Robin Hood

I got an invite from omy.sg (thanks!) to attend the preview of the movie Robin Hood. It kind of reminds me of Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves which is close to 2 decades old. Good, can compare.

I was half expecting to see the ferocity of Russell Crowe in Gladiator and the breathtaking scenes of 300. It kind of surprised me to see D-Day style Normandy beach landing in Robin Hood. Scenes and action wise, the archers' barrage was always spectacular, but the close combat wasn't really breathtaking. Robin Hood is an archer, what close combat?

As for story, it was quite different from my impression of Robin Hood. He didn't meet Little John in the forest. Little was mentioned about Robin being an outlaw robbing the rich, in fact a large portion of the movie was on Robin fighting alongside the King. I couldn't quite locate the climax of the movie. But some of the jokes in the movie were good.

By the way, was that a hammer in Robin Hood's hand?