Robin Hood (2010 film)/YMMV

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• Complete Monster: Godfrey. Besides he's played by Lord Blackwood and Frank D'Amico another two nice guys...
• Critical Backlash: The film has gotten mostly negative reviews, as collated by Rotten Tomatoes, some for not being a retread of the Flynn and Fairbanks films. While the film has underperformed in the US, it has taken about double the amount abroad. See also Internet Backdraft below.
  • The criticism wasn't as much focused on the fact that they changed the story as much as not liking what Scott decided to go with as the story.
• Internet Backdraft: The film's IMDb messageboard is mostly composed of negativity. Understandable to a point, given the mostly negative critical consensus, but many of the board's users appear to veer into Hatedom or Hate Dumb {not to mention Troll) territory. These think that Crowe is too old and fat, that his "Fightin' Round The World" history is cause for boycotting the film, and that the world does not need a Robin Hood "remake". At one point, if one tried to engage in reasonable discussion others would call him or her a studio plant. (See also Critical Backlash above). Some other negative complaints may be considered a case of Did Not Do (Enough) Research. A prime example is thinking the Errol Flynn-style Robin Hood is the same as the real literary legend, taken as a whole; this leads to They Changed It, Now It Sucks.
• Memetic Mutation: "OUTLAAAAAAAAWWWWWW!"
• Moral Event Horizon: Godfrey was bad before, but killing Walter Loxley when he barely represented a threat, then locking all of the Nottingham villagers inside a building then lights the building on fire FOR NO REASON sends him flying over the edge of this trope.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks: Some of the negative sentiment about the film can be boiled down to this phrase. Ironically, people were already badmouthing the film before its release for being a Robin Hood "remake". Of course, not one Robin Hood film has been a remake of previous ones, but they all draw upon the same source material.
• What Do You Mean It's Not Political?: Robin says, contrary to Richard's expectations, that warring in the Middle East has lost him his moral ascendancy. Also, said wars have led to financial troubles keenly felt by his successor.
  • Made flat-out political later, see Hollywood History.
  • Those are historical truths that come with the setting, they would draw more attention by their absense. The impromptu lecture on the rights of the common people in a just society, on the other hand...
  • The American Tea Party movement, unsurprisingly, LOVES the story of a down-to-earth soldier fighting against both a menace to his nation's border and the oppressive and unjust leadership of his own government.
    • Standing against a country's enemies as well as corruption at home were the ideals of the Founding Fathers of America. What of it?
    • Not to mention the idea of individual liberties and other enlightenment ideals (which won't really become popular for another few hundred years, but this is Hollywood after all) that were key in the American Revolution.