Yes, Peck had a hard time with holding a British accent, Costner's Robin Hood didn't even try.
Yes, there were a bunch of older actors in it, it's about older characters.
No, it doesn't have an explosion a minute or a bunch of hard bodied guys or gorgeous babes, that's not what this movie is about and it doesn't need them.
It's about a bunch of geezer who, despite being a bit over the hill, still have some sense of adventure and a bit of fight left in them.
When viewed from that perspective this movie does the job very well.
It doesn't need the repeated and obviously fake explosions and computer generated torn body parts that seems to be the requisite for contemporary adventure films. It's a relatively subdued spinning of a yarn based (loosely, I suppose) on a true story.
It's heartwarming to watch the bunch of old soldiers (admitedly, not too much older than myself) pull it together one more time.
On one of those cold, bleak winter afternoons when you're feeling that you might have missed out on a few of life's adventures, watch this movie and let yourself think, maybe, just maybe there's still a chance to live them.
Yes, there were a bunch of older actors in it, it's about older characters.
No, it doesn't have an explosion a minute or a bunch of hard bodied guys or gorgeous babes, that's not what this movie is about and it doesn't need them.
It's about a bunch of geezer who, despite being a bit over the hill, still have some sense of adventure and a bit of fight left in them.
When viewed from that perspective this movie does the job very well.
It doesn't need the repeated and obviously fake explosions and computer generated torn body parts that seems to be the requisite for contemporary adventure films. It's a relatively subdued spinning of a yarn based (loosely, I suppose) on a true story.
It's heartwarming to watch the bunch of old soldiers (admitedly, not too much older than myself) pull it together one more time.
On one of those cold, bleak winter afternoons when you're feeling that you might have missed out on a few of life's adventures, watch this movie and let yourself think, maybe, just maybe there's still a chance to live them.