Robin Hood (8/10) Movie CLIP - Power From the Ground Up (2010) HD

[@staravatar7195]

2:19 i love the man in the background who says "Why not?"

[@Bjjbhcoa86]

Omg I love that too! Watched this a bunch of times but never heard that lmao

[@GabrielaaCOLOMBIANA]

Russell Crowe, extraordinary actor! The speech was both brilliant and meaningful.

[@emmacarroll5224]

And said in about three different accents, I live on the border of Nottinghamshire and people don't sound like that 😂 I could hear Yorkshire, Scouse and Irish in that 😮

[@lesterfalcon1350]

@@emmacarroll5224 Just found out he based it on Michael Parkinson, and listened to loads of his interviews. Now I can't unhear it.

[@sigmartyr]

@@emmacarroll5224 you missed Sheffield and Sunderland, I kept picturing Sean Bean and Bob Mortimer every time he broke into them 😂

[@jollyjohnzz]

That accent ! Varies between yorkshire , irish and welsh , all in one sentence !

[@coolmacatrain9434]

I'd have said scouse for the last one 2:06 Ha ha!

[@magnalucian8]

unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent

[@horysmokes3339]

With a little bit of Scottish by way of Australian popularised by Mel.

[@Oj12323]

That’s the Renaissance times for ya

[@Hallows4]

So… do you consider that a sign of professional versatility or someone in need of further dialectical training?

[@LucienSabre]

*Every englishman’s home is his castle* is in my top five favorite lines from this movie. 🎬😍

[@DutchGuyMike]

Same!

[@thecowboy9698]

"A King who demands loyalty, but offers nothing in return." The hallmark of a true leader, a good leader, is one who leads by example, one who's attitude is: "Watch me and do as I do.", not one who has the hypocritical attitude of: "Do as I say, not as I do." By leading example, he is in effect following the motto of: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Another quality of a good leader is one who cares for those who follow him. He sees to their needs before those who are not his own, and puts their needs before his own personal needs, much like how a good and loving husband and father will see to the needs of his wife and children before those of a friend or stranger, and makes personal sacrifices both of his time and personal resources to care for them, even when it is not always convenient to do so.

[@86ortega]

Give em a break he's a spaniard! Commander of the Felix Legions

[@dr.davidwho4053]

😁

[@MC-tm2uy]

Husband to a murdered wife, father to a murdered son, servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius. And he will have his vengeance in this movie or the next movie...

[@zeeshankhan-qn4dk]

Marcus auralious is dead Proximo.... Shadows and dust

[@BaldursPicketFence]

SPANIARD! SPANIARD!

[@CSAFD]

Jack Aubrey : Men must be governed! Often not wisely, but governed nonetheless. Dr. Stephen Maturin : That's the excuse of every tyrant in history, from Nero to Bonaparte.

[@markieboy1983]

Astonishing performance by Russell Crowe... managing to be Northern Irish, Geordie and Mancunian all at the same time!

[@pezn2077]

You’ve got dead ears, mate!

[@hawk2million]

He worked some Scottish in there too.

[@kb4382]

It's quite a talent to be able to seamlessly switch between Irish, Scottish, northern and southern English accents like that. Nice one Russell. Try to work some Welsh in there and you've got the full house!

[@didimean]

lol I can't unhear this now

[@Scarecrow545]

lmao

[@bigdaddydiesel4053]

It's good acting

[@ThorbjornMacBain]

Isn’t that just an Aussie accent?!? 😂

[@francishuddy9462]

He could have bunged in a bit of 'French Allo 'Allo - Gordon Kaye / Rene Artois - for the Norman influence ...

[@Edward24081]

Scotland: FRRRREEEEEEEDDDDDDOOOOOOMMMMM!!!! England: LIBERTY BY LAW!

[@lgmmrm]

+Wedoku Kaitakotiresos America: Give me Liberty, or give me Death!

