From "Prince of Thieves"...

From the action, to the real historical settings, to the love story of Robin and Marion, to the so cool and witty portrayal of the mean and psycho Sheriff of Nottingham by Alan Rickman, to handsome and charming Kevin Costner in his prime as a dashing and sexy Robin, to Morgan Freeman's wise and noble Azeem, to the beautiful love theme song, --- I SO ENJOYED this movie, --- one of my favorites!!!... Kevin Costner was fresh off "Dances with Wolves," and he refused to wear tights and the traditional Robin Hood Hat. I think he was right in that because his garb, the leather studded tunic, was cool, beautiful and manly. Morgan Freeman played Azeem with humor and flair. Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio was a spirited Marion and surprisingly good with a sword. Geraldine Mc Ewan was a sensational and so gross Mortiana, the witch. >>> The wall you see when Robin saved the little boy Wolf from Guy of Gisborn and the Sheriff's men >>> The English long bow >>> The historicity of Robin Hood has been debated for centuries. A difficulty with any such historical research is that Robert was a very common given name in medieval England, and 'Robin' (or Robyn) was its very common diminutive, especially in the 13th century; it is a French hypocorism, already mentioned in the Roman de Renart in the 12th century. The surname Hood (by any spelling) was also fairly common because it referred either to a hooder, who was a maker of hoods, or alternatively to somebody who wore a hood as a head covering. It is therefore unsurprising that medieval records mention a number of people called "Robert Hood" or "Robin Hood", some of whom are known criminals. Another view on the origin of the name is expressed in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica which remarks that "hood" was a common dialectical form of "wood" (compare Dutch hout, hʌut, also meaning "wood"), and that the outlaw's name has been given as "Robin Wood". There are a number of references to Robin Hood as Robin Wood, or Whood, or Whod, from the 16th and 17th centuries. The earliest recorded example, in connection with May games in Somerset, dates from 1518. --- Wikpedia.