I just finished watching The Real Robin Hood, a History channel documentary. Spanning for about an hour and half, this was an interesting documentary that captured my attention the entire time. As everyone knows, Robin Hood is a legend that we learned as children, about an outlaw who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. This show interviewed many well known scholars and academics to trace the roots of the legend and try to find the truth on this character. Did he exist? Was there more than one 'robin hood'? Was he the actual leader of his gang, the merry men or was it his accomplice 'little john'? It explores these questions, demonstrating the evidence we have on file today, including texts and manuscripts, and shows the academics explanation. Also, this show constantly does interviews with Russel Crowe, the hollywood actor who plays Robin Hood in his television series. He provides insight into the character he portrays, and how they think the real Robin Hood, if he existed, would act like. My favorite part of the documentary is when they interview a military historian who demonstrates how Robin Hood would have used his bow and arrows, and the weaponry of the day. The camera angles are varied at this scene in order to show the full affect of the weapons. It mostly switches back and forth between interviews, scenes from Russel Crowe's TV show, and reenactments of famous battles. If anyone is interested in watching this, you can watch it on youtube. There is 6 parts.
Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dGizX3Ftpo&feature=related
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