History YMMV / RobinHood2018

** The main characters are easily identifiable by the fact that everybody else is covered in dirt

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Much of the criticism thrown at the film is based on its recycling of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and redressing them as a Robin Hood movie. Robin's backstory and the LoveTriangle between him, Marian, and Will Scarlet has been quite ridiculed for being a carbon copy of the triangle between Bruce Wayne, Rachel Dawes, and Harvey Dent, [[spoiler:right down to Scarlet getting a Two-Face like burn scar in the end.]]

** The out of place costumes and AnachronismStew ''could'' work to the movie's benefit via RuleOfCool...if the movie wasn't too busy pretending that everything is indeed accurate to the time period it's taking place in.
** In general, many fans felt that "cyberpunk/post-apocalyptic Robin Hood" is an idea that could, and should be, ''so'' much cooler than this movie ends up being.
** Some critics noted that a Robin Hood film in a modern setting would've been a more interesting premise than what's actually produced on film.
** There is definitely potential in using the story of Robin Hood to explore structural injustices in medieval society instead of just hinging it on whether there is a good or a bad ruler in place at the moment. This movie squanders that potential by shoehorning in modern-day politics with war profiteering and conspiracies.

* DanBrowned: Robin Hood's shooting style is given from Taron Egerton training with, and the director believing ahistorical research from, Lars Andersen, the Dan Brown of archery.

* DanBrowned: Robin Hood's shooting style is given from Taron Egerton training with, and the director believing ahistorical research from, Lars Anderson, the Dan Brown of archery.

** You're supposed to take the scenes during Robin's time in the Crusades seriously. Good luck with that while you're busy wondering why the soldiers are wearing medieval versions of flak vests, why everyone is pretending their bows and arrows are rifles (including why ''everyone'' is mainly using bows and arrows, for that matter), why a dart-throwing ballista is treated like a rapid-fire mounted machine gun, why there aren't any knights on horseback to be seen during the ''Crusades'', and the fact that they call in an ''air-strike'' via catapults launching boulders. Also the very on-the-nose allegory on the war on the Middle East. Dan Olson of ''WebVideo/FoldingIdeas'' went so far as to call it "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKJrW83-C0 Zero Dark Loxley]]".

** You're supposed to take the scenes during Robin's time in the Crusades seriously. Good luck with that while you're busy wondering why the soldiers are wearing medieval versions of flak vests, why everyone is pretending their bows and arrows are rifles, why a dart-throwing ballista is treated like a rapid-fire mounted machine gun, why there aren't any knights on horseback to be seen during the ''Crusades'', and the fact that they call in an ''air-strike'' via catapults launching boulders. Also the very on-the-nose allegory on the war on the Middle East. Dan Olson of ''WebVideo/FoldingIdeas'' went so far as to call it "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKJrW83-C0 Zero Dark Loxley]]".

* NarmCharm: As completely out of place as the costumes can be, some of them are fairly impressive and nice to look at. The fact that they're so out of place might even serve as some visual MST3kMantra for those willing.

** Some critics noted that a Robin Hood film,in a modern setting, would've been a more interesting premise than what's actually produced on film.

** You're supposed to take the scenes during Robin's time in the Crusades seriously. Good luck with that while you're busy wondering why the soldiers are wearing medieval versions of flak vests, why everyone is pretending their bows and arrows are rifles, why a dart-throwing ballista is treated like a rapid-fire mounted machine gun, why there aren't any knights on horseback to be seen during the ''Crusades'', and the fact that they call in an ''air-strike'' via catapults launching boulders. Also the very on-the-nose allegory on the war on the Middle East.

* CompleteMonster: [[CorruptPolitician The Sheriff of Nottingham]] serves as TheHeavy for [[GreaterScopeVillain the Cardinal]] in a conspiracy to overthrow the king and rule England through the [[CorruptChurch Church]]. The Sheriff uses his power to force men into fighting UsefulNotes/TheCrusades, then seizes all of their belongings, including [[TheHero Robin of Locksley]]'s manor. He also taxes the citizens of Nottingham, saying they are donations for the war effort, only to use it to fuel his greed. He forces many of the citizens to work and pay their debts in the mines, where they starve and die. After Robin Hood begins to steal and make a fool out of him, he brings in his Crusaders, led by the sadistic Gisbourne, and has him burn the mines to try and find Robin and has his mentor and friend John captured and tortured, at which point the mocks his dead son. When Robin surrenders to save more lives, the Sheriff threatens to [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon drown Robin in his own piss]] and have his LoveInterest Marian sent to Arabia to be raped over and over again, and when John is about to hang him, the Sheriff pathetically begs for his life. A cruel, greedy and utterly depraved sociopath, The Sheriff of Nottingham in this film is one of the most twisted versions of the character to date.

** You're supposed to take the scenes during Robin's time in the Crusades seriously. Good luck with that while you're busy wondering why the soldiers are wearing medieval versions of flak vests, why everyone is pretending their bows and arrows are guns, why there aren't any knights to be seen during the ''Crusades'', and the fact that they call in an ''air-strike'' via catapults launching boulders. Also the very on-the-nose allegory on the war on the Middle East.

* CompleteMonster: [[CorruptPolitician The Sheriff of Nottingham]] serves as TheHeavy for [[GreaterScopeVillain the Cardinal]] in a conspiracy to overthrow the king and rule England through the [[CorruptChurch Church]]. The Sheriff uses his power to force men into fighting UsefulNotes/TheCrusades, then seizes all of their belongings, including [[TheHero Robin of Locksley]]'s manor. He also taxes the citizens of Nottingham, saying they are donations for the war effort, only to use it to fuel his greed. He forces many of the citizens to work and pay their debts in the mines, where they starve and die. After Robin Hood begins to steal and make a fool out of him, he brings in his Crusaders, led by the sadistic Gisbourne, and has him burn the mines to try and find Robin and has his mentor and friend John captured and tortured, at which point the mocks his dead son. When Robin surrenders to save more lives, the Sheriff threatens to drown Robin in his own piss and have his LoveInterest Marian sent to Arabia to be raped over and over again, and when John is about to hang him, the Sheriff [[DirtyCoward pathetically begs for his life]]. A cruel, greedy and utterly depraved sociopath, The Sheriff of Nottingham in this film is one of the most twisted versions of the character to date.

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%% * SoBadItsGood: The movie either just straight up sucks, or it's wonderfully enjoyable with how much it sucks. It's really up for you to decide.

%% * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: By the end, the final battle between the Merry Men and the Sheriff's forces might as well be a G8 meeting with crossbows.