[@Wanderer628]

+Logan Mainord America was around during the middle ages?

[@chap0syoutuification]

+Wedoku Kaitakotiresos It was a French Monarchy. Yet the jocks are still butthurt at the English.

[@SuperLuminalElf]

YES. But it was called Turtle Island, by the Indian Nations who lived here.

[@elhitdelverano]

France: liberty by beheadings. And what we have now? Democracies do not work and never did

[@Polpiv4tifish]

Oscar Isaac was by far and away the best actor in this film. When he gets crowned king near the beginning and quickly reveals himself to be a juvenile rat....he did a superb job on that

[@ashleybishton742]

Great job as long John as this was what king John was like and looked like

[@mattboesch8907]

I remember watching the trailer for The Force Awakens and seeing him pilot an x-wing and thought to my self "he looks familar...omg its King John!"

[@ManoleitorArg]

juvenile rat hahaha amazing insult

[@Cuban20]

He’s the best incarnation of Prince John ever

[@lemorab1]

@@Cuban20 I agree that he is probably the most accurate on film, but I still love Claude Rains in "The Adventures Of Robin Hood."

[@awesomeinspector5270]

This movie did get the characters down right. Robin is always ever the outspoken and stalwart champion of the people.

[@rockndude87]

"Rise And Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions"

[@dr.davidwho4053]

😀👍

[@ashleybishton742]

Gona have that tattooed on me :)

[@DavidCartmellDJCartmell]

The charter he speaks becomes Magna Carta!

[@adanmohamed2534]

👍 Needs revisiting in some places in the world today...

[@Dragon1813]

The prototype of the U.S. Constitution

[@defundthepolice2007]

And the Magna Carta only guaranteed the rights that Russell Crowe speaks of in this scene to the wealthy lords and not commoners and peasants. Wouldn’t make the movie as interesting if they included that though. Messes it up.

[@Nikolaj11]

@@defundthepolice2007 You're right of course, but they could have worded the speech to make it have the apperance of modern values while technically being about the real subject matter. I don't know if it would be correct wording for english society at the time, but say switch "every englishman" with an embelishment, something like "every free and honest englishman" and the idea that the lower classes not fitting into that category might go over most viewer's heads while being true to the concept that a "free" englishman at the time only did actually mean the nobility.

[@dtaylor4552]

The Magna Carta is the Law and should be implied to all.

[@RemiLeonora]

I saw this movie when I'm just 10 yr, since then I do archery with a longbow. And now I'm still obsessed with this movie!

[@colleenbuchko9207]

Great English accent by Oscar Isaac and an excellent Somalian accent by Crowe

[@conorsmith8551]

Hahahaha

[@theNewLegoStudiosP]

This movie is too underrated. Oscar Isaac as King John was great, the whole setting seems real, while there could be historical inaccuracies, this movie should be better considered... the gladiator has huge inaccuracies too

[@SunRhe]

+Kosmos Productions / Viktor Toth I don't think there are historical inaccuracies per se, they are more like inaccuracies to the story of Robin Hood. And not just in plot. The Robin Hood films that proceeded this one set a tone for the story, and it is brave of this movie to reject that tone for a more serious one. But for me, it takes a little too much liberty with that "serious" tone. Robin is a cocky, arrogant and yet very likable in the previous movies, but here he's an archetype of a medieval hero that (personally) falls flat. In my opinion, the movie is not a true Robin Hood story in plot and tone, which is probably why it's not well regarded.

[@sirbutthurt2937]

+Kosmos Productions / Viktor Toth Yeah. It's a good film.

[@daveglander1]

Sun... Robin was not a well documented Hero. His life was always a mystery, the reality of his life will never be known. I was raised in a small village south of Chesterfield, Hathersage, where John Little was supposedly buried, his grave is there now. It's about 20 miles away from the Royal Oak where Robin Hood supposedly led his band of merry men. Even so close and so near to his history, we know so little. So inaccuracies to the story of Robin Hood, can't be verified. DId he die in Scarborough? We don't know. Was he a Noble or a commoner, we don't know. Did he speak French like a Norman, or East Midlander (like me) we don't know. (Although to be fair, as a North East Midlander myself, I can tell you, Crowe's accent isn't that bad for an Aussie) Robin Hood exists in the words of Story Tellers, not in historical fact. And you know what? That's all we really need.

