"The Hero rose until he became a Legend!" - summit10
The story revolved on how the man became the hero and how the legend began!
The beginning of the film was quite dragging and fast paced on what is happening simultaneously on France's battleground and London's infidelities. But, I can say that it was entertaining, fun to watch, less gritty from the other films that Sir Ridley Scott made in the past especially Kingdom of Heaven.
Most of the cast made a commendable performance including Mark Strong's stoic character. Other characters are a bit stereotyped and dull like Danny Huston's which I always find him not interesting. Cate Blanchett is likewise the same, as a strong woman, she has given a more decent portrayal for the two.
Other concerns are the children of Sherwood Forest which gives a good backdrop on how they came to be since London's men has been fighting in the Crusades for the last ten years which I easily find that it gave more meaning to the whole story, although was quite ironic when they started as a nuisance for the Loxsley estate then turned into Marion's rescuers at the near end of the story.
The fight scene at the shores was a bit inadequate and superficial. The climax of Robin shooting the arrow at Godfrey was the only moment that astounded me. Why would there be a need for Marion to be in the fight? And more so, the children who rode on smaller horses seemed farfetched considering they will be in a fight with French knights with armour and battle training.
Overall, it was a wonderful film, it even got me thinking of the connection with Balian of Kingdom of Heaven end of the story which showed King Richard the Lionheart going to Jerusalem to bring it back to Christians from the Muslims, then out of money, plunders every Kingdom he could set upon before going back to London.
Truly, Sir Ridley Scott is a Master of Epic films!
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