Forget everything you ever learned in history class before seeing the ridiculous ‘Robin Hood’

Posted on November 30, 2018

By MARK VIOLA

Back in 2003, a science-fiction film called “The Core” hit theaters, telling the story of a group of people who must drill down to the Earth’s core to restart its “engine” in order to save all life on the planet. If you ever look up a list of the most scientifically inaccurate movies of all time, “The Core” is almost always at or near the top of the list.

If there is a similar list of the most historically inaccurate movies of all time, I’m sure “Robin Hood,” Hollywood’s latest attempt to tell the story of the fabled thief with a heart of gold, will have a place of honor.

I will often suggest when going into popcorn entertainment flicks that you should forget anything you know about physics before entering the theater. This time around, I will say you need to forget everything you ever learned in history class before going to “Robin Hood.” It will make things much less confusing.

This latest version of “Robin Hood” is sheer popcorn entertainment, the kind we typically get in the summer and not around the holidays, but here we are. This is a downright ridiculous film that only really gets bogged down when it forgets just how ridiculous it is and tries to be more serious than its script and production can support.

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