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I liked it

posted 20 years ago by mark_shleck-1
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I saw this many years ago and I liked it alot. Tell me if you liked it if you saw it.

[–] 20 years ago

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[–] mark_shleck-1 20 years ago

I can see you're teetering right on the edge of the abyss here. If what you've
suggested was true I would've chosen more popular threads to make a post to
entice the illiterates to make their offerings -- not start one on
a movie that few have heard of, yet alone seen. But your skewed reasoning
doesn't allow you to work that out, does it? Anyway, my postings are probably
beyond your mental capabilities.

[–] EXPLICITSOUL5 15 years ago

I saw this when I was a little boy (I always liked movies from the 30's to early 60's when I was small). I recently seen it for the second time at 36. I like it! :)

[–] MystMoonstruck 14 years ago

I have fond memories of seeing this as a little girl. It was an enjoyable premise, giving a bow to females. Besides, even as young as we were, we had a massive crush on Al (David-to-be) Hedison. What a thrill when he ended up starring on a popular TV series! My sister and I were astonished to meet one of our great-aunt's boyfriends, whom she ended up marrying, as he looks EXACTLY like David Hedison, even as an older man. They both are sooo handsome. *sigh*

Anyway, I love movies set in the medieval era, and I can have fun with it even though it's not the finest production. I'd rather watch this than Russell Crowe's Robin Hood fiasco (which I refuse to pay to see ever!) or even Kevin Costner's wretched attempt (which I also never paid to see except through an eensy bit through its cable run)! This has its heart in the right place: action/adventure in a period setting for the Fifties audience. Certainly they knew people would be bringing their children with them, and this must have entertained the whole family. I think we were much more forgiving back then, not fussing about how much it did or didn't cost. That's a fairly recent attitude and an awful one to have. After all, they can spend multi-millions nowadays and end up with garbage such as the "Transformers" movies. I'd rather see "The Son of Robin Hood" a dozen times rather than suffer through "Transformers" a second time. Thank goodness I didn't see that in a theater either, and thank goodness for cable movie channels!

I'm getting in late on this movie on Fox Movie Channel, so I hope to get to see it from the start at a later date. Now I'll know to watch for it.

BTW: I LOVE Al/David's tunic!

~~MystMoonstruck~~

[–] greenbudgie 9 years ago

"Giving a bow to females." I like that pun. I've just seen this film for the first time on TV. I recognised Al Hedison from 'The Fly' with Vincent Price. I think that it was made the same year as this movie. This is good fun. Better than the darker more recent versions of the Robin Hood story as you say.