[@theNewLegoStudiosP]

yeah, I think so too. I actually maybe have seen the director's cut more often.

[@full_metal_jesuscep1953]

The directors cut has only a few differences, but the change is significant. It’s a much better movie then the theatrical release. I saw the directors cut first then was curious to see the theatrical version and was quite surprised.

[@tomboyraider1015]

LOOOVE Russell Crowe in here. Very majestic he sounds

[@lordgreystoke-6390]

Robin Hood should've ran for President in the Middle Ages. He had a good Campaign Slogan-"Every Man's Home Is His Castle !"

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

Every Englishman's home is his castle. Great scene.

[@LorenenseMapping]

Despite its age, this is still one of the best movies I have ever watched (and rewatched several times).

[@ignacioclerici5341]

And what does the age have to do with Quality? Eeehhh

[@goffharr6345]

This King is more a leader than the so-called politicians nowadays. At least he dared to stand in the open crowd and debate with his subjects, man to man, no prepared questions nor waffling.

[@powerface71]

WHILE SURROUNDED BY HIS ARMY THAT WERE ARMED TO THE TEETH!

[@jrt2792]

@@powerface71 yeah... the majority of the subjects were armed with.. nothing. Swords/weapons were only issued to soldiers or nobility.

[@annedejong1040]

It's something of a still then remaining high king-structure, though more Irish/Scottish than English/Saxon of being chosen from among 'lesser' lords, one of them, but only one

[@JoaoVictor-iz8uh]

Despiste the crime against history accuracy, this film is really great, I have to admit.

[@jjuniper721]

My absolutely favorite Robin Hood. Russel, Cate, Isaac and all the rest of the gang...casted on the point. 😍

[@timsamanthony]

Rusell, Cate, Isaac? I think you mean Russell, Cate, Oscar. Isaac is his surname, well his acting one, his full name is Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada

[@marilynmisch369]

Russel Crowe is awesome

[@drewby613]

Love this movie. The director's cut is the best version.

[@simaozinho37]

0:18 LOL is the same location of the movie gladiator in the first battle

[@jaymiller5669]

Just the fact that he was talking to his ppl was pretty cool

[@theeoarsman921]

If any movie was deserving of a sequel it was this one!!!

[@8mmkyle865]

This film did have many flaws, historical inaccuracies, and doesn't live up to Ridley Scott's other films... but I think it captured the heart of Robin Hood. It twisted the mythology to fit the 12th century England while keeping true to the lore. Plus it had one of my favorite siege scenes, an awesome midnight robbing scene, and this scene in itself gave me chills! Still holds up as my favorite Robin Hood film to date. I always come back to just watch my favorite scenes:)

[@francoisdaureville323]

12th-13th century the magna carta was early 13th century 1215

[@townsley2]

that movie was set to be rooted in History, but it ends up mixing everything up and being even more inaccurate History wise than the other Robin Hood films. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland keep my vote!

[@robinlongstride2350]

Every Englishmen's home is his castle.

[@amirysyafy4801]

Coooooool

[@squakrock]

Brian W not anymore

[@Talrion]

Forsaken Janissary I’m sick and tired of you religious people talking how god created humanity and universe

[@veeramuthugovindasamy9522]

Robin hood true story

[@rogemillecastillo3183]

@@Talrion And I’m sick and tired of condescending atheist like you who doesn’t know the word “RESPECT”...

[@northleedspoppa]

That accent went on a national express tour of north England, Wales and Dublin in three lines 😂

[@davidhall2197]

Cate Blanchett...one of my favorite living actresses today. Loved her in Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.

