly charismatic in the role. As for Tin Cup, it's a romantic comedy but Kevin legit kills it in the role of a washed up golf pro.
Yeah, I'm the right age to have a soft spot for this one. I know it's kind of crap, but it's still cheesy fun. And I adore Rickman's performance. For that matter, I also love the main theme, although the rest of Kamen's score is bland and forgettable. Although you know what REALLY irks me about it, but no one ever comments on? The way John's wife goes from having an emergency medieval C-section to participating in the final battle just a few days later. That's probably the single most absurd and unrealistic thing in the whole movie. She'd most likely die from infection, or sheer shock/trauma, and even if she did survive by some miracle she'd be laid up for weeks or months recovering.
I think I've seen this once. Anyone from the UK who was old enough when this came out will just remember the Bryan Adams song being at number 1 in the top 10 for a stupid amount of time, everyone was sick to death of hearing it. I think that is one reason I've not revisited it.
At the time a woman down the road from me constantly played that bloody tune at full volume with her windows open 😡. I think in the end a neighbour called the police who went round to get her to turn it down or play a different song. We all got sick of it and the song from another Costner movie ‘the bodyguard’ that she also played over and over.
@@nigeh5326 Oh god, that's another Costner film I've seen once. The annoying thing is in my mind I had the Bodyguard and In the Line of Fire kinda merged into one, couldn't remember which scenes were from which until I rewatched In the Line of Fire and realised everything memorable was from In the Line of Fire. A great film.
@@6581punk weirdly an hour ago I was watching a JoBlo review of ‘Man on Fire’ a great film starring one of my favourite actors, Denzel Washington. Both your movie and mine having fire in the title 😳
@@nigeh5326 I'll have to check that one out. It's a Tony Scott film and a highly rated one, he often did style over substance type films. People rave on about Top Gun but the recent sequel is a million times better.
I was 11 when this was released and it was definitely a force. Between the song, the toys, the trading cards, tv commercials, etc - it was impossible, even for a kid, not to be beat over the head with it.
There'll only ever be one Robin Hood and that's Errol Flynn, no...er...Richard Greene, no...er...Sean Connery no...er...Michael Praed. Dammit. Well, in any event, it ain't Kevin Costner, or Russell Crowe for that matter. Great work Stam Fine. Love this channel.
Watched it again on TV a few weeks ago; I always found the film quite enjoyable, and I'm a proper movie snob who lists Memento, LA Confidential and several foreign language films among his Top 10. You're right that it was a dumbed down action movie and Alan Rickman appears to be directing himself, but it's no less fun as a result. Here in the UK, Robin Hood is part historical myth and part pantomime character, so there's scope for a less than serious take on the character. Parts of the movie were shot here in the New Forest (on the southern central coast of England).
Apologies to anyone who enjoys this film, but it has a half-assed script, a serious lack of action and a pantomime tone. For a budget of somewhere around US$ 45 million it also isn't very impressive visually. And when the 1938 film version was considered definitive, then you have to try harder than this to make your own movie worthwhile. The script was originally intended to be a TV movie, which is ironic considering the Bergin/Thurman movie being broadcast on TV.
P.S. I’m sorry we can’t agree on this movie, as it seems that everything cheesy that I loved about it is what you didn’t? And that’s a first for me, disagreeing with your take. Though it was still jolly entertaining to hear it being crunched up as it passed under your analysertron. Thanks for the fun. ✌️👍
My personal ranking of Robin Hood movies. 1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 2. Robin and Marian (1976) 3. Robin Hood animated (1973) 4. Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (1991) 5. Robin Hood - Men in Tights (1993) 6. Robin Hood (2010) Absolute bottom feeder is 2018 bastardization which doesn't deserve a name of a legend. Everyone who collaborated in that travesty should feel bad for the rest of their days.
If nothing else, this film shows off the acting talent of Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman & Brian Blessed. The latter of whom should really have got more screen time in this film.
What no mention of Robin of Sherwood? There’s a lot in this film that’s taken from that series, but done 100 times worse. There was wasn’t even a Saracen Merry Man in the legend until Robin of Sherwood, now it’s part of every screen version.
It’s not a good film . . . but I didn’t hate it. It’s one of those films I knew everything about before seeing it finally 25 years or so after it came out. But you know what? I miss movies like this. I miss when singular movies could attain huge cultural equity without spawning huge franchises.
