*THE MASK OF ZORRO* (1998) is glorious, popcorn fun

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[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

This is such a fun movie. Pretty sure this was the film that launched Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Hollywood career.

[@serralinda73]

None of the main cast is supposed to be "Mexican" other than Antonio Banderas's character - they're all nobles/wealthy people from Spain , which means they're pretty much white Europeans (maybe the wife, if Hopkins married a local girl). It would have been a tiny bit better if Hopkins had a Spanish accent but whatever, lol. This is a great movie - it doesn't try to be anything but an exciting action adventure and it achieved that perfectly. Witty one-liners, awesome stunts, charismatic lead actors, a villain worth hating - it has it all, plus an emotional zinger with the stolen daughter sideplot. Everyone was having fun, that was obvious.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Smarter than the avg. poster, you know some history. Mexico still has a class based culture that the elites tend to have more Spanish Blood then native. In this day Dons might take a hispanic wife but few were what we think of as hispanic today.

[@mish375]

The ruling Dons are meant to be European Spanish though. So that does make sense because historically Spain still had control over that area before California's independence.

[@theactionisthejuice2146]

As a Mexican, growing up I was smart enough to know a lot of these people weren't Mexican, but there are so many non Mexicans it blurred out who was who and I thought for years, and I mean years that Catherine Zeta Jones was at least hispanic because I could buy her the most growing up. And then she was in Traffic as well as Helena Ayala two years later. Blew my mind a few years ago when i realized she is not one of us; I still think this movie is so much fun.

[@deus_vult8111]

The thing about it is being Mexican doesn’t exclude having backgrounds in any other nationality. There are white Mexicans, indigenous Mexicans, even Afro-Mexicans. Most Mexicans have Spanish/Europe ancestry

[@cytorakdemon]

For the longest time I thought Antonio Banderas was Mexican, but I recently found out he's actually Spanish (as in from Spain).

[@Tyrantofthewind]

An underrated movie with a great cast, plot, and stunts. I particularly like the choice of locale for the final battle and how much of Zorro's training comes back to help him in his final confrontation with Captain Love who is just swinging madly in anger (which leads to his death). The villains also had some complexity to them, particularly Rafael. I like that Captain Love chose not to use the gun at the end (despite him being shown quite capable of hitting targets out of the air at distance) as it showcased both his arrogance and twisted honor.

[@beepboop204]

always will remember the line "do you know how to use a sword" "yes you stick them with the pointy end" or something to that effect

[@beepboop204]

9:09 😛

[@Ninaofthe90s]

"stick 'em with the pointy end" is a quote from Game of thrones 😉

[@beepboop204]

@@Ninaofthe90s ah indeed!

[@jatilq]

I'm so old, this movie is younger than my daughter. I forgot how stunning Catherine Zeta-Jones is. Need to watch Entrapment again.

[@kaitlinsullivan3134]

I remember seeing this in theaters and it’s still one of the all time great adventure movies.

[@kreehomel]

Such a fun movie! The only one I've ever seen at a drive-in, too. Me after watching "Ant-Man": "Hmmm...a retired superhero gifts a younger man who used to be a thief his superhero identity, and the ex-thief romance's the ex-hero's estranged daughter...Where have I seen this before?" It also kind of inspired "Batman: Beyond."

[@pleasehelp2446]

Most historical sword stage fight choreographers say there are 2 perfect sword fights in film history. The Catherine zeta Jones vs Antonio Banderas fight is one of them. The other is in "the princess bride"

[@mish375]

Inigo Montoya vs. The Man in Black (Westley)

[@Pav94an]

Don Rafael and Anthony Hopkins character were meant to be Spanish pretty sure. They were part of the ruling class which is why Rafael called Hopkins a traitor to his country and his class

[@NathanMian]

I fell out of a two story buildings window, sword fighting my brother with rulers after watching this movie as a kid... Haha great times!

[@JS-ct3kr]

So happy more reaction channels have picked this movie up over the last year. It's an underated gem and bang on PERFECT swashbuckler

[@JedHead77]

Just like Raiders Of The Lost Ark, this is perfectly directed, cast, acted, written, shot, produced, choreographed, edited, and scored!

[@michelmorio8026]

Well, back in these days, the Dons would be mostly spanish colonists ä, not Mexicans and Spain has always been very diverse genetically and ethnically (native Basques; immigrated Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Berbers and other North African tribes…) so TECHNICALLY the casting isn‘t that much problematic 😅

[@Akari-br7ci]

This movie was so good that just a year later they remade it as an animated series set in the future of the DC animated universe. It's called Batman Beyond.

