Fun Fact: At the end, when Zorro confronts Captain Love, he pulls out his sword and the sun glints off the blade running the full length. This was not CGI and was suggested by Antonio Banderas. He had to tilt the sword to catch the sun without breaking eye contact with Matt Letscher. It only took three takes. Also, legendary sword trainer Bob Anderson, who trained Errol Flynn, remarked that Antonio Banderas was the most gifted swordsman with whom he had worked since Errol Flynn. Antonio Banderas had also trained with the Spanish Olympic team for four months and was extremely adamant about performing many of his own stunts for authenticity.
Just in case the first reply got shadow banned / blocked. (I can't see it.) There's a 2024 Zorro Series out. And it's REALLY GOOD. All of you should check it out.
WHAT? He trained Errol Flynn and Antonio Banderas? That's quite a stretch of time! He must have been up there in years when he trained Antonio. That's awesome though.
It's one of the many reasons why I've wanted them to react to this movie for so long! I'm positive that we wouldn't even have that character or film without the Mask Of Zorro!
Alejandro's brother was based of a legendary figure named Joaquin Murrieta who was an outlaw in California during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. He was called the Mexican Robin Hood and he was the inspiration for Zorro. A man named Three-Fingered Jack was a member of his gang. He and Murrieta was allegedly killed by a California Ranger named Harry Love who preserved Murrieta's head and Jack's hand in a jar of alcohol and put them on display throughout California where people could pay to see them. It is unknown if the head was actually Murietta's because his sister denied that it was and there were unconfirmed sightings of Murrieta and the head was lost in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
This movie is considered the rebuttle to all the CGI action movies that were coming out at the time. Practical action scenes were getting few and far between. This came out and reminded everyone why these kinds of movies are amazing and why they still hold up. I remeber seeing this while in high school and then the resurgence of action films like this.
There was no backlash against CGI back then yet. Don't let the likes of the Nostalgia Critic gaslight you about late 90s movies. Die Hard 3, Bad Boys, Desperado, Assassins, GoldenEye, The Quick and the Dead, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Rock, Broken Arrow, Eraser, Air Force One, Con Air, Face/Off, Tomorrow Never Dies, Enemy of the State, Conspiracy Theory, Lethal Weapon 4, Rush Hour, Hard Rain, Ronin, The Replacement Killers, Saving Private Ryan, etc... were majorly practical films that either preceded The Mask of Zorro or came out the same year. Not to mention that was the era when Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films were being re-released in American theaters.
This movie is probably the most underrated film of all time. The perfect master and apprentice film “when the pupil is ready the master will appear” Showing how grooling hard work will pay off “perfect do it again” and the perfect vengeance payoff “you’re angry and no condition to fight; you’ll fight very bravely and die very quickly” the moment captain love loses his temper he loses the fight.
The movie the Wayne’s were watching the night Bruce’s parents got killed was “The Mark of Zorro” (1920). That was put in by Bill Finger to acknowledge that the end product of the Batman was inspired by Zorro.
Zorro was one of the original serialized heroes back in the early days of film. His character started off way back in the silent film era! And how could you not love Antonio Banderas' practice in this movie to become PUSS.... in Boots!
"Steven Spielberg told Antonio Banderas that the 1998 'Mask of Zorro' would be one of the last non-CGI westerns. Spielberg's Amblin Pictures produced the 1998 film, which featured solely practical effects."
And the song/soundtrack for this movie “I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You” by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena had became a classic love song ever since the movie was released. The MV was the scenes of the movie😊
Fun fact, Zorro and the Count of Monte Cristo have overlapping timelines Zorros first written appearance was in a 1919 novel and was set between 1820-1830s The Count of Monte Cristo was first writen in 1844 and set between 1815-1840s
Fun fact. Historically, there really WAS a cavalry officer named Captain Love, and he really DID keep the head of an outlaw named Murrieta in a jar of wine that he drank.
I was thinking Green Arrow as well. Green Arrow in the comics was always the masked protector of the common man against corruption with the secret identity of rich playboy Oliver Queen.
Bob Kane the creator of Batman got his inspiration for the character from Zorro and The Shadow (please react to the movie!). In the original comics where young Bruce is out with his parents before they get murdered they actually go to watch Zorro on stage which plants the seed of being a crime fighting vigilant
7:50 "You think your enemy is a masked vigilante who spends his days bringing criminals to justice, and your best idea is to challenge him to single combat?... good luck with that." ....he's Batman even to the quote of Lucius.
