I think we’ll all have our own favorite ‘Robin Hood’ actor, just as we have our preferred James Bond. I think Taron Egerton’s looks grow on you after a while. And interestingly, to me, he looks like a guy who’s not very tall but apparently he’s 1.75m tall. 
I was (almost) dragged along to watch the movie on Saturday night and I’d even brought my neck cushion along with me ‘cos I was prepared to sleep during the movie. Haha! Turns out bringing a neck cushion really improves the experience of watching a movie in a cinema – you should try it too! And I’d give ‘Robin Hood’ 8 upon 10. I didn’t fall asleep at all. It’s an action-packed film with a bit of romance too. The movie ends a little abruptly but I guess it leaves room for a sequel? Who knows?
I think this movie has a pretty good cast. Most of them look like they were born to play the roles they were given. Also, the female lead, Eve Hewson, does look a little like Jennifer Lawrence. But I guess we can’t have the latter act in this movie or else the production costs are going to soar.
I’m not too fond of the way the Catholic Church is portrayed in the movie. That “orgy of excess” was rather distasteful. The Church has come under attack in recent years, in particular because of the alleged sexual abuse of children, and now even in movies, it’s still coming under fire.
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MORTAL ENGINES
Empty your bladder before watching this movie. It’s long. And don’t bring kids and/or people who fall asleep easily. It starts off pretty draggy and dude beside me was snoring already. I think it only starts to get exciting after the zombie robot (robot zombie?) character appears *shivers* and the chase begins for real.
The concept of entire cities being mobile and being capable of subsuming other (smaller) cities is mind-boggling. Love the airships and the character Anna Fang, played by South-Korean singer and actress Jihae Kim. This female character seems more ‘manly’ than any other male character in the movie!
Unlike in Robin Hood where the female lead thinks the male lead is dead and therefore she gets together with another dude, in Mortal Engines, the guy finds a new girl pretty quickly (of course, the father of the first girl tried to kill him but still).
In this movie, ‘London’ uses tech from USA to invade Shan Guo (presumably China). Not sure what all of this implies, but they might as well called it Zhong Guo instead of Shan Guo since the folk there all appear to be Chinese. Interesting how the belligerence of the West is met with such benevolence over in Shan Guo. Don’t try to destroy the Great Wall in real life though. 