Ridley Scott's ROBIN HOOD trailer...

...hints at shot-for-shot remake of Gladiator?

by Matt Holmes

I feel like I've seen the story of Robin Hood played out so many times previous in both film and t.v. adaptations over the years that I'm truly drained with the legend now. Each version has the same standard scenes, the same setups, the same characters, the same stock performances. russell-crowe-robin-hood It doesn't matter how many times the trailer for Ridley Scott's grim, slightly more upbeat, bloody but nevertheless rather conventional looking movie proudly claims that this one is dealing with the "man behind the legend", I'm afraid, you simply can't pull the wool over my eyes. I've seen this story before, multiple times. I'm done with it now.

Aren't you done with it Sir. Ridley... haven't you made this movie before?

I'm struggling to see what's new that so badly needed to be told in this version. Do you guys not remember when this movie went by the title of Nottingham, and it was supposed to be centered around the point of view of The Sheriff of Nottingham who was intriguingly positioned as the good guy of the piece? That was the movie to make. Not this Robin of Loxley "crusader turned outlaw, robbed from the rich and gave to the poor" again. Costner's version was adequate and as bout a good modern day live action version as I could imagine and Errol Flynn's will never be beaten. So why bother?
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.