Robin Hood: critics

According to most critics, the reinvention of the British classic by director Otto Bathurst falls flat.

Critics are for Robin Hood, director Otto Bathurst reinvents the British classic. According to most critics, the latest version of the story-telling film is quite different from that of his predecessors, including Kevin Costner's. Prince of Thieves in 1991 and Russell Crowe's starrer 2010 by Ridley Scott.

Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx and Ben Mendelsohn lead the cast in the classic Bathurst story version. But like The Hollywood journalistTodd McCarthy noted that even his impressive list of talents could not save Robin Hood.

"Well, it's worse than anyone could have imagined in this big-screen movie of all time for Robin, Marian, Friar Tuck, Gisbourne's Guy and the Sheriff of Nottingham, not to mention Jamie Foxx as An angry man from McCarthy wrote that the Middle East was mixed on the wrong side of a crusade or maybe just the wrong movie. "[Producer] Leonardo DiCaprio can be quiet knowing that this fiasco comes and goes so fast that few people will remember that he even existed, much less that he produced it. In a just world, everyone involved in this mess would be required to submit to some sort of public penance. "

Unlike other Robin Hood films, this first film produced by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly takes place in an ambiguous setting where the characters (including Robin de Egerton) put on hoodies, leather jackets and more modern digs Creative freedom that has not impressed many critics.

"This is not the first time anyone tries to probe the darkness of this charming story of action. The 2010 film with Russell Crowe also did, but at least this film tried to get closer to the period " New York PostJohnny Oleksinski wrote. "In the new Hood of director Otto Bathurst, Nottingham looks like a Roman fortress where everyone shops in Zara."

NewsdayRafer Guzman agreed, writing, "Yes, my God, that's – the big Robin Hood distribution!" Call it "Robin Hoodie." Guzman then suggested that the film's modern aesthetic eclipsed his "old-fashioned adventure." "Then, suddenly, someone comes up with what looks like a Kenneth Cole walking coat. It's the weirdest combination of bows and arrows and Abercrombie & Fitch. "

Aside from dubious fashion choices, several writers have also been severely criticized Robin Hoodnarration. "There is no flow in the fight, no sense behind the stunts, and no reason to invest in the empty noise that surrounds them," wrote IndieWireThat's David Ehrlich. "Robin Hood just goes between boredom and nonsense so quickly that he begins to constantly provide both."

Weekly entertainmentMaureen Lee Lenker called Robin Hood "a robbery film without humor and heart." In the action sequences, director Otto Bathurst chose a shooting style developed by Guy Ritchie: the cleverly calibrated mix of slow motion and hyper-speed in a burst of ballistic violence. used the technique for the Sherlock Holmes movies, but at this point the tour seems bland. The Bathurst approach is derived and lacks the narrative purpose that has shone aesthetics in other contexts. "

While the Boston GlobeMeredith Goldstein thought that Egerton had made a beautiful Robin Hood. She seemed to say that the script of her movie had undermined the potential of her character. "Egerton is an ideal Robin, with his jaw-shaped Lego and ability to deliver lines with great sarcasm while looking great in stylish outerwear," said Goldstein. "The only problem is that there is not much to say to Egerton's Robin. Zingers do not really zap."

Empire Dan Jolin magazine compared unfavorably from 2018 Robin Hood to the fantastic drama of Guy Ritchie 2017, King Arthur: The legend of the sword. "Like Guy Ritchie's King Arthur, he strives to do something new and exciting with an old formula," Jolin wrote. "It makes you want something more traditional and simple."

L & # 39; envelopeYolanda Machado seems to think that Bathurst was lazy in his approach to tell the legend. She wrote: "Reboots and remakes are meant to introduce a new audience to a classic tale with new ideas and stories that make history relevant to a modern audience." Robin Hood does not even try. "