I do kind of like this movie despite its many flaws. I think it's mainly because it made a greater attempt at the old swashbuckler feel that most recent adaptations have. However, that's also the problem. Costner is a good actor and has a charm when he chooses to make use of it (too rarely IMHO), but doesn't really have the raw charisma that takes of over a room the way Errol Flynn could. He owned that scene where he crashes Prince John's banquet carrying a stag on his shoulders. He shared the room with Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone and owned it. He had that boyish grin that screamed "rogue". Costner's style is too sedate for that.
This might just be a generational thing. For many of us the only Robin Hood reference we had was Disney animated movie. So the IP was goofy and fun. This Robin Hood was like live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Boys my age LOVED this movie. It was serious enough to be taken serious but light enough to be fun. This was part of a whole sword n action era of Kate 80s/early 90s that boys like me spent a lot of money at the box office. Same for Disney 3 Musketeers. These movies weren't trying to be artistic. They were trying to be well made actioners for that demo that was throwing money at anything that fit
Alan, rest in power. Carey Elwes and Mel Brooks clobbered the whole movie with the accent line, but Mel's "When Things Were Rotten" provided the best segments of this video, thank you, Stam.😂
this movie about our Robin Hood topic is your typical Hollywood version for American and so, it fails naturally, after the parody from Mel Brooks I can not more watch this film seriously, Alan Rickman and some other was really good, but, without 100 % british actors for the cast was also he only highlight
Sometime you should review Ladyhawke (1985). Like this movie, it's a medieval tale that tried to be serious but turned out really campy. It's mostly forgotten about but it stars Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer before they were really famous, and directed by the late, great Richard Donner. I watched that movie with my mom a few months ago and both of us had a romp watching it, so it would be great one for you to review.
"Alan Rickman: Prince of Film" - much like the Pink Panther flicks without Herbert Loms Dreyfuss, RHPoT wouldn't have been ANYWHERE nearly as good without Alan. Thank you Sir, R.I.P.
Alan Rickman is the only reason to watch the film. Dances With Wolves started an entire decade where Kevin Costner seemed to think he had a good voice for voiceovers (he is no sean connery, morgan freeman, tim curry or patrick stewart), that flat boring drone just waffled & waffled until he finally had enough money to stop acting.
This was a great Alan Rickman moment for me. He killed it. … Oh, been meaning to ask, you haven’t covered Deep Space Nine yet, right? I thought you had, but I can’t find it, so I guess I was mistaken. Rewatching all your Trek stuff this weekend
I remember my then girlfriend and I absolutely loving this at the cinema when it came out. We saw it twice, if I recall correctly, and picked it up on VHS on release! We gazed lovingly into each other's eyes as 'Everything I Do' played on the FM radio... then I watched it recently; much like that now long ago ex-girlfriend, this movie hasn't aged well.
Enjoyed this when it came out as a switch off your brain family swashbuckler. It’s full of errors eg Dover to Nottingham via Hadrian’s Wall 😳 (that’s like going from Chicago to New York via LA) but good fun. Nice joke with the Ewok village line 😃.
I can't stand Kevin Costner as Robin, mainly due to his bad accent. The Robin of Sherwood series and Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Man in Tights is my go to Robin Hood shows. 😆 Robin already has a mullet in Robin of Sherwood which came way before Prince of Thieves.
Hey Stam. Ah this is a great review as always. From the title which cracked me up even before I clicked to play. I remember wanting to see this film because of Dances with Wolves. I agree that the song was an ear wig it was number 1 for 13 weeks. Stam, you are the best. Thanks for this. It made my day as usual. ❤❤❤❤
This was far from an awful film, but instead hugely entertaining and a lot of fun. Never gave a f*** about his accent. Rickman was great as usual. And it certainly was a whole lot better than the actual awful Robin Hood movies we have had since then. Guy Ritchie 's version is downright unwatchable and the Russell Crowe version isn't much better.
I have to disagree with SF on this one. To thoroughly enjoy this movie, one needs to forget that there was any attempt at historical accuracy or to make an “epic”. Rather, it is a campy romp made all the better by Alan Rickman’s genius portrayal as a sarcastic and hilarious psychopath. In other words, this picture’s absurdity is precisely why it is fun.