Anthony Hopkins in that outfit saying "charm" like that, followed by that throaty and smooth "yes"...never fails to make me temporarily question my sexual preference.
Meanwhile, Catherine Zeta Jones in all those low cut dresses affirmed mine. She was my #1 teenage celebrity crush my last couple of years of Highschool thanks to this movie.
This was a sleeper when released now it's a classic. One of the best hero movies ever, with superb swordplay. Perfectly cast and the chemistry between Banderas, Hopkins and Zeta-Jones is off the charts!
When I saw this in the theatre, I did have a lil issue with hopkins and zeta-jones playing spainards when they are of welsh descent but I enjoyed this movie
@SixFootTurkey_ Love classic swashbuckling characters especially Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, Captain Blood and the Sea Hawk. There's just something about the rogue that makes them so much more relatable in my opinion.
Created by Johnston McCulley and established 105 years ago. Zorro is the original caped crusader as an fictional icon of Spanish, Mexican, American culture. Live-action, animated, tv, film, comics, video games, toys, you name it. Almost 80 years after his impact, no one expected a brand new film about the dashing and courageous Fox. This was one of 2 new entries, directed by Martin Campbell (Goldeneye). Perfect casting with Hopkins as the original, Banderas (first spanish Zorro ever) as the successor and C. Zeta Jones as gorgeous, brave Elena. The action is good and old fashioned just like the original Zorro stories. But with more of flare with today's filmmaking. Marc Anthony & Tina Arena with the love theme, "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" is considered underrated. The M of Z indeed made it cool to see old-time heroes make a comeback and grab the imagination of newer generations. Even revamping "Puss In Boots" into a Zorro-like character with Banderas as the voice. You will love it's sequel, The Legend of Zorro (2005).
Zorro is actually inspired by a real outlaw named Joaquin Murrieta in the 19th century. Also the sequel is called The Legend of Zorro. The Count Of Monte Cristo came out in 2002 & The Mask Of Zorro in 1998. Both are great movies that I'll always watch if they're on. Another great reaction guys, can't wait for the next one. P.S. I like the sequel but understand if you decide not to watch it.
The gossip back then was that when Michael Douglas saw this movie he became besotted with CZJ and set up a meeting. They fell in love and are still married today.
Now I want to see that movie where she was... an art thief? Or catches art thieves? I forget the name, I saw it so long ago but I remember it being a great movie
I participated in a Spanish fencing class in Valencia in 1996-97, and they had a similar training circle on their floor. Not exact. But, yeah there were different forms for multiple opponents vs individual duels.
I was wondering if you guys would ever react to this timeless classic movie. It is so good and ages well like fine wine. A perfect story of Justice lined up while the old zorro trains the new Zorro. Perfect film. Love your channel. Thanks for uploading.!
Funny little fact: Stuart Wilson, who plays Don Rafael in this movie, also played the villain Walker in the third Ninja Turtles movie. Michaelangelo even says to him at one point, "hold it right there Zorro dude!"
Based on how much you liked this one, I have a recommendation, The Shadow (1994). Different time period, different character, but some similarities. Great music score by Jerry Goldsmith, arguably his best. Classic movie, overlooked these days for reasons I'm uncertain about. A couple must-see scenes that you're going to love. Very unique, but very good. As others have said, two of the inspirations for creation of the character Batman were Zorro and The Shadow.
Zorro was my favorite hero alongside superman when i was a child. Love this movie. It was truly a great action movie, doing justice to the series :) Great cast and a great script. Everything is just right with this movie :)
You say Count of Monte Cristo, which this story does parallel, but Zorro was a fictional character created in early 1900s based on a real person from the 1800s. His bar still exists in Monterey, California. But his real name was Saloman Pico. Extra fun fact, the restaurant across the street from his bar was built from the ship that rescued Napoleon from the island he was exiled on.
This movie definitely was a classic considering it's based off of the old black-and-white TV show that used to air on Disney Channel after dark and further still 31:22 the fact that Zorro means the fox, shows that he is in boding that name wonderfully by the way he acts 36:06 crushed by his own greed… Or should it be crushed by his own vices... what do you think?
