Critical essay on 'Robin Hood Prince Of Theives'
Critical essay – ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
This essay will convey how the director, Kevin Reynolds, directed the film ‘Robin Hood: Prince of thieves’ in such a way, but more specifically the opening scenes. Robin Hood is a well known legend and hero but is his character from Sherwood Forest real? It has been debated for many years, and whether real or not his story was made into films, one of which is ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’, it was released in July 1991. Many people went to see it on the first weekends, in total the cinemas took in $25million. The main actors are Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
The opening credits introduce the film with the Bayeux tapestry which shows a journey with the crusades. The different sections of the tapestry show the historical place and date. After that the tapestry shows conflict – with mounted, armoured soldiers; this shows us the film will include battles war. The dramatic music helps the picture by adding to the adventurous atmosphere, the music relates to characters in the credits going from dark to light for good and bad individuals in the story. The music goes on in places to be serious and heroic.
Robin Hood (in the film is known as Robin of Locksley, and is played by Kevin Costner) comes across as a brave and violent man. In some of the beginning scenes we see him in prison, with his friend ‘Peter’, Peter has been told he has taken some ones bread, Robin stands up for him and says he took it. He bravely gives his hand to be cut off but at last second pulls on the rope and the guard gets his hand cut off in stead. He is violent because in his escape he fights and kills guards making his way through the place. He comes across the Moor (played by Morgan Freeman) called Azeem, he frees him and this shows us he is un-prejudiced towards different people.
Lighting and other film techniques help to convey the characters’ personalities in the scene just after when
This essay will convey how the director, Kevin Reynolds, directed the film ‘Robin Hood: Prince of thieves’ in such a way, but more specifically the opening scenes. Robin Hood is a well known legend and hero but is his character from Sherwood Forest real? It has been debated for many years, and whether real or not his story was made into films, one of which is ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’, it was released in July 1991. Many people went to see it on the first weekends, in total the cinemas took in $25million. The main actors are Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
The opening credits introduce the film with the Bayeux tapestry which shows a journey with the crusades. The different sections of the tapestry show the historical place and date. After that the tapestry shows conflict – with mounted, armoured soldiers; this shows us the film will include battles war. The dramatic music helps the picture by adding to the adventurous atmosphere, the music relates to characters in the credits going from dark to light for good and bad individuals in the story. The music goes on in places to be serious and heroic.
Robin Hood (in the film is known as Robin of Locksley, and is played by Kevin Costner) comes across as a brave and violent man. In some of the beginning scenes we see him in prison, with his friend ‘Peter’, Peter has been told he has taken some ones bread, Robin stands up for him and says he took it. He bravely gives his hand to be cut off but at last second pulls on the rope and the guard gets his hand cut off in stead. He is violent because in his escape he fights and kills guards making his way through the place. He comes across the Moor (played by Morgan Freeman) called Azeem, he frees him and this shows us he is un-prejudiced towards different people.
Lighting and other film techniques help to convey the characters’ personalities in the scene just after when