Yeah this sounds about to a T as to how I predicted it would go when it was announced.
The only thing that would make that call out perfect is if the nun bleeding him out was someone who was wronged by him in the past and she is portrayed as justified for killing him.
Now, I’m aware that the original Robin Hood has quite the murky and shady history, so this may be accurate to that, I just find the timing of it to be tiresome because it feels just like the same old song and dance of “your heroes were never heroes in the first place”.
Brace yourselves: garbage studio A24 found another male hero to desecrate.
"The Death of Robin Hood" is a RADICAL DECONSTRUCTION whose marketing proudly informs us, “He was no hero.”
Hugh Jackman plays an aged and solitary Robin, long abandoned by his Merry Men.
He's in a SEVERE DEPRESSION having decided he wasn’t some noble outlaw robbing the rich to give to the poor - but actually a RUTHLESS MURDEROUS CRIMINAL.
He wants to hang up his violent ways, but his old pal Little John drags him back for one last battle.
He gets gravely injured and is tended to by a saintly nun who's treatment involves frequent painful AND GLORIFIED bloodletting sessions.
He becomes a mentor to a troubled little girl, a vengeful one-eyed kid, and a soulful philosophical leper.
So let's recap:
The male hero is depressed and mortally wonded.
Little John is a brutal, unrecognizable thug but at least in one piece.
The young boy has lost an eye.
The leper is losing skin and body parts.
In other words, not one single male character escapes the script’s assault.
And just in case you missed the point, the MALE HERO dies at the end.
Typical A24 bullsht.
The "A" stands for "ANTI-MALE" and "24" is short for 24/7/365.
I’ll pass.