Re that one guy's weird haircut.... The guy was either a monk or a priest. The practice is called a "tonsure," and was required of men in holy orders, usually monks. It was a tradition practice of the Catholic Church since Medieval times.
My childhood in VHS returns. Thank you again for reacting to this movie. I always laugh at the priest elbowing the soldier's face and Alejandro getting the sword smacked out of his hand
A few things, 1. you mentioned the opening reminds you of James bond, well the director who did Goldeneye also directed this movie 2. The biggest point of note in the final battle, is how As Captain Love gets more and more angry and desperate he starts making mistakes and getting more unhinged, something that Diego told Alejandro was a fatal mistake when it came to sword fighting 3. one of my favourite scenes is when Old man jack calls out the dons and you see many of them look away in shame Then Alejandro reveals himself to jack who recognizes him before he dies. 4. Love and Montessori’s deaths are poetically brilliant, both officially crashed and dashed by their own greed.
32:09 He’s branched off. I really enjoy your video reactions. For me, “The Mask of Zorro” is one highly cinematic experience that I still treasured from my childhood.
I would argue the extra "oomph" is due in part to Sir Anthony Hopkins and his chemistry with Antonio Banderas. Although everyone really just NAILS their characters, plus the sound track is sooooo good, and the choreography...overall the film is simply magnificent.
Zorro is also relatively old. He did not start with this movie... but still a good 70 years after Monte Cristo, so you're not wrong even though you didn't seem to factor that in.
I was so lucky to grow up with the originals of so many series like this: Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Maverick, etc. Some film remakes should never have been made. This is not one of those. This is respectful. I forget how many ideas were taken from this film and used in others. Yes this did use other ideas as well. Stick'em with the pointy end. PotC Dead Man's Chest/Jack's escape at the beginning.
I love this movie, probably the best Zorro movie, but nothing beats the old black and white TV show. I watched it all the time as a kid, it would come on the Disney channel real late at night and I’d always be awake so I’d watch that. I might have seen every episode
This is ultimately one of my favorite movies of all time! It had everything you could want: dashing hero, a badass heroine, awesome fight scenes, drama, greet villains, revenge, and a love story that didn’t feel cheesy or forced. Love it 😍
During that torch toss to gunpowder scene Alejandro gave me Jack Sparrow vibes. Alejandro fully ready as Zorro still knocked off a horse was more like Cary Elwes as Robin hood in Men in Thights. ^^
Of course Zorro is the original Batman : rich guy, double life, black mask and cape, secret cave, accomplice butler, dark "vehicle" (horse), close combat, swordsman, noble values, essentially a dark knight.
One of my childhood favorites, the second isn’t as good, to me they tried too hard to make it funnier, but it’s still worth watching. Also at 3:34 “snow” was medicine at this point in time and could be purchased at damn near any apothecary (pharmacy).
Fastest click on a video I've ever done. This was my first VHS and I adore this movie! Now let's hope you guys like it too and I'm not hyping this movie too much before I've seen the video and look like an idiot after you've been roasting Zorro the whole video. EDIT: After watching the video, not disappointed at all. Great video!
This was a movie to enjoy in your childhood of the 90's. Pure legend. Also, and i dont know if they'll go through with it, but there were even talks of a Zorro and Django team up for a film.
This is such a great film. I saw it multiple times in theaters. A lot of people don’t know that it’s a sequel. The Mark of Zorro is the old black and white film starring the Zorro portrayed by Antony Hopkins in this film. This film picks up when he’s older and about to quit.
Incredible movie to react too. One of my all time favorites. It’s honestly just a shame that Disney/Star Wars didn’t take notes from this movie. This shows how to do a proper ‘passing of the torch.’
Great reaction! this is a classic movie, so well made. Now you guys gotta watch The Three Musketeers 1993 for more swashbuckling awesomeness! It also has two amazing villians that rival or are even better than here, by the great Tim Curry and Michael Wincott! also has Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Chris O'Donnell and Oliver Platt.
Fun Fact: At the end, when Zorro confronts Captain Love, he pulls out his sword and the sun glints off the blade running the full length. This was not CGI and was suggested by Antonio Banderas. He had to tilt the sword to catch the sun without breaking eye contact with Matt Letscher. It only took three takes.
