Love is the greatest adventure of all.

Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Nicol Williamson, Denholm Elliott, Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Holm, Richard Harris

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ - near perfect

"I've hardly lost a battle, and I don't know what I've won. 'The day is ours, Robin,' you used to say, and then it was tomorrow. But where did the day go?" - Robin Hood

Why watch this? It's a bittersweet story of what happened to Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

Plot Summary: The story picks up the classic Robin Hood legend years after Robin's peak, finding him and Little John returning to England disillusioned from the Crusades. They discover that Maid Marian has become an abbess, and their reunion unfolds as they navigate their changed circumstances and rekindle their complicated relationship. Robin is forced to confront his aging and a changed world, leading to a final conflict with his old adversary, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Dad's Preview: This is how you make a romantic movie, and it is such a remarkable endeavor. Robin Hood has returned from the Crusades, now a man in his 50's. He finds Marian is a nun in a convent. We learn the fates of all the wonderful Sherwood characters. Oh my, how they have aged. Marian is bitter about all the years lost between her and Robin. The ending is right out of Romeo and Juliet (1968). For those of us in the "autumn" of our lives, this story reminds us that life is short, and we are now creating the "good old days".

Rastar; Columbia Pictures