robin rocks!
johnny depp and orlando bloom have nothing on errol flynn! from his incredible entrance to the very end, flynn commands the screen and proves you can still be macho when wearing green tights. the music, the costumes, everything comes together in a way you wish could still happen in hollywood movies these days: the sum is greater than the individual parts.

Flynn's Robin Hood
Well acted and enjoyable. Done in the days when the story depended on good acting and no special effects.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
My dream since I saw it when it first came out has been to own my own copy of this film, and DVD now makes that possible. It is in surprisingly good condition after all those years.

Classic Family Fun
This is a wonderful classic adventure film, which can be enjoyed by the whole family despite the fact a number of persons meet their end by the sword or bow and arrows of Robin Hood. The action scenes are well staged but there is little in the way of blood spilled on the silver screen. Errol Flynn does a superb job of filling the role of the hero and the other actors are also well cast and rise to the occasion.

As for my criticism, Robin seems a little too over confident at times during the situations he places himself in but I guess being familiar with the script helped Errol with this point. For someone who can split an arrow in half with his own from many yards away it is also difficult to believe that Robin could not recognize King Richard from a few feet away. Finally, some of the costumes seem more suited for a high school play.

If you can overlook these latter points and just going along for the ride I am sure you will enjoy this film.

Glorious Film in a Spectacular Presentation
Warner Brothers has gone all out in theit DVD presentation of 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland. Robin Hood is one of the greatest examples of Technicolor film making from Hollywood's Golden Age. The great thing about this film is that at 70 years old it does not feel dated. It is an hour and forty minutes of pure escapism. What you see is what you get. There are no hidden agendas no subtexts just simple romance and swashbuckling adventure.

The film was perfectly cast with a young Flynn as the lead but kudos need to be given also to Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, and Alan Hale. The score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold won the Academy Award that year and is still a great example of how effective scoring enhances a film experience. The direction by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley is crisp and strong.

The highlight of the presentation is Warner's selection of extras that really places the film in perspective. There is an audio commentary by Rudy Behlmer that is one of the best that I've heard. Included is Leonard Maltin's Warner Night at the Movies 1938 which attemps to present the film as it would have been back then with trailers, short subjects and cartoons. The package includes the hour long documentary Technicolor Glorious Technicolor that gives an insiders view of the film process.

This is one of those classic films that needs to be seen and Warner Brothers is to be complemented for putting together such a great package.