jtoh-96230 Disney's version of the classic folktale was a lot better than I thought. The animation is solid, the humor is charming and the idea of making the characters animals wasn't as bad as I thought. Kids will learn how to care for others like Robin Hood. They will also learn what happens to bad people like Prince John. Overall, it might not be the best version of Robin Hood but it is still a solid one.

DestynneeRealta Adorably cute, wonderful music and songs that get stuck in your head for ages.This is one of those movies that I show to every child I meet, and every adult who shares the sad story of never seeing it.Disney did a fantastic job of taking the story of Robin Hood, which has been done to death and back, and making it fun.

aaronjamesmaximus Now the plot is similar to most Robin Hood stories robin and his band steals from the rich and gives to the poor fights the Sheriff of Nottingham and King John but with anthropomorphic animals. However this films seems to begin in the middle of the story after Robin has lost lordship and been branded a traitor to the crown and an outlaw however none of that is ever mentioned in this film as it is lazy in its storytelling and would rather begin in the middle than at the beginning like most well-structured stories. Now this version of Robin is a fox and tries to be suave and witty like Errol Flynn but comes off as an annoying idiot with a cockney accent. This version of Maid Marian is bland and boring who loves Robin however it is never shown as to why she loves him only hinted at because the writers are lazy, also make sure not to google her with safe search off otherwise you'll need a lot of bleach. Little John is basically Baloo from the jungle book and recycles some of his animations from the jungle book as well as the same voice actor. There also a King John who is a lion, but he and his followers are overly incompetent to the point of nearing mental retardation King John is also shown to be a total coward and the only reason he is unable to outwit Robin is because of his sheer incompetence.The film starts off with a stupid chicken narrating the tale of Robin Hood and says this is the real version of Robin Hood and the cringe overflows from there. After an annoying song and dance Robin and Little John walk through the forest while a song is playing about them being in the forest (redundant I know). Then the Sheriff of Nottingham and his men ambush the pair of imbeciles but being incompetent oafs they lose sight of him and easily give up their hunt further illustrating their stupidity. They then dress up as gypsies and do what gypsies do steal and though they say they are not robbers their eyes seem to gleam greedily when they spy the kings hoard of gold and proceed to steal it from him while he and his men just sit there like rocks completely unaware they being robbed even though little john clearly just fill his pockets with gold in broad daylight no one notices and they leave with their pockets full and their enemies stumped. What further illustrates that this version of robin is greedy and vain is when he only gives a small bag of gold to a poor family and is never seen giving more than that meaning he and little john greedily kept it for themselves what irony. Then the worst part of the film occurs the annoying children who are just disgustingly cute and cry like little babies and they just make the film even worse luckily after about 10 minutes they are gone for the moment. Then King John sets up an archery contest which should be near the end of the story not in the beginning however they did start the story in the middle but it still feels rushed. Of course robin wins and wears a disguise that would only fool a blind beggar but it fools the king and his guards and if robin had not been so egotistical about winning he could of left and the king would have been none the wiser. But eventually even the moronic King John catches on and tells his men to seize robin. However Little john is able to sneak up behind king john and of course when robin is found out he sticks a dagger in john's back telling him to let Robin go or he'll cut him. But the sheriff notices the kings strange behavior of letting robin go and sees little john threatening the king and sneaks up on john who get away without a scratch. They then escape there's a cringey scene with Robin and Maid Marian.The sheriff of Nottingham then arrests friar tuck and the king announces he will be hanged to lure out robin into yet another trap but being an incompetent oaf messes that up too and Robin is able to rescue all the captives in the castle because the guards are brainless buffoons. But then as they are escaping robin gets too greedy for his own good and steals too much gold waking up king john who alerts his men to attack but they fail as they lack even mediocre intelligence then everyone is about to escape but robin back goes back to save an annoying child at the risk of his own life and is cornered by the kings men but with them being idiots they let him escape and he flees to the tower where the sheriff is waiting for him and chases him while setting the tower ablaze and in the best scene in the whole movie it looks like robin about about to become fried fox but then jumps into the moat surviving the fall and the arrows being fired at him but makes them wait before surface to provide false drama then they all escape and king Richard shows up to arrest his brother and Robin marries Maid Marian and become an in-law instead of an outlaw. This robin is not the dashing hero like Errol Flynn in the Adventures of Robin Hood nor is he the more hardened warrior like Sean Connery in Robin and Marian the only other robin he's comparable to is Kevin Costner who also made a mockery of Robin Hood but at least that version didn't help to spawn the cringe inducing furries who draw animal porn and dress up in stupid costumes, yuck.

Anssi Vartiainen Robin Hood is Disney's version of the classic English folktale, including multiple elements from different retellings, including King Richard being away on a Crusade, evil Prince John ruling the land with an iron fist, Maid Marian and many others. It's also one of the most successful films from the so called scratchy era of Disney when they were using the Xerox copy paste method to make their films with a smaller budget.Robin Hood succeeds because it's just so likable. The style, for one, is nicely medieval. Everything, from the opening titles to the characters to the style of music to the dialogue, hearkens back to the Dark Ages and as a whole it's one of the best medieval films Disney has ever done.Another great thing is the character cast. This is a film of many unforgettable characters, from Robin Hood himself to Little John, from the sheriff of Nottingham to Prince John, who's the perfect example of how to make a complete wimp of a villain that's still a legitimate threat, plus interesting to watch. The side characters are also excellent and as a whole they're so good that the story practically tells itself.The one problem and the reason why I didn't rate this higher, is the fact that this film is notorious for borrowing heavily from previous films. Various dance and action sequences were copy pasted directly from The Jungle Book and Snow White, among others. The character of Little John is basically just Baloo with a green shirt. Sir Hiss, Prince John's lackey, is simply just Kaa with a hat and a cape. It doesn't ruin the film, and you really can't tell if you haven't seen the films in question, but it does mean that it cannot be called a perfect film.Nevertheless, Robin Hood is a great deal of fun. It's filled with thrilling scenes, one after another, has a great character cast, some good songs and as a whole it's simply entertaining.