The only thing I didn't like is Morgana turning out to be >!the sheriff's mother!<. I thought that kind of changed the relationship a bit too much. I preferred it when she was just some old hag.

But otherwise, yes it's awesome.

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der_innkeeper@reddit

Nah. It was fine. It made it that everyone was a user/lying.

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lying_flerkin@reddit

He totally stole the show. Kevin Costner is a ...fine actor, but in no way could keep up with Alan Rickman hamming it up and clearly having the time of his life.

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amccune@reddit

For me, it was Costner’s accent. Just spot on.

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mysecretissafe@reddit

I have a running train of thought that all Kevin Costner movies are just backdrop of Kevin Costner pretending to be whatever he’s cast for, but he’s not very good at it.

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I love that movie and it will forever have a place in my heart but, come to think of it, so many actors outshine Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Freeman, the guy who plays Friar Tuck, Little John, even the lady who plays John's wife "Ello my Lover!" It's not a wonder he got so much grief for the role.

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BoyznGirlznBabes@reddit

Christian Slater's accent is better lol

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TenBear@reddit

Agreed no scenery was left unchewed

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Banjo-Oz@reddit

"I can't do this with all that racket!" is one of the best inappropriately hilarious line deliveries in cinema history, IMO.

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Expensive-Shelter288@reddit

The last good part of an otherwise cornball movie. Every time I hear that Brian adams song I throw up in my mouth.

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No_Scientist7086@reddit

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PackageNorth8984@reddit

Being the second to comment and click reply right after another user does. Brutal.

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greenberg17493@reddit

You twit

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Garroch@reddit

Because it's dull you twit! It'll hurt more!

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MK_2917@reddit

My wife got me a coffee cup that says this. I use it every day.

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BigPoppaStrahd@reddit

Because it will hurt!

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abefroman07@reddit

You twit!

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CPTKickass@reddit

Cause it’s dull you twit, it’ll hurt more

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TrollDeMortLunchBox@reddit

Two words: Alan Rickman.

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BigPoppaStrahd@reddit

Cancel Christmas

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

Not to be THAT GUY… but it’s “call off” - not cancel. Sorry.

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Onionbot3000@reddit

This. We say this every Christmas too 🤣it’s such a great line.

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notthetalkinghorse@reddit

I will admit that I watch it at least once a year and enjoy every second of it.

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melophat@reddit

Mel Brooks did it better

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Ckn-bns-jns@reddit

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braxtel@reddit

Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day

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cobarbob@reddit

Rickman was amazing. But Disney version is best. By a wide margin

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Automatic-Arm-532@reddit

That movie sucked, there's only one good Robinhood movie

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alg45160@reddit

I unapologetically love this stupid ass movie.

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sarindong@reddit

I haven't seen it since I was a kid when it came out but I remember so many flashes of scenes from it. ...and obviously the song

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IllProgress4439@reddit

When I was 8 this movie was fucking awesome. I still love it.

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BooRoxAlot@reddit

Me too. I saw it 5 times in the theater.

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theelephantupstream@reddit

We all did, though we even knew it was wrong at the time lol

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Ryuujin_13@reddit

Michael Wincott is a Canadian cinematic national hero.

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Verbull710@reddit

LOOK INTO MY EYES

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RunAwayBeerTruk@reddit

Great now I have some word ear worm mixture of the theme from this and the other one sung by Bryan Adams.

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iamthealpha384@reddit

No one was prepared for what Bryan Adams was going to do to the world that year…

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guitar_stonks@reddit

Memories of my mom jamming that song in the wood paneled station wagon with her Virginia Slims.

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RBXChas@reddit

We sang it in middle school chorus. We were stoked.

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kolemsai@reddit

I remember the summer after this came out, my mom sent me to summer camp and they had various "camps" with different themes you could choose. I chose Archery camp because of this movie.

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taleofbenji@reddit

Fun fact: "Fuck me, he cleared it!" is an anachronism because that word hadn't been invented yet!

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Banjo-Oz@reddit

People who weren't alive or the right age will never know the absolute stranglehold this movie and that song had on the world for a brief but very intense moment in pop culture.

I still vividly remember seeing it in my local cinema and it was a true event movie.

Plus playing that cassette over and over on my walkman.

Plus the absolute bizarreness of seeing toyshops with even-then-vintage Kenner Star Wars "reskinned" as tie ins for this movie, like the Ewok Village!

