NONE SHALL PASS!

[amatyultare]

I don't know that I can come up with any coherent thoughts on the new Robin Hood movie right now. The only thing that comes to mind is that this movie felt less like a 'Gladiator' remake (which is how I'd heard it described) and more like a weird LOTR remake, only this time Aragron marries Eowyn? And Sauron=the French? I don't know. For more thoughts, I refer you to the ever-hilarious Cleolinda.

(Also, tarimanveri, if you watch this movie, can you live-blog it somehow? Because I would love to read your history-geek-rage-fueled comments; also, without a way to vent, your head may explode somewhere between King Richard dying in battle on his way back from the Crusades and the part in which a proper Christian English lord gets a Viking funeral pyre.)

(However, Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea was excellent and I'm betting a good third of the soundtrack will be GBS songs. I may buy the soundtrack for that alone.)

(Also, Cate Blanchett is always fierce.)

Comments

[aurora-nine.livejournal.com]

I love that people in the US are getting into GBS. I knew them when they were small and saw them several times now- they are so awesome!

[tarimanveri.livejournal.com]

Oh, I desperately want to see this. I was contemplating seeing who I could round up and take to see it in theatres after I'm done my grading, but now it appears that perhaps I should wait for it to come out on DVD!

Also, GBS soundtrack? This is relevant to my interests!

[frauleinfrog.livejournal.com]

So, basically what you're trying to say is, "History Majors, Stay Away! Danger Will Robinson!"? I live in a time warp, so I didn't actually know about this movie until, like, two days ago, but. Sounds pretty terrible.