Robin Hood (2010)

I guess this is what would be called a "genesis" movie: how Robin Longstride went from honest soldier to outlaw.  It stops there, however -- we don't get any of those colorful robbing from the rich scenes.  That'd be fodder for a probably pretty decent sequel.

There's a whole lot going on here and dozens of characters to track, but it never felt overwhelming.  The look and feel was right, the faux history made sense, and the romance never took over the story, instead going for organic rather than manipulated.  I thought everyone did a heckuva job with their roles.  If this political history stuff was more my movie thing, I'd recommend it pretty highly.

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