With blades such as the ones they are using, the edge is secondary but yes, the modern fencing myth that the point is many times deadlier than the edge doesn't hold up. Bottom line: don't be hit by either! Just sayin'...
He speaks like that naturally because it is assumed that Diego de la Vega came from the Spanish nobility who obviously knew the ways of the court, (then he taught them to Alejandro), later he went to Mexico and married a bourgeois Mexican woman, unlike Montero, who was only a bourgeois who thanks to his money was able to access the Spanish Court (he recognizes Alejandro's court greeting) but clearly doesn't have the refinement of Diego because he lacks blue blood 😅
"Perfect. Now do it again." is the best piece of training a combatives instructor can give. It's not _enough_ to be able to do it perfectly. You have to do it perfectly _every time._ You have to be able to do it perfectly blind, tired, bleeding, angry and/or drunk, or you or those you have charged yourself with could die. "I fear not the man who has practiced a thousand kicks. I fear the man who had practiced a single kick a thousand times." "Your art must be breath. Everyone breaths, so often they forget they even do. You're done when you are doing it without a thought." And who who had any kind of military service could forget "AGAIN MAGGOTS!" as your only reward for finally getting it right in Boot Camp.
One thing I loved about this Zorro is that he was able to hold his own against superior opponents. Like there wasn’t a “oh he has to lose the first fight to show he still needs training”. I liked that he is so well versed in everything the Original taught him with his own skills that he became the superior fighter
@@daegunbong8487 well the movie starts with diego losing his family, house and money which in my opinion constitutes a loss...still won in the sword fight though so WHO REALLY WON?! (probably still not him if we average it up)
Note the soundtrack, it's moving at an increased tempo as he's stood on the table surrounded by men, It's a perfect description of his desperation, he can't go slow, he's not in training anymore, also note that the table is round, as in the circle he trained in, he fights only the men in the circle, as nothing outside it exists, until Captain love enters his circle. Even then he isn't driven by revenge, he remain calm choosing not to act in anger and try his chance at revenge. Wonderfully written.
And I like when he says to stay inside the circle as when you count the steps one can possibly know how to keep remaining inside. The sound track is also well synchronized.
It was a beautiful film in every possible way imaginable. Dramatic structure, character development (and their arcs), thematic underpinnings, and the powerful highs and lows of both triumph and tragedy.
Late 90s and early 2000's was such a delicious period of films. Maybe it was shot on film or the writers paced themselves and were not worried about carrying universes and told 'stories'. Or maybe it was the time where my young mind was fertilized with these amazing movies. But I still feel this period had a certain charm that maybe missing in today's production.
Simply because those were the last more simple years. The Mask Of Zorro was one of the movies that represented perfectly the spirit of film making from that era.
You're right, we are seeing an age of tv shows saturating the market with top notch composition. People nowadays are on the subscription models and would rather stay home to watch entertainment than hit the theaters especially when theaters are filled with a bunch of recycled series. I do miss all the choreography though, I feel like cutting costs and more cgi makes movies feel more synthetic now. Regardless there is an abundance of entertainment that filmed movies are competing now when they did not use to during the cable tv era.
Banderas really was flawless casting for Zorro. Doesn't get better. Shame what happened to his career later but this was just perfection. And Catherine Zeta Jones on top of it.. just a straight dime in her prime.
@@UnderdogSMO He is though. Not like as a frontliner in huge hollywood blockbusters or anything, but he's been around. Like recently he was in Dolittle, Uncharted, and the new Indiana Jones movie.
Banderas has been very successful. He has done a lot of Spanish movies since he is from Mexico and he has many Hollywood hits to his credit. Banderas might not have the most credits to his name for an A-lister but that is because he is a family man through and through. And to @UnderdogSMO 's point Banderas was a major contributor to the themes and story of Puss In Boots 3. As Banderas suffered a major heart attack that nearly killed him, and he said that it was a major turning point in his life like he's got a new lease on life.
I remember seeing this movie in theaters as a little kid… It had such an impact on me… I am 33 now and it is still in my top 10… Great movie, great soundtrack, great acting… Such a fun movie for the whole family
The Batman is a wealthy man playing billionaire dressing in black with serves justice at night and dwells in a cave under his mansion where he stores his black ride. The Zorro is a wealthy man playing billionaire dressing in black with serves justice at night and dwells in a cave under his mansion where he stores his black ride. I wonder how the hell it is not obvious Batman is an updated Zorro.
@@fosphor8920 I was thinking the exact same thing. Somehow, the fight choreography in the new Ahsoka show was actually worse than the sword fights in the sequel trilogy. For one thing, they've changed how they do the lightsaber effect, and it's not for the better.
And the best part was they're not super zoomed in, they've not jumped to dozens of cuts during the fight and they've not started doing "shakey cam". Everything was stepped back, with a nice wide angle shot in a few cuts so you can appreciate all the beautiful fight choreography that went into the scene, they moved along with the fight , and it makes you feel like you're sitting along the sidelines experiencing things unfold with the best possible angles. Dear lord, I wish they'd go back to doing things like this more often these days, the fight was just incredibly beautiful how it just flows naturally.