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captain_flak@reddit

LOL yes. Kenner was the king of phoning in the toys. Also, it was kind of weird to put out Terminator 2 action figures when the movie was rated R!

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passamongimpure@reddit

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lellywest@reddit

This movie has it all, check yer bingo cards:

Brian Blessed being loud

Kevin Costner being impossibly wooden and unable to do an accent of any kind

Morgan Freeman in full “MN” trope

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio turning in a performance too good for the film she’s in

Christian Slater, for some reason

Michael Wincott being creepy af

Alan Rickman gloriously chewing every piece of scenery in a manner so inspired it actually made the film worth seeing

Unexpected Connery!

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Snarkonum_revelio@reddit

I’m convinced watching this movie as a child and seeing my mom get giddy at the Sean Connery cameo is why I still get delighted by cameos

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lellywest@reddit

FR, nobody saw it coming. And then ya gotta hand it to Mel Brooks for his version of the same cameo. Perfect.

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Snarkonum_revelio@reddit

I always gotta hand it to Mel Brooks for just about everything he does. Men in Tights is a masterpiece, though.

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captain_flak@reddit

I watched that movie about 1,000 times on HBO.

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muterock45@reddit

I cannot allow thish wedding to prosheed.

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Mick_Mung@reddit

Not until I have my prima noctish

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FastSeat1118@reddit

Alan Rickman > The Rest of the Cast > Kevin Costner

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Silly_Scientist_007@reddit

I've always loved how Kevin Costner is the only person in the whole film who doesn't speak with an accent 😃

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Automaticman01@reddit

It's been ages since I've seen it, but I'm pretty sure Christian Slater didn't have an accent either.

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theelephantupstream@reddit

He gave a consistent effort though, at least!

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hamburgler26@reddit

He’s consistently inconsistent, but he at least brings some sort of attempt at an English accent some of the time.

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theelephantupstream@reddit

I think his accent just sucked. We’ll never know what Costner’s accent would have sounded like 😂

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Silly_Scientist_007@reddit

There were moments where Christian Slater at least attempted an accent...

I can't really bring myself to say it was a British accent 😂

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Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit

I don’t know man, ‘Fuck me, he cleared it’ sounded very New York City. Oh hang on, you meant English accent…

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blondeviking64@reddit

That is correct

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Devium44@reddit

And how Robin Hood Men in Tights made a joke roasting him for it.

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iamreeterskeeter@reddit

IMHO the superior of the two movies.

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Colossus-of-Roads@reddit

I mean, he absolutely has an accent, it's an American one.

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cortesoft@reddit

He tries one for like 3 lines, then gives up and just sounds like Kevin Costner.

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PhiloLibrarian@reddit

Oh Cary forever!!! 🥰

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mdsnbelle@reddit

TBF, Alan Rickman > The Rest of the Cast

LITERALLY EVERY FILM

(Even Love Actually when he's breaking Emma Thompson's heart to Joni Mitchell...)

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Sodamyte@reddit

Even Dogma

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carlivar@reddit

Not difficult when you're up against Damon and Affleck.

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Sodamyte@reddit

Yeah, but Christopher Lee and Janine Gruffalo and George Carlin...

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

Christopher Lee or Jason Lee?

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Sodamyte@reddit

Oh yeah oops

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Jurd5@reddit

Bruce Lee

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ChampionCoyote@reddit

General Lee

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

Lee Majors

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Same_Insect808@reddit

Especially Dogma

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irishpwr46@reddit

Hence all the spitting

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mdsnbelle@reddit

Agreed, Dogma!!

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ReallyTeddyRoosevelt@reddit

Also the best guest appearance on King of the Hill.

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Special-Fix-3320@reddit (OP)

His American accent at the end of the episode is so delightfully terrible.

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bigdickpuncher@reddit

Rickman > Morgan Freeman > Costner > Christian Slater

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Atworkwasalreadytake@reddit

Christian Slater out-acted Costner in this movie.

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Not_So_Bad_Andy@reddit

Costner was somehow worse than Christian Slater. Especially since... everyone knew what Christian Slater was. Costner's allegedly a good actor. But this movie... yuck.

I would've walked out of the theater if not for Alan Rickman.

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bigdickpuncher@reddit

I enjoy the movie and watch it every chance I get.

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Not_So_Bad_Andy@reddit

Honestly I haven't watched it since my sister brought the new release VHS home from Blockbuster. Would probably like it more... or maybe just appreciate it for what it was.

