tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674725971124415095.post506058769398266362..comments2024-01-10T02:20:16.307-08:00Comments on Turban Decay: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)Jordan Saïdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09205336511112945110noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674725971124415095.post-82952937336100075312021-07-05T03:28:02.101-07:002021-07-05T03:28:02.101-07:00I love your description of how Azeem affected you ...I love your description of how Azeem affected you growing up, in spite of the film's (many) flaws. I've always quipped that it's a good movie "in spite of Kevin Costner's best efforts," and as a teenager I mercilessly dragged my grandmother for actually liking him. I'm an unashamed Will Scarlett fan though, and Christian Slater's portrayal of him was definitely foundational to that.Paul Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12335532132592531236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674725971124415095.post-21754349398596775592016-12-17T09:28:15.203-08:002016-12-17T09:28:15.203-08:00Yes, well, you say it yourself: you shouldn't ...Yes, well, you say it yourself: you shouldn't like it. A film we all love to hate. And hate to love. Is this our select, favourite form of immaturity, yearning to be back in high school, when are we engaged only in shaming ourselves for liking something? Who is this Big General Opinion that mocks people having a secret predilection for Phil Collins, Barbara Streisand and maybe for Kevin Costner? I actually thought our egos were so big, we'd choose our freedom any time over the Great Internalised Judge. Me, myself and my ego love freedom, hate ridicule and judgement, but don't seem to be able to choose freedom. Oh, grow up humanity!<br /><br />This is my all time favourite adventure, action piece I love. Normally, I drift off during action films and sometimes have to physically shake myself awake when I hear dialogue: Oh, look, there's James Bond again!! Jordan you said it so well, it's got everything: it's a historical drama, action, comedy, romance all in a dark Medieval package. There's nothing merry about those scenes of evil feudalism, futile crusades, starvation, women's places, lack of green silk for tights or the sheer dearth of hair spray for the perfectly waved male locks. And if you let yourself be carried away with the movie (without analysising genre), you'll breath will be taken away in horror by the criminally villainous, nightmarishly legendary Alan Rickman as the Sheriff. <br /><br />How did the Prince of Thieves portray the Crusades in your opinion? All I saw was the need to get the hell out of a meaningless war. The friendship between the Moor and the Christian are a constant reminder of the idiocy of the holy war, the Christian jihad if you like. I sincerely wonder, which film your venerable father has seen. But like in all good movies, you see something new every time you watch it, so perhaps the next time I will see his perspective. <br /><br />I feel like I've lived many lifetimes during this film and look forward to experiencing it again.saamemaanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360676980194471554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674725971124415095.post-64713559907940281542013-06-03T04:20:52.126-07:002013-06-03T04:20:52.126-07:00I don't think you can really complain if a wom...I don't think you can really complain if a woman comes off mostly as a damsel in distress in a story that takes place in the high middle ages. In fact, it's pretty admirable that she resists her malefactors at all. That certainly isn't the norm for non-fictional women of her time period.<br /><br />Very engaging review, though, and an interesting perspective on a film I would otherwise have completely ignored.<br /><br />Also, it's very shortly fetched for Azeem to just intentionally be black. West Africa is part of Moorish territory from the time, and I hear they have lots of black people in Africa.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300176644656352619noreply@blogger.com