I am not against remakes, or reinterpretations, this is in the latter camp I think, but that is another story. there is, after all, more than one way in which a story can be told, as long as the source material is interesting, and the execution is performed well.
Most remakes are done poorly, reinterpretations are a mixed bag, this one, well this is almost in the too hard basket.
It is a beautiful looking movie, and has a fantastic performance from Cate Blanchett, who can appear strong, independent, and vulnerable at the same moment, but at the very core, there lacks something here, there lacks a depth or a heart to the story, something which makes you want to remember it.
Crowe is solid in his role, but nothing spectacular, or really memorable.
It also has Ridley Scott's annoying desire to revision the Crusades, as in Kingdom of Heaven, and make the Muslims the victims and the Christians the evil ones, when both were as wrong as each other in reality.
The movie also lacks the heart and charm of other Robin Hood versions especially the Costner/Mastrantonio/Rickman version.
This is an average movie, which is lifted by Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, and to a lesser extent Max Von Sydow.
Russell Crowe = 16/31.
Cate Blanchett = 30/34.
William Hurt = 23/59.
My rating = 7/10.
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