"Hard to see what Prince of Thieves offers the viewer..." A throbbing headache and a strong desire to demand a ticket refund? An overwhelming sense of shame for being a citizen of the same country that made this dog? The urge to go watch a decent Robin Hood movie?
I do not know why the Robin hood of mullets got me so hard, like a minute of chuckling on it, and i've a coughing going on so its very unpleasant, still, i enjoy it.
This was a total date night/chick flick when it came out here in the states, but it still didn't stop me from getting all the action figures lol....yeh...
How come American actors struggle to do British, Australian and N Zealand accents ? Yet British, Australian and N Zealand actors can often do American accents so well. We all speak a variation of English and accents shouldn’t be too hard for Americans but with a few exceptions they struggle, eg Brad Pitt’s awful Irish traveller accent.
@@TheEntilza it’s Scots not Scott’s by the way. I agree on Gibson it is an atrocious attempt and although Braveheart is enjoyable to watch, like the Patriot it’s absolute sh*t as a historical movie.
Kevin Costner in this movie was like Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula. A big name actor whose awful performance you put up with to see the cool parts of the movie you really loved. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was actually considered a more grounded, gritty take on the material at the time. Part of that was due to the costumes and the muted color tones, not to mention the copious PG-13 violence.
I saw this for the first time recently with a group of people who love it. It was awful. I felt like I was being held hostage by the Branch Davidians about to get raided by the ATF.
I adore that you referenced "When Things Were Rotten", Mel Brooks' precursor to "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"! Thanks for another great video review, Mr.Fine!
Robin Hood Prince of Dweebs. I never liked Kevin Costner, and he comes across terribly in this film. Alan Rickman is the best thing about this film. I really miss him. But I still maintain the best modern version of the Robin Hood legend is the Brit TV series Robin of Sherwood. At least when Michael Praed was playing Robin. After he left, they replaced him with a piece of wood, sorry, Jason Connery, who had neither the talent, the majesty, or the coiffure ("Thanks, Dad!") to pull off the character.
If you love Alan Rickman, you're in for a treat. If you hate Alan Rickman, you're in for a change-of-mind (and then a treat).
He kind of saves this film. God we miss him.
Without Alan Rickman there is no film 📽️
I remember reading the story about how Alan Rickman knew this movie was going to be terrible so he just went way over the top. And it's wonderful.
It's even better than that, he took the role on condition of playing it however he wanted.
Alan rickman knew this was a panto and was excellent.
Well, I’m pretty sure they knew they were going for the Disneyesque aesthetic, gleefully playing it as camp as Christmas and it’s just brilliant! It’s funny, daft, speedy, witty, daft, action packed and did I mention daft? I will always love this movie for its atmosphere of the last day of school where everyone is allowed to wear their favourite accent. 😉
The school-play vibe is bang-on 😄
I totally agree. Absolutely fun fest of a movie.
Still traumatised by that Brian Adams tune that spent 3 years at No1 in the U.K.
Brilliant, we used to grumble about it at college all the time.
@@6581punkyou were lucky when I started university in the bar a couple of students for some reason, probably they smoked too much weed, kept playing Octopus’s Garden by the Beatles 😳.
I’m a Beatles fan but hearing it every lunchtime for a month irritated us a lot .
Why Octopus’s Garden?
F*ck knows, it still sounded better than some of the other stuff people put on at the time (1993).
That's a good song though
Seek out the psychotically alarming cover version of Everything I do by The Fatima Mansions!
My IT teacher used to put it on repeat every lesson while it was at number one on endless repeat for 45 mins...
And nobody knew how to turn it off 😮
Perfect. Such a silly film, but a tremendous romp. This is just good old-fashioned fun. Daffy Duck summed it up nicely: "Yoiks and away!".
Alan Rickman just goes with it. "It's not going to be good, but I'll at least ham it up and have fun.". It's like Raul Julia in Street Fighter.
Alan Rickman was great in this movie. I don't remember much else about other than bryan adams being on the radio and tv constantly for months back then
That line from Worf is probably my favourite bit in anything ever. But Alan Rickman scheduling whores at half hourly intervals is up there too.
"Captain, I protest. I am NOT a merry man" - just keeps on getting better with age.
"Bring a friend". Also, my mum STILL quotes "why a spoon?" or "At least I didn't use a spoon." at least once a month.
