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[ivyfic]

I am watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I watched this when it came out and remember being terrified by the body in the cage at the beginning, which I now see is on screen for maybe five seconds, tops.

Rewatching it now? Wow. Just. Wow. If it weren't for the A-list cast, I'd swear this was made for $5 in Romania for the Syfy Channel. I see why Mel Brooks parodied it. It should be parodied.

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[embroiderama]

Oh man, I was a senior in high school when it came out, and the main thing I remember was the excitement/uproar of Kevin Costner's naked ass.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I was ten. I just came across this review of the film from Ebert: "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a murky, unfocused, violent, and depressing version of the classic story ... The most depressing thing about the movie is that children will attend it expecting to have a good time."

...that pretty much sums up my experience of it. It really scared me. I'm sure my parents thought it would be swashbuckling fun.

[embroiderama]

Yeah, I can only imagine. I did see it but IIRC I mainly thought it was stupid.