“Robin Hood” stars Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett as Robin Hood and Maid Marion out to stop an evil English king and worse French invaders.

MICHELLE: I thought this movie was solidly mediocre. It has some nice moments. But I”d rent it on a boring weekend when there is nothing else to do. And I say that knowing that Cate Blanchett is more interesting to watch that most actresses on a any day.

ALLEN: I know I”m in the minority here. Not just in my home (Michelle outranks me) but among most reviewers. I liked this film a lot. I say that as someone who has loved the story of Robin Hood since I was a child. “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” starring Bidwell Park, is in my top 10 favorites. This film isn”t that good, but it”s a fun take on the tale, at least I thought so.

MICHELLE: This version has Robin as a opportunist who assumes several identities, more to survive than to be a hero. In the process, he finds love, a home and ideas worth fighting for. We don”t know who he was before. But Robin fights for his little newfound home, while everyone else is in it for their own reasons. There”s an unnecessary subplot about an influential English lord who is in league with the French king, who provides a reason for the English king to offer rights to his subjects — he needs them to fight to defend the country. They suggest that they”d like to have some rights in the nation they helped to preserve. Radical concept.

ALLEN: This film attempts to place the Robin Hood story in actual English history, much as the “King Arthur” film from a couple years ago did for that legend. It”s strange then that some details were wrong. For one, there is no way a Catholic Baron would have had his body burned, but more importantly, why show King John refusing to sign the Magna Carta when we know he actually did sign it.

MICHELLE: I don”t know how many people in the audience would have known that. Strangely, the movie had good attention to detail when it came to details like the war horses and plow horses, but bad attention to big issues like the famous document. As entertainment, I wanted more character development and less shaky-camera fight scenes.

ALLEN: Not perfect, but extra points for excluding Kevin Costner.