Robin Hood And Little John example essay topic

Robin Hood, the Animated Version The reason why I chose to do my paper on the movie Robin Hood is because it is funny and entertaining. This movie begins with a Rooster playing his banjo. Throughout the movie, the Rooster plays the part of the narrator, who tells the story of our animated friends Robin Hood, and Little John. As the story began, the two partners were running through the forest because they saw Prince John and his royal chariot coming to take more taxes away from the people of Nottingham. Prince John was running the kingdom for his brother, King Richard who was away on a crusade. Prince John was an evil guy who stole all the money from the poor people for taxes so that he would be rich.

Robin Hood and Little John decided to play a trick on Prince John. They ran toward the chariot, without Prince John noticing, dressed as female fortunetellers. When they arrived, they asked if Prince John wanted to have his fortune told. He agreed right away, and invited Robin Hood inside.

As Prince John was concentrating on having his fortune told, Robin Hood and Little John began working to take back the money that Prince John had stolen from the villagers for taxes. The two partners ran off and distributed the money between the poor villagers. Because of Robin Hood's controversial actions, the conniving Prince John tried to come up with a plan to trap Robin Hood the do-go oder and his do-go oder friend Little John. Knowing of Robin's expertise in archery Prince John decided to hold an archery tournament, aware that Robin would not be able to pass up the opportunity.

He is also aware that Robin Hood and Prince John's niece, the stunningly beautiful Maid Marian, were childhood sweethearts. Just in case the archery tournament wasn't enough to lure Robin Hood, the prize for winning, a golden arrow and a kiss from the beautiful Maid Marian would lure him. When the tournament began Prince John placed guards all over to try to spot Robin Hood. Robin came disguised as a stork, and won the tournament. Upon finding out who the disguised stork really was, Prince John captured him. Luckily, Little John came to the rescue and the two ran off into the woods.

Prince John is furious and decides to raise the already sky high taxes. Nearly all of the villagers were not able to pay the taxes, and they were put into prison. Again, Robin and Little John came to the rescue with a jailbreak and set all of the innocent prisoners free. After they were all free, King Richard returned from the crusades, and Prince John was sent away forever.

The people of Nottingham no longer had to worry about unfair treatment, Robin Hood and Maid Marian got married, and they all lived happily ever after. The universal theme in this movie is the unoriginal, good vs. evil. Prince John is the evil force, while Robin Hood and Little John represent the good forces. This is very obvious because Prince John was egocentric, mean, and selfish throughout the entire movie, while Robin Hood worker hard to help the poor people and save the village. Being a cartoon, the sets, costumes, and camera angles all worked out very well. The settings were drawn very well and were typical of the traditional methods of setting the correct mood.

For instance, the scene of Robin Hood kissing Maid Marian at the end, the weather was very springy, the sun was shining, and everything was peaceful while soft music played in the background. Another example is the scene where all of the villagers went to jail. The weather was rainy and dreary, and soft sad music played. The costumes and props also fit very well in the movie.

Prince John wore a royal robe, but to show his position of being disrespected, it constantly slipped down over his ears and covered his eyes. Robin Hood wore a green shirt and matching green tights, and was young and handsome. This helped portray that he was our hero. The poor villagers dressed very deteriorated clothing, and their houses were very small and shabby. The scenes and the movie were organized very well. They didn't skip around a whole lot so as to confuse you, but they didn't drag on and on so as to bore you.

Everything went chronologically, which was effective because there was no confusion that way. Since the movie is a cartoon, there were no actors, only people to do the voices. I think the voices went very well with the voices in the movie. Prince John sounded very childish, but also sometimes very evil, while Robin Hood sounded youthful with a smooth comforting voice.

The voice of Maid Marian was also done well by someone who had a smooth, airy feminine voice. This movie was very comical, but probably directed more towards children. One funny scene was in the very beginning when Robin Hood and Little John came out dressed as female fortunetellers. Also, several minutes later it was very humorous when Robin fled the scene wearing Prince John's robe, leaving Prince John to stand in his underwear. The music that went with the film was very fitting. Most of the music was folk music because of the poverty in the village.

The background music varied from scene to scene depending on the mood. Throughout this film, the character of Prince John used the function of consumerism the most. He made the rich life look extremely glamorous as he ran his hands through piles and piles of stolen gold coins. He had servants, he rode in a cushioned coach, he lived in a huge castle, and his life was completely glamorized through the movie. The function of pleasure and being alive is most reflected in the scene where they had a party where they sang songs and danced, and mocked Prince John. None of them had any worries on their mind, and even though they had no money in their pockets, and the food was terrible they just let their troubles go and had good old fashion fun!

This movie has certain aspects of it that explain the world. Prince John represents the person in the world who's only goal is to make it to the top, no matter who they step on along the way. On the other hand, Robin Hood is the do-go oder type who focuses on helping people and not being selfish. I would recommend this movie to a friend because if they pretty much like cartoons and the story of Robin Hood, they would like this one. I would recommend this to my parents because they have seen this and want to sit down and watch it with their grandchildren. The one thing I can think of that runs counter to my life and belief system is that we should always help the people that are in need of our help.

One thing that might offend others is the fact that Prince John steels from the poor. One thing a Christian could gain by watching this film is learning how to help those in need. I like this movie because it is a cartoon and cartoons are cool. In this movie, the character of Robin Hood can be compared to Philippians 4: 8. Most people would consider what he did to save the villagers as true, noble, right, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy.