Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2014
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
Chris wasn't shocked to find out that Carlos and Donna were not huge fans of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. You could argue that certain aspects of it seem silly in hindsight, but the truth is a lot of these choices were pretty bizarre even back in 1991. What did surprise him a little bit was that they didn't like it when they were kids either.
It's interesting how divided our generation remains on this one. It's either a beloved holdover from a more innocent age or a five-word-punchline to a joke about early 90s excess. No matter which side of the fence you fall on, it's interesting to note that the film does a great job of illustrating how much summer blockbusters have changed over the years - and how much they've stayed the same.
Topics include: the additional footage in the Extended Edition and whether or not the theatrical cut was already too long, Chris' argument that Alan Rickman's much-lauded performance doesn't actually fit the tone of the rest of the movie, the bizarre and ultimately unnecessary witchcraft subplot, what's missing from Kevin Costner's performance (besides the accent), the moments he totally nails, our own alternate casting choices, and so much more!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves? |
| 0:06.8 | Hello and welcome to Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Chris. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Donna. |
| 0:33.1 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 0:34.0 | And today we're revisiting Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. |
| 0:53.1 | Thank you. Carlos. And today we're revisiting Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. Since the Middle Ages, the tale of Robin Hood, a heroic outlaw who steals from the rich to give to the poor, has been told over and over again with seemingly endless variations, additions, and embellishments. |
| 1:03.9 | Before Prince of Thieves was released in June of 1991, the most well-known adaptations were probably the 1973 Disney cartoon and the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood, which starred Errol Flynn. |
| 1:16.1 | But director Kevin Reynolds and star Kevin Costner had a very different take in mind for their summer blockbuster. |
| 1:21.9 | Prince of Thieves is to those earlier interpretations what Tim Burton's original Batman movie was to the Campy 60s show. |
| 1:28.6 | It's certainly a lot bigger in scope and its violence is substantially more visceral, |
| 1:33.0 | but as the classic tale gets filtered through the muted color palette that was so pervasive |
| 1:37.0 | in the early 90s, there's a sense that the filmmakers took a kitchen sink approach to |
| 1:41.3 | their version of the story. Throw it all in and we'll figure it out later. |
| 1:45.2 | Only no one did. |
| 1:47.8 | Reviews were mixed and most of them singled out the unfocused narrative as one of the |
| 1:51.8 | film's major shortcomings. |
| 1:53.3 | A great deal of Iyer was also aimed at Costner, whom many felt was miscast in the title |
| 1:57.6 | role. |
| 1:58.4 | The movie was still a gigantic hit, though. |
| 2:00.3 | Its budget was 48 million, |
| 2:01.9 | and its box office gross topped out at 390 million, making it the second highest grossing |
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