Swordmaster Bob Anderson. He was a legendary swordsman and sword fight choreographer. He also did The Princess Bride, The Lord of the Rings and the original Star Wars. His main on screen film credit that most people don't know is that he was the one in Darth Vader's suit during the lightsaber battle in the empires strikes back. Absolute legend.
The swordplay is just beautiful. Apparently all the actors worked for months to at least be able to do some of the sword fighting and it totally shows.
I love how when Diego and Alejandro first met Diego expresses concern and doubt for Alejandro citing that due to his lack of training aswell as drunken state he was in no condition to challenge a seasoned soldier like Love and would've died then and there had Diego not intervened, but once he received proper training aswell a few combat experiences prior, when they finally came face to face in the Hacienda, Alejandro smoked Love like he was nothing
Yes . Although I must say it was logical : love is a fine soldier and know how to kill in war but the Dons like Diego and Raphael are master duellists . You can see that even when trained Alejandro struggle more with the old don Raphael.
I really appreciate this mentorship relationship the two had. Banderas' character didn't look down on his mentor for being old or harsh on him, and Hopkins' character didn't hesitate to chide his young charge for foolishness, but also respected and congratulated his improvements.
@@DennisLiewDennis 3:55 is not parry eight...his hand is palm down...that's a parry two (a physically stronger action). And I see no parry six (which would be en garde for foil and epee). 4:48 is Actually one, five, four. Three is the en garde position in sabre.
To talk about something a bit different from the rest of the comments: 5:40 When Alejandro asks "What's lesson number 3?", and don Diego says "To get to lesson number 4", the way Alejandro rolls his eyes is just perfect. He's saying without words "Ok, Ok, I get it. Just be patient. Geez". It shows that he may be inexperience, but that doesn't mean he's slow witted. Plus, it's just low-key hilarious to boot. Small but brilliant piece of acting from Banderas.
This is the perfect Batman Beyond movie plot. Edit: Holy shit, The Mask of Zorro was released in 1998 and Batman Beyond first aired in late 1999. Batman Beyond might have straight up stolen the plot from The Mask of Zorro!
Well Batman has always drawn inspiration from the old Zorro pulp novels that predated comic books as we know them. DC actually has their own old west version of Zorro called El Diablo. Zorro, plus the old German "the Bat" haunted house movies and the works of Errol Flynn (You can't tell me that part of why Batman using grappling hooks so much is because of the old Pirate movies Errol did and how cool all the swinging around on the ships ropes looked). You combine all of that together with dash of Robin Hood and some Film Noir detective stuff and Bob's your Uncle!
The idea of legacy characters was not a new concept. Even Bruce Wayne had handed the mantle of Batman over to Jean Paul Valley and Dick Grayson. Along with other elseworld stories. The Phantom origin is that he's a legacy with his father and their father being the Phantom. But I wouldn't be surprised if Mask of Zorro helped reinforce the idea that Beyond could work.
@@DesignIncase I hadn't even thought of the Phantom but I'm sure there's a little of that in there too. Marvel at the time had also been running their "2099" series of comics (which I thoroughly enjoyed, their "Fall of the Hammer" arc was epic) and if you look at the artwork for Spiderman 2099 you can definitely see similarities with Miguel O'hara and Terry McGuiness.
Honestly it's all just various ways of re-writing 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. It's almost 200 years old at this point. Still, it's a great story and will probably always be retold in one form or another.
@@MegaCrem I believe what they are saying is that the existence of LOTR in the 2000s makes that decade(2000-2010) superior to the 90s, when this movie was released. So yes, they are comparing the two, but its a positive comparison rather than something said in negative or disdain of, as you seem to believe.
@@MegaCremnot directly, he was comparing the quality of 1990s films to that of the 2000s, and that LOTR being made and released in the 2000s is the only reason the 90s wasn’t superior
It's quite a contrast to the Italian version from 1975. Alain Delon (Diego) is fighting his hat in the first scene and soon swears not to kill until his final opponent at the end when he sees a priest murdered. Then, there's the Mark of Zorro 1974, Frank Langella (Diego), and the timeless 1940 Tyrone Power (Diego).
The moment at 6:09 is just so great. It's perfect, because Alejandro has EARNED it. He's confronting the man he hates more than anything, yet he is keeping his composure. He's not the rage-filled criminal lunging at the man with no plan or skill, he's confronting an adversary the way ZORRO would: with style and self-control. And a bit of swash-buckling swagger added in. And because we have seen his struggle, his training, forcing him to face himself and do what he must not for his own pride but because it is RIGHT. Now, he truly is the bold renegade who carves the "Z" with his blade.
This might not have been the best Zorro movie ever, but darn it was a LOT of fun to watch. And I have to believe that it helped Antonio Banderas's career to be part of such a fun movie.
8:31 the music is perfect here. I watched this movie in the theater with two friends and during this scene, and many others, the audience was cheering.
I remember seeing the George Hamilton version in theaters when I was too young to get the joke. I loved the sword fighting, but the rest of it?…whoosh!
