Just rewatched Robin Hood after not having seen it in over a decade or remembering specific details beyond the basic plot. For all the recycled animation and fairly episodic events that were blatant enough for me to notice as a kid when I otherwise didn't know much about animation (and I guess it being a known gateway furry thing), I feel like the end result is better than it should be.
Feels pretty charming even when you know they were half-assing it; like the simplicity of plot/animation adds to the down-to-earth mood or something. Characters were all likeable and had some good interactions, and there were a surprising amount of secondary characters used in a way that didn't feel forced. Dialogue was actually pretty funny a lot of the time.
It's definitely not a masterpiece; the lazy animation etc. are actual flaws and the climax oddly felt too slow and dragged out. But even with the obvious problems it's known for I was pleasantly surprised to find that I don't think it's bad as an adult and that it works for me as decent entertainment even if not up to the standards of more famous and influential Disney films. I think Disney's done worse, though my opinion here isn't based on just animation quality but the film as a whole.
I might have SHIT TASTE and this is probably pretty incoherent but I just wanted to put this out there while it's still on my mind. Thoughts on Robin Hood I guess.
It's forgettable as fuck. Has potential, but it falls flat.
Bentley Hall
Yeah, it's probably significant that I didn't remember too much of it and I'm not sure how much I'll remember later.
Just my immediate feeling after rewatch was that it was better than I'd expected.
Aaron Richardson
They weren't half assing it. Walt had died and the studio was in turmoil. They were actually pissed to have to recycle, but it was cheaper and they needed to make money.
Oliver Morris
Maybe it's more it having a reputation now of being half-assed then.
Knew it was made after Walt's death/in the "dark age" for Disney but hadn't really looked into production details..
Luke Cruz
Only saw it last year. It's very disjointed, at least the first half, but it's comfy as hell.
Jaxon Reed
>comfy this word means nothing
Evan Russell
Comfort (or being comfy or comfortable) is a sense of physical or psychological ease, often characterized as a lack of hardship. Persons who are lacking in comfort are uncomfortable, or experiencing discomfort. A degree of psychological comfort can be achieved by recreating experiences that are associated with pleasant memories, such as engaging in familiar activities,[1] maintaining the presence of familiar objects,[1] and consumption of comfort foods.
Jackson Butler
The super extra light tone ruins the movie for me, since the villains possess no threat (unless the script suddenly and briefly says so)
Jordan Diaz
youre a lot harder on it than I ever was
Juan Anderson
I actually think it was really clever The aspects they recycled still had to be redrawn, they were just reusing the references so they could handle what's really tough and expensive in animation: nice-looking complicated movements like dancing I felt like the villains posed a tremendous threat because Robin was still mortal. he was unusually deft, yeah, but one arrow and he's dead. and the bad guys had a fucking stranglehold on the entire population, with enough brutes to enforce it. Robin really had his work cut out for him and it felt like a challenge the whole time. I guess if there had been an Aladdinesque scene where he gives up his dinner to some kid and we see how tough it is being charitable in that situation, that might have gotten it across well enough for you to get the same feeling I did, but honestly 'not in nottingham' did the trick for me
Robert James
The guy who voiced Prince John also voiced him in German dub.
Ayden King
Robin Hood almost turned me into a furry when I was little, I'm sure of it. I distinctively remember getting a crush on Robin but then immediately thinking "ew he's a fox not a person"
Ryder Turner
so what you're telling me is you were racist as a kid, and possibly gay
Joseph Murphy
That is mostly your interpretation and imagination. Every time a goon had to be fought, there was no way in Hell the good guys would lose.
Isaiah Taylor
The most jarring part is that Marian disappears halfway through the movie.
Robert Sanders
Peter Ustinov
Daniel Walker
a goon, sure. that's the idea. he's above the level of low-level enforcement, and he can even hoodwink the big cheese from time to time but when it comes to, say, freeing people from the prison, the tension was REAL. he came really close to fucking up and losing it all.. and in the end he still barely escaped alive. that's not how I remember it. I can remember her being involved in all the major parts throughout.. I guess she wasn't super involved during the 'everything really sucks now, people are in priz' part
Kayden Nguyen
It is not too late to fuck proto Nick Wilde.
Kayden Powell
In the original end, he was struck by an arrow fleeing the castle. He gets carried over and hidden away in church. Prince John finds him laying wounded and just about kills him, until King Richard stops him in time. So, at least the writers tried to make him less of an invincible hero.
I'm not gay, I'm a girl Zootopia was a nice try but I'm still not a furry. Though my younger cousin has openly admitted to being in love with Nick Wilde, so there's no saving her.
Charles Price
Fuck the furry out of your cousin.
Joshua Morgan
>girl >not a furry well that explains that.
Jace Long
This is one of my favorite Disney films. I didn't know it had a bad reputation.
I mean, I hate musicals, and even I find myself singing Robin Hood and Little John Running through the Forest every now and again.
Zachary Jackson
yeah taking an olde english tale and giving it the trappings of an american western was fucking inspired. Very much like the jungle book portraying jungle life as this real swingin' thing where a kid tries to life his own life to the tunes of jazz.. or yknow, cowboy bebop. using music like that as part of the tone of the movie, intentionally conflicting with the actual setting
Robert Lewis
comfy is the new "fun"
Sebastian Russell
You know, I re-watched this during the summer (May I think) same as you. Hadn't watched it well over a decade, but it is definitely familiar from when I used to watch it when I was little, all the dialogue and stuff. I agree though that it isn't a Disney masterpiece like Cinderella or anything, but it's definitely a chill movie. I guess watching this movie a fuckton helped turn me into the furfag I am today. Thanks Disney. Also I'm pretty fucking homo for Robin
Juan Brooks
I didn't see this as a kid, but I knew about the urban legend of its supposed role in the creation of furry fandom before my first viewing. After watching, I can believe it.
That said, I can't remember much of the movie at all, except thinking they literally traced the dance scene from Snow White, specifically that retarded open-finger clap.
Colton Cook
Meant to post this pic.
Christopher Allen
Sure,
Nicholas Robinson
the first song is super good
Tyler Garcia
>1998 intensifies
Cameron Bailey
>I'm not gay, I'm a girl
LONDON O N D O N
Evan Thompson
iunno man she sounds like a normalfag. 'ew' should not be in the lexicon of any girl I want to London with
god damn I am learning a lot of german and I think dutch from these captchas
Grayson Harris
what is with girls and their love for foxes?
Henry Taylor
maybe it because they got beautiful fur
source?
Austin Adams
No... No... NO!
Michael Lee
Hearing Phil Harris in 3 Disney movies pissed me off. Incredibly overrated """actor"""