Also, legendary sword trainer Bob Anderson, who trained Errol Flynn, remarked that Antonio Banderas was the most gifted swordsman with whom he had worked since Errol Flynn. Antonio Banderas had also trained with the Spanish Olympic team for four months and was extremely adamant about performing many of his own stunts for authenticity.
BTW, there was a 2024 Zorro Tv Series made by Spain.
All of you should check it out.
And then along came Viggo Mortenson. The same was said about him.
The sword shine always hits hard, doesn't matter how many times I've seen this movie, gets me hype for that fight
Just in case the first reply got shadow banned / blocked. (I can't see it.)
There's a 2024 Zorro Series out.
And it's REALLY GOOD.
All of you should check it out.
WHAT? He trained Errol Flynn and Antonio Banderas? That's quite a stretch of time! He must have been up there in years when he trained Antonio. That's awesome though.
This movie was not only a classic but an inspiration for Antonio Banderas to become Puss in Boots in the shrek films.
Perfect casting
It's one of the many reasons why I've wanted them to react to this movie for so long! I'm positive that we wouldn't even have that character or film without the Mask Of Zorro!
It hurts physically when someone watches this and says "hey, he sounds like puss in boots"😂
Alejandro's brother was based of a legendary figure named Joaquin Murrieta who was an outlaw in California during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. He was called the Mexican Robin Hood and he was the inspiration for Zorro. A man named Three-Fingered Jack was a member of his gang. He and Murrieta was allegedly killed by a California Ranger named Harry Love who preserved Murrieta's head and Jack's hand in a jar of alcohol and put them on display throughout California where people could pay to see them. It is unknown if the head was actually Murietta's because his sister denied that it was and there were unconfirmed sightings of Murrieta and the head was lost in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
This movie is considered the rebuttle to all the CGI action movies that were coming out at the time. Practical action scenes were getting few and far between. This came out and reminded everyone why these kinds of movies are amazing and why they still hold up. I remeber seeing this while in high school and then the resurgence of action films like this.
There was no backlash against CGI back then yet. Don't let the likes of the Nostalgia Critic gaslight you about late 90s movies. Die Hard 3, Bad Boys, Desperado, Assassins, GoldenEye, The Quick and the Dead, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Rock, Broken Arrow, Eraser, Air Force One, Con Air, Face/Off, Tomorrow Never Dies, Enemy of the State, Conspiracy Theory, Lethal Weapon 4, Rush Hour, Hard Rain, Ronin, The Replacement Killers, Saving Private Ryan, etc... were majorly practical films that either preceded The Mask of Zorro or came out the same year. Not to mention that was the era when Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films were being re-released in American theaters.
This movie is probably the most underrated film of all time. The perfect master and apprentice film “when the pupil is ready the master will appear” Showing how grooling hard work will pay off “perfect do it again” and the perfect vengeance payoff “you’re angry and no condition to fight; you’ll fight very bravely and die very quickly” the moment captain love loses his temper he loses the fight.
Let's face it, Captain Love had already been continually losing each fight against Zorro.
Batman actually based off of zorro
And The Shadow
Both favorites of mine. I have the old Shadow radio show.@@FabledHeroes3351
@@FabledHeroes3351
Mostly the Shadow
Batman's suit is based off of The Phantom
The movie the Wayne’s were watching the night Bruce’s parents got killed was “The Mark of Zorro” (1920). That was put in by Bill Finger to acknowledge that the end product of the Batman was inspired by Zorro.
“To the jarrrrr!” Took me the fuck out😂
Man this movie IS everything
-Assassins Creed
-Batman Beyond
-Sexy
-Amazing fight scenes
-awesome music
-hilarious
-revenge plot!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS
just Batman rich guy that goes to fight crime a cave under the mansion 100% Batman
@@wildhunt6350 yeah but batman isnt funny haha
@@carlosocano6036 true its like he bought a sense of humor
Zorro was one of the original serialized heroes back in the early days of film. His character started off way back in the silent film era!
And how could you not love Antonio Banderas' practice in this movie to become PUSS.... in Boots!
This movie, as an action flick, has everything you need. Under-appreciated IMO.
My cousin and I would watch this movie a lot with our Grandfather, good old days. RIP Pa.