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RhubarbGoldberg@reddit

No, don't do it. Keep your memories. We watched several months ago. My husband barely remembered any details and I was full of super nostalgia and was confident we were going to be blown away by the cinematic gem.

It's a total shit bomb, lol. We could barely get through it, the whole thing is such a mess.

Robin Hood the TV show on mgm+ is really fun, though. Totally recommend!

And to prove I'm not anti-Costner, Water World hits harder and better now than it did then. Field of Dreams is still absolute perfection.

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theelephantupstream@reddit

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is easily on par with either of the first two.

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Starsteamer@reddit

I really wish they'd employed another actor for this. The films great except for Costner. He's awful in it.

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nipslippinjizzsippin@reddit

True for all things with and without Alan Rick in them.

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SadieBelle85@reddit

Nothing could ever make me hate this movie, or Bryan Adams' soundtrack

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KeySatisfaction197@reddit

I love that there's a throwaway line on Brooklyn 99 about this movie.

"If we're real friends then you'd know when I lost my virginity."

"Ah man, you've told us so many graphic sex stories."

"I have, but a REAL friend always remembers their first."

"Summer of '91 at a screening of Robin Hood Prince of Thieves!"

"Correct. Bryan Adams' soundtrack and Kevin Costner's flawless British accent got us in the mood to get gross. Aww, guys, we ARE friends!"

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captain_flak@reddit

Thank you for sharing this. This was a foundational movie growing up. Had to buy the new release. The one on Amazon Prime looked like crap.

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No_Arrival_3783@reddit

There was a rich man from Nottingham, who tried to cross a river.... WHAT A DOPE- HE TRIPPED ON A ROPE! now look at him shiver........

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captain_flak@reddit

I think about this every time I’m near a river.

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Ok-Brick6831@reddit

I heard Christian in my head.

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turbowhitey@reddit

It’s a great movie!

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MoStyles22@reddit

"Where I come from, Christian, there are women of such beauty, that they can possess a man's mind so that he would be willing to die for them." -MF

This line always stuck with me after the first time I fell into stupid crazy love in the late 90s.

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cinesister@reddit

I’m so glad this quote is well loved. I watched this movie on vhs over and over when I was a kid and I’d quote this all the time.

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TexasNatty05@reddit

Great movie!

But man, the 8 month hold that Brian Adams had on our radios… that song. was. everywhere.

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Snarkonum_revelio@reddit

And two years later we also got Bryan Adams, Sting, and Rod Stewart everywhere with All for One (All for Love) from Three Musketeers. I kind of miss the era of Bryan Adams power ballads.

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zoominzacks@reddit

Christian Slater with the best line in the flick

“Fuck me he cleared it”

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Tofuloaf@reddit

I rewatched the movie a few years ago and I couldn't believe that I just bought that scene as a kid. Yes, clearing the wall and landing on hay is standard Hollywood swashbuckling fare...but they have no way of knowing that there's hay on the other side.

Robin sees the opportunity to jump on a catapult and be hurled over a wall, almost certainly to be splattered across a stretch of cobblestone, and just thinks 'Fuck it, full send'. Which I guess is in character but I expected better from Azeem.

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Naive-Jello428@reddit

She was worth it.

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Angelkrista@reddit

Ad-libbed, Christian said it and the director decided to let it stay 😂

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_OptimusRex_@reddit

I'm thinking it was probably thrown in too to guarantee a PG rating, the rating system allowed for one F bomb for PG if memory serves.

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XyzzyPop@reddit

I had to check that more than once to believe it.

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Upbeat-Mix-3653@reddit

I love it. But as a person born within a few miles of Sherwood Forest the inaccuracy kills me. I know just a movie!

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isitgayplease@reddit

My brother and I went to the local cinema and he got their old cardboard standee for this film. Very cool. I got the one for Freejack, which was considerably less cool.

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ScarecrowOH58@reddit

It apparently was built in the same British studio by the same set builders as Batman. Some of the best ever, imo.

Michael Kamen worked on the soundtrack around the same time he worked on Nothing Else Matters with Metallica.

Getting all this from Gemini, so could be made up.

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i_need_another_scarf@reddit

I love this, but I think the soundtrack is better than the movie. Not the Bryan Adams song, the actual score. It was one of the first movie soundtracks I bought on CD and I still love listening to it 30+ years later.

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ThanksALotBud@reddit

You know its true....

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AvidCyclist250@reddit

Was the beginning of the end of Robin Hood for me personally.

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olduglysweater@reddit

I unapologetically love that Bryan Adams song, idgaf.

