The Adventures of Robin Hood

Although my personal favorite among Errol Flynn's films is The Sea Hawk, most will argue that his career role was this one in The Adventures of Robin Hood. It certainly has a deserved enduring popularity that's lasted for generations. Just about... Full review

Historically, this film is a heap of hooey. If Robin Hood ever existed, he would have lived about 150 years after the period in which the film is set. Modern historians are of the opinion that good King Richard and... Full review

You know that there are things in your life that you just derive a great deal of comfort from. It may be an old worn jersey, a hot cup of tomato soup on a cold day or the simple smile... Full review

This is undoubtedly the best filmed version of the Robin Hood legend ever made. Errol Flynn leads a remarkable cast that seems to jump off the screen in their Technicolor brilliance. Flynn seems born to play this role (or any... Full review

This is it, this is THE classical movie I grew up adoring as a kid. It inspired my dreams of knights and virgin ladies, had me fight great battles against evil enemies in our backyard and made me conclude my... Full review

When King Richard is captured while abroad, his treacherous brother Price John uses the situation as his opportunity to seize the title for himself. With his wicked ways he oppresses the people, boosts taxes, hangs those who refuses to pay... Full review

Two of the most stirring period propaganda pieces of the Second World War were Laurence Olivier's "Henry V" and Sergei Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible". I wonder if either director had seen "Robin Hood".The colour scheme of "Henry V", often said... Full review

This film *is* the Robin Hood of the screen: it's merry and witty, tender and bold, impudent, dashing and brightly clad... and an undoubted legend in its own lifetime! I recently had the chance to see it in the cinema... Full review

The other early romanticism take on the Robin Hood legend, aside from the silent Douglas Fairbanks version. This one puts famed Hollywood hell raiser pirate Errol Flynn in the title role of Robin Hood. As would be expected of that... Full review

I am almost ashamed to say it,but I only recently saw this film for the first time at the ripe old age of 36.After it was over, I thought,"Why on earth did I wait so long?".This is really a fun... Full review

Turner Classic Movies tip for May 9, 2009:....It is not only Errol Flynn's best movie, it is also, by far, the finest swashbuckler ever filmed.....The majestic background music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold very deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Score.....The stunning cinematography was the work of Sol Polito and Tony Gaudio..... ... Full Review

The scene is brilliant and powerful for the way it asserts that history happens in haphazard moments: Significant words are often tossed around casually, even as sandwiches are being gobbled and soda is being guzzled. There are scenes in "W." that are beautifully played and shaped, and even though they're small scenes (much smaller than the elaborate Iraq war strategizing sequences), they embody the most potent parts of the George W. Bush story. ... Full Review

Warner Brothers have done up the film wonderfully well, with a fully restored and remastered print and good, high-definition video.....The supporting cast is no less felicitous.....Clothing and hair styles aside, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is as nearly perfect a costume action drama as one could hope for.....Curtiz was ideal managing the derring-do.....Flynn was the perfect leading man, with a supporting cast equally distinguished;.... ... Full Review

Warner Brothers have done up the film wonderfully well, with a fully restored and remastered print and good, high-definition video. Clothing and hair styles aside, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is as nearly perfect a costume action drama as one could hope for. ... Full Review

Curtiz, who at times can be a bit too portentous for his own good, found just the right balance between swashbuckling action, ravishing romance and lighthearted comedy in Robin Hood , and that achievement is why the film still is at the apex of its genre now 70 years after its initial release. ... Full Review

In order to avoid the material copyrighted by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. for his 1922 Robin Hood , the scripters of this Flynn version relied on several legendary episodes that had never before been filmed, notably the battle between Robin and... ... Full Article

If you haven't done it yet, this is the holiday season to take the leap into Blu-ray, the high-definition DVD format that offers both stunning picture and sound quality. ... Full Article

Regardless of what the entertainment tastes of theatre patrons might be, this incredibly magnificent production, through the attainment of superb heights in pageantry, spectacle, thrills, romance and precedental beauties of Technicolor photography, includes plenty to more than satisfy them. ... Full Article

In my first post about classic movie soundtracks To symphony-type audiences, probably the best-known of the early studio film composers is Erich Wolfgang Korngold, given that some of his concert music remains in the repertory (in particular the Violin Concerto ... Full Article

4.Pather Panchali (Indian, lovely) 5.A Clockwork Orange (nice choice).6.A Fistful of Dollars 7.The Adventures of Robin Hood.8.Alexander Nevsky 9. ... Full Article

"Why, you speak treason!" exclaims Marian. "Fluently," replies Robin. OK, forget about Errol Flynn's pageboy hairpiece, admittedly a difficult obstacle to overcome but not entirely impossible, and, Doug Fairbanks notwithstanding, you get the most swashbuckling hero in the history of... ... Full Article