Just so you know, even American audiences were offended by Costner's accent. #WeStandWithTheUK
Men In Tights is obviously the greatest adaptation of the legend.
"Did you say 'Abe Lincoln'?"
Absolutely
Unlike some other Robin Hoods, Cary Elwes can speak with an English accent.
Cary Elwes is best Robin Hood.
The best and most distinctive things about this movie are Alan Rickman (RIP) and Morgan Freeman.
Both characters are somewhat lifted from the infinitely superior Robin of Sherwood (which I noticed you included a shot of in your montage). A review of that would be most welcome.
Robin of Sherwood is certainly hokey in parts, but also dreamy, moody and atmospheric, with its suggestion of pre-pagan culture in Herne the Hunter, and the Sherriff's dabblings in sorcery & devil-worship - and of course the distinctive synth + ethereal-vocal soundtrack by Clannad.
And yes, 'the Moor' was a 100% rip-off of Nasir.
@@Nifter71 the hokiness, as you put it, may be due to being made for a family audience in the 1980s. I still think it holds up despite this.
I was waiting for that Cary Elwes clip 🤣I saw PoT once, then only watched Men in Tights for the next 3 decades. I forgot how good Alan Rickman was in this movie. I might have to watch it again just for him.
Never saw the big deal about Costner. He usually had the charisma of a plank of wood. Yet in his defense, he was genuinely impressive in Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World and Tin Cup.
Costner does 'stoic', 'upright', 'relentless', 'principled'... but not much else. Haven't seen either of those films you mentioned, but he's pretty good in Yellowstone, in a performance which leans heavily on those attributes I just mentioned!
It's weird, because he does have a charming personality and sense of humor when he actually opts to bring it out. I'd note his roles in SIlverado and Tin Cup as examples. It's like he doesn't get that even dramatic films can have some levity in them.
@@Nifter71 I highly recommend A Perfect World. Costner plays a Con on the run and he's surprisingly charismatic in the role. As for Tin Cup, it's a romantic comedy but Kevin legit kills it in the role of a washed up golf pro.
@@carlrood4457 When I see Kevin in the roles I mentioned, I honestly wonder why I don't see THAT guy more often.
“Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.”- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Nice one! I just uploaded my homage to the original Bryan Adams music video 🙂
Gracias por este video👍
Yes, very good, I like that.
Yeah, I'm the right age to have a soft spot for this one. I know it's kind of crap, but it's still cheesy fun. And I adore Rickman's performance. For that matter, I also love the main theme, although the rest of Kamen's score is bland and forgettable.
Although you know what REALLY irks me about it, but no one ever comments on? The way John's wife goes from having an emergency medieval C-section to participating in the final battle just a few days later. That's probably the single most absurd and unrealistic thing in the whole movie. She'd most likely die from infection, or sheer shock/trauma, and even if she did survive by some miracle she'd be laid up for weeks or months recovering.
I thought that plot a stretch when I first saw it, then I re-watched it after giving birth and I laughed and laughed (and then probably cried.)
I think I've seen this once. Anyone from the UK who was old enough when this came out will just remember the Bryan Adams song being at number 1 in the top 10 for a stupid amount of time, everyone was sick to death of hearing it. I think that is one reason I've not revisited it.
At the time a woman down the road from me constantly played that bloody tune at full volume with her windows open 😡.
I think in the end a neighbour called the police who went round to get her to turn it down or play a different song.
We all got sick of it and the song from another Costner movie ‘the bodyguard’ that she also played over and over.
@@nigeh5326 Oh god, that's another Costner film I've seen once. The annoying thing is in my mind I had the Bodyguard and In the Line of Fire kinda merged into one, couldn't remember which scenes were from which until I rewatched In the Line of Fire and realised everything memorable was from In the Line of Fire. A great film.
@@6581punk weirdly an hour ago I was watching a JoBlo review of ‘Man on Fire’ a great film starring one of my favourite actors, Denzel Washington.
Both your movie and mine having fire in the title 😳
@@nigeh5326 I'll have to check that one out. It's a Tony Scott film and a highly rated one, he often did style over substance type films. People rave on about Top Gun but the recent sequel is a million times better.
@@6581punk it is a great film and I do rate Denzel highly Dakota Fanning is excellent too.
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This film inspired Men in Tights and for that I'm grateful.
