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SJW explains why this is getting poor reviews


Maybe the studios will figure out movie audiences aren't SJWs!
There was no Palestine, it was probably Syria.

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/robin-hood-2018/user-reviews

This review contains spoilers. Don't be fooled. This is an EXCELLENT movie, with insanely high production value, a GOOD script with a minimum of suspend believe moments. What's good about it, is that it clearly references (not openly) the trump era, but at the same time it's STILL true to the original story. The traditional Robin Hood is about a hero who steals from the rich to give to the poor. In this version, this is still the case but the background story is made even more believable. I've always had a hard time believing that the Crusades were fought for purely religious reasons, and in this film, or so it appears, they were NOT.
Why do so many English knight march off to go die thousands of miles away from home? Leaving their castles and possessions?

Because they were PROVOKED TO DO SO. It appears that the Sheriff of Nottingham and some cardinal bribed an Arabian general to keep the war in Palestine going, so that King Richard might die and the Sheriff can become King of England in his stead.
Now THAT makes a whole more sense than merely dying for your religion. Because contrary to popular believe, medieval people had a fairly realistic approach to religion. Why else did Henry VIII break with the Church? He didn't think god would strike him down. Turns out, he wasn't struck down... at all. They weren't stupid nor gullible. They knew that the Bible should not be taken literally.

What's underneath all the Robin Hood hate, is probably because Robin Hood now comes out as an unapologetic Social Justice Warrior: for the poor, against the rich. He puts his money where his mouth is, and becomes the change, he leaves his comfortable home, and goes to life in the forest.
This is what ReichWingers can't stan: they are such hypocrites, they can not abide by an honest man.

Go see Robin Hood. Don't mind the somewhat obvious references to the nightmare that the 21st century political situation is. Because the situation is DIRE. And the filmmakers obviously didn't want to be subtle about it. I agree. Turning the other cheek is immorally exaggerated. 9/10

The Melancholic Alcoholic.

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Do you have worms in your brain?

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LOL

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■ «I've always had a hard time believing that the Crusades were fought for purely religious reasons, and in this film, or so it appears, they were NOT. Why do so many English knight march off to go die thousands of miles away from home? Leaving their castles and possessions?»

Because it wasn't because of purely religious reasons. Christianity was not only a religion: it was the cultural shared ground in Europe. Muslims were advancing, and back then, it looked like nothing could stop them. They had reached France before (luckily the were rejected), and that's not that far from England. They controlled the Mediterranean. Muslim were the biggest threat in Europe for CENTURIES.

Why you leave castle and possessions? Because you wanna protect your land. They went to war for the same reasons Niemöller wrote 'First Came' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...): if you do nothing, if you wait to until you stay in the last land to fall in Europe, you'll fight alone and you'll lose.

But SJW can't understand this. White males are evil oppressors!! so... how they're gonna risk their life to protect their land and families? That's not possible!! And... Muslims are good... so, let's make a movie to say that Crusades were a scam!!

■ «What's underneath all the Robin Hood hate, is probably because Robin Hood now comes out as an unapologetic Social Justice Warrior»

Robin Hood an unapologetic SJW? Are you nuts?. That's bullshit. Robin Hood has always been some kind of 'Middle Age British liberal' (kind of) in a traditional non-modern sense of the term. He was first and foremost an Englishman. He fought for the poor, and so he fought for the King that went to Crusades to fight for England.

They take one of the most iconic figures in English folklore and bastardized it to sell SJWish propaganda. That's what lies underneath.

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They had reached France before (luckily the were rejected) < - Haha, made no difference in the end though. France has the highest Muslim population next Germany in all of Europe, about 15-20% of the population.

UK is next D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqrFK4-OfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itflvleaykk

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"Why do so many English knight march off to go die thousands of miles away from home? Leaving their castles and possessions? Because they were PROVOKED TO DO SO. It appears that the Sheriff of Nottingham and some cardinal bribed an Arabian general to keep the war in Palestine going, so that King Richard might die and the Sheriff can become King of England in his stead. Now THAT makes a whole more sense than merely dying for your religion"

Of course, the desire to loot a richer and more civilized nation is a much stronger motivation than either religion or political loyalties.


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What the..? So knights from all over Europe went to fight in Palestine because some English sheriff paid off an Arab war lord? Ri-di-cu-lous. They went because the Arabs were quickly becoming a real threat to Europe.

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Reichwinger is kind of funny. You need to read a book on The Crusades.

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Who the Hell are you replying to? The retard SJW on Metacritic who says "ReichWingers" like you do?

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I was replying to you. I thought Reichwingers was funny. That's the first time I heard it.

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Whoever wrote that review needs to read a first-year college textbook on the Crusades.

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