Written by Mr. Mouseburger 14th Jul 2005
Robin, with the help of his Moor comrade Azeem, has managed to create a minor uprising in the city of Nottingham. The people due to be hanged have been released and the heavily armed, but woefully inept guards are getting soundly beaten by a bunch of peasants armed with pitchforks and cakes of dung.
It is at this point the Sheriff decides to retreat to his private chapel in order to force through a marriage to the King's cousin, Marian (who is also Robin's bit of fluff).
Robin and Azeem manage to get into the inner sanctum of the castle by being catapulted over the gatehouse and onto a rather large pile of hay which a) could serve no realistic purpose being there, and b) could not have been foreseen by the catapulter. The heroes make their way into the castle where they are prevented from getting into the chapel by a rather sturdy door made, as Azeem points out, with "damned English Oak".
Some critics say it was this film that catapulted Costner to superstar status
Robin decides to split up from Azeem and venture further up the castle to find another way in to the chapel. Upon reaching the roof, he finds a large flag. Grabbing the flag, Robin then proceeds to run off of the castle roof and swing down and through the window of the chapel.
Robin gauges perfectly the length of flag needed to execute his "smash through the chapel window" stunt
Nottingham is not surprised that Robin has gate crashed, and picking up his sword, he goads Robin with the revelation that the sword once belonged to Lord Locksley (q.v.), Robin's father. The fight is a very one sided affair, Nottingham appearing to hold all aces, and Robin, having been disarmed, is finally pinned into a corner of the chapel with a sword aimed at his chest.
Nottingham is savouring his moment of victory, but as he prepares to plunge the sword into Robin's chest, Marion screams and momentarily distracts him. This gives Robin the opportunity to reach into his boot, pull out a bejewelled dagger given to him by Marion (which was in turn given to her by Nottingham), and stab Nottingham in the heart.
# I stabbed the Sheriff (but i swear it was in self defence) #
Nottingham has a look of disbelief on his face as he slowly plucks the dagger from his heart. He staggers for a moment and then looks out of the chapel window before rolling over and dying.
No one does death scenes quite like Rickman; he staggers, drools, gasps, gapes, rolls over and dies
I loved Alan Rickman as the sheriff of nottingham. This death was uncreative but they exaggerated it so it was very cool to watch.
One of the best bad-guy actors of all time.
I am a HUGE Alan Rickman fan and though it was a very drawn out death, Alan Rickman does a great job! I absolutely love him and his usal role of the heartless seductor. Props to Alan!
Actually, he had a line after that, "Who was my father?" But they had to cut out that whole sub-plot because people liked the sheriff too much. That's why it was so drawn out.
if the Sherrif of Nottingham had lived he and Maid Marian would have been pronounced man and wife.
Yes, that's true, but why do you have to keep posting things like this?
i love alan rickman when he plays the bad guy! i love it how he suduces every girl! im like OMG every time he does it! Go ALAN! OWW!