The best “training an apprentice” sequence since Obi-Wan and Yoda took up the task with Luke. Quickly and clearly establishing the master’s mastery without bluster or any need to humiliate the pupil. Correction and positive reinforcement doled out in equal measure and when warranted. Zero self-aggrandizement by the mentor, whether by a drawn-out display of superior skill or droning lectures on how and why the pupil doesn’t get it or isn’t ready. And no “break you down to build you up” bullshit whilst training a singular, skilled combatant, given that those training methods are designed to psychologically condition cannon fodder to hold the line without question in the face of certain death. Just a masterful demonstration of mentorship where the mentor is as exacting as he needs to be while allowing his charge to feel pride in his own growth and share in his mentor’s pride as he’s forged into a weapon that can right two generations’ worth of wrongs. A worthy example for any age.
Don Diego is great teacher to Alejandro. He correctly judges what makes Alejandro tick and uses that to forge him into a weapon and (unintentionally) a better man than he was. Or maybe he wanted to make him a better man than he was and that makes him a weapon. Fighting spirit is already there so all that is needed is skill and discipline to harness it.
Or a Zorro game based on the same fundamental mechanics of an Assassin’s Creed game. I’d buy it! But it’d need to be more like Assassin’s Creed III, than any of the others.
I can't help but see so many similarities of Batman in Zorro... master of close combat, protects his identitiy at all cost, all black, has strict code, valuing swiftness over strenght, and if I'm not mistaken he was pretty intelligent and knowledgable about chemistry? I've wateched the show 23 years ago or something.
Some say that Batman was inspired by Zorro. The original novelized character was based on a masked revolutionary Bandit who wrote through Mexico and California by the name of get ready Joaquin Murrieta. He was captured and arrested during the early days of California's statehood. He was beheaded and his head preserved and put on display in a jar. Which was on display at a museum owned by a private owner and collector in Santa Barbara for over a century. Or I think it was Santa Barbara. The museum shut down. Antonio banderas's character brother Joaquin Murrieta in The Mask of Zorro and his fate in the film is a tribute to the real history of the character that Zorro was based on.
@leonrobinson8180 And for any Zorro fan, I would recommend reading the original novel that the character first appeared in,Johnston McCulley's novella The Curse of Capistrano (1919).
they/them (bec of course) would actually have a mentor but he's incompetent and they/them would be constantly berating him like a cuck and then he surrenders the zorro name to they/them while apologizing profusely for his misogyny/racism/*isms whatever.
It never ceases to amaze me how Anthony Hopkins can emote so much thought, nuance, contemplation, pain, and whole pages of internal monologue with just the slightest of pauses mid-sentence.
2:47 "This is called a training circle. The Master's Wheel. This circle will be your world. Your whole life ". The training circle represented here is an actual historical sword training method / school. Well done ladies and gentlemen!
"With each new circle your world contracts, bringing you closer to your adversary and also close to retribution." You can kill him, but he can kill you too, so your reflex and skills must be peak because in the smallest circle there's no room for mistakes.
6:48 Captain Love's expression here is hilarious. Almost forgets Zorro is there. Just a look of, "are you two stupid? How do you not understand what he's saying?" Also love the two different fighting styles between Raphael and the Captain. I don't mean saber vs rapier. I mean Love is cool and methodic, even seems to enjoy himself a little. By contrast, Raphael is fighting with savagery - this is a ghost from his past he thought long dead! He's almost attacking in places as if using a long or at least arming sword- hard cutting strikes. 8:09 And now Captain Love start realizing this "ghost" may be more than he expected.
Really smart sound design. The sound of the sword clashes at 3:53 sound realistic are a bit dull (no pun intended) but I guess more realistic. Later at 5:46, the swords sound way different. It's less realistic, sure, but il also symbolizes the mastery newbie Zorro has gained
I really enjoyed this movie! Watching the first part of this scene again though, both he and the horse would have been pretty wrecked with him dropping 20+ feet onto its back!😄
This was an amazing film. No politics, no agendas, no controversy, just nonstop fun and brilliance. I thought Hopkins was a bit miscast, but Banderas was BORN for this role, and to say he was amazing is to damn with faint praise.
"The smell of resined leather The steely iron mask As you cut and thrust and parried At the fencing master's call He taught you all he ever knew To fear no mortal man And now you'll wreak your vengeance In the screams of evil men"
This is my favorite scene in the movie where Diego teaches Alejandro to become the next Zorro the traing it takes to wield a sword correctly & I'm a huge sucker for swords.
Do you know what I like from old movies like these? The Character Development! The MC basically have to train themselves to reach this level of mastery, not like the movies nowadays where the mc already a master at everything
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Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?
Tbh probably a an 8
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Looks Like Trump vs Biden!!!!
Dez só pela cena da cotovelada.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is definitely a 10 out of 10!
"Pointy end goes into the other man." is still one of my favourite lines.
Technically he's right as well
I use it at every opportunity!
