Every now and again, a great movie debate kicks up some dust on the Internet. Generally, in these moments, I don’t like to think of myself as a person who should necessarily weigh in via the comments, but all that changed this week when one person started a thread asking the age old question: Is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves a good movie? It’s my moment, y’all.
Listen, as a youngster who grew up in the nineties with a VHS player (RIP) and habitually negligent parents, I can confidently say I have watched Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at least 50 times. My sister and I still occasionally bust into the, “There was a rich man from Nottingham who tried to cross the river” song, and I still often throw out lines like, ‘Fuck me, he cleared it.” So, an Internet debate over whether or not the '90s Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, and Christian Slater movie is good? Let me roll up my sleeves and get my keyboard warrior on.
