6/18/2023 0 Comments Sheriff of nottingham alan rickmanJust like the Costner adventure and Disney's later Pirates of the Caribbean flicks the action can get a little out of hand which does spoil the atmos at times. They might be fast and loose with the facts and original source material but at least it always looks terrific and extremely atmospheric, so big kudos there.Īs for the action, set pieces and generally 17th century hijinks.well its solid, its exciting for sure.but of course its dumb. The movie does show how good Disney are at creating worlds, they don't skimp at all and it shows. The scenery is stunning throughout with various locations used in the UK and Europe, the sets are amazingly lavish, highly detailed and very authentic looking, costumes look period perfect and again very authentic and weaponry, armour, horses etc.all look spot on. Never the less despite the blatant idea stealing the movie does look really good with decent production values all the way through. Yes Michael Wincott played Guy of Gisborne in 'Prince of Thieves' and here he plays the main henchman Rochefort! Holy du pain Disney! at least try not to make it so clearly evident sheesh! But not only that, Disney really takes the biscuit by actually reusing the same actor for the main henchman role. Good old Tim Curry chews up the scenery perfectly with his big eyes, red flowing attire and devilish goatee doing his best to try and beat Alan Rickman's dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham. It really is so very obvious that Disney wanted to copy the success of 'Prince of Thieves', look at the bad guys. Obviously reuniting of ye olde brat pack again.duh! maybe they wanted to get Emilio too? I can see what Disney wanted to do here and I applaud the effort, for it is a sweet idea, but Sheen just doesn't fit into 17th century France too well. Sheen on the other hand doesn't quite fit the bill here and I'm not so sure how he got the call for this movie. Luckily the casting of Sutherland and Platt is inspired as they both are charming and highly likable in their roles, especially the chunky Platt. The entire movie hinges on the cast naturally, more so the main trio of Musketeers who, we the audience, have to like for this to take flight. Along for the ride is the fresh faced Chris O'Donnell as D'Artagnan who actually does pretty well considering he's a pretty hokey actor truth be told. Yep its errr.the young guns using swords and riding horses.again! Sheen and Sutherland team up with Oliver Platt who magically fits into this team beautifully. Disney saw the chance and jumped on-board with this French period adventure, and what better way to top Costner than using the old brat pack of the 80's.well two of them. ![]() Sure using rock tunage and not being historically accurate in movies wasn't new but somehow, with that mullet, and that American accent, Costner turned this concept into a near-guaranteed massive money spinner. Movies weren't really handled like that back then, like they are now, but the wham-bam in your face, rock n roll, romance rollercoaster with Costner changed everything. ![]() It was (I believe) Disney's first rock n roll historical family flick with a made to measure hit rock song as the main theme to really lure in the young teenyboppers.and women.Įverything about this production was a big pre-planned, hopeful franchise and merchandise spewing machine, that might not sound too surprising these days but back in the early 90's it was. In fact the reason this was so loose was mainly because it was following hot on the heels of the successful Kevin Costner movie 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves'. ![]() This was an extremely loose adaptation of the famous Dumas novel which has of course been adapted many many times now. Yes that's actually the abbreviation for the country of Austria you see above there, this movie was a collaboration between the US and Austria curiously enough.
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