This Old Blog

I apologize for being away so long. This blog just wasn't functioning as the communication tool I hoped it would be, so I moved on to other blogging topics. See http://britishtelly.wordpress.com/ for my most recent effort. But now I'm hoping resurrection may be possible.

I would like to encourage anyone from the Brunswick (OH) Library Film Discussion Group (or any other film discussion group for that matter) to comment here on any film or film-related topic they would like to discuss in-between meetings. Seen the best movie of the summer or your life? Add it to the comments. Want to write a review or expand on a topic? Say so in the comments and I can add you to the contributor list, just like our friend, Mr. Abookire.

There may be life in this old blog yet. Hope to hear from you soon!

Robin Hoods?

If you're from a certain demogarphic there are icons that inform your world view - granted, some world views are smaller than others and don't include film - My world includes the somewhat mythic character of Robin Hood and his various manifestion in film: Errol Flynn's The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) classic being the measure for my cohort.

There are others. The 1950s TV series, a show I remember enjoying as a boy.

More recent incarnations:

Robin and Marian (1976) directed by Richard Lester with Sean Connery, Nicole Williamson and Audrey Hepburn.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) directed by Kevin Reynolds with Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Christian Slater was also fun if a little too Land of the Ewoks in the forest.

But I think an overlooked film is Robin Hood, also a 1991 production, directed by John Irvin with a great cast including Peter Bergin, Uma Thurman, Jeroen Krabbe, Jurgen Prochnow and Edward Fox. It has the verasimilitude and spice of a Tony Richardson's Tom Jones and Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers and is plain good fun.

Overall recommended.