@@SeizureGmansometimes it’s the pointy end, and sometimes it’s the sharp edge
@@spencergsmith True sharp edge has a purpose as well
With blades such as the ones they are using, the edge is secondary but yes, the modern fencing myth that the point is many times deadlier than the edge doesn't hold up. Bottom line: don't be hit by either! Just sayin'...
I love that essentially Banderas continues his role as Zorro in Puss in Boots/Shrek.
My favourite of Anton's is the 13th Warrior.
They designed Puss to be basically Cat Zorro
@@atnguyenquy1331which means he continues to be zorro as puss in boots
SO TRUEE 😭😭😭
@@DamienSteiner-om4of Lo there do I see my father.
4:27 "Perfect. Now do it again."
Only Sir Hopkins can deliver that line with patient disdain!😂
He speaks like that naturally because it is assumed that Diego de la Vega came from the Spanish nobility who obviously knew the ways of the court, (then he taught them to Alejandro), later he went to Mexico and married a bourgeois Mexican woman, unlike Montero, who was only a bourgeois who thanks to his money was able to access the Spanish Court (he recognizes Alejandro's court greeting) but clearly doesn't have the refinement of Diego because he lacks blue blood 😅
"Perfect. Now do it again." is the best piece of training a combatives instructor can give. It's not _enough_ to be able to do it perfectly. You have to do it perfectly _every time._ You have to be able to do it perfectly blind, tired, bleeding, angry and/or drunk, or you or those you have charged yourself with could die.
"I fear not the man who has practiced a thousand kicks. I fear the man who had practiced a single kick a thousand times."
"Your art must be breath. Everyone breaths, so often they forget they even do. You're done when you are doing it without a thought."
And who who had any kind of military service could forget "AGAIN MAGGOTS!" as your only reward for finally getting it right in Boot Camp.
Beautifully explained
there is no disdain....
No lookup Pai Mei
One thing I loved about this Zorro is that he was able to hold his own against superior opponents. Like there wasn’t a “oh he has to lose the first fight to show he still needs training”. I liked that he is so well versed in everything the Original taught him with his own skills that he became the superior fighter
Let's put it this way. A movie can make you look AWESOME and it can make you a complete loser too.
"Listen up, the accepted Zorro lore is that he never loses. That means 100% win rate out there."
He *was* visibly losing when he duelled Don Rafael. Shows how deadly that guy is and it’ll be up to de la Vega to kill him not Alejandro.
@@daegunbong8487 well the movie starts with diego losing his family, house and money which in my opinion constitutes a loss...still won in the sword fight though so WHO REALLY WON?! (probably still not him if we average it up)
He did make an ass out of himself in the stables though
Note the soundtrack, it's moving at an increased tempo as he's stood on the table surrounded by men, It's a perfect description of his desperation, he can't go slow, he's not in training anymore, also note that the table is round, as in the circle he trained in, he fights only the men in the circle, as nothing outside it exists, until Captain love enters his circle. Even then he isn't driven by revenge, he remain calm choosing not to act in anger and try his chance at revenge.
Wonderfully written.
And I like when he says to stay inside the circle as when you count the steps one can possibly know how to keep remaining inside. The sound track is also well synchronized.
It was a beautiful film in every possible way imaginable. Dramatic structure, character development (and their arcs), thematic underpinnings, and the powerful highs and lows of both triumph and tragedy.
@ProjectPeachy - Holy crap - really nice catch. I knew there was a reason I liked this scene more than just surface-level. Thanks so much.
3:45 Hopkins posture is magnificent...
This movie was perfect in everything.
The days before smart phones. Everyone had better posture back then it seems like.
Except that's not how to use those swords, but we'll leave it at that
This is like my favorite action adventure mocie. No CGI, all practical. Everything you need is in one film with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Very underrated comment. Films now have too many agendas and self-indulgent. God bless. ☦️✨🌴🇫🇯
Late 90s and early 2000's was such a delicious period of films. Maybe it was shot on film or the writers paced themselves and were not worried about carrying universes and told 'stories'. Or maybe it was the time where my young mind was fertilized with these amazing movies. But I still feel this period had a certain charm that maybe missing in today's production.
Simply because those were the last more simple years. The Mask Of Zorro was one of the movies that represented perfectly the spirit of film making from that era.
100% true...
What happened was in the foundation of Hollywood. The writers were taught not to write stories, but push narratives.
It was a time when producers and directors were focused on entertaining and creating something presentable instead of lecturing and filling quotas.
You're right, we are seeing an age of tv shows saturating the market with top notch composition. People nowadays are on the subscription models and would rather stay home to watch entertainment than hit the theaters especially when theaters are filled with a bunch of recycled series. I do miss all the choreography though, I feel like cutting costs and more cgi makes movies feel more synthetic now. Regardless there is an abundance of entertainment that filmed movies are competing now when they did not use to during the cable tv era.
8:25 Banderas' stunt double deserves so much credit for this sequence. It's really incredible.
It truly is.... 📖✨
I loved this movie. Banderas and Hopkins was perfect casting.
You can't help but smile during these sequences. The choreography and music is just flawless.