Rip to your Grand Pa. I'm glad you got to share that with him
Ah, y’all found a good one. Mask of Zorro was like one of those underappreciated precursors for the summer superhero movie.
"Steven Spielberg told Antonio Banderas that the 1998 'Mask of Zorro' would be one of the last non-CGI westerns. Spielberg's Amblin Pictures produced the 1998 film, which featured solely practical effects."
Shakira was one of the options to play Elena de la Vega, but she rejected it because she felt that her English was not good enough.
At the end of the movie right before the credits when Zoro cut a fiery Z in the air, that was practical?! Wow, that is amazing!
One of my favorite movies ever. I was obsessed with this as a kid.
And the song/soundtrack for this movie “I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You” by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena had became a classic love song ever since the movie was released. The MV was the scenes of the movie😊
I gotta look it up right now! I didn't even know that and I love this movie! And since I'm puertorican Marc Anthony as well! 😂
Fun fact, Zorro and the Count of Monte Cristo have overlapping timelines
Zorros first written appearance was in a 1919 novel and was set between 1820-1830s
The Count of Monte Cristo was first writen in 1844 and set between 1815-1840s
so, the same cinematic universe.
Fun fact.
Historically, there really WAS a cavalry officer named Captain Love, and he really DID keep the head of an outlaw named Murrieta in a jar of wine that he drank.
Ewww
Wtf lol and here i thought the governor from the walking dead was messed up with his closet of heads in jars!
Alright, that Count of Monte Cristo discussion did it! You guys are the best!
Zorro was the basis for a number of modern heroes like Batman and the Shadow
The 1st Zorro Novel Was Published In 1919
I was thinking Green Arrow as well. Green Arrow in the comics was always the masked protector of the common man against corruption with the secret identity of rich playboy Oliver Queen.
Bob Kane the creator of Batman got his inspiration for the character from Zorro and The Shadow (please react to the movie!). In the original comics where young Bruce is out with his parents before they get murdered they actually go to watch Zorro on stage which plants the seed of being a crime fighting vigilant
7:50
"You think your enemy is a masked vigilante who spends his days bringing criminals to justice, and your best idea is to challenge him to single combat?... good luck with that."
....he's Batman even to the quote of Lucius.
At least once a year...I have a marathon...
The Count of Monte Cristo, then The Mask of Zorro, and finally The Princess Bride.
That is a very good marathon!
Anthony Hopkins in that outfit saying "charm" like that, followed by that throaty and smooth "yes"...never fails to make me temporarily question my sexual preference.
Meanwhile, Catherine Zeta Jones in all those low cut dresses affirmed mine. She was my #1 teenage celebrity crush my last couple of years of Highschool thanks to this movie.
I love the timeless quality of this film.
He was MY FIRST Superhero. Only this legend WAS REAL!
And now you know why Puss (voiced by Banderes) is so much like Zorro. Zorro was the inspiration for Puss in the Shrek series.
Puss is basically zorro in cat form and i love it
This Movie made all of us 90's kids to fell in love Catherine Zeta-Jones. No explanation needed
"Do you know how to use that?" "Yeah. Pointy end go in the other man." 😂
Well... He's not wrong.
The monk’s hairdo is called a tonsure, and its to show humility and devotion, by Catholic monks of certain orders. It was practiced up until 1972.
This was a sleeper when released now it's a classic. One of the best hero movies ever, with superb swordplay. Perfectly cast and the chemistry between Banderas, Hopkins and Zeta-Jones is off the charts!
When I saw this in the theatre, I did have a lil issue with hopkins and zeta-jones playing spainards when they are of welsh descent but I enjoyed this movie
I don't think I would call this a sleeper, I remember when this movie came out, it was huge where I lived!
This was a big hit from the jump. Not a sleeper.
I wish we still had these sorts of adventure movies. Swashbuckling, romance, just the right balance of drama and humor.
@SixFootTurkey_ Love classic swashbuckling characters especially Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, Captain Blood and the Sea Hawk. There's just something about the rogue that makes them so much more relatable in my opinion.
Underrated classic. Even the “fun movies” in the 90’s had depth, good dialogue, and storytelling
Created by Johnston McCulley and established 105 years ago.
Zorro is the original caped crusader as an fictional icon of Spanish, Mexican, American culture.
