26. Robin Hood (2010)
It’s painful to think about Robin Hood when you remember the movie it almost was. In the original Nottingham script by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, the story took a fresh approach with a more sympathetic Sheriff, an amoral Robin Hood, a steamy love triangle, and even period-accurate forensic science. Silly? Perhaps. But it would have been different—essentially a big-budget Law & Order set in 1199 AD. Instead, what we got was Russell Crowe starring in a beautifully rendered but uninspired retelling of the English legend. Robin Hood is big, bloated—and not bad, but why bother when Errol Flynn’s version is still unbeatable? (Honestly, even Kevin Costner’s will do.)
