I get why people like the Russell Crowe appeal, but it's not one that I'm really into.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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erikaj - Apr 23, 2010 6:47:40 am PDT #7823 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
le nubian - Apr 23, 2010 6:54:03 am PDT #7824 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I like "The Insider" Russell Crowe and that movie he was in with Denzel Washington.
I actually don't think I've seen an action movie with him in it. It surprises me to type that sentence.
Aims - Apr 23, 2010 6:59:22 am PDT #7825 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"A Beautiful Mind" is still my favorite.
flea - Apr 23, 2010 7:02:03 am PDT #7826 of 30000
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Robin Hood is directed by Ridley "Gladiator" Scott, and one of the trailers is horses in misty woods and a certain weird sort of horn music that is EXACTLY what the music was during the "horses in misty woods" parts of Gladiator.
I liked Gladiator especially because Russell had to be all in shape and not paunchy for it. Yes, I am that shallow.
Aims - Apr 23, 2010 7:05:45 am PDT #7827 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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§ ita § - Apr 23, 2010 7:20:22 am PDT #7828 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ridley Scott has done a bunch of movies that aren't Gladiator. I just think that anything with Crowe in it even vaguely close to the battling style is going to get tarred with the Gladiator brush for good or ill, just because he's in it, dressed up, fighting for the common man.
Airbender to go 3D? Green Hornet to go 3D. Both in post. Ick. Not that I was going to see either...
erikaj - Apr 23, 2010 7:22:30 am PDT #7829 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Oh, right, Russell was "The Insider" which I forgot. He was that good I guess Shallow I get, I'm just not shallow for him.
Aims - Apr 23, 2010 7:28:30 am PDT #7830 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I can't wait for Schindler's List to go 3D in the re-release!!
NAZIS IN YOUR FACE!!
I freaking hate 3D.
Beverly - Apr 23, 2010 7:29:01 am PDT #7831 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Robin Hood is my favorite story. I have a collection of Robin Hood books, from children's books to an antique collection of "ballades" of his exploits. It is apparently another one of the stories Hollywood likes to retell every 17.4 years or so.
I'm a fan of Crowe (Beautiful Mind, Master & Commander), but I doubt I'll see this Robin Hood. Unless it has Alan Rickman, the only saving grace of the *last* Hollywood Robin Hood movie.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 23, 2010 7:32:52 am PDT #7832 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My problem with the Robin Hood preview is it looks so grim, like it won't be a fun Robin Hood movie. Even Robin & Marion had some fun moments on the way to that downer of an ending.
I'm also a little miffed that this started off as Nottingham back in the day and was going to be from the sheriff's perspective, which could have been really interesting if done right.
Mostly, though, I don't trust Ridley Scott anymore.