{"id":33444,"date":"2013-11-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=33444"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T22:25:19","slug":"stream-it-robin-hood-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/stream-it-robin-hood-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"Stream It!: Robin Hood<\/em> (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Showcasing the best and highlighting the newest additions to the various streaming services, including but not limited to Netflix Instant, HuluPlus, and Amazon Prime.]<\/em><\/p>\n

New on Netflix: Robin Hood<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>G<\/span>rowing up, I saw many of the classic Disney films – Pinocchio<\/em>, Bambi<\/em>, Cinderella<\/em>, Sleeping Beauty<\/em>, Lady and the Tramp<\/em>, etc. – but as a child my favorite one was without a doubt the 1973 version of Robin Hood<\/em>, with a foxy Robin Hood and Maid Marian, a petulant shorn lion as Prince John, and various other characters given appropriate animal form. I didn’t know it at the time, but Disney was in recycle mode here, not even bothering to disguise the re-use of Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book<\/em> as Little John, or the King of the Animals from Bedknobs and Broomsticks<\/em> as the ineffective Prince John. Sometimes there’s something to be said for ignorance, and my childhood glee at watching and rewatching this film is something that will never escape me. I’ve heard others who saw this film first as adults say that they didn’t like it much at all, but I’ll never be able to watch it without nostalgia glasses, I guess. Thankfully, Jonathan<\/a> feels the same way about it, so at least I have one very important person on my side. If you do have kids who are into adventure but may not quite be ready for the 1938 Errol Flynn The Adventures of Robin Hood<\/em> quite yet, give the Disney version a try. It’s a good stepping stone, and they won’t know that it falls into Disney’s “lazy” period.<\/p>\n

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Double Feature: The Sword in the Stone<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>I<\/span>f Robin Hood<\/em> was my most-watched Disney film as a kid, 1963’s The Sword in the Stone<\/em> was probably a close second. Do you see a trend of liking medieval English legends? Yeah, me too – my love of Arthurian lore probably started here, and hasn’t ended yet, though it’s taken a back seat to other concerns for the past several years. Taking its story more from T.H. White’s The Once and Future King<\/em> than from Le Morte D’Arthur<\/em> or other, older sources, The Sword in the Stone<\/em> follows a young boy nicknamed Wart who’s in training to be a squire who just might have a grand future – if Merlin the Magician can teach him a thing or two first. There’s a LOT of silliness in this one, which is probably why I gravitated towards it as a child. I actually haven’t rewatched it for years; I’m a little afraid to. While Robin Hood<\/em> has a lot of heart that helps carry it through, I remember the The Sword in the Stone<\/em> being just silly fun, which may not bode well for it lasting over the years, especially as it’s also considered rather a lesser work. It’s actually the last animated feature Disney released before Walt Disney’s death, and it does kind of usher in what’s considered the low period of Disney animation (the ’60s-80s). Still, I’ll have to take the plunge before long, because I will want to show it to my daughter when she’s a little older. It’s great to see Disney putting so many of their animated classics (albeit mostly “lesser” ones so far) on Netflix; I definitely hope this trend continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Showcasing the best and highlighting the newest additions to the various streaming services, including but not limited to Netflix Instant, HuluPlus, and Amazon Prime.] New on Netflix: Robin Hood Growing up, I saw many of the classic Disney films – Pinocchio, Bambi, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, etc. – but as a child […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[151,1731,2853,2510,2852],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SI-Robin-Hood.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1653,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/favorite-films-one-letter-at-a-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":33444,"position":0},"title":"Favorite Films, One Letter at a Time","author":"Jandy","date":"November 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I rarely organize my collections alphabetically, at least not as the major organizational tool, since the letter the title starts with is usually less meaningful than the year it was made or the genre that it's in. 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