Live-action, animated, tv, film, comics, video games, toys, you name it.
Almost 80 years after his impact, no one expected a brand new film about the dashing and courageous Fox.
This was one of 2 new entries, directed by Martin Campbell (Goldeneye).
Perfect casting with Hopkins as the original, Banderas (first spanish Zorro ever) as the successor and C. Zeta Jones as gorgeous, brave Elena.
The action is good and old fashioned just like the original Zorro stories.
But with more of flare with today's filmmaking.
Marc Anthony & Tina Arena with the love theme, "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" is considered underrated.
The M of Z indeed made it cool to see old-time heroes make a comeback and grab the imagination of newer generations.
Even revamping "Puss In Boots" into a Zorro-like character with Banderas as the voice.
You will love it's sequel, The Legend of Zorro (2005).
6:22 cool fact, Zorro was the inspiration for Batman
Same for the Shadow, another inspiration for Batman
Thank you
The Count of Monte Cristo is the grand daddy of them all awesome to see how they inspire eachother
Also fro or Puss in Boots, I believe
Batman's suit is based off of The Phantom
Zorro is actually inspired by a real outlaw named Joaquin Murrieta in the 19th century. Also the sequel is called The Legend of Zorro. The Count Of Monte Cristo came out in 2002 & The Mask Of Zorro in 1998. Both are great movies that I'll always watch if they're on. Another great reaction guys, can't wait for the next one.
P.S. I like the sequel but understand if you decide not to watch it.
i recommend you :
🔥 *Desperado* (1995) 🔥
*_Antonio Banderas_*_ , _*_Salma Hayek_*_ , Quentin Tarantino , _*_Steve Buscemi_*_ & _*_Danny Trejo_*
Directed by *Robert Rodríguez*
and then the sequel
★ *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003)
_/starring _*_Antonio Banderas_*_ , _*_Salma Hayek_*_ , _*_Johnny Depp_*_ , _*_Willem Dafoe_*_ , _*_Mickey Rourke_*_ , _*_Eva Mendes_*_ , _*_Enrique Iglesias_*_ (Pop singer) & _*_Rubén Blades_*_ (Salsa singer)_
,
They'd have to start with El Mariachi
Definitely
Yes! pelase!
i agreed +2
Yeah. Desperado is the movie that made people know who is Antonio Banderas❤
Honestly, this film is amazing, and you can see Zorro is the inspiration for Batman.
My god Catherine Zeta-Jones was the most beautiful woman to ever walk on this earth back then
Indeed she was.
What do you mean "was" and "back then"?
The gossip back then was that when Michael Douglas saw this movie he became besotted with CZJ and set up a meeting. They fell in love and are still married today.
Now I want to see that movie where she was... an art thief? Or catches art thieves? I forget the name, I saw it so long ago but I remember it being a great movie
@@enicole1203 Entrapment? With Sean Connery?
We need to go back to movies like Zorro, The Mummy and Last Crusade. 80s and 90s were the best times for movies.
I participated in a Spanish fencing class in Valencia in 1996-97, and they had a similar training circle on their floor. Not exact. But, yeah there were different forms for multiple opponents vs individual duels.
This was excellent. Make sure you guys watch the sequel the legend of zorro down the road.
The sequel is pants.
I was wondering if you guys would ever react to this timeless classic movie. It is so good and ages well like fine wine. A perfect story of Justice lined up while the old zorro trains the new Zorro. Perfect film. Love your channel. Thanks for uploading.!
Funny little fact: Stuart Wilson, who plays Don Rafael in this movie, also played the villain Walker in the third Ninja Turtles movie. Michaelangelo even says to him at one point, "hold it right there Zorro dude!"
I want to spend my lifetime loving yoooou! I love The Mask of Zorro and they had a great soundtrack. Marc Anthony is a damn good singer!
Movies Octkrool needs to watch:
- Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2
- Beverly Hills Ninja
- Batman returns (if they haven't yet)
-Rambo (2008)
Rambo Last Blood (2019)
Based on how much you liked this one, I have a recommendation, The Shadow (1994). Different time period, different character, but some similarities. Great music score by Jerry Goldsmith, arguably his best. Classic movie, overlooked these days for reasons I'm uncertain about. A couple must-see scenes that you're going to love. Very unique, but very good. As others have said, two of the inspirations for creation of the character Batman were Zorro and The Shadow.