Unlike some other Robin Hoods, Kevin can speak with a California accent😂
Men In Tights is obviously the greatest adaptation of the legend.
Man, the Bryan Adams song drove me bonkers, it was no 1 for a million year and a fixture of all weddings fro a long time after, there was no escape!
I was 11 when this was released and it was definitely a force. Between the song, the toys, the trading cards, tv commercials, etc - it was impossible, even for a kid, not to be beat over the head with it.
This one rivals Braveheart for the 'Worst Accents by the Lead Actor' Award.
There'll only ever be one Robin Hood and that's Errol Flynn, no...er...Richard Greene, no...er...Sean Connery no...er...Michael Praed. Dammit. Well, in any event, it ain't Kevin Costner, or Russell Crowe for that matter.
Great work Stam Fine. Love this channel.
The Connerys.
All Hail! Sir Robin of Mulett!
My parents and I almost walked out of the theater because we thought it was so bad. Then Alan Rickman appeared.
Watched it again on TV a few weeks ago; I always found the film quite enjoyable, and I'm a proper movie snob who lists Memento, LA Confidential and several foreign language films among his Top 10. You're right that it was a dumbed down action movie and Alan Rickman appears to be directing himself, but it's no less fun as a result. Here in the UK, Robin Hood is part historical myth and part pantomime character, so there's scope for a less than serious take on the character. Parts of the movie were shot here in the New Forest (on the southern central coast of England).
There was a point in the 90’s that everyone had a vhs copy of this.
I had the laserdisc.
Don't forget the Nintendo game, which didn't even have pics of the original actors in it!
Apologies to anyone who enjoys this film, but it has a half-assed script, a serious lack of action and a pantomime tone. For a budget of somewhere around US$ 45 million it also isn't very impressive visually. And when the 1938 film version was considered definitive, then you have to try harder than this to make your own movie worthwhile. The script was originally intended to be a TV movie, which is ironic considering the Bergin/Thurman movie being broadcast on TV.
P.S. I’m sorry we can’t agree on this movie, as it seems that everything cheesy that I loved about it is what you didn’t? And that’s a first for me, disagreeing with your take. Though it was still jolly entertaining to hear it being crunched up as it passed under your analysertron. Thanks for the fun. ✌️👍
Alan Rickman was great, Kevin Kostner was on an ego trip. Thought his sht didn’t stink.
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a movie... That should've been on the poster.
One of those 'hasnt aged well' type of movies for sure!
Arrow cam. Thats what I remember most. They used it again in Hard Target a couple of years later.
The only reason to watch this film is to watch
Alan Rickman chew the scenery alive.
There is one good thing about this film - it inspired Men in Tights.
It's like watching an outdoor play of Robin Hood at the Sequoia National Park in California.
My personal ranking of Robin Hood movies.
1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
2. Robin and Marian (1976)
3. Robin Hood animated (1973)
4. Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (1991)
5. Robin Hood - Men in Tights (1993)
6. Robin Hood (2010)
Absolute bottom feeder is 2018 bastardization which doesn't deserve a name of a legend. Everyone who collaborated in that travesty should feel bad for the rest of their days.
My ranking is exactly the same, so it must be right
If nothing else, this film shows off the acting talent of Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman & Brian Blessed. The latter of whom should really have got more screen time in this film.
What no mention of Robin of Sherwood? There’s a lot in this film that’s taken from that series, but done 100 times worse. There was wasn’t even a Saracen Merry Man in the legend until Robin of Sherwood, now it’s part of every screen version.
Still, "Why a spoon?" "Because it would hurt more, you idiot!" stays with me 30+ years on
Alan Rickman steals the show and is hilarious, not to criticise Costner's performance.
Alan’s scenery chewing is something to behold.
I’ll criticize costners acting
You don’t think Costner’s acting in this should be criticised?? Really?
No please do, it’s not as if it’s exactly hard.
It’s not a good film . . . but I didn’t hate it. It’s one of those films I knew everything about before seeing it finally 25 years or so after it came out.
But you know what? I miss movies like this. I miss when singular movies could attain huge cultural equity without spawning huge franchises.
I do kind of like this movie despite its many flaws. I think it's mainly because it made a greater attempt at the old swashbuckler feel that most recent adaptations have.