[@dtaylor4552]

Bette Davis was Elizabeth in the 1955 film The Virgin Queen.

[@davidhall2197]

@@dtaylor4552 I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. That was the year I was born.

[@dtaylor4552]

@@davidhall2197 Bette Davis was Elizabeth I in two motion pictures, Warner Brothers 1939 film The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex with Errol Flynn as The Earl Of Essex and the 20th Century Fox 1955 film The Virgin Queen.

[@Artisan1979]

It’s pointless to argue with fools, especially one who raided Mr. t’s drawer of gold. It’s pointless to expect an ignorant selfish British entitled fool like king John to concede to keep his word if you get that far. But Robin’s true victory is in rallying the people, for it is within those numbers that his words gain power and puts the king in a very awkward position. It’s in this speech that Robin Hood is truly born, and the people find their true champion. One who has more rights to the throne. Wearing liberty as a crown devalues any piece of tin warrant by king John. Robin sees every man as his equal and expect no one to bow to him. He does what is right for the sake of being right and not for any gratitude or title. Brilliant writing and clean performance. Truly an underrated incarnation.

[@ctswag4204]

Russel tries to deny the Irish accent but it's plain as day in this scene.

[@primeholyassasin20]

My main problem with this film is that it can't decide whether to be serious, inspiring, or realistic. Its lacks a focused mood, unable to choose between grit, realism, or inspiration. Still, this moment stands out. It highlights the frustrations of trying to make a fair society. Feels like conservatives just wanna deal with the top and ignore all else, while masses want a say of their own, but sometimes find their hopes falling short. I like King John's words, "who could object to such reasonable words", and "what would you have? a castle for every man?". Highlights that we often have the right ideas in mind, but lack the initiative or means to carry out those ideas, or decide where the balance of interests should lie. Hence, the debate over a fair society rages on today.

[@Wanderer628]

+primeholyassasin20 FFS, don't bring politics into this.

[@andrewtucker94]

It's a political scene you moron

[@warriorking0723]

every englishman's home is his castle. have you not heard anything what robin just said.

[@Mustaine1ify]

Gabriel Morris He said Car-sal lol

[@warriorking0723]

Glib no he said castle.

[@faissalo]

Robin hood was IRISHJORDIEAUSSIE?! I had no idea

[@LeonardoKlotz]

This movie deserves more recognition

[@LicardoDeBousee]

It’s amazing to see the formations of what we presently know as “Castle Doctrine” in this speech and the infancy of what would become the basis of English common law. The Magna Carta, etc.

[@Zehahahaa]

It is said this movie is the most realistic adaptation of what it was like to live in the Middle Ages

[@jamese4109]

He went from Irish to manc to Scottish and back to Irish in one speech

[@sirmaximillianvonstauffenberg]

Every Englishman’s home is his castle👊🏼

[@luissalguero7137]

Guatemalan Oscar Isaac . 😍. I'm. Proud of you.

[@MMZERO9]

This is Jor-El in a previous lifetime.

[@DutchGuyMike]

lol

[@jonathancooper4914]

hahahahahahaha

[@sirjustin511]

Robin needs to lecture the United States government.

[@ivancolonna7520]

Golden Spike Tactical five years? How fast things can change in a blink of an eye💫

[@Palm-Pine-Aussies]

Ivan Colonna yeah the us is doing great business is booming

[@TheYaegerjeusmc]

@@Palm-Pine-Aussies you are a fool, the economy favors a few, not the many.

[@ceekaj455]

@@TheYaegerjeusmc No no no my friend you are the fool capitalism favors everyone. And as long as the economy is doing good everyone has the chance to do better

[@ChrisMiller-by6nj]

@@ceekaj455 Ever studied the 1890s-1910s? Or the Great Depression? Or the 2008 recession? Capitalism IS good, just not when it is unrestrained....

[@9toonarmy9]

The Irish Robin Hood!

