For a few months now, I have been beside myself with excitement at the approaching release of a film called The Adventures of Maid Marian, which seemed to combine two of my favourite things: one of the most legendary heroines of all time, and terrible films. Sometimes an awful movie can be just as (if not more so) fun and entertaining as a brilliant one, and judging by the trailer released a couple of months ago, The Adventures of Maid Marian promised to deliver.
Cheap production values, awkward dialogue, performers who looked like they’d been hired straight out of their high school drama club... damn, I love this delightful garbage. These are the sorts of films that make you sit back and ponder: who made this? And why? Where did they get their funding? What inspired them to do any of this? How is it even real?
As such, the film ended up being a mild disappointment in the sense that it wasn’t nearly as bad as I hoped it would be. The plot is relatively coherent. The acting isn’t awful. The cinematography is actually downright gorgeous at times. I was anticipating boom mics dipping into shots and costumes purchased at the two-dollar store; what I got was a by-no-means unwatchable B movie.
But having already hyped this movie so much over the past few months, and (probably) being the only human being on Earth who has actually watched it, I feel honour-bound to dedicate a post to the experience. Here goes...