However, that's also the problem. Costner is a good actor and has a charm when he chooses to make use of it (too rarely IMHO), but doesn't really have the raw charisma that takes of over a room the way Errol Flynn could. He owned that scene where he crashes Prince John's banquet carrying a stag on his shoulders. He shared the room with Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone and owned it. He had that boyish grin that screamed "rogue". Costner's style is too sedate for that.
Kevin Costeners acting is as wooden as the trees of the forest.
Harsh. But the Alan Dale line
This might just be a generational thing. For many of us the only Robin Hood reference we had was Disney animated movie. So the IP was goofy and fun. This Robin Hood was like live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Boys my age LOVED this movie. It was serious enough to be taken serious but light enough to be fun. This was part of a whole sword n action era of Kate 80s/early 90s that boys like me spent a lot of money at the box office. Same for Disney 3 Musketeers. These movies weren't trying to be artistic. They were trying to be well made actioners for that demo that was throwing money at anything that fit
Alan, rest in power. Carey Elwes and Mel Brooks clobbered the whole movie with the accent line, but Mel's "When Things Were Rotten" provided the best segments of this video, thank you, Stam.😂
0:59 MEENO PELUCE!
(Stam Fine's channel is now The Spot the Meeno channel.)
this movie about our Robin Hood topic is your typical Hollywood version for American and so, it fails naturally, after the parody from Mel Brooks I can not more watch this film seriously, Alan Rickman and some other was really good, but, without 100 % british actors for the cast was also he only highlight
Sometime you should review Ladyhawke (1985). Like this movie, it's a medieval tale that tried to be serious but turned out really campy. It's mostly forgotten about but it stars Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer before they were really famous, and directed by the late, great Richard Donner. I watched that movie with my mom a few months ago and both of us had a romp watching it, so it would be great one for you to review.
I guarantee you everyone who was a teenage girl when this movie came out remembers it. (Rutger Hauer and a big black pretty horse!)
I re-watch this movie just for Alan Rickman having a great time playing the Sheriff. The rest is so-so.
I liked this film, im sorry. Your review is funny
"Alan Rickman: Prince of Film" - much like the Pink Panther flicks without Herbert Loms Dreyfuss, RHPoT wouldn't have been ANYWHERE nearly as good without Alan. Thank you Sir, R.I.P.
You’re absolutely wrong about the soundtrack. The opening score is timeless. Still enjoyed the review! I really appreciate the effort!
Alan Rickman is the only reason to watch the film. Dances With Wolves started an entire decade where Kevin Costner seemed to think he had a good voice for voiceovers (he is no sean connery, morgan freeman, tim curry or patrick stewart), that flat boring drone just waffled & waffled until he finally had enough money to stop acting.
This was a great Alan Rickman moment for me. He killed it.
… Oh, been meaning to ask, you haven’t covered Deep Space Nine yet, right? I thought you had, but I can’t find it, so I guess I was mistaken.
Rewatching all your Trek stuff this weekend
I remember my then girlfriend and I absolutely loving this at the cinema when it came out. We saw it twice, if I recall correctly, and picked it up on VHS on release! We gazed lovingly into each other's eyes as 'Everything I Do' played on the FM radio... then I watched it recently; much like that now long ago ex-girlfriend, this movie hasn't aged well.
Enjoyed this when it came out as a switch off your brain family swashbuckler.
It’s full of errors eg Dover to Nottingham via Hadrian’s Wall 😳 (that’s like going from Chicago to New York via LA) but good fun.
Nice joke with the Ewok village line 😃.
I can't stand Kevin Costner as Robin, mainly due to his bad accent. The Robin of Sherwood series and Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Man in Tights is my go to Robin Hood shows. 😆 Robin already has a mullet in Robin of Sherwood which came way before Prince of Thieves.
Yeah I get the criticism but this is one of my favourite films. It's just an easy watch. I like it.
Hey Stam. Ah this is a great review as always. From the title which cracked me up even before I clicked to play. I remember wanting to see this film because of Dances with Wolves. I agree that the song was an ear wig it was number 1 for 13 weeks.
Stam, you are the best. Thanks for this. It made my day as usual. ❤❤❤❤
This was far from an awful film, but instead hugely entertaining and a lot of fun. Never gave a f*** about his accent. Rickman was great as usual. And it certainly was a whole lot better than the actual awful Robin Hood movies we have had since then. Guy Ritchie 's version is downright unwatchable and the Russell Crowe version isn't much better.
