- Sensibility: Much like the tales of Robin Hood, this story tends a bit towards fairytale nonsense. A bit with a woman at the beginning is awkward and unreasonable, and some of the behaviors at the priory, particularly the ending, are a bit hard to accept.
- Cinematography: The landscape visuals are far and away the highlight of the film. Great framing choices and camera direction allow for beautiful portrayals of the landscape. However, some score choices take away from some potentially great moments and some shoddy editing choices leave some scenes much longer than need be.
- Energy: A very slow story that is more spiritual and figurative than physical or literal. The front-loading of the action sequences makes for an interesting opening, but then makes the slow ending feel longer than it is.
- Narrative: A slow, spiritual story. The story preys on the viewer's nostalgia for some kind of Robin Hood figure. I think the emotional hard-hitting moments would be more effective with more background and more reason to feel some kind of empathy for the character. The story feels like it loses direction about halfway through, drifting somewhat aimlessly around the priory and its daily living.
- T-Points: The film received two bonus points: one for a great shot of Robin limping into a cave and one for a few bloodletting sequences.
This film marketed itself as a grand action adventure to its own demise at the box office. This slow moving, introspective story is a great watch, but not what most were probably expecting. Jodie Comer is amazing
and Hugh Jackman just nails it as always.
Number of Watches: 1
