Princess of Thieves
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Movie Reviews of Princess of Thieves
Movie Review: Keira Knightley Fans Take Note
Summary: 3 Stars
I got this move for one reason only. Keira Knightley was in it. Robin Hood has a daughter who follows in Daddy's footsteps while he is away in the Crusades. If you can get past the basic plot, it is a pretty good movie. If you are like I am, and a huge fan of Keira Knightley, it is definitely worth seeing. Like all of her movies, she does an outstanding job of creating a believable character. Stephen Moyer plays the predictable persecuted prince who must be saved by Keira and her band of Sherwood Forest people. Forget all of that, and just enjoy watching Knightley. The most amazing part of the entire film is the fact that Keira Knightley was 16 when she made the film.Movie Review: Okay , I've seen better
Summary: 3 Stars
As I started watching it, I loved the begining. But as I wached the rest and realised that she didn't get the friar dude, I frowned! I mean the friar dude is so much cooler than the prince. For one thing the prince is ugly. The music was good, the acting was good ,the scenery was good. But the stroy line wasn't becaus she didn't get the friar dude!!!! pant...pant...pant.
It's okay but I've seen better.
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Movie Review: robin hood live
Summary: 3 Stars
A slight twist on the "Robin Hood" tale. A decent movie but some of the scenes have been done numerous times before. Slightly predictable but still a good movie to watch on a lazy afternoon.Movie Review: great movie
Summary: 3 Stars
this movie came to me in the condition they described and played very smoothly. The product was in excellent condition.Movie Review: Tired, low-budget, limp children's flick
Summary: 2 Stars
The only interesting thing anyone can note about "Princess of Thieves" is the filmmakers savvy in casting soon-to-be famous Keira Knightley in the lead role. God knows, she's stunningly beautiful, oozing star quality from every pore (not unlike an early Julia Roberts) and shown here at only 15, she has a lot of poise and screen presence.But this is the kind of children's film -- presumably made FOR girls -- that I absolutely detested as a child, and I think most pre-teen and adolescent girls would ultimately feel the same way. It sets up a scenario where you THINK you are going to see a high-spirited and adventuresome girl actually getting to ride horses/shoot arrows/fight etc....but what you actually end up with is a super-pretty model-type actress who wears mascara and lip gloss in Sherwood Forest, has a perfect fashion model figure and doesn't actually get to do much in the way of action. Much of the movie's action scenes (and plot) surround Robin Hood (Stuart Wilson) or other characters. The thrust of the plot surrounds not Gwyn's own adventures, but her desire to be with her mostly absentee Dad. Very wholesome, but not very interesting.
Obviously this was made for TV or cable and it has a painfully low budget look, with most of the movie shot in close ups (eliminating the need for much in the way of extras or sets). The quality and staging of the fight scenes and archery is especially lame and unprofessional looking. But the lameness is evident in other ways that are really unnecessary, even from a $$ point of view: such as when Gwyn decides to disguise herself as a boy, she has to cut her hair. It appears that Ms. Knightley's own hair at this point was cut in a chin-length bob. So when her character first appears with long hair, we can assume it's hair extensions...therefore, it shouldn't pose any problem to actually SHOW her cutting her (fake) hair! But the director skips this pivotal scene (showing the character transforming from girl to "boy") and just lets us see the strands of hair hitting the floor.
I feel a bit mean-spirited picking on a movie so obviously simple and low budget, as they obviously didn't have a lot of resources to work with. But there is a real need for adventure films for girls, and this is just so bland, disappointing, and utterly without personality or viewpoint.
Only worthwhile for die-hard Keira Knightley fans, who'd like an early look at her, pre-fame.