Well, the summer movie season has gotten off to a pretty weak start. Last weekend, "Iron Man 2," although charming in many respects, failed to live up to the quality of the original.
This weekend, another disappointing summer blockbuster hit theaters. "Robin Hood," directed by Ridley Scott, drags along at a sluggish pace. Much like "Iron Man 2," the film tries to do too much. Intertwining two plot lines, the film feels disjointed, as if two separate movies are being crammed together into one. The film also fails on a character level, never really giving stars like Russell Crowe or Cate Blanchett much to work with. While the two great actors try their best to add depth their respective characters, they cannot save the film from its own mediocrity. I'll give it a C.
Anyway, let's hope that the summer movie season picks up and at least delivers fun, entertaining movies. But, to be honest, it doesn't look promising.
1 comment:
Robin Hood would have been better named as "Disjoined, non historical Middle age warfare: the movie" What ever happened to the Merry Men what ever happened to maintaining any aspect of the origional story. Where was the fun that one expects from a Robin Hood film. the special effects were nice, but nobody seems to understand that effects are nice if they add to the story- don't base the story around the effects. (Robin hood seems to linger in the void between these two categories)
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