Robin Hood Prince of Thieves : Win or Fail?

[Badger Kitten]

I went to school with one of the extra, un-named merry men. He got to keep the leather jerkin costume and wore it all summer as bike gear

 

[London_Calling]

I know, that blouse was *really bad*

Yeah, but did he tit you up, cos he told us he got further than that. We're talking downstairs here . . .

Stereotypical Hollywood light entertainment guff; fine for Christmas Day afternoon (on DVD, not the idjut box!) when Granny, Mums and Dads and the nippers need to commune, but otherwise . . . five of those mysterious white doggie turds in the middle of the living room carpet out of five.

 

[skyscraper101]

I climbed up that tree that features at the start

It starts in the middle east don't it?

I liked it when it came out. I was about 10 years old though. Now, it is ok but saved mainly by Rickman and Freeman and less so by Michael McShane and Michael Wincott who plays Guy of Gisborne and Brian Blessed.

Fail: Costner and Cristian Slater's American Accents. Lazy acting indeed.
Win: Sean Connery at the end.
Fail: That Song
Win: Bows and Arrows are always cool.

Overall 50/50 imho

 

[Psychonaut]

It starts in the middle east don't it?

well thats one interpretation..

for me it starts with a tree, a tree that I climbed

Its tougher than it looks, you know. I had to stand on some rocks to reach the first branch.

 

[i_hate_beckham]

Win but only just.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Win, purely for the most over the top death scene ever

 

[stavros]

To quote Cary Elwes in Men In Tights;

"Unlike some Robin Hoods, I speak with an English accent."

 

[kerb]

it was cool when you were twelve especially the tree huts

but as you get older it loses its appeal.

would never buy it or go out my way to watch it because somethings should never be re-watched, but if it cropped up on tv around xmas and i happened to be loafing of the couch one evening i could watch it fairly easily.

 

[DotCommunist]

Little John roaring FANNY! at the top of his voice during the burning of the tree-camp scene always caused many lols in my house

 

[Mallard]

Ridiculous and owt with Costner in is unwatchable. Enjoyed Rickman and the ludicrous/hammy nature of it but overall, shite.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Complete fucking arse. Is there a less charismatic leading man than Kevin Costner?

All the suggestions so far I would say are still more charismatic than Costner. The only person worse than Costner I can think of is Steven Seagal. Maybe Christopher Lambert. I simply do not understand how Costner can possibly have gotten to the position he is in the entertainment world without satanic influence.

Oh, and if you can fast forward between the bits with Rickman in it, the film's fine, otherwise it sucks.