The Adventures of Maid Marian

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Nice to see a woman lead who is competent in fighting and who rescues the damsel in distress (Robin). Bravo. But this is an overtly amateur production for a number of reasons. 1. Clothes are too new and unused. 2. Marian wears overt makeup - in AD1199 - after being in an abbey for 3 years. Yeah.. she hid her mascara in her habit so the abbess wouldn't shout at her, I assume. 3. Huts etc look too new and unused. Three years, they need to be dusty and/or dirty etc. 4. Weapons etc generally do not draw blood or kill, even sword slashes etc. Only one wound seems to draw blood. 5. Robin survives too many wounds to be believable. He'd most likely be killed by any of them, within minutes. 6. The characters are generally incompetent in battle except Marian, and only, right at the end, does she turn it around and become a more superhero-like character. However, given that Robin has spent 3 years in battle and he survived, how can he be THIS helpless? I get that they want the movie to be about her, and make the woman the hero, but objectively, he should not be that clean shaven and pretty and ineffectual. He should at least be able to fight if he didn't die after 3 years crusading. 7. The sound of a crowd cheering at the "Execution" scene is weird given that there are like 10 people in attendance and that Robin is still known as a hero of the people. 8. No idea who most of the baddies are, or why they want to kill Robin, except Sheriff of Nottingham, who we know wants to kill him. E.g. The weird bishop guy, the Sheriff's flunky, his lieutenant guy with the beard, - all of them need some backstory to explain why, in the absence of the Sheriff, they still have it in for Robin, and why they hold off murder when they do have plenty of opportunity. 9. Forest scenes are confusing, they feel like a horror movie or "The Village" but then switch to medieval battle. It has to do with the trees and atmospheric sounds i think. And the drone footage. But it makes it unclear what the genre is meant to be for a few seconds. 10. It opens with Marian wearing a cool superhero type uniform and being accurate in her shooting, but she doesn't go back to that level of cool till right at the end, but she doesn't break out her cool uniform more than the opening scene. Which is kinda disappointing, if you're familiar with superhero movies - you except the hero to put on their uniform again when going back into superhero mode. 11. Home alone traps? Just not very effective. Why bother if they're not effective? I'd say do watch it, mostly to get an idea of just how used to specific styles of film you are used to, so you can see just how it can be ... er... offbalanced. Also, because finally a woman is the hero. But apart from that, it just feels like a group of friend got their iphones out and made a cool project on a low budget.

It's a shame about all the hassle. The costumes aren't bad at all, and the forest setting fits. But then you hear the dialogues, see the bad staging and the weak actors.

I really enjoyed the fighting scenes and depicts maid Marian as a strong female character who adds an interesting twist to a classic story. I think for a budget film it was excellent and I think the critics were a bit too harsh in judging the film. I think Sophie Craig is a diverse and amazing actress who has really shown she is capable of more amazing things and I would love to see what she could do with a bigger budget and wishing the whole cast the best of luck!

We've all seen and heard Robin hoods story, and this doesn't replace him, it just tells marians side afterward. The perspective it gives to her is brilliant. And I loved the way they did this, it was so enjoyable to watch, beautiful scenery and emotive acting, especially from Sophie Craig, she really captures the watchers heart! The cast should be proud you can truly see the work they put in and brought this side of the well known story to life! And left open for a sequel, here's hoping!

Oh, have we run out of ideas? Well then, let's take an old famous story so we can skip paying any writers and lets rehash it AGAIN. Are we going to do anything original with it? Why no, of course not - why bother? This is quite simply TERRIBLE. Whoever was involved in this, hang your heads in shame. AVOID this boring pile of tripe. My one-star rating is for the camera person who had to film this garbage, it deserves a minus tating.

Thinking about this afterwards made me feel nostalgic. Like it would be the kind of story we'd peform as kids in the woods if we had a budget, and real swords and armour - and that's where the charm of the film is. The film makers and cast obviously had a blast making this and their passion shines through. Sure it's low budget but they squeeze every penny and put it on screen. Sophie Craig is a delight as Marian; equally bad-ass as she is vulnerable. And it's Marian's own story; it's not a carbon copy of Robin Hood, it's a Maid Marian film, and there is so much room for more. Sequel please! I want to see more.

Sauce

Good movie!