What’s Aged the Best?
Kamen score; medieval setting; archery; wigs; Men in Tights; physical filmmaking; Morgan Creek; matched fights; Little John’s respect; preparation montage; horseback Costner; redistribution; hometown introductions; dialogue; catapult
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- Stars in exaggerated wigs and beards are an aged-best observation, prompting an extended Hard to Kill comparison.
- Michael Kamen's memorable theme is an aged-best choice.
- The dirty, damaged-looking medieval surroundings are praised, contrasting with Marian's clean, beautiful appearance.
- Bow-and-arrow action is praised.
- Stars in obviously artificial wigs and beards are praised.
- Men in Tights is praised as a response to this film and explicitly proposed as a double feature.
- The sheriff's spoon threat and scheduling two women are praised as reportedly improvised lines.
- Physical outdoor filmmaking despite imperfect effects is praised, including Costner actually wet on the beach rather than a wholly digital setting.
- Morgan Creek’s run is praised through Young Guns, Major League, Young Guns II, The Exorcist III, Pacific Heights, Robin Hood, Freejack, The Last of the Mohicans, True Romance, Ace Ventura and Major League II; the titles form an unranked list.
- The final matched confrontations—Azeem and witch, Friar Tuck and bishop, Robin and sheriff—are praised for symmetry.
- Little John accepting Robin as leader after losing the fight is praised as a welcome respect-based friendship dynamic.
- Preparing weapons, traps and the elaborate forest hideout are praised as satisfying training-and-building montage material.
- Costner riding horses is an aged-best choice, linked to his recurring screen persona.
- Robbing the rich is an aged-best choice.
- Introducing people by first name and hometown is praised, inspiring playful podcast equivalents.
- The statement that nobility is defined by actions rather than birth is praised.
- The brothers reveal is considered both good and bad because of Costner’s delivery.
- Azeem’s comparison of English hospitality with the weather is praised.
- The catapult launch over the wall is praised as enjoyable old-school effects, with a wish for more swashbuckling action.