Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves/Awesome
- The Plucky Comic Relief has a few moments in the sun in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Friar Tuck catches the corrupt bishop trying to flee a tower with gold.
Friar Tuck: Gold. You sold your soul to Satan, your Grace. You accused innocent men of witchcraft and sentenced them to die... |
- He also cheerfully refuses to surrender when first ambushed by Robin and his men, and gives a good account of himself in the fight that follows; sincerely apologizes to the "heathen" Azeem for misjudging him, after the Moor's knowledge of medicine saves a difficult childbirth; and proclaims to a rapt audience that the true blessing of wheat is not bread, "which any fool can eat", but beer.
- Robin shooting a flaming arrow straight into a guard's chest while barrels full of gunpowder explode and burn behind him.
But they took our land! |
- Most scenes with Azeem, especially his Rousing Speech near the end, and his Big Damn Heroes moment where he shows up just in time to slay the witch and repay his life debt. Morgan Freeman (along with Alan Rickman) totally stole this movie... not so hard when the leading actor is a block of wood.