Zorro was my favorite hero alongside superman when i was a child. Love this movie. It was truly a great action movie, doing justice to the series :) Great cast and a great script. Everything is just right with this movie :)
Such an amazing movie. People don't think of it too much these days but it definitely holds up.
You say Count of Monte Cristo, which this story does parallel, but Zorro was a fictional character created in early 1900s based on a real person from the 1800s. His bar still exists in Monterey, California. But his real name was Saloman Pico. Extra fun fact, the restaurant across the street from his bar was built from the ship that rescued Napoleon from the island he was exiled on.
Sir Anthony Hopkins absolutely makes this movie.
Bob Kane and Bill Finger totally drew inspiration from masked vigilante justice novels like the Scarlet Pimpernel (1903) and Zorro (1919).
You're now obligated to react to all the pulp hero movies of the 90's:
The Phantom
The Rocketeer
And above all The Shadow.
The sun is shining...
All these movies get overlooked too often, growing up then was kinda special
@@shadowking9739 but the ice... is slippery.
The shadow knows!
I loved the phantom! No idea if it’s aged that well or not, but who cares. Pulpy superhero serial action at its finest
This movie definitely was a classic considering it's based off of the old black-and-white TV show that used to air on Disney Channel after dark and further still
31:22 the fact that Zorro means the fox, shows that he is in boding that name wonderfully by the way he acts
36:06 crushed by his own greed… Or should it be crushed by his own vices... what do you think?
There is a sequel. The Legend of Zorro. Also if you guys like Antonio Bandaras you should check out Desperado and Once Upon a time in Mexico
brothers arguing at the end is the best part
Re that one guy's weird haircut....
The guy was either a monk or a priest. The practice is called a "tonsure," and was required of men in holy orders, usually monks. It was a tradition practice of the Catholic Church since Medieval times.
My childhood in VHS returns. Thank you again for reacting to this movie. I always laugh at the priest elbowing the soldier's face and Alejandro getting the sword smacked out of his hand
A few things,
1. you mentioned the opening reminds you of James bond, well the director who did Goldeneye also directed this movie
2. The biggest point of note in the final battle, is how As Captain Love gets more and more angry and desperate he starts making mistakes and getting more unhinged, something that Diego told Alejandro was a fatal mistake when it came to sword fighting
3. one of my favourite scenes is when Old man jack calls out the dons and you see many of them look away in shame
Then Alejandro reveals himself to jack who recognizes him before he dies.
4. Love and Montessori’s deaths are poetically brilliant, both officially crashed and dashed by their own greed.
One of the most underrated films from the 90s. An absolute Classic.
Haven’t seen this for years but remember it being fun!!
32:09 He’s branched off.
I really enjoy your video reactions. For me, “The Mask of Zorro” is one highly cinematic experience that I still treasured from my childhood.
The way they weave real history, folklore, and fiction in this film is so fascinating.
When I was a kid, my dad and I watched the black and white Zorro series on TV. That was our bonding time and good memories.
I too watched this series when I was growing up.
Yall fellas saved the day!!! Aint shit been on RUclips worth watchin today
Desperado should be next, Antonio Banderas is a beast in that one.
Omg!! Finally !! Lord this feels right !! This movie and everything in it is badass!’ Batman wished he could be the mighty zorro!!!!!!!!
I saw this movie repeatedly as a kid, so much so that I dressed up like Zorro and wanted to be him when I grew up.
This is the best Zorro film, which is not to say others are bad -- there are great ones -- but this just has that extra oomph!
I would argue the extra "oomph" is due in part to Sir Anthony Hopkins and his chemistry with Antonio Banderas. Although everyone really just NAILS their characters, plus the sound track is sooooo good, and the choreography...overall the film is simply magnificent.
Zorro is also relatively old. He did not start with this movie... but still a good 70 years after Monte Cristo, so you're not wrong even though you didn't seem to factor that in.
Zorro did come out around 1920, but it was based on a real person that was alive when the Count of Monte Cristo was published.
I was so lucky to grow up with the originals of so many series like this: Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Maverick, etc. Some film remakes should never have been made. This is not one of those. This is respectful.
I forget how many ideas were taken from this film and used in others. Yes this did use other ideas as well. Stick'em with the pointy end. PotC Dead Man's Chest/Jack's escape at the beginning.