[@danielbitmead5261]

Irish? he's an Aussie mate

[@OwtDaftUK]

I think he is getting at his terrible attempt at an accent in the film that sounds Irish.

[@murphy13295]

That field & wood line looks just like the location for the first battle scene in Gladiator.

[@HasbiksRightHand]

Rockstar games gotta make a open world Robin Hood medieval game

[@jonathancooper4914]

The Witcher: Hold my sword.

[@Spoeism]

I think this one scene summarizes why this movie was 'tanked' by critics. "Too much truth!! Too much truth!!"

[@i54Future]

Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!

[@garymcaleer6112]

Russell's great moments of human dignity. When he is old, he will remember, and wish his life stood up to the roles he played.

[@Hmh2783]

'' unify your subjects''

[@obscureentertainment8303]

So Robin Hood was a Scottish, Irish, Welsh man from Yorkshire?

[@bradwinstanley6290]

Obscure Entertainment ya filthy onion

[@ryanadam9475]

He thought he was William Wallace in that scene

[@Kelly14UK]

iknr Glasgow

[@robinhoodwasasocialist.1401]

Obscure Entertainment I was going to add Liverpool but yes, that monologue was all over the British isles

[@Kelly14UK]

@@robinhoodwasasocialist.1401 Yeah. Totally.

[@matthijssmeets9325]

0:34 R.I.P William Hurt. 😢

[@User18dog]

What else did he play in?

[@matthijssmeets9325]

@@User18dog He was General later senatorThunderbolt Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[@User18dog]

@@matthijssmeets9325 👍

[@movieebox3426]

Russell Crowe is such a natural actor. Man he is effortless

[@sarahmillard6401]

Apart from delivering an English accent. He is delivering in a Scottish accent here.

[@hawk2million]

Sometimes Scottish, sometimes Northern English and even at times a bit of Aussie. As an English native I was acutely aware of the frequent region changes, so distracting it kinda ruined the scene.

[@RenegadeRanga]

@@sarahmillard6401 bullshit. Listen to someone from Glasgow and its nowhere near the same.

[@rubyboy99]

When they were filming somewhere in the woods me my dad my mate and his dad all had a race up to the top of the castle door and the big sand Hill, only to have two security guards come running screaming lol, even funnier my dad won and he was the fattest xD good old Bourne woods

[@gameram6382]

Every English man home is his castle

[@tamoghnasen5158]

Best scene of the movie.

[@Oj12323]

0:08 Steve smith 😂

[@smit4459]

I think Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005) and "Robin Hood" (2010) are pretty good historical epics. I do not think they are amazing as Scott's other historical epics. For example, "Gladiator" (2000) and "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014) are my favorite films. I look forward to watching the director's new historical epic, "The Last Duel" (2021)!

[@loganscott814]

What did you think of The Last Duel?

[@smit4459]

I think "The Last Duel" (2021) is magnificent. What do you think of the movie Logan?

[@loganscott814]

@@smit4459 I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really liked it. I liked trying to piece together the real story. And we're shown Jean de Carrouge spends so much time at war so he was always going to win, whether he deserved it or not.

[@nothingspecial5368]

Liberty and justice for all

[@ashleybishton742]

King john was awsome in this.

[@KesselRunner606]

Power from the ground up. Accent from all over the place.

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

Robin Hood, popularily known in Uks theatre circles as " men in tights!"

[@txicocamotl]

At 0:22, this seems to be the exact same location where the opening scene of Gladiator takes place (the battle between Germania barbarians and Roman legions).

[@SapphireCrusader1988]

Liberty! LIBERTY, BY LAW!

[@LicardoDeBousee]

It’s great to see Donald Malarkey’s ancestor helped to protect England against the French invasion. 😂🤣

[@GabrielaaCOLOMBIANA]

Well that's your opinion, my friend. I personally adore his acting. He proves he is a better actor in each and every role. I did not find anything wrong with his accent, but again, that's just me. I respect your opinion, wheather you agree or disagree.

