1991: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Friday, July 17, 2020 at 8:45PM by Lynn Lee
- Locksley…I’m gonna cut your heart out with a spoon!
-Why a spoon?
-Because it’s DULL, you twit, it’ll hurt more!”
If you remember anything about Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, it’s probably those lines. Or, more generally, Alan Rickman’s scrumptiously hammy turn as the villain who bellows them. Or perhaps you remember Kevin Costner’s complete failure to master anything resembling an English accent. If you’d just as soon forget Costner ever played Robin Hood, you’re not alone: consensus opinion generally holds that Rickman was the only good thing about the movie, which received tepid reviews at the time of its release and hasn’t exactly aged into a classic.
It’s worth noting, however, that a lot of people really liked Prince of Thieves at the time...