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Post by billywiggy on Sept 4, 2005 22:16:12 GMT -5
I watched this film again today Alan just is superb in it i just love him as the Sheriff! I love the fighting scene at the end the acting is superb. I completely agree! When he gets stabbed, and starts dying - it's so real! Hey - someone said on the COS forums that AR took fencing - it was a hobby of his. Does anyone know if this is true? (If so - it would make sense why that scene has such a realism to it).
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Post by hermione13snape on Sept 6, 2005 7:25:12 GMT -5
ringo
Don't be selfish I am sure there is enough of him to go around and satisfy all of us!
I want to watch it again but last time I watched it was only two weeks ago perhaps another week or so.
But the "Call of Christmas!" line is what did it for me all the way!
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Post by winky22 on Sept 6, 2005 8:43:02 GMT -5
I love the whole comedy side to it i was expecting for it to be depressing and fighting all the time but it was not so i was pleasantly surprised when i first watched it.
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Post by ringo on Sept 6, 2005 15:20:00 GMT -5
I must watch this at the weekend,I have not watched it for ages,and with the extended dvd,I can skip all the costner bits,and move to the "REAL STAR"of the film......Although I do love Morgan Freeman.... I cant help but think of snape though,when he takes that mask off.......
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Post by rickah on Sept 8, 2005 10:30:26 GMT -5
I admit that I saw this for the first time only a few days ago I picked it up at a DVD sale, it was the extended version. I absolutely loved Alan's performance in this movie, I think it is one of his best. The death scene alone, how many pretty Hollywood boys would do that, spit and all...it was basically a brilliant theater performance. What annoyed me was how little there was of Alan in the featurette, and how Alan's interview was placed last, even after Christian Slater Of course, they did all admire Alan's performance on the commentary tracks, which shows that at least someone is home But now, watching it again, I, too, skip the Costner bits...
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Post by hermione13snape on Sept 9, 2005 7:00:10 GMT -5
I don't see the point in skipping the Costner bits as there is the great Morgan Freeman to admire in most of those scenes as well. It is always good to have more than one brilliant actor in the film. I was surprised to find that my sister (this was months ago!) also had a crush on Alan Rickman because of this film, and we normally have different tastes in men. Although I think at the time she had a thing for Christian Slater, I was eleven and didn't really crush on anybody (apart from David Bowie in Labyrinth, Robert Helpmann AKA Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Jason Donovan.... ) then oh then Alan Rickman entered the scene took the mask away from his face and that was it I fell in love... Jason Donovan became 'who?' but the other two I still like! Like I said I want to watch it again. I have also been told that I get a wicked glint in my eye when I think of him... so that's good to hear isn't it!
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Post by rickah on Sept 9, 2005 9:56:20 GMT -5
True enough re: Morgan Freeman. I don't skip Costner on every viewing, but I'm also not such a big fan of Freeman's that I would not skip Costner sometimes ;D The great thing about DVDs is that they can be watched in so many ways, depending on the current mood!
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Post by angelique on Sept 10, 2005 2:05:41 GMT -5
Hehe, I just got the movie last week and true, I skipped nearly every bit of Kevin Costner... The 12 minutes more are really worth it. Mortianna telling the Sheriff that she's his mother is hilarious (well, it's not supposed to be, but to me it is ;D )... And personnally, I like Christian slater a lot. He was the first actor I liked (I was thirteen ;D ) and that's what made me love movies so much... PS : can't help it but always call it Robin Who now... ;D
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Post by hermione13snape on Sept 10, 2005 5:43:40 GMT -5
Hehe, I just got the movie last week and true, I skipped nearly every bit of Kevin Costner... The 12 minutes more are really worth it. Mortianna telling the Sheriff that she's his mother is hilarious (well, it's not supposed to be, but to me it is ;D )... And personnally, I like Christian slater a lot. He was the first actor I liked (I was thirteen ;D ) and that's what made me love movies so much... PS : can't help it but always call it Robin Who now... ;D I wholeheartedly agree with that! But the I felt sorry for the Sheriff at that point . The fact that all he was, was a pawn and that all he thought he knew was taken away from him! It also made more sense when he said at his wedding that 'for once he would have something pure and would you stop interfering!' I still love the dungeons when he went 'Pain or death!' cracks me up ! As for um who is he again, you know that Yank who seemed to be playing some part in the movie but can't quite remember his name at the mo! Like guys help me?
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Post by giggin on Oct 11, 2005 20:04:46 GMT -5
This is how I watch the movie - fast forward, fast forward Sheriff -- fast forward, fast forward Sheriff -- fast forward, fast forward Spoon -- fast forward, fast forward Sheriff "call off christmas" -- some fighting - fast forward Sheriff & Christian Slater -- fast forward Sheriff sword fight - death . What a movie.
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Post by EmmyMik on Oct 13, 2005 18:11:54 GMT -5
That's almost how I watch the movie too, giggin_arfan. Although I do hit rewind on a couple of occasions, and I stop the movie in the middle of the sword fight (it's a much happier movie that way). Sometimes I stop it too late, and I end the movie right as the Sheriff bites the dust.
