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Simply A Masterpiece

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Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This is still the best movie about the legendary outlaw, it's swashbuckling adventure defined! it shows almost all the most important and famous pats of the legend and does so with happy optimism and wonderful fight scenes. Robin Hood is one of those characters who's story was made to be told this way, no "updating" needed, no dark and brooding Robin of Locksley needed! It's upbeat and colorful, it's a fun adventure flick that has stood the test of time. Errol Flynn will always be the best Robin Hood!

Executive producer: Hal B. Wallis. In charge of production: Jack L. Warner. Copyright 14 March 1938 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. New York opening at the Radio City Music Hall, 12 May 1938 (ran 3 weeks). U.S. release: 14 May 1938. Australian release: 15 September 1938. 11 reels. 9,177 feet. 102 minutes. (Available on a superb Warner DVD). SYNOPSIS: England, 1194. Loyal "outlaw" defeats the ambitions of usurping Prince John.NOTES: "Unfortunately, the action scenes were ineffective, and I was forced to replace the director in mid-production. I felt that only Mike Curtiz could give the picture the color and scope it needed. Why hadn't we used him in the first place? Errol wanted Keighley (who had directed him in The Prince and The Pauper)." — Hal B. Wallis.Dawson, Weyl and Korngold all won awards in their various categories. Also nominated for Best Picture (lost to You Can't Take It With You). Number 8 on the New York Times Ten Best list. Number 7 on the Film Daily Ten Best. Shooting commenced 27 September 1937, finished 15 January 1938. Negative cost: $1,900,000.COMMENT: We can be thankful that Warners saw the error of their ways. Fortunately, there is far more Curtiz than Keighley in the picture. It starts off with Curtiz in the great castle confrontation between Flynn and Rains and then goes into the weaker Keighley stuff in which Una O'Connor is allowed to put on her usual tiresome antics as Maid Marian's maid and Herbert Mundin is encouraged to overact atrociously.Olivia de Havilland is also extremely wet — a fact that Keighley seems to have realized. He asked the photographer to give her some extra allure by soft lensing her reaction shots. Patric Knowles is likewise a far too colorless a Will Scarlett, and even Rathbone seems somewhat bland in the Keighley segments. He's much more powerful under Curtiz where he really delivers his lines with as much relish as he wields his sword. What a shame Curtiz wasn't permitted to re-shoot more of the Keighley material! Richard is weak too, while Littlejohn and Friar Tuck are also disappointing — Curtiz would have given them far greater impact. But Flynn is always perfect — a dashing Robin Hood whom it takes no less than three villains to balance: Rathbone as the fastest swordsman in the north, deliciously blustering Melville Cooper, sublimely egocentric Claude Rains. Fed with some marvelous lines, these three are absolutely admirable in nastiness. As for all the action with its stupendous climactic duel between Flynn and Rathbone, plus the sumptuous music score, the gorgeous sets, pacey film editing, exuberant color . . . Robin Hood is simply unbeatable.

Few storybooks have been more brilliantly brought to life, page for page, chapter for chapter, derring-do for derring-do than this full-coloured recounting of the fabulous deeds of legend's arch-archer, Sir Robin of Locksley. In Errol Flynn, Sir Robin of Sherwood Forest has found his man, a swashbuckler from peaked cap to pointed toe, defiant of his enemies and England's, graciously impudent with his lady love, quick for a fight or a frolic. He moves swiftly when there's need and Guy of Gisbourne rues it.Author - Neville Bardoli IMDb

Prince John (Claude Rains) begins oppressing the Saxons in the absence of his brother King Richard (Ian Hunter). A Saxon Lord and one of the best archers in the country Sir Robin of Loxley (Errol Flynn) is determined to fight against Prince John in Richard's absence and with the help of a few of his Saxon followers he attempts to overthrow Prince John and protect his people at the same time.For what it is this is a fairly enjoyable picture - albeit there are times during the middle portion of the film (mainly when there isn't any action) that the film does suffer slightly. However, the main issue I had with this film is how over-the-top it felt at times. As far as I was concerned, this film was painfully theatrical - particularly in the early stages of the film. One example of this is when Errol Flynn is with his cronies and they are all laughing together; for some reason a lot of these scenes felt too rehearsed and unnatural and I just didn't find a lot of it convincing. The likes of Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone were both excellent, but again they felt more like pantomime villains than anything else and I didn't find them particularly threatening and found them more amusing than anything else - although I'm sure that this wasn't the director's intention.Although I've criticised a lot of the actors for being overly theatrical ironically they are the very reason that the film is worth watching. Flynn's charisma and energy and anti-hero sensibility make him an enjoyable screen presence - the only thing that annoyed me slightly about him was his forced laughter every 2 minutes which started to grate after a while. The likes of Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone were the best actors in this film as the evil snivelling Saxon suppressors.Overall then The Adventures Of Robin Hood is worth watching; it has just about enough energy and charm to make it enjoyable and it has many capable actors on board whom all give 110% throughout the picture. Yes it's overly theatrical, and a tad cheesy, but it's perfect fodder for a wet Sunday afternoon.FINAL NOTE; this film has a U certification, but it does contain scenes of people being stabbed with swords and shot with arrows so it's probably best not to let really young children watch it.