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LillyLally13@reddit

No blades. No bows. Leave your weapons here

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Not_So_Bad_Andy@reddit

You know it's truuuue

Everything i doooooo

I do it for youuuuuu

I demand reparations for having to listen to that song thousands of times that summer.

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ineededtoknow@reddit

Pleased(?) to report that these many years later I hear Gob Bluth singing in my head instead.

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VoidOmatic@reddit

God I remember thinking they looked so old when I was a kid. Now they all look like babies!

Especially Morgan Freeman, he was only 10 years older than me in that movie.

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lunalunalunas@reddit

I'll occasionally bring out the "something vexes thee?" When one of my kids is having a tantrum

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Attic81@reddit

The is a brilliant film. I love it for everything it is, warts and all. So many great lines.

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BennyOcean@reddit

Saw this at a drive in movie double feature with Terminator 2 back in the summer of '91. Good times.

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Bosley@reddit

I love that song, and the soundtrack was one of my favs of all time. Instrumental action tunes that were all great.

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Thick_Priority8295@reddit

I love this stupid movie so much.

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Atworkwasalreadytake@reddit

When the supporting cast far outshines the main actor.

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DrMcJedi@reddit

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I prefer my Robin Hood’s with English accents…

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GristleMcThornbody1@reddit

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DrMcJedi@reddit

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GetCarnation@reddit

Funny because they wouldn’t have even been speaking English then

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DrMcJedi@reddit

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DrMcJedi@reddit

Yeah, but Anglo-Norman sounds like gargling.

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Proud_Aspect4452@reddit

Everything I do….I do it for yooooooou

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Invisi-cat@reddit

That Bryan Adam’s song was everywhere on the radio back then. Those were dark times……

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IDigRollinRockBeer@reddit

This movie seemed absolutely massive when I was a kid.

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brainvheart143@reddit

I forgot about the bonus random Bryan Adams video !!

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skeptoid79@reddit

How does it look in 4K?

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Special-Fix-3320@reddit (OP)

Fantastic. Very crisp. Darker scenes look great.

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skeptoid79@reddit

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Impetuous_Llama@reddit

Did you say Abe Lincoln?

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Not_So_Bad_Andy@reddit

A BLACK SHERIFF?

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Impetuous_Llama@reddit

Hey! It could happen.

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Seraphynas@reddit

It worked in Blazing Saddles.

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rebelangel@reddit

I said hey Blinken!

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FriedBreakfast@reddit

Master Robin! You lost your arms in battle, how terrible! But you grew some nice boobs.

Blinkin, I'm over here.

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Zeke688@reddit

I prefer this one

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thedavidrose@reddit

When Kevin Costner says confidently with the most American of accents, "This is English courage"

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

Ive never made it through the Costner one. 🦊🦊for life

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NotAPreppie@reddit

You know, it's not bad for a Costner movie.

But I agree the Disney animated version is much better.

That said, the Mel Brooks version is the best.

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

When People say its their favorite movie…i just dont know what to think. Ive never made it past the beginning.

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irishpwr46@reddit

WE'RE MEN!

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NotAPreppie@reddit

MEN IN TIGHTS!

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Immediate-Yogurt-558@reddit

Oo De Lally!!!!

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EuSouOGringo@reddit

It is wrong to love this movie, but I do.

A short list of lesser documented problems that probably fucked us all up.

Robin’s hairline. This is a medieval combover. Between Costner and Michael Bolton, we learned in the early 90s that moxie and plausible deniability coverage must be all you need. You better be takin notes, Will. Yet another reason to hate that he’s your brother.
He burned her hair? Jeezus. Yeah, you WERE a dick. And he also just burned her arm. Also, she just fought him better than most of the guys in this movie, yet she does this weird annoying little whine voice sometimes.
“You got bawls of solid rock”… says the guy he just hit in the balls? Confusing. And I know, John’s saying it was daring to hit him in the balls and pretend to drown him… but even as a ten year old, this seemed like a lot to laugh off.
The legs joke in the rape scene. Back the F up… what is this movie rated? Pretty sure they sold toys.
And yes the accent, BUT. I’m saying the British actors are the problem. That’s right. It is so American that honestly, why not just make the thing in Oregon? If we’re taking their hero, just take it all. This is worse. It could make some sense if he was talking to Baloo voiced Little John and the everybody was randomly swing dancing to jazz music. But right next to a random smattering of VERY bri-ish peepoll? No, guvna. It don’t werk nohw, do ait?

