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(I would like everyone to note that the above image is hosted at a site called http://artofmanliness.com.)
Coming home to the comments on my previous post, I am realizing that perhaps the vocal majority of webfolk are actually kind of excited about the upcoming Russell Crowe stars as Robin Hood flick.
So, let me just go ahead and say this.
I hate Gladiator. I fucking hate that move.
Also, I have never seen a Ridley Scott movie I liked. I will make the horrible admission of having never watched Blade Runner. For a film geek, I realize, this is bad. It's on my Netflix Instant Queue, but there's, like, 45 other things ahead of it.
I mean, this is the person responsible for Kingdom of Heaven, a two-hour long tribute to Orlando Bloom's hair masquerading as a Crusades epic. Egads.
But people love his movies. People love Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. And same with Russell Crowe. People are big fans. He makes, like, 3 movies a year. I don't see the appeal. I do like him in L.A. Confidential, but goddamn, that's a great fucking movie. He doesn't seem to be carrying the weight of Being Russell Crowe in that movie, probably because he wasn't really Russell Crowe yet. He's just Bud, and it works.
And what about the content? How many people need a vanity Robin Hood project? If you type "Robin Hood" into IMDb, you will come up with 76 resulting movies and television shows. I honestly cannot think of a more overdone story. Can you? Seriously, I want to know if you can think of one. "Beauty and the Beast" has 30. The Bible pulls 98, but it has providence on its side, so I'll keep the query to nonreligious tales. King Arthur? That might be a competitor, but I'm standing by Robin Hood. Most overfilmed story of all time. Thank you.