1. I’ll chance a rental with Crowe’s Hood only because of your review. But I have to say, no one has come close to the fun or grandeur of Errol Flynn’s “Robin Hood”. If you have not had the chance to see it, please do. I agree, Costner and company sucked the life out of the merry men of Sherwood Forest. On the other hand, Sean Connery gave a wonderfully gritty performance in “Robin and Marion,” another grand turn by director Richard Lester.

2. Something terrible happened to Oliver Stone after JFK. He spun out of control with Natural Born Killers and then became soft. It was as if somebody neutered him. It’s hard to believe the young warhorse that came out swinging with Salvador, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and JFK has now had all the fight beaten out of him to deliver us the safe and the mediocrity (i.e. Alexander, World Trade Center, W. and now a forgettable sequel to a dark angry film WS:Money Continues to Yawn). Some conspiracy theorist have surmised that Stone was slowly waking the sleeping giant in the American public and somebody had a talk with the angry rebel guaranteeing him a safe and secure sell-out life if only he cooperated. The angry rebels like early Peckinpaw and Stone are sadly missed.