Banderas really was flawless casting for Zorro. Doesn't get better. Shame what happened to his career later but this was just perfection. And Catherine Zeta Jones on top of it.. just a straight dime in her prime.
"Shame what happened to his career later" - what happened?
@@ManolacheBogdan IDK didnt he just have a hit with Puss in Boots 3. yeah he's the voice actore not live action but like so what still killed it
@@UnderdogSMO He is though. Not like as a frontliner in huge hollywood blockbusters or anything, but he's been around. Like recently he was in Dolittle, Uncharted, and the new Indiana Jones movie.
Banderas has been very successful. He has done a lot of Spanish movies since he is from Mexico and he has many Hollywood hits to his credit. Banderas might not have the most credits to his name for an A-lister but that is because he is a family man through and through. And to @UnderdogSMO 's point Banderas was a major contributor to the themes and story of Puss In Boots 3. As Banderas suffered a major heart attack that nearly killed him, and he said that it was a major turning point in his life like he's got a new lease on life.
So your just going to ignore his Voice acting in Shrek and Puss in Boots?
I remember seeing this movie in theaters as a little kid… It had such an impact on me… I am 33 now and it is still in my top 10… Great movie, great soundtrack, great acting… Such a fun movie for the whole family
Same age. Same feel. Great movie. 🍿
Same here man. So well made and timeless
The Batman Beyond of the Zorro-verse
What the hell are you doing being so right?
Ironic how Terry's parents were almost killed after they'd just seen a Zorro film 😂😂
@@TDKiller415it’s like poetry, it rhymes.
@@TDKiller415 Which is a reference to how Bruce was inspired(both in-universe and out) by Zorro.
The Batman is a wealthy man playing billionaire dressing in black with serves justice at night and dwells in a cave under his mansion where he stores his black ride.
The Zorro is a wealthy man playing billionaire dressing in black with serves justice at night and dwells in a cave under his mansion where he stores his black ride.
I wonder how the hell it is not obvious Batman is an updated Zorro.
Id forgotten how good the sword choreography was
ye we don't see such great skills in big movies anymore :/
Imagine if the new star wars had this type of fights...
@@fosphor8920 I was thinking the exact same thing. Somehow, the fight choreography in the new Ahsoka show was actually worse than the sword fights in the sequel trilogy. For one thing, they've changed how they do the lightsaber effect, and it's not for the better.
And the best part was they're not super zoomed in, they've not jumped to dozens of cuts during the fight and they've not started doing "shakey cam". Everything was stepped back, with a nice wide angle shot in a few cuts so you can appreciate all the beautiful fight choreography that went into the scene, they moved along with the fight , and it makes you feel like you're sitting along the sidelines experiencing things unfold with the best possible angles.
Dear lord, I wish they'd go back to doing things like this more often these days, the fight was just incredibly beautiful how it just flows naturally.
Swordmaster Bob Anderson. He was a legendary swordsman and sword fight choreographer. He also did The Princess Bride, The Lord of the Rings and the original Star Wars. His main on screen film credit that most people don't know is that he was the one in Darth Vader's suit during the lightsaber battle in the empires strikes back. Absolute legend.
Look up the fanvids where they CGI’d light sabre blades onto the blades. Shows how great it is.
I must have watched this movie a thousand times as a kid. Love it.
The swordplay is just beautiful. Apparently all the actors worked for months to at least be able to do some of the sword fighting and it totally shows.
You and me both, one of my favorite movies
"the pointy thing goes into the other man"... lol ....I'm laughing too much...my face hurts😂
Nearly 30 years on I'm still not tired of that line.
That one and, "he is a soldier, trained to kill. You seem trained to drink."
Funny thing is he's not wrong.
Makes me laugh every time I hear it, or watch this. Best line in the whole movie
Funny thing is, at the end, the pointy end really did go into the other man.
@@jasonkoch3182its a matter.of how thay is the issue
I love the father son dynamic with Anthony cutting his hair
"you know how to use that thing?"
"Yeah, pointy end goes into the other man."
They obviously copied it from A Game of Thrones which was published two years before 😂
"this is gonna take alot of work"
@TDKiller415, how this movie came out in the 1990s. The Game of Thrones show didn't come until the 2000s.
@@FOLKTALES456 I just said 🤣 The BOOK, A Game of Thrones, was released two years before this film 🤣🤣🤣
@@TDKiller415 can you show me where in the book that is said?
3:45 is still one of the funniest things I’ve seen
Ikr...😂😂😂
Catherine was a Goddess back then
Calm down there, little guy
Still is
@@comebackguy8892 sup kid
What'chu mean "was"? 😂
@@adityatiwari4555She'll always be attractive, but let's not pretend she isn't past her prime or that people don't age
I love how when Diego and Alejandro first met Diego expresses concern and doubt for Alejandro citing that due to his lack of training aswell as drunken state he was in no condition to challenge a seasoned soldier like Love and would've died then and there had Diego not intervened, but once he received proper training aswell a few combat experiences prior, when they finally came face to face in the Hacienda, Alejandro smoked Love like he was nothing
Yes . Although I must say it was logical : love is a fine soldier and know how to kill in war but the Dons like Diego and Raphael are master duellists .