[@twoheadeddatascientist3289]

When Hood begins his speech about the "future" and making the "foundations strong" the IRISH came out. Sorry Russell, the critics were right.

[@SuperLuminalElf]

He's an AUSSIE.

[@RenegadeRanga]

Bullshit.

[@ourmaninbuenosaires7077]

His accent is a shambles

[@deborishiganguly3665]

What we do in life echoes in the mead we drink.

[@goeducateconsultancy92]

Such a great movie

[@ЖудаМ]

He's basically describing how feudalism and traditional monarchies work.

[@daveglander1]

The worst thing about John. Is that he could have been the greatest king England ever had, he could have been up there with Elizabeth, Edward III and Henry V. Instead he was blindly devoted to his rightful rule by religious forebearance. He chose the way of fear instead of the way of inspiration. He could have been known as John the First, Instead he was known as John the worst, a pox on the phoney King of England... LOL.. sorry... couldn't resist (one for the Disney fans)

[@Kelly14UK]

Yeah. John was a failure.

[@gabrielschake6259]

I am sir reginald duke of chutney. Thanks P.J.

[@julianarose9872]

daveglander1 “ mummy! Mother always did like Richard best “

[@lucascook9911]

And surplante richards rightfull hei Aurther of Brittany

[@tyrannicfool2503]

I mean he was an idiot, but how does not being an idiot equal you to some of England’s most popular and/or capable monarchs?

[@admiralwinstonduarte4027]

"Your majesty" wasn't the style of English kings until Henry VIII. Robin should be addressing John as "Your Highness" which was first styled by his father, Henry II.

[@MaxPowers]

Robin Hood. The greatest Irishman born in England who ever lived.

[@georgeofhamilton]

This scene took me by surprise at how American it was when I first watched it.

[@Rogerbowman]

This was just a great movie, Love the fact they threw in alot of the actors and actresses from Prince Of Thieves. To me it payed homage and tried to be its own thing.

[@20PhantoM07]

You must have a Hawkeye I didn’t notice 🧐

[@Rogerbowman]

@@20PhantoM07 I'm questioning my post lol

[@purefoldnz3070]

Oh my god its Russell Crowe!

[@TheUnseenMovieLover]

I can't see the comment that you replied to, but if you're talking about the actor playing Prince John, he was in Drive. He was Irene's (Carey Mulligan) husband .

[@donharrington8950]

Castles for every man from mining space

[@Rock-Metal91]

His accent makes me laugh...

[@waykool698]

It’s a movie…

[@carlousmagus5387]

If he had been born several hundred years later he would have been a General in the Continental Army and one of the first Presidents of the United States.

[@andersonreid6845]

The only Medevil film with only ww2 boats arriving in a beach

[@MrSwagboi21FN]

I had to click a link on my live meeting to get here lol

[@josetrevino6674]

Luke 6:32-42 32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. Luke 7:41-50 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both, Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

[@17MrLeon]

why there are so many addaptations of Robin hood and not one Ivan Hoe.

[@IanJTaylor]

Son of my Father there's another one coming out.

[@dtaylor4552]

There was an adaptation of Ivanhoe with Michael Horden in 1982 and a BBC series featuring Christopher Lee.

[@psychopiano]

some points sound Irish, some Scottish and some Scouse - pretty weird combination tbh XD

[@slamblamboozled1245]

A bit of welsh at the beginning of the speech too.

[@squakrock]

He’s australian

[@lucasmatiasdelaguilamacdon7798]

Well considering the court’s official language was anglo-norman, I find it plausible.

[@squakrock]

LUCAS MATÍAS DEL AGUILA MAC DONALD And what court is that

[@squakrock]

LUCAS MATÍAS DEL AGUILA MAC DONALD Norman’s spoke French and by this time we’re integrated into frank society for 400 years . Anglos were the Germanic poor folk of England who’s spoke Middle English . Unlike their Latin over lords.

