BBC Robin Hood vs. Rango . . . Rango Wins
I watched the first episode of the first season of the BBC Robin Hood yesterday. I'd heard that the story was not impressive, but Richard Armitage was satisfyingly evil as Sir Guy of Gisborne. Turns out, the story was unbelievably awful (especially for a Howard Pyle fan like me), and what little I saw of Sir Guy was . . . WOW. I already checked out all three seasons from the library, sooooo . . . I guess I'll just skim through it and watch all the parts worth watching. ;)
You know what's sad, though? Later that evening, I watched Rango with my family. The brilliant writing for that movie ("And the hero is off to rescue his (emotionally unstable) maiden!") was a huge contrast to what I just saw with Robin Hood. Despite the fact that Rango is an American film, and Robin Hood a British TV show. As Samwise Gamgee would say, "I don't know why . . . it makes me sad." (Even though I'm American myself.)
Okay, I'll stop rambling now, and try to NOT mention anything about how I couldn't even get on LJ for hours prior to this post.
You know what's sad, though? Later that evening, I watched Rango with my family. The brilliant writing for that movie ("And the hero is off to rescue his (emotionally unstable) maiden!") was a huge contrast to what I just saw with Robin Hood. Despite the fact that Rango is an American film, and Robin Hood a British TV show. As Samwise Gamgee would say, "I don't know why . . . it makes me sad." (Even though I'm American myself.)
Okay, I'll stop rambling now, and try to NOT mention anything about how I couldn't even get on LJ for hours prior to this post.