Movie/Series Review: Robin Hood BBC: Season 1, Episode 1: "Will You Tolerate This?"

Hello!
Here I am to start my Robin Hood BBC watch-along! As it is the first day, I will be reviewing the first episode!

How it works:
If you want to join, go ahead! All you have to do is watch the episode for the day, then if you want do a post on it, or just comment on someone Else's post about it!
In my reviews for this series, I am only going to list the top ten featured characters in that episode.

My guarantee: On ALL of my reviews there are NO spoilers unless it says so.

Robin Hood BBC Season 1, Episode 1: Will You Tolerate This? (2006)

Based on the Robin Hood legends:
Robin of Locksley has come home from The Holy War to find his estates, friends, and country not the way he left them.
"I shouldn't have said that."

Genre: Action, Adventure, Period Drama,
Costumes: 7, some of the costumes here aren't really set for the time period, but there are a few good ones.
My favorite: Marian's.
Script: 9, "Show me an argument ever settled with bloodshed then I'll call it winning."

Crew:
Directed by: John McKay
Created by: 
Dominic Minghella
Foz Allan
Starring:
1. Jonas Armstrong as Robin of Locksley
2. Sam Troughton as Much, "I knew that."
3. Harry Lloyd as Will Scarlet

4. Joe Armstrong as Allan a Dale
5. Richard Armitage as Guy of Gisborne
6. Keith Allan as Vaisy, Sheriff of Nottingham
7. Michael Elwyn as Edward, "And I thought you came to see the Old Sheriff."
8. Sean Murry as Dan Scarlet

9. Jonathan Readwin as Luke Scarlet
10. Lucy Griffiths as Maid Marian
I love how we all see the characters for the first time, it really reflects their personality.

Music: 10, fabulous!
Music by: Andy Price
Quotes: 8, "There's always so much to remember!"
Notes: In Locksley Manor this sign appears:

Storyline: 6, There is kissing, fighting, a little suggestive stuff, killing, hanging, and the death of a bird in a creepy way. But, we have an interesting start.
Good for: Robin Hood fans,
Overall Score: 7!

I made a header for this week. I'm sorry, I know it's a little obsessive.:

Thank you so much for reading everyone!  Please feel free to participate!

MovieCritic

Movie Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Hello All!
Do you know what happened Saturday? Olivia de Havilland turned 101! To celebrate this amazing actress, Phyl at Phyllis Loves Classic Movies and Crystal at In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood are hosting: The Olivia de Havilland + Errol Flynn blogathon!!

I will be reviewing my favorite movie of theirs, and the first movie I saw with them: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). This was the movie that got me obsessed with Olivia, Errol, and Robin Hood.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938):

Based on the legends of Robin Hood:
The noble Sir Robin of Locksley turns outlaw after a fight with the Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisbourne over the how people are being treated. In the forest Robin of Locksley, now Robin Hood, and a band of "Merry Men" work to convince the nobles that people ARE being treated badly and to defeat the Sheriff and Guy of Gisbourne. Meanwhile, Robin can't take his eyes off Maid Marian, a noble who hates him.

Genre: Adventure, Romance, Action.
Costumes: 10, the costumes here are so magnificent! From the Lincoln green to Maid Marian's costumes they are so lovely! I can't pick a favorite.

Script: 9, there is not anything bad that I can think of.
"Why, you speak treason!"
Crew:
Directed by: 
Michael Curtiz

William Keighley

Produced by:
Hal B. Wallis

Henry Blanke

Screenplay by:
Norman Reilly Raine

Seton I. Miller

Rowland Leigh

Starring:
Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, "You're a strange man."

Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian

Basil Rathbone as Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains as Prince John

Melville Cooper as the Sheriff of Nottingham
Patric Knowles as Will Scarlett

Alan Hale, Sr. as Little John

Eugene Pallette as Friar Tuck
Herbert Mundin as Much

Una O'Connor as Bess
Montagu Love as the Bishop of the Black Canons
Ian Hunter as King Richard the Lionheart
Music: 10! Lovely!
Music by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Quotes: 10, "Strange? Because I feel for beaten helpless people?"
Notes: This film is my favorite Robin Hood movie ever. If you watch it make sure to watch it in color, because it will be amazing!
Storyline: 8, There is so death, and talk of abuse, but Robin Hood is here to stop that. It is a romance, so there is some kissing, but it is the movie that changed me, the most un-romantic doesn't like romances person, into someone who one of their favorite romances EVER is this movie.

Good For: Whoever watches this movie will be changed.
Overall Score: 9.5!

Thank you so much for hosting this blogathon Phyl and Crystal! Be sure to check it out HERE!

MovieCritic

Presenting...My Book Cover

Hello Everybody!
It has been a while since I have done one of these! Anyway, here I am presenting My Book Cover.
What? Your "book cover"? You took a book apart!?
*horror movie screams*
Whoa! That is not what happened! My older sister gave this to me on my last birthday, it PROTECTS the books.

If you have a paper back book, and if you sometimes sort of ACCIDENTALLY destroy the cover, this is for you!

My sister took two pieces of cardboard, and some cloth, and made this! You slip the front and back covers into the slots, and it protects them from being bent to pieces! Then, there are ties on the back so you can adjust it to any size book!

Plus, no one can see what you are reading.
My sister came up with this herself, and it is so useful! See even customized it, it has my initials, MC, on it!

Right now I have The Adventures of Robin Hood - by Roger Lancelyn Green, which I won in Hamlette's giveaway, Thank you so much Hamlette.

Sorry the pictures are not the best, it was late at night and I was really tired when I took these photos.

Thank you so much for reading! Do you have any special books or movies?

MovieCritic

Book vs. Movie Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Hello!
They say that there are the ABC's of Science Fiction:
Asimov
Bradbury
Clarke.
Well, today I am going to review a book by C, Arthur C. Clarke!

2001: A Space Odyssey - by Arthur C. Clarke

A book that progresses time. A strange thing appears to the first men. A strange thing appears on the moon. Going through space on a mission to Jupiter in 2001.
Genre: Science Fiction
Characters: 8, we have some detailed characters, I would just like to know more about all of them! We have this printer in our house that we call Hal. That says a lot.
My Favorite:
Dave
Words: 8, a few bad words, but not that bad.
"Children grow fast in this low gravity. But they don't age so quickly---they'll live longer than we do."
Storyline: 7, The storyline is sort of confusing, but you get into it. There and some attacking, and death, but there is life too.
Good For: People who like Science Fiction, People who have to do things on their own, People who have lost a friend.
Overall Score: 8!

VS.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968):

Based on: the book by Arthur C. Clarke.
Starting at "The Dawn of Man" we see how something affects what happened. Zoom forward to 2001, we see scientists are on a mission to Jupiter, and things aren't working.
Genre: Science Fiction
Costumes: 6, they were okay.
My favorite:

Script: 7, a few bad words.
"Are you sure you are making the right decision?"
Crew:
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Produced by: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay by:
Arthur C. Clarke
Stanley Kubrick
Starring:
Keir Dullea as Dr. David Bowman

Gary Lockwood as Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain as the voice of the HAL 9000
Daniel Richter as Moonwatcher
Music: 9, it uses the classical piece of music, "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss and when you hear it you think, "2001!"

Music by:
Richard Strauss
György Ligeti
Johann Strauss II
Aram Khachaturian
Quotes: 8, "What do you think you're doing, Dave?"

Storyline: 5, If you haven't read the book, you really have no idea what is happening! It doesn't really explain anything. The thing with this movie is that everything takes so long! And there is this sequence of colors that might make you sick. There is some death, and some attacking.

 

Good For: People who like Science Fiction, People who like things to take forever, People who like flashing colors.
Overall Score: 6!

The book wins!

The scary thing with 2001: A Space Odyssey, is that when the book was written, and the movie made, these things seemed so strange, but with technology we are actually there. Scary.

Thank you so much for reading! What do you think of this? Did I give it a proper review?

MovieCritic