Robin Hood’s Political Afficiliation

That may be one of the silliest post titles I’ve ever written, but I think what follows  is a good snapshot of conservative vs. liberal thought.

I was excited to see director Ridley Scott’s reunited effort with Russell Crowe. The last time they worked together was on Gladiator–not too shabby of a film. Before going to see the film on opening night I checked out some of the meta review sites (metacritic and rotten tomatoes) and I found a strange dichotomy. The critics seemed to love it or hate it; there was no middle ground.

Looking closer at the negative reviews I began to notice a common thread: the words Tea Party and Sarah Palin kept springing up.

I saw the film last night, and I now understand why liberals feel a need to assail this one in the press–it’s honest. The entire second act of the film’s main thread has to do with over-taxation, by King John and the state controlled church.

Two examples, not very spoilerific: Robin Hood is about to be given a reward for a dangerous task by the newly crowned King John, and just before John hands over the reward, a valuable ring, he says Robin’s last name a few times to himself. Then says: “Your father owes me back taxes, and this will be a good start to paying that back” (loosely better-phrased) He then keeps the reward for himself.

Secondly, Maid Marion is about to be physically assaulted by one of the main baddies, and just before he’s about to attack her he says: “No one should own 4,000 acres”

She responds by fighting for her life and replies: “I own 5,000.”

I don’t think the filmmakers set out to make a tea-party friendly story. Again, it was just honest. The story has been told and told and the themes remain the same: hunting deer is punishable by death because the government owns all the deer, over-taxation, oppressive government–this is all nothing new. Know your Disney classics, New York Times.

I found the film good but not great.  It’s definitely worth the dvd rental, may not be worth your second mortgage to see it at a theater.

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JT,

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