Watch Richard Gere in First Knight-NO ACCENT whatsoever. Quit dissing Kevin on this. ENOUGH!!!

Yes because people living in England all have the same accents and sound exactly the same

Robin should've spoken in Cockney rhyming slang. I feel like that would have been a brave choice.

I have reason to doubt this. Robin Hood in his time (or whoever he's based on) would have spoken either Middle English or some other dialect native to the modern day East Midlands/Yorkshire region, which would have sounded more like a cross between Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) and Scandinavian.
Kevin Costner's generic Midwest accent was developed over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.
So really, instead of complaining about the lack of appropriate accents, we should instead be pointing out that none of the actors are speaking Middle English tongue.
~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

The irony is that the English accent is highly likely to have sounded American back in 1194. Costner's Hood might actually sound more authentic than Rickman's Nottingham.

Do you know how dumb British slang sounds without the accent?

Well, I mean I DID watch it was a kid, but that was a long time ago. Not that it's any of your business. As an adult I found it was even more cringy then it was when I was ten.

You should! Then you'll have earned the right to comment on it!!
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Seriously, I couldn't even finish the movie, 38 minutes in I had to stop due to irritation. Maybe I'll give it another shot in like five years.

Dude, NOBODY took him seriously.
Hence the success of Men in Tights, for it's a dead on parody and mockery.

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Funny thing about Connery's casting, since we're talking accents: he was ~25 years older than Richard would have been when this took place (1149 if I remember correctly), and Richard Coeur de Lion was French and didn't speak very much, if any, English.

They explain a RUMMOR, and only for the accent, not the lack of British slang.
And they can only mention Connery there as well, who spoke about 30 words tops, and at least had Scottish accent (still British if not outright English). He still sounded right.

Look in the Trivia section, it's explained there.