You can see that even when trained Alejandro struggle more with the old don Raphael.
Hopkins is perfect. I didn’t appreciate him when I was younger but now I see he is a master
This was such a good movie. All of the actors fit their roles so well. I haven't seen it in a long. Need to watch this one again with my kids.
De la Vega really knows how to turn a savage into gentle and righteous.
CHARM
I really appreciate this mentorship relationship the two had. Banderas' character didn't look down on his mentor for being old or harsh on him, and Hopkins' character didn't hesitate to chide his young charge for foolishness, but also respected and congratulated his improvements.
Hopkins at 3:46.....every fencing instructor with a brand new student.
3:55: epee parrying defence
101: parry sixte, parry octave
4:48: parrying defence for saber
@@DennisLiewDennis 3:55 is not parry eight...his hand is palm down...that's a parry two (a physically stronger action). And I see no parry six (which would be en garde for foil and epee).
4:48 is Actually one, five, four. Three is the en garde position in sabre.
Do these parrying defences work with tournament fencing swords (the ones they use in the official sport with so much give)? Just curious.
@@lopezroilans.8384 yes, of course.
@@lopezroilans.8384 They ARE generally in the right place although they're executed a little differently in Olympic style fencing.
Saw this in theaters. Catherine made quite the impression. Audience loved her and the rest of the film.
Same, I was watching the film on my phone and I was holding it with one hand
@@Cartoon_Nova 😂 Jesus bruh, at least you're honest
I remember when I saw this in the theater, the audience cheered at the end! I wasn't expecting that!
To talk about something a bit different from the rest of the comments:
5:40 When Alejandro asks "What's lesson number 3?", and don Diego says "To get to lesson number 4", the way Alejandro rolls his eyes is just perfect. He's saying without words "Ok, Ok, I get it. Just be patient. Geez". It shows that he may be inexperience, but that doesn't mean he's slow witted. Plus, it's just low-key hilarious to boot. Small but brilliant piece of acting from Banderas.
This is the perfect Batman Beyond movie plot.
Edit: Holy shit, The Mask of Zorro was released in 1998 and Batman Beyond first aired in late 1999. Batman Beyond might have straight up stolen the plot from The Mask of Zorro!
Well Batman has always drawn inspiration from the old Zorro pulp novels that predated comic books as we know them. DC actually has their own old west version of Zorro called El Diablo. Zorro, plus the old German "the Bat" haunted house movies and the works of Errol Flynn (You can't tell me that part of why Batman using grappling hooks so much is because of the old Pirate movies Errol did and how cool all the swinging around on the ships ropes looked). You combine all of that together with dash of Robin Hood and some Film Noir detective stuff and Bob's your Uncle!
The idea of legacy characters was not a new concept. Even Bruce Wayne had handed the mantle of Batman over to Jean Paul Valley and Dick Grayson. Along with other elseworld stories. The Phantom origin is that he's a legacy with his father and their father being the Phantom.
But I wouldn't be surprised if Mask of Zorro helped reinforce the idea that Beyond could work.
@@DesignIncase I hadn't even thought of the Phantom but I'm sure there's a little of that in there too. Marvel at the time had also been running their "2099" series of comics (which I thoroughly enjoyed, their "Fall of the Hammer" arc was epic) and if you look at the artwork for Spiderman 2099 you can definitely see similarities with Miguel O'hara and Terry McGuiness.
I thought the plot was a bit modded version of the Count of Monte Cristo
Honestly it's all just various ways of re-writing 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. It's almost 200 years old at this point.
Still, it's a great story and will probably always be retold in one form or another.
Such a good film. Were it not for the Lord of the Rings trilogy of the 2000s, I'd happily call the 90s the greatest decade ever for movies 😊
you didn't just compare lotr to this movie..
The 90’s *was* the greatest decade ever for movies. For pretty much any genre.
He absolutely did. What are you gonna do about it? @@MegaCrem
@@MegaCrem I believe what they are saying is that the existence of LOTR in the 2000s makes that decade(2000-2010) superior to the 90s, when this movie was released. So yes, they are comparing the two, but its a positive comparison rather than something said in negative or disdain of, as you seem to believe.
@@MegaCremnot directly, he was comparing the quality of 1990s films to that of the 2000s, and that LOTR being made and released in the 2000s is the only reason the 90s wasn’t superior
RW:@0:24 if ive learned anything from this movie is that when he poses with his horse like poses like that at the sun ,that meant his final ride
I've said it dozens of times before, but the choreography and stunts were exemplary in this film. 💪😎✌️
Such a great adventure movie. Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and the villains were brilliant.
This movie is aging like the finest of wines. Going to watch it with my kids soon.
You have a good taste in movies
It's quite a contrast to the Italian version from 1975. Alain Delon (Diego) is fighting his hat in the first scene and soon swears not to kill until his final opponent at the end when he sees a priest murdered.
Then, there's the Mark of Zorro 1974, Frank Langella (Diego), and the timeless 1940 Tyrone Power (Diego).
