Reasons why this film is underwhelming

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Joey24007 — 10 years ago(September 01, 2015 02:07 PM)

Its been said, by Alan Rickman, I believe, that Costner's American english accent is closer to 1200s anglo-saxon than a modern British accent.
In fact, had the movie been historically accurate the Sheriff would have been most likely speaking French. King Richard also spoke French and spent very little time in England

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Joey24007 — 10 years ago(September 01, 2015 02:13 PM)

Robin is also the son of a noble in the film which means he would have probably spoken French.
In some tales Robin is a yeoman and would therefore have spoken English as it was in the 1200s.
After the Norman invasion the language of the Court and the government became French. It was also the Normans who introduced castles as we have come to know them in England.

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ftremblay379 — 10 years ago(September 02, 2015 11:31 AM)

Maybe they should have shot the movie in old English too?

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carrot-blower — 10 years ago(September 03, 2015 02:21 AM)

He can't be too swift between the ears with comments like that.

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scootergirl9988 — 10 years ago(November 07, 2015 09:01 AM)

You have to love it when people take umbrage with accents but not with language.
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leehindmarsh4 — 10 years ago(November 24, 2015 06:41 AM)

I didn't bother me.

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generationofswine — 10 years ago(March 20, 2016 07:19 PM)

You are complaining about accents in a movie set in a time when you would not have been able to understand the English that was spoken? Should they have done it in the Heavy Nordic/Welsh/French English and then subtitled it to make you happy

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cybopath — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 02:00 PM)

And Alan Rickmen over acts in a fake looking dungeon that looks like a set from a childrens show. There's a witch A FUHGING witch for heavens sake and Alan comes across like Blackadder.

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ChrEberle — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 09:19 AM)

Sometimes one has to wonder if certain people would finally be happy if a historic movie would be 100 % accurate - in the case of Robin Hood this is quite ironic given the mythological / non-historical aspect of the character itself!
The other thing is: Would these people be happy if they got a Robin Hood version in the style of "Passion of the Christ?" - with original language and fricking SUBTITLES?
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