Robin Hood: Men in Tights Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993 Directed by Mel Brooks
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The legend had it coming... Find out where Robin Hood put his Little John, what made Will Scarlet, and what did Friar Tuck into his tights that Maid Marion all of a quiver?
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.
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So help me, I've got a soft spot for this one. Granted, as a comedy it's pretty hit and miss, although there are enough bits that work to forgive the ones that don't. But I have more affection for this as a corrective to the recent impulse Hollywood has had to give audiences grim and gritty tellings of the Robin Hood legend. What they invariably overlook is that, when it all comes down to it, Robin Hood is one of those legends who has to be dashing and a little larger than life to work on an audience- without those things he's basically a regular dude with a bow, traipsing around the forest. And while Brooks kids a lot of…
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It made me laugh so I gotta say I liked it.
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crap?
Its no Monty Python, and you will not leave laughing
I just couldnt watch of being so bad, -
A delightfully hilarious film! Had me in stitches the entire time.
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Did you say Abe Lincoln?
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Not one of the great Mel Brooks' best, it's only mildly entertaining despite a great support cast. Richard Lewis! It's no Blazing Saddles, let's put it that way.
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Finishing off my Mel Brooks collection is another nostalgic film for me, even if it isn't really perfect I loved it in the mid 90s.
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crap?
Its no Monty Python, and you will not leave laughing
I just couldnt watch of being so bad, -
A perfect Brooks spoof film.
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A delightfully hilarious film! Had me in stitches the entire time.
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pretty funny
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Can be silly, but mostly it hits the mark. I love all the Merry Men, especially the blind guy. Chappelle is great too, providing most of the humor. A few great surprise roles in the end. And I loved all those musical bits.
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more sexist and racist than i remembered. still funny and entertaining throughout. vignette after vignette prove to have clever, and sometimes lame, bits. and, old school Mel Brooks treading the same waters doesn't hurt the glee of watching this for me. maybe it's more an autobiographical hit since i watched it as a child. Elwes is an excellent stand-in for Flynn. Dave Chappelle is noticeably being held back and maybe upset with the dialogue and read of his character as the movie goes on. overall, an interesting revisit.
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Watched purely for nostalgia, but the gags are really all over the place, as a kid I thought this was pure gold, but 15 years on there was certainly a lot more face-palming reactions than I remember.