Underrated movie in my opinion
The moment at 6:09 is just so great. It's perfect, because Alejandro has EARNED it. He's confronting the man he hates more than anything, yet he is keeping his composure. He's not the rage-filled criminal lunging at the man with no plan or skill, he's confronting an adversary the way ZORRO would: with style and self-control. And a bit of swash-buckling swagger added in.
And because we have seen his struggle, his training, forcing him to face himself and do what he must not for his own pride but because it is RIGHT.
Now, he truly is the bold renegade who carves the "Z" with his blade.
This might not have been the best Zorro movie ever, but darn it was a LOT of fun to watch. And I have to believe that it helped Antonio Banderas's career to be part of such a fun movie.
One of the best training montages
8:31 the music is perfect here. I watched this movie in the theater with two friends and during this scene, and many others, the audience was cheering.
The song used in the beginning of the training is Maleguena. When Hopkins says 'attack slow'.
It's a strange coincidence that Antonio Banderas, Frank Lengello and George Hamilton all played a vampire and Zorro.
Duncan Regehr played Dracula and Zorro as well. And in a related note, Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing in Bram Stoker's Dracula :)
I didn't know that.wow
Antonio Banderas didn't exactly play Dracula but he did play vampire Armand in interview with the vampire.
I remember seeing the George Hamilton version in theaters when I was too young to get the joke. I loved the sword fighting, but the rest of it?…whoosh!
I was 10 years old when i saw this in the movies, became my favorite movie instantly
The Mask of Zorro will always hold a special place in My childhood
The best “training an apprentice” sequence since Obi-Wan and Yoda took up the task with Luke.
Quickly and clearly establishing the master’s mastery without bluster or any need to humiliate the pupil. Correction and positive reinforcement doled out in equal measure and when warranted. Zero self-aggrandizement by the mentor, whether by a drawn-out display of superior skill or droning lectures on how and why the pupil doesn’t get it or isn’t ready. And no “break you down to build you up” bullshit whilst training a singular, skilled combatant, given that those training methods are designed to psychologically condition cannon fodder to hold the line without question in the face of certain death.
Just a masterful demonstration of mentorship where the mentor is as exacting as he needs to be while allowing his charge to feel pride in his own growth and share in his mentor’s pride as he’s forged into a weapon that can right two generations’ worth of wrongs. A worthy example for any age.
Don Diego is great teacher to Alejandro. He correctly judges what makes Alejandro tick and uses that to forge him into a weapon and (unintentionally) a better man than he was. Or maybe he wanted to make him a better man than he was and that makes him a weapon. Fighting spirit is already there so all that is needed is skill and discipline to harness it.
I love how, even as an old man, Montero is absolutely a fighter Zorro can't take at this time. Really adds some weight to him as a villain.
Big facts!! He came out looking to kill that man.
Indeed he was the OG zorro’s greatest enemy : a powerful don himself.
Every supervisor to a newbie "this is going to take a lot of work" in the exact same tone
I feel like an assassins creed game could’ve been based around this
Or a Zorro game based on the same fundamental mechanics of an Assassin’s Creed game. I’d buy it! But it’d need to be more like Assassin’s Creed III, than any of the others.
@@DamianHowardTV I agree
Who says Zorro wasn't a part of the brotherhood?
@@Harold-hm3ri he probably was, which is more reason for a game lol
Actually, that wouldn't be a bad idea....
I can see it. The story & the potential of how it fits into the AC world is there.
I can't help but see so many similarities of Batman in Zorro... master of close combat, protects his identitiy at all cost, all black, has strict code, valuing swiftness over strenght, and if I'm not mistaken he was pretty intelligent and knowledgable about chemistry? I've wateched the show 23 years ago or something.
You should. Batman was inspired by Zorro and the Shadow.
Some say that Batman was inspired by Zorro. The original novelized character was based on a masked revolutionary Bandit who wrote through Mexico and California by the name of get ready Joaquin Murrieta. He was captured and arrested during the early days of California's statehood. He was beheaded and his head preserved and put on display in a jar. Which was on display at a museum owned by a private owner and collector in Santa Barbara for over a century. Or I think it was Santa Barbara. The museum shut down. Antonio banderas's character brother Joaquin Murrieta in The Mask of Zorro and his fate in the film is a tribute to the real history of the character that Zorro was based on.
@@jmk0512 Thanks for that bit of history. That makes the movie even better.
@leonrobinson8180 And for any Zorro fan, I would recommend reading the original novel that the character first appeared in,Johnston McCulley's novella The Curse of Capistrano (1919).
If this was Disney, Antonio would've shown he needs no mentor and be awesome without any effort.
and her name would be mulan
Nah, not 1990s Disney 😂
they/them (bec of course) would actually have a mentor but he's incompetent and they/them would be constantly berating him like a cuck and then he surrenders the zorro name to they/them while apologizing profusely for his misogyny/racism/*isms whatever.
It would be Antonia for a start...
No if Disney made Zorro...he'd be a Gay Black transsexual that speaks like a White leftist in 2020 America.