I have to disagree with SF on this one. To thoroughly enjoy this movie, one needs to forget that there was any attempt at historical accuracy or to make an “epic”. Rather, it is a campy romp made all the better by Alan Rickman’s genius portrayal as a sarcastic and hilarious psychopath. In other words, this picture’s absurdity is precisely why it is fun.
"Hard to see what Prince of Thieves offers the viewer..."
A throbbing headache and a strong desire to demand a ticket refund?
An overwhelming sense of shame for being a citizen of the same country that made this dog?
The urge to go watch a decent Robin Hood movie?
I do not know why the Robin hood of mullets got me so hard, like a minute of chuckling on it, and i've a coughing going on so its very unpleasant, still, i enjoy it.
This was a total date night/chick flick when it came out here in the states, but it still didn't stop me from getting all the action figures lol....yeh...
For the life of me, I did not at all understand some of blink and you'll miss them movie related crazes of the 90s
The Mel Brooks one was better, even though it was one of Mels worst work funny enough.
Twin Peaks when?
How come American actors struggle to do British, Australian and N Zealand accents ?
Yet British, Australian and N Zealand actors can often do American accents so well.
We all speak a variation of English and accents shouldn’t be too hard for Americans but with a few exceptions they struggle, eg Brad Pitt’s awful Irish traveller accent.
No, Most Brits do what they think is an American accent and they sound as ridiculous as Gibson doing Scotts accent.
@@TheEntilza it’s Scots not Scott’s by the way.
I agree on Gibson it is an atrocious attempt and although Braveheart is enjoyable to watch, like the Patriot it’s absolute sh*t as a historical movie.
Costner didn't really look like he lived in a Forrest did he?
Awesome hair....
I used to have the director's cut of this. Don't buy it. Sometimes there's a reason some footage ends up on the editor's floor.
I had to give you a like purely for the title. Hope the video is good. To the treeeeeeesssss!!!!!!!!!
We didn't land on Sherwood Forest. Sherwood Forest landed on us!
To think this was considered bad until that guy richie turd came out
Kevin Costner in this movie was like Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula. A big name actor whose awful performance you put up with to see the cool parts of the movie you really loved. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was actually considered a more grounded, gritty take on the material at the time. Part of that was due to the costumes and the muted color tones, not to mention the copious PG-13 violence.
You should see the one with Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman.
Very good
It's a cute romp. It doesn't try to be anything but that.
Thanks. Stam. Your last line was hilarious.
Best thing about this movie is Alan rickman 😊
Ouch lol. I liked it but to each their own.
Kevin costner was miscast in nearly all his films.
Of course, this film is a masterpiece compared to Robin Hood Ghosts of Sherwood.
I saw this for the first time recently with a group of people who love it. It was awful. I felt like I was being held hostage by the Branch Davidians about to get raided by the ATF.
Good times!
So is it safe to say you’re not a big fan of this flick?
Alan rickman was the best thing in this movie
Your jokes are top notch! 👍👍
Fun movie, Rickman is awesome.
I’m one not interested in correct accents
Bang on. It's an utter dog.
Great stuff as usual mate.
I adore that you referenced "When Things Were Rotten", Mel Brooks' precursor to "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"! Thanks for another great video review, Mr.Fine!
Prince of Sliders
This movie is infinitely more enjoyable than terminator dark fate. I can’t believe you said that was a good movie.
Excruciatingly bad film, but thanks for clarifying what a 'mullet' looks like. I had it confused with a 'mohawk'.
Spoon!
Dude! I just watched this last night!
Condolences.
Robin Hood Prince of Dweebs. I never liked Kevin Costner, and he comes across terribly in this film. Alan Rickman is the best thing about this film. I really miss him.
But I still maintain the best modern version of the Robin Hood legend is the Brit TV series Robin of Sherwood. At least when Michael Praed was playing Robin. After he left, they replaced him with a piece of wood, sorry, Jason Connery, who had neither the talent, the majesty, or the coiffure ("Thanks, Dad!") to pull off the character.
It may not have had a good script, good acting, good music or good direction, but it had JACK WILDE, and for me, that was good enough…
Alan Rickman playing the same character he always did, I refused to watch it