[@americopedroni6837]

Liberty is not gained by permission.

[@araregoodguy]

This must be a reference to Magna Carta. You can visit where it was signed in Runnymede.

[@rcslyman8929]

It was referencing that. End scene has King John about to sign, but instead burns it and proclaims Robin an outlaw.

[@lasttemplar3836]

@@rcslyman8929 he did in fact sign it, but later tried to have the pope anul it

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Tremendously entertaining film. I have seen it multiple times.

[@FirstLast-qw7gh]

A very 20th century speech to a 12th century audience. Our ideas of individual rights and liberty were just arising at this time, from the ancient roots of inborn inequality.

[@Michael-kd1ho]

This rather obvious reference to the Magna Carta. Of course the real document held nothing of the lofty ideals of personal freedom and responsibility that Robin speaks of here - the Magna Carta was first and foremost a charter for the rights of nobles in regards to the crown and the feudal system, King John was essentially muscled into granting it by his barons. Still, it was a start...

[@FirstLast-qw7gh]

@@Michael-kd1ho Well said. And it is from such small beginnings that we see the eventual flowering of modern individualism (which perhaps has now gone too far). When Martin Luther speaks in 1521 about the importance of individual conscience even in the face of death, this was radical precisely because such thinking was not the norm before: “I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand.” Yet today, we imagine our modern worldview into the mouths and minds of ages past, and tear down statues out of our ignorance.

[@acidic_magpie]

Sadly the Baron’s revolt was not a struggle between the common people and the King as depicted in this movie, but between the King and the aristocracy

[@slamblamboozled1245]

This film is so far from the old folk tales. I'm pretty sure there's no traditional telling of the stories that contains the lines "Robin Hood, an Irishman, invented Magna Carta"

[@RollOnToVictory]

Sam Lemke It's actually just a classic Hollywood trope called "Make the hero as American as possible."

[@slamblamboozled1245]

RollOnToVictory how does giving him an Irish accent and attributing an ancient piece of English legislature to someone make them more American?

[@RollOnToVictory]

Sam Lemke Read about it here: www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy_p2.html "2010's Robin Hood featured a Robin fighting for an imaginary version of Magna Carta that guaranteed democracy and equal rights." "How do you make sure your audience is rooting for Historical Tribe A over Historical Tribe B, when frankly they have no reason to care either way? The answer is easy: just change one side into America! It doesn't matter if the movie takes place in 3,000 B.C., you always make the good guys sound like they're quoting the Declaration of Independence."

[@AmerginMacEccit]

Sam Lemke That's why it's not a documentary :) But it carries valid messages that with freedom comes responsiblity, empowering people gives them wings to fly and that's how every powerful country and nation rose and helped others to rise. Between tyranny and anarchy, both hopelessly destructive, you have a beautiful state called freedom. What you do with it is up to you.

[@slamblamboozled1245]

AmerginMacEccit Tyranny seemed to work out for the British, we created the largest empire in history through tyranny.

[@seankim884]

They’re 3 Versions Of This Movie 1. The Disney Version 2. The Russell Crowe Version 3. The Kevin Costner Version.

[@rugerjensen22]

We watched this movie in History Class for some reason but we all thought the actor looked like he had constant ptsd.

[@wendyballi8252]

That's a true Englishman right there

[@francishuddy9462]

He could have bunged in a bit of French 'Allo 'Allo - Gordon Kaye / Rene Artois - for the Norman influence ...

[@kingofhorrorwilly]

That was always the problem with prince John. Unlike his brother Richard he was gives into his pride and ego.

[@HawraJaffer-te1br]

He said Palestine 1:08! Palestine has existed for centuries, and it will one day be free from the illegal occupation by 'Israel'. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@MrTonycoughlan]

Say what you want about this film & Crowes accent. I’d rather have this than a Californian man of the Hood. Should have let them finish the trilogy. I think it was going somewhere!