Too much hood in the Robin

Gladiator is the best action-adventure movie ever. Sadly, the Robin Hood legend itself does not lend in any way to a canvas on which Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe could recreate that magic. The legend is just too frivolous. It is fraught with buffoonery and the action lends to too much tomfoolery.
So, despite a clever script to give this Robin Hood a serious mission and greater ambition, the film falls flat.
It takes itself too seriously. Unlike the Robin Hood we all know and love.
Crowe is the better action hero, Kevin Costner is the better Robin Hood.