👌💪10! BEST ZORRO EVER!👍👍
Forgot how goddamn fantastic the action combat and choreography was in this film
It never ceases to amaze me how Anthony Hopkins can emote so much thought, nuance, contemplation, pain, and whole pages of internal monologue with just the slightest of pauses mid-sentence.
One of the best films ever made of a legend
2:47 "This is called a training circle. The Master's Wheel. This circle will be your world. Your whole life ". The training circle represented here is an actual historical sword training method / school. Well done ladies and gentlemen!
"With each new circle your world contracts, bringing you closer to your adversary and also close to retribution." You can kill him, but he can kill you too, so your reflex and skills must be peak because in the smallest circle there's no room for mistakes.
@@umoreira2008 well said! Thank you
"The much debated Zorro."
"No. The *legendary* Zorro."
One of the best movie comebacks of all time.
05:30 "you are to good looking to retire"
6:48 Captain Love's expression here is hilarious. Almost forgets Zorro is there. Just a look of, "are you two stupid? How do you not understand what he's saying?"
Also love the two different fighting styles between Raphael and the Captain. I don't mean saber vs rapier. I mean Love is cool and methodic, even seems to enjoy himself a little. By contrast, Raphael is fighting with savagery - this is a ghost from his past he thought long dead! He's almost attacking in places as if using a long or at least arming sword- hard cutting strikes.
8:09 And now Captain Love start realizing this "ghost" may be more than he expected.
This brings back memories, my grandparents took me to see this. At the cinema.
Really smart sound design. The sound of the sword clashes at 3:53 sound realistic are a bit dull (no pun intended) but I guess more realistic. Later at 5:46, the swords sound way different. It's less realistic, sure, but il also symbolizes the mastery newbie Zorro has gained
2:58 i use the same mindset for when i sleep in my room
It works pretty good
6:05😂
4:56😂
Reminds me of Ramirez training Connor
The fight choreography in this film was a thing of beauty...
3:40 😂 still makes me laugh
ahh zorro, the batman of ancient mexico
No, Batman is the Zorro of modern America.
@@r0bw00d Batman was not just introduced in "modern America." God you nerds cannot converse at all.
I like how Zorro uses the table as his advantage, reminiscent of his training with the circles.
I really enjoyed this movie! Watching the first part of this scene again though, both he and the horse would have been pretty wrecked with him dropping 20+ feet onto its back!😄
It's ok, it was a stunt horse ;)
At 4:48 I think it should be "One, five, four". Zorro ends with a parade in quarte, not tierce. And in the next it should be "Six, three, two".
Brilliant spannish love it 👍👍👍🇪🇸
This movie was absolutely spectacular. It brought back the popularity of the black mask of justice. ❤
Cracking set of norks. I mean, great choreography.
6:30 just LOVE that face a real shocker. 🤪
I miss these kinds of heroes. No powers, no supernatural whatevers. a simple man training to be the best he can.
In the cartoon version, Zorro does deal with opponents with supernatural powers. It may not exists in movies but it can in cartoons.
Hands down one of my absolute favorite movies ever.
This was an amazing film. No politics, no agendas, no controversy, just nonstop fun and brilliance. I thought Hopkins was a bit miscast, but Banderas was BORN for this role, and to say he was amazing is to damn with faint praise.
if these were the highlights, this movies looks shit. Shitty costumes, shitty acting, shitty fight scenes
Viva El Zorro
So good
I love how the guards came in guns drawn, ready to shoot through their captain to hit their target.
That's devotion to the cause for you!
I loved that he got rid of those two henchmens just to give the captain a fair fight he always wanted
This was an excellent role for Banderas.
9:34 I literally shouted “Damn!”….
The real "Batman origin story".
"The smell of resined leather
The steely iron mask
As you cut and thrust and parried
At the fencing master's call
He taught you all he ever knew
To fear no mortal man
And now you'll wreak your vengeance
In the screams of evil men"
This and Brendan Fraser's The Mummy are peak 90's feel good, put a smile on your face, action movies.
A true teacher's the one who's proud of being over-skilled.
This is my favorite scene in the movie where Diego teaches Alejandro to become the next Zorro the traing it takes to wield a sword correctly & I'm a huge sucker for swords.
An Asassins Creed game with the fox would be nice, it gives me those vibes
2:33
At least he knew to stick 'em with the pointy end 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m glad I saw this movie in the movies
I feel they don't do movies like this anymore :/
3:45 *zip zip zip zip zip*
3:46 CLANK
8:31 Never attack an enemy that occupies the High Ground
love that he got a nice shave just to fight
This is what you got when you hired Bob Anderson. Pure poetry, just incredible work.
Oh the enemy dagutter falls for the hero in a mask
Daughter
How did you know this is the best sequence from the best movie with the three best actors from the best film production house?
Do you know what I like from old movies like these? The Character Development! The MC basically have to train themselves to reach this level of mastery, not like the movies nowadays where the mc already a master at everything
Stella Street Anthony Hopkins.
You're welcome.
Best Zorro thing ever with such amazing actors and script