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PLSUSA@reddit

“Join us, or die…”

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QuietCas@reddit

There’s thirty pieces of silver

So you can pay the devil

ON YOUR WAY TO HELL!

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CallMeHond0@reddit

I actually saw that in the theater. I was about 14. And I LOVED it. And I still do

I don't think you can make a bad movie with Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Rickman (RIP) in it

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onamonapizza@reddit

I preferred Men in Tights.

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Level_99_Healer@reddit

I play Brotato a lot. Like...almost as much as I play FFXIV. Anyway, a friend unlocked the spoon and every time it showed up in the shop, I said "WITH A SPOON!" And of course I had to follow it up with "Cause it'll hurt more!" since my friend didn't know the lines.

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malogan82@reddit

You! My room, 10:30 tonight. You, 10:45. Bring a friend.

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Duckbites@reddit

This is the best line of the entire movie. And it's got a lot of great hokey quotes

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henningknows@reddit

And this is English courage - said in the most American accent of all time! Love it

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Snarkonum_revelio@reddit

The fact that I can no longer see the music video of that song that intersperses clips from the movie makes me crazy. One of the best music videos of all time.

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TinkerPebbles@reddit

What? Awww, that sucks.

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Snarkonum_revelio@reddit

It’s been weirdly scrubbed from the internet over the past decade. I didn’t even think that was possible.

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Mirewen15@reddit

I think I've seen this movie at least 30x

I love Alan Rickman

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DustedGorilla82@reddit

My buddy from HS Jake Kamen’s uncle his Michael Kamen. Did the soundtrack for this and tons of other flicks. Co-wrote everything I do with Bryan Adam’s too

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Banjo-Oz@reddit

I always like to point out that trivia, that Kamen was as much responsible for that song as Adams. Back when the movie was in cinemas, there was a making of video that showed Kamen composing it and explaining how he did it.

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AloysiusBinglebottom@reddit

this was the first song I taught myself to play from sheet music and I very specifically remembering wondering who tf Michael Kamen was

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DustedGorilla82@reddit

Look up his IMDB. Amazing musician did the Lethal Weapon soundtracks with Clapton

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Crazy_Honeydew_7737@reddit

TO THE TREES!

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ayaruna@reddit

Can still see that dudes face in my mind

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

Bull! (“It’s because I’m so long!!”)

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muterock45@reddit

Save it…save it for the ladies.

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XyzzyPop@reddit

Tweez, wasn't it? Tew thaw Tweez!

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AssistantNo5668@reddit

First thing i think of is the prisoner yellin, take us with you!

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theelephantupstream@reddit

My brother and I still say this to each other, say if one person is going on a run to the store at a family gathering lol

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Banjo-Oz@reddit

My mum literally quotes a line from this exchange at least once a month.

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berkporter@reddit

Ah this is great! I’ve been wanting that Arrow release of this movie. Are you in the US by any chance, or do you know if the features on there are region free? That’s the only thing that’s been holding me back so far (US here)

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Special-Fix-3320@reddit (OP)

This is the US release (and I'm in the US).

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berkporter@reddit

Nice, ok! Looks great, I’ll track down a copy for myself

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Apidaelia@reddit

This movie played more often than I'd like to admit at our house. My mom had a thing for Alan Rickman in tight pants.

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Angelkrista@reddit

Who wouldn’t?

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Apidaelia@reddit

It took me a few years to understand the appeal 🤣

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blondeviking64@reddit

Thats cool. I did like that movie.

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JWF1@reddit

My family took us to watch this at the drive in. I was extremely excited during the run up to seeing it for the first time. The drive in was definitely not the most optimal way to watch. The sound quality was pretty weak and the plot was definitely too hard for me to follow.

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GrandDaddyDerp@reddit

For me it's between this and Hans Gruber.

My favorite part might be, Texan drawl Recognize this? Switch back to British accent it belonged to your father..." 🤣

In my defense, it was one of the few we had on tape for a while!

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guitar_stonks@reddit

He was practicing his Texas accent for his guest appearance on King of the Hill a few years later.

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aliceinadreamyland@reddit

I haven’t seen this in years. It was my favorite one.

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Traditional_Isopod80@reddit

Yes!

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matcharagan@reddit

first vhs tape i ever wore out when i was little and i could never find it on dvd 😢 i learned my lesson and downloaded it from the internet archive onto a flash drive i keep in my purse. you will never catch me robinhoodless again.

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