Robin Hood - Season One (5DVD)
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Actor: Jonas Armstrong, Keith Allen, Lucy Griffiths, Richard Armitage, Sam TroughtonBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 578 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: BBC
DVD Reviews of Robin Hood - Season One (5DVD)
DVD Review: Best Price Around!
Summary: 5 Stars
My hubby & I got hooked on this show through the BBC, but was shocked when we went to purchase it at the Local BBuy - Holy Cow was it expensive! $72.00 for a TV dvd series? Are you kidding?! I was so surprised when I saw this on Amazon for the price & snatched it up for my husband's Bday - we love it! Thanks for the deal, Amazon!DVD Review: Must See!!
Summary: 5 Stars
one of the best shows on television. I am so happy I have BBC America.
I never would have known about this treeific show!!!
DVD Review: Robin Hood Next Gen
Summary: 4 Stars
As a child I was always fond of the tale of Robin Hood. He was very much the blue print of modern day super heroes. His bravery and benevolence had a profound effect on me so I was very interegd when I heard the BBC was making a new and modern version. After watching the first season I was pretty pleased with the direction that they decided to take with Robin. The basic outline has Robin returning with his man servant from the Crusades only to find his beloved home town of Locksley run by a corrupt sheriff. Robin has a choice, give in to the Sheriff and retain the lands owned to him or resist. Robin resists of course and take to the woods where he wages (non bloody) gorilla warfare on the Sheriff and his goons. Robin Hood is pretty entertaining but it goes get repetitive quick. Many episodes are the following, The Sheriff or Robin have a plan to screw the other over, One of Robin's men gets caught, Robin rescues them. The Sheriff gets mad,swears revenge. usually in that order. With that aside the show has some cool components that make it unique to other versions of Robin hood. Like Marian being the vigilante "The Knight Watchmen" and the constant back drop of the Crusades. Though the show often wanders into "Xena: Warrior Princess" like campy it still is very worth addition to the Robin Hood Mythos. check it out!DVD Review: Medieval Fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm kind of a purist so don't usually go for modern takes on ancient legends but for some reason, this one works. The good guys are oh so good and the bad guys are deliciously bad. It's been hard to get used to the yummy Richard Armitage in the role of a villain, but with those dark, smoldering eyes and dour countenance, he's very believable. As is the Sheriff of Nottingham who is played just this side of completely insane by Keith Allen. There's loads of action and enough humor to make each episode really entertaining. I haven't seen season two yet and I hear it gets a little darker than season one but I'm in this for the long haul and will enjoy as many episodes as the BBC is willing to make. Good stuff!DVD Review: A fun Watch
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a fan of Robin Hood since I was a kid. I love this version of Robin Hood, it has action comedy and in general very entertaining to watch. Funny thing is you even start liking the villians, the sherif is hilarious. Guy is confused :) I wonder if they will bring some one in for Friar Tuck. I just hope they keep making this series and do not end it just after two seasons.
Description of Robin Hood - Season One (5DVD)
People's hero war hero romantic hero and leader of the world's most famous resistance group...Robin Hood is known and loved by millions around the world. His fight against a corrupt government and greedy officials is something we all can connect with. Fun modern and intelligent the BBC's Robin Hood is guaranteed to appeal to today's sophisticated viewers and is set to be as popular as the new Doctor Who. Sharp witty scripts by Dominic Minghella and a striking new look set the tone as the BBC updates this popular legend for all the family.Running Time: 585 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?794051400222 Manufacturer No:?E4002Every generation gets the Robin Hood it deserves. After a dashing adventure (The Adventures of Robin Hood), a ponderous retelling (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), spoofs (Mel Brooks' When Things Were Rotten and Robin Hood: Men in Tights), and even a cartoon (Disney's Robin Hood), this thoroughly modern 2006 BBC series brings cheeky wit, exuberant action, and fierce fencing and special effects-enhanced archery to the party. Scruffy Robin (Jonas Armstrong) returns home from the Crusades war-weary and "changed." But when he finds the countryside under the taxing grip of the brutal (he crushes birds with his bare hands!) Sheriff (Keith Allen) and his glowering lieutenant, Guy of Gisbourne (Richard Armitage), he takes up his bow and arrow against the injustice.
Series 1 depicts how Robin of Locksley becomes "Robin of the Wood" and then "Robin Hood," robbing from the rich and, well, you know the drill. "The peasants' hero," this Robin is a tad vainer than previous screen incarnations. As his former servant and wisecracking sidekick Much (Sam Troughton, who can be a bit much himself), observes, Robin likes to linger after his good deeds to see the looks of gratitude. Marian (Lucy Griffiths) is another revelation. The daughter of Nottingham's former sheriff, she doesn't exactly welcome Robin back with open arms. "Five years and you're still peddling the same drivel," she says after he spouts some romantic tripe. A formidable fighter and champion of justice herself, she has a surprising moonlighting gig best not revealed here. We also see the gathering of Robin's men (none call them "merry"), including hulking Little John (Gordon Kennedy), Allan-a-Dale (Joe Armstrong), and Will Scarlett (Harry Lloyd). Beautifully filmed in Hungary (what; England was booked?), Robin Hood is mostly grand escapist adventure, but there are unnerving scenes of violence that raise the stakes. In one episode, a peasant who won't reveal Robin's whereabouts has his tongue cut out, (mercifully offscreen). In another, a child is the victim of a sniper's arrow. . Robin Hood takes liberties with the oft-told story of the legendary folk hero, but it's so well played and rousingly entertaining, few should mind. --Donald Liebenson
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