Robin Hood, after the handsome and handsome aristocrat, dressed in green clothes, haunted in the woods, pierced through Yang at a hundred paces, and punished the bad guys. Robin Hood should be the chief representative of Greenwood Heroes. Plus the pure and lovely Mary, the brave and fearless, the wise king Richard the Lionheart. The fairy tales that surpassed all princes and princesses left a deep memory in my heart.
However, the new version of Robin Hood subverted the images of these three people at once. Robin turned into an ordinary archer, not only without chivalrous demeanor, but more like an old fritters, archery magic, used to beat hares to open a small stove. He was already an old man with gray temples when he appeared on the stage, and then played by Russell Crowe, a strong man who looked like 300 Spartan warriors, made me feel Spartan. Look at King Richard, the famous English icon, military strategist, strategist and negotiator, who only showed his arrogant and unreasonable side. The only time he meets Robin is when Robin and a friend get into a fight over gambling, and Robin is thrown out just in time to crush King Richard on top of him. Then King Richard wanted to hear the truth, and Robin was taken into custody and executed after telling the truth. Even more ironically, King Richard, who was invincible at once and never wore armor, was then shot to death by a small worker who was giving the soldiers guarding the city a crossbow. (Western version of Takeda Shingen?) Instead, Robin entrusted the death of King Richard and had good luck along the way, disguised as a mourning knight and returned to England (during this period, Robin's arrow skills were not unsolved, aiming and shooting, only let No. 1 A few stitches on the face of the opposite angle). Looking at Maria again, although the charm still exists, she is already an aunt in her 40s, and she performs even more amazing magic tricks when she comes out. between. And married, older than the person who married (that is, the baron that Robin pretended to be). In this way, if Maria followed the original book, how could the evil baron be able to grab it, even if he grabbed it, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to beat it.
Apparently this is a new story under the guise of Robin Hood. But the story is not at all as ridiculous as I tell it, it is serious. Tells us about what might have happened during that period, with dry humour and a slight sarcasm. What the characters do in the play is as reasonable and normal as what happens in reality. Robin, a veteran who participated in the Eastern Expedition for 10 years, the only thing he thinks about on the battlefield is how to live, and otherwise life will be as boring as dead ashes. Even what he said when he met King Richard was not to show his loyalty or chivalry.
To pretend to be a knight and return to China is just to push the boat along the way, out of self-protection. Inadvertently getting his finger scratched by the saber, out of belief and superstition, Robin felt that it was necessary to return the saber to the Baron's hometown. Out of the protection of the territory and the protection of the residents, the old baron asked Robin to pretend to be his son. The love between Robin and Maria comes from the recognition of each other's personality. A woman who lost her husband for ten years when she was newly married, and a man who fought on the battlefield for ten years. If you are in such a situation, and the other person is fine, I believe you will do the same. And Robin and Tucker went to the tax-cutting car together, not out of noble ideas such as robbing the rich and helping the poor, but because the taxation is unreasonable, and there is no seed, and there will be no harvest next year. I believe that the soldiers who collect taxes also know which one is willing to resist desperately.
And those dramatic anti-heroic details make the film more plain and real. A friend who hangs out with local widows when he comes back with Robin. Friar Tucker who stole mead for a fee. Subverting the image of everyone in a plain way, in exchange for a fullness and freshness of the character.
In such a film, the director wants to add the finishing touch, and the stroke of indicating his ambition is superfluous. Since the old baron decided that Robin was the son of a dear friend, their expectations were returned. If King John hadn't repented, the United Kingdom would have signed the Declaration of Human Rights 400 years ahead of schedule and entered the era of constitutional monarchy under the efforts of Robin. Also, King John said, "They surrendered to Robin because of his acquaintance with the worldly baron." In this regard, he had a bad relationship with Robin and forced the people to steal. These attempts to point out the essence of Robin's story make the film seem abrupt and unreal.
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