I can't say that I have actually watched the movie until the end credits...
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Post by ringo on Oct 14, 2005 13:45:16 GMT -5
I have to fess up,I do skip all the costner parts,and only to Alans scenes,you see,I just cant get it round my head that Costner had the nerve to cut out our mans scenes,to me that shows how bad an actor he is that he wanted the "Star"status,but it came back and stung him in the backside...All in all,I like the film,but the extended one is so much more better with Alans scenes being added.....
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Post by cissy on Oct 15, 2005 22:51:14 GMT -5
Awww, c'mon, at least skip to the very very end...2 words: Sean Connery! (mmmmm)
It's the second best part of the whole movie! (Of course, Alan is the BEST part)
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Post by squirrelywrath on Oct 16, 2005 23:59:34 GMT -5
[quote author=billywiggy board=movies thread=1123101466 post=1125890172Hey - someone said on the COS forums that AR took fencing - it was a hobby of his. Does anyone know if this is true? (If so - it would make sense why that scene has such a realism to it).[/quote] this caught my eye as I looked at this thread today... I assumed this was due to his stage combat training, the sword he wields in this film is definitely not the traditional fencing sword!
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Post by hermione13snape on Oct 17, 2005 5:44:37 GMT -5
I watch the whole film and wait in anticipation for the Rickman scenes.
Believe me when you watch the Costner scenes you can appreciate the Alan scenes so much more, believe!
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Post by winky22 on Oct 21, 2005 13:38:39 GMT -5
I watch it all i skip no bits i like the film too much for that and i do love the Alan bits more, yes, but when you wait the better they become. and this is my 200th post, go me!
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Post by elsa on Oct 21, 2005 15:22:36 GMT -5
I watch the whole film too. I'm now past shouting at the screen, "you cut Alan's scenes, Robin of Sherwood!" Alan was superb in this film. I love his comedy and those lines of his are brilliant. ;D It is a traversty that Alan did not win best supporting actor oscar. What were they thinking? He won his BAFTA though, we Brits know how to honour great acting.
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Post by hermione13snape on Oct 22, 2005 10:12:16 GMT -5
I have got the extended edition and I am so pleased, you should get it too if you haven't the lines he say's in those are even funnier than the ones in the cinema version, (no wonder Costner turned green.)
By the way elsa I gave you a Karma point for your siggy, I love that line, the air is full of spices. *sigh*
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Post by ladynra on Oct 25, 2005 9:10:34 GMT -5
Okay, I'll admit it, this was my first time seeing the film but I loved it. What a hoot. Costner...eh...not much too him but then again, to me, there never is. I only watched Dances with Wolves because I find Native American culture fascinating. But Alan...oh...what a delight as always. I chuckled throughout most of his lines (the whole 'cut his heart out with a spoon' joke really got me laughing...all because of how he delivered his lines.) One of my favorite scenes was the whole last sequence when he tries to get Marian to marry him and there he is straddling her waist and trying to rush the priest, and he does that sort of hand-stand type thing where he throws his legs out, lands between her legs and then spreads his legs so hers go out too. (YOu should have seen the look on my younger daughter's face at that one... ) LOL! And of course everything that follows, the whole fight/death scene was great fun to watch. I agree with the person who said fencing is different from what they are doing. Most actors are trained to sword fight. My 13 year old has done Shakespeare and they have already had some preliminary practice in stage sword-fighting techniques. Very basic but it's a start. I have done fencing and it is very different from what was done on Robin Hood. for one thing, it's a 'sport' of finesse, quick feet, quick hands, where a 'fight' can be over with in a matter of seconds depending on how quick the opponent is. The foil is a stabbing weapon in addition to that, at least for a 'killing' stroke. Not a hack and slash weapon like Rickman used in those scenes. You'll notice that Alan occasionally used a two-handed swing primarily because those suckers can get heavy in addition to being unwieldy unless perfectly balanced. If Alan had prowess with a foil you probably would have been more likely to see it had he played in something like the Three Muskateers, which, I believe, featured the lighter weapons designed to use fencing fighting styles. I liked the quick little kiss scene there between the Sheriff and Marian. Reminds me again how different things have become in films. In the films I've seen Alan in (so far), there was none of that sloppy sounding kisses that are SO COMMON in films today. I was told once that they learn how to kiss properly for the audience and at one time loud wet kisses weren't 'acceptable'. If you watch old films you'll see what I mean. Now, I watch TV and movies and you can see how that's changed. In any case, I enjoyed that scene with him, as brief as it was. Mostly because it was sorta comical the way he/the sheriff went about it. The relationship between the witch and him was both funny and interesting. Ummm...bizarre question here...when they show a fairly close shot of him with that shirt open, just below the neck, there were what look like old scars. Was that because of acting continuity (he'd just been burned by a candle which Marian had thrust at his chest) or were those old 'real' scars. Or was it just my imagination altogether?
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Post by ringo on Oct 25, 2005 13:30:26 GMT -5
They were from the candle....Hope that helps,and yep,this is so much an Alan film....
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