Along with King Arthur (2004) and Troy (2004), this film represents a tendency to try to rehistoricize legends. In general, I strongly dislike the trend. It's not totally unlike the way that Snow White and the Hunstman (2012) adultified the Snow White legend. In the case of each of these films, I thought that the actual product outdid the idea. The same goes for Robin Hood. I generally hate the rehistoricizing of Robin Hood especially, because I have so much love for the Robin Hood legend, but a very new and very original story is told here and believably connected to the actual story of the Magna Carta, etc. This does remind me of the obvious historical inaccuracies of Robin Hood (1973), such as King Richard's return from the Crusades.
I will keep this brief as this is a rewatch and my opinion is not super high. Wit is 8.5. I like the line, "Rise and rise again until lambs become lions." This poetic way of advocating persistent revolution is truly beautiful to me. Beyond this, there are some ugly scenes of insistence about Marion riding in battle. That to me is silly beyond silly. It definitely has no historical basis and moreover, why does she need to fight in a battle. Can't she just do other things. She completely fails in battle and if anything proves that she ought not to have been there to begin with. Silly, silly overzealous feminism.
Wisdom leans heavily on its revolutionary aspect for the 8.5. Beyond that, there is some fun anti-corruption messages for the Church that I enjoy. The down-sides are the aforementioned silly feminism, the silly nationalism, and the silly socialism that the movie ends with.
For wonder, 8.5 is an alright. It is determined by being less than Robin Hood (1973), Red Dawn, and Saving Private Ryan. There isn't that much for me to say. Overall, don't rush out and see it, but if you're bored and its there, you might.
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