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Jamie Foxx cast as Lil' Jon in Robin Hood: Origins (w/ Taron Egerton as Robin Hood)
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proshaw713
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wait us black people existed in the medieval period?
proshaw713
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Tom cruise is a movie star, this kid will do just fine
Roger Ebert: "What have we come to when the "legend" of Robin Hood has to be modernized into a movie that just drips with sex, violence, perversion and this dark, negative image? What has happened to the magic?
Gene Siskel: "It's gone."
- Siskel and Ebert's review of Coster's Robin Hood film. Relevant 25 years ago, relevant now.
If you can embrace how cheesy it is by today's standards, the Errol Flynn 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' film from 1938 is still the king in my opinion (*avatar quote*). The blu-ray looks fantastic too.
I consider it to be a near-unwatchable film. The cinematography is terrible, the color palette is utterly lifeless, the charm and charisma that typically accompanies Robin Hood films is almost completely absent and I found Costner's performance to be...eh, subpar. Not that I want all Robin Hood films to be the same - writers and directors should get creative. What I dislike is when they get creative and the end result is something so utterly dull and uninteresting.
The funny thing is of all the common criticisms thrown at Prince of Thieves, the accent stuff doesn't really bother me. Errol Flynn's accent was an amalgam of Australian, English and American, Russel Crowe used a wacky combination of Irish and English, the animated Disney film was American + English, Jonas Armstrong spoke with his natural northern-English accent in the BBC TV show, and Sean Connery was Sean Connery as hell in 'Robin and Marian'.
So really, you could argue there's a precedent for Robin Hood actor's to just do whatever they want with their dialect.
If anything I take issue more with Costner's hilarious mullet than his accent.
Gene Siskel: "It's gone."
- Siskel and Ebert's review of Coster's Robin Hood film. Relevant 25 years ago, relevant now.
If you can embrace how cheesy it is by today's standards, the Errol Flynn 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' film from 1938 is still the king in my opinion (*avatar quote*). The blu-ray looks fantastic too.
I consider it to be a near-unwatchable film. The cinematography is terrible, the color palette is utterly lifeless, the charm and charisma that typically accompanies Robin Hood films is almost completely absent and I found Costner's performance to be...eh, subpar. Not that I want all Robin Hood films to be the same - writers and directors should get creative. What I dislike is when they get creative and the end result is something so utterly dull and uninteresting.
The funny thing is of all the common criticisms thrown at Prince of Thieves, the accent stuff doesn't really bother me. Errol Flynn's accent was an amalgam of Australian, English and American, Russel Crowe used a wacky combination of Irish and English, the animated Disney film was American + English, Jonas Armstrong spoke with his natural northern-English accent in the BBC TV show, and Sean Connery was Sean Connery as hell in 'Robin and Marian'.
So really, you could argue there's a precedent for Robin Hood actor's to just do whatever they want with their dialect.
If anything I take issue more with Costner's hilarious mullet than his accent.
If Tom Cruise was a cast as a dude whose main thing is that they're a big guy, he would be even more too short.
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The Disney animated movie is the best Robin Hood movie.
I liked Costner Hood in my childhood, but goddamn that movie has aged like fucking cheese.
Crowe Hood is just the most generic, lazy shit.
Flynn Hood is kinda boring to be honest. I watched some time ago and I don't remember anything. I'm not sure I watched it to the end.
Men in Tights is aight.
I liked Costner Hood in my childhood, but goddamn that movie has aged like fucking cheese.
Crowe Hood is just the most generic, lazy shit.
Flynn Hood is kinda boring to be honest. I watched some time ago and I don't remember anything. I'm not sure I watched it to the end.
Men in Tights is aight.
Robin Hood has been done SO MANY TIMES it's annoying. Since they are going to do it again it would be fantastic if they completely change the ethinicity of all the characters. For example, let Robin Hood be played by an asian man or something. Heck, how about all women? Change it up, Hollywood! Fit the times. Robin hood played by the same guy who starred in Kingsman? Come on, lazy much?
TickleMeElbow
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Nah dude Jamie Foxx is pretty jacked, or at least he used to be.
Also, he's the same height as Tom Hardy and he played Bane so.....
But yeah, this is some wtf casting regardless.
Sure did. Not many in England of course, but there were. In fact pre-colonisation people in europe weren't as racist as later. Especially in spain. Africa wasn't that far away and people if course interacted with each other. Little John isn't an english noble, in fact it's barely known what he was, so skin colour isn't important (but of course it is for the typicial medieval white feel people want).
More than the colour of the actor's skin I am worried about the size. Little John being insanely tall is important.
Why worry about the size? Lil Jon for a very tall guy would be classed as a tease, a good old school joke of a tease. It's like introducing Big Pete to a crowd and out comes out this skinny runt of a guy. Again, no issues what so ever.
Little John was a giant of a man, as far as I understood from the posts here the actor is rather small and would look ridicilous like Bane in DKR.
SolidChamp
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Have you seen that movie lately? It has not aged well at all. It's like it somehow manages to be even worse than it was in the 90's.
Discotheque
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i love jamie foxx but this just sounds like a mess. plus god damn that title.
ShadowSwordmaster
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I didn't know this was happening in the first place.
Gordon Shumway
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Tell em..
slightconfuse
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Gritty robin hood reboot is what everyone wanted
movie started aging the second it was finished, only Rickman keeps delaying its trash can fate
I'm a let you finish, but the BBC version of Robin Hood is pretty stellar. Especially the way each episode is framed like a stageplay.
IdreamofHIME
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All I need is Prince of Thieves, best/worst movie ever.
The BBC Robin Hood show was pretty good imo. I haven't really liked anything else involving Robin Hood, so maybe I'm weird.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Robin Hood Origins?
That's essentially what Ridley Scott's Robin Hood already was.
That's essentially what Ridley Scott's Robin Hood already was.
Gordon Shumway
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Yup. Foxx is actually playing a Jew..
This is my problem: The Russell Crowe movie was an origin story. The Kevin Costner movie basically covered the same material.
I say fuck it. I'm just gonna stick with the Costner version as my go-to Robin Hood movie. I don't even care how good or bad it may have actually been.
Shamrock7r
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Damn right, how can you not listen to this theme song while you walk with your crew in slow motion towards the squat rack at the gym to get a new max, and not feel pumped?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Edkb2Qo9c
maquiladora
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Finally, a gritty Robin Hood origin story.
Boogalogist
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It's a superhero origins. Lil' Jon will grow exponentially as part of his power set. Probably each of the Merry Men has a power too!
SomeOneInaHat
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Lil' Jon turned it down for what?
Men in tights is best Robin Hood
Ah ic. People saying that he is not big enough? That makes sense to me, it just wasn't clear.
KainXVIII
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Oh yes...I'd let him pierce me with his arrow any time 🙊Taron Egerton is the hunk from Kingsman.
I'm OK with this.
Monocle
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I'd be his Saint Sebastian.
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