Featured Audience Ratings

• Phil H

  
  Hadn't seen this before and I was really surprised and pleased at the outcome, being a story based on romance and much talking I was fearful that I would be bored but this is very much in the same vein as 'Robin Hood' with its Technicolour vibrancy, lavish costumes and… More
  Hadn't seen this before and I was really surprised and pleased at the outcome, being a story based on romance and much talking I was fearful that I would be bored but this is very much in the same vein as 'Robin Hood' with its Technicolour vibrancy, lavish costumes and sets. When I say lavish I mean beautiful and bold right down to the last detail, its almost exquisite in some scenes, every set is stunning and looks pretty faithful to what it may have been like. The costumes too are tremendous, every man and woman is dressed in amazing period styles that make you wanna wear them. Much of the drama unfolds on obvious sets, beautiful as they are they still look like sets hehe same with some location work...obviously Warner back lots with the odd walkabout in California state somewhere, but you can forgive. As for acting its the usual stuff from Errol, kinda wooden and kinda basic but always looks good while doing it, though here he is outdone clearly by Davis as Elizabeth. Powerful, forceful and most of all believeable as the tough female Queen, she was even very 'method' in this role too, shaving her hairline and eyebrows for the true Elizabethan look. Flynn and Davis did not get on well as I have read and the scene were Davis slaps Flynn across the face in the courtroom was actually a genuine slap and Flynn's reaction is quite real, he was pissed big time haha classic moment. Davis storms away with this film though, Flynn is a mere speck to her thundering performance. Along the way we have Alan Hale again, this time against Flynn in Ireland, check the beautiful swamp sets for the battles in Ireland, and of course the lovely Olivia De Havilland as a lady in waiting Penelope Gray. Lastly enter the great Vincent Price as Sir Walter Raleigh, looking the part in his beautiful outfits and adding a unique feel to the part with his classic vocal tones. Its all Curtiz genius again as he produces yet another stunning epic technicolour masterpiece, nowhere near as much action as 'Robin Hood' but it actually looks MORE lavish than Hood if that's possible. Plenty of verbal but its not boring in any way, the dream like colours and look make you keep watching and like all Flynn films its not historically accurate so there is a little fun to be had, yet its clearly one of his more sensible films with little or no swashbuckling or shooting.

• Carlos M

  
  A film that basically relies on exchanges of fine dialogue. The war scenes are now naturally dated and the final act is very weak, with the main characters saying one thing only to contradict themselves and keep the plot moving. Even so, it is Davis who raises this film from ordinary… More
  A film that basically relies on exchanges of fine dialogue. The war scenes are now naturally dated and the final act is very weak, with the main characters saying one thing only to contradict themselves and keep the plot moving. Even so, it is Davis who raises this film from ordinary to enjoyable.

• AJ V

  
  Another average historical drama with an all star cast. Worth watching, but not always very interesting.

• Universal D

  
  ms."i'm-a-big-hotsie-totsie-hollywood-actress" (and she was!) davis scorned poor swashbucklilng senor mister flynn as he was only a lowly boy adventurer while, after all, she was an world artiste but...(can she hear me? lemme know if she's comin', ok?) she… More
  ms."i'm-a-big-hotsie-totsie-hollywood-actress" (and she was!) davis scorned poor swashbucklilng senor mister flynn as he was only a lowly boy adventurer while, after all, she was an world artiste but...(can she hear me? lemme know if she's comin', ok?) she was wrong. he suits his part as a travelling adventurer in service to the crown to a "T" and their chemistries give some actual human feeling to the plots and conspiracies integral to world beating, world-empire making afoot in the 15th century. and there's love too! awwww.