I remember seeing this in theaters with my Dad who passed away quite some time ago but this brings all the memories back. Thanks guys.
I love this movie, probably the best Zorro movie, but nothing beats the old black and white TV show. I watched it all the time as a kid, it would come on the Disney channel real late at night and I’d always be awake so I’d watch that. I might have seen every episode
This is ultimately one of my favorite movies of all time! It had everything you could want: dashing hero, a badass heroine, awesome fight scenes, drama, greet villains, revenge, and a love story that didn’t feel cheesy or forced. Love it 😍
For a while, I thought Catherine Zeta Jones was a Latina, but she's from Wales, UK. This is where I first saw her.
Not gonna lie ,Zorro was my childhood hero even before batman . The fact that Antonios actually a swordsman in real life
A young catherine zeta jones is in this. She first got noticed in a uk tv series called the darling buds of may
I grew up on the mask of zoro he was my hero, especially being from the Caribbean. We know of him way way before Spiderman and the rest of them.
Zorro is a very old TV show. One of the original heroes. Love what they did with the movie. ❤
I recommend watching it, the legend of Zorro i owned both and still watch them to this day
I blame seeing this movie when I was nine for my taste in women. Kathrine Zeta Jones is ridicilously beautiful.
During that torch toss to gunpowder scene Alejandro gave me Jack Sparrow vibes. Alejandro fully ready as Zorro still knocked off a horse was more like Cary Elwes as Robin hood in Men in Thights. ^^
This is one of the best movies. I had so much fun seeing this in theaters with my dad.
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Of course Zorro is the original Batman : rich guy, double life, black mask and cape, secret cave, accomplice butler, dark "vehicle" (horse), close combat, swordsman, noble values, essentially a dark knight.
The sequel "The Legend of Zoro" isn't bad. It isn't as good as this one but it is still a fun watch.
He's like Batman. Actually, Batman is like Zorro. The 1st Zorro was 20 years before Batman was created and was the inspiration for Batman.
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In a number of adaptations, they use Zorro as the movie the Wayne family went to go see the night Bruce's parents were killed.
The opening has a James Bond vibe because it was directed by the same guy who directed Golden Eye
One of my childhood favorites, the second isn’t as good, to me they tried too hard to make it funnier, but it’s still worth watching. Also at 3:34 “snow” was medicine at this point in time and could be purchased at damn near any apothecary (pharmacy).
Fastest click on a video I've ever done. This was my first VHS and I adore this movie! Now let's hope you guys like it too and I'm not hyping this movie too much before I've seen the video and look like an idiot after you've been roasting Zorro the whole video.
EDIT: After watching the video, not disappointed at all. Great video!
This was a movie to enjoy in your childhood of the 90's. Pure legend.
Also, and i dont know if they'll go through with it, but there were even talks of a Zorro and Django team up for a film.
Can't wait for you guys to react to "The Legend Of Zorro" next! 😁
I grew up watching the sequel cause we only had the sequel dvd lol. But I remember it fondly!
Love this movie and Antonio Banderas.
Pretty sure they would enjoy Desperado.
@@terrylandess6072 Definitely
Catherine Zeta Jones in her 20s 😍
The character that inspired Batman!!!
This is such a great film. I saw it multiple times in theaters. A lot of people don’t know that it’s a sequel. The Mark of Zorro is the old black and white film starring the Zorro portrayed by Antony Hopkins in this film. This film picks up when he’s older and about to quit.
3:36 - SNUFF. Not drugs, it was 'snuff' a powdered form of tobacco. Snuff, said.
Love the Zorro movies. Watched them many times as a kid.
Incredible movie to react too. One of my all time favorites. It’s honestly just a shame that Disney/Star Wars didn’t take notes from this movie. This shows how to do a proper ‘passing of the torch.’
Great reaction! this is a classic movie, so well made. Now you guys gotta watch The Three Musketeers 1993 for more swashbuckling awesomeness! It also has two amazing villians that rival or are even better than here, by the great Tim Curry and Michael Wincott! also has Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Chris O'Donnell and Oliver Platt.
YESSSSS ANOTHER VHS OF MY CHILDHOOD! Loved Oliver Platt as Porthos with his cool weapons