[@PedroCastillo_1980]

I saw this film in theaters with my grandma in that year 1998 when I was 18 years old and now in my 42 I still love this classic The Mask of Zorro starring by Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins. The music video of the film was the song "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" single by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. Thank you Jimmy great reaction and don't forget reacts the sequel The Legend of Zorro.

[@Knight121198]

One of my fav films! A great scene is the one with the fight in the court yard when Zorro (Banderes) flips atop it and fights everyone that tries to mount the table, the table being a circle show the culmination of his training, as his world contracts he takes on greater numbers of opponents, great visual story telling.

[@Artisan1979]

I watched this movie when I was in high school. I'm 44 and it's still one of my favorites and the quintessential Zorro movie to date.

[@Francesco_Adam]

If your looking for another fun swashbuckler, action adventure, check out: The Three Musketeers (1993)

[@lolilol535]

I remember watching this as a kid with my father , i cried during the seance we had to leave lol . Watching it now i'm still surprised how violent is is for a Zorro

[@NexX35]

Very pleasant surprise to see you reacting to this its such a fun and fantastic movie

[@thedoctor4327]

Part of me wants them to reboot Zorro the other part says leave it be. This film is so much fun. Sequel is entertaining but doesn’t reach the same level of quality

[@user-ze3lk1ov5b]

They need a big Hollywood name to direct Zorro some of those people who can still precent you the magic of the cinema like Steven Spielberg.

[@Jack-lk7wk]

I wish they could make a Jedi origin story this good in star wars

[@mrkgman]

And to think, if it wasn’t for this movie, Bruce would have never become batman.

[@tracy4290]

🤣No, if it weren't for THIS movie! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZO0i42Im5h5qcU 😉

[@evarjantz222]

only currently that "diversity" is hyper-focused on, because at the time it was just seen as a fun movie. this is coming from a dude that was born in the US but mexican on BOTH sides of the family and this film is one of their favorites as well.

[@dead_girl__]

I was obsessed with this movie when it came out (I was like 8yo) and I pretty much wore out my VHS copy of it. I'm glad you liked it. I don't even enjoy 90% of action movies but this was just cool and cheesy and fun. I enjoyed revisiting my childhood with you haha

[@drummer4916]

Same. I'm pretty sure that was the first movie I watched in theatres. I was obsessed with the style and aesthetic. I went as Zorro for Halloween that same year. And then I made both of my friends watch it when it came out on VHS, like multiple times. One of the best memories.

[@dead_girl__]

@@drummer4916 good times

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

I think Rafael is supposed to be Spanish, not Mexican, if I'm not mistaken.

[@michelmorio8026]

The Dons are all supposed to be Spanish… colonists and/or even nobles! That’s why Rafael returned to Spain for 2 decades… BECAUSE he was from there! If I remember correctly, Diego (the original Zorro; in this adaptation Anthony Hopkins) is also Spanish in most versions

[@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich]

@@michelmorio8026 i think he was mestizo (born from a indian mexican woman and his of course Spanish father, Alejandro) in the tv series from the 50s.

[@sergiobonilla8345]

Antonio Banderas is from Spain

[@codyprice2616]

Anthony Hopkins’s Zorro, Don Diego Del a Vega and Don Rafael Montero are actually not Mexican. They are Spanish aristocrats that live in Mexico whose business is trade. Actually Zorro was a TV Show back in the day in the 1950’s and Anthony Hopkins character is the Zorro from that television show, and this film is a sequel to that television show. They copied that from the first Misson Impossible film where it is a sequel to the TV Series and the main character from that TV Series, Jim Phelps, is an older version of himself played by Jon Voight.

[@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich]

Actually Zorro characters dates to the 20s when he started as a book character (just like Conan the barbarian) and then got some movies adaptations before the Disney series from the 50s (yes the Guy Williams one). But you're right, the movie is a sequel to that tv series.

[@stephenwright5939]

Prime doing a new Zorro show trailer already out starts next week nobody is talking about it

[@stefanniko6686]

For some reason as a kid I only had the sequel on dvd and thought it was standalone, was amazing when i was 7 not sure how it'll hold up lol. Think it's probs a bit more early 2000's energy

[@claudiomontufar4180]

In my top 10 best movies of all time, amaaaazing ., the music, story, legend, ways how to melt serious and comic AND everything... Its almost design to fuck up the second one bc its to much, love Zorro, better thant 90% batmN movies

[@Nexy9]

1998 bro not 2012

[@magonus195]

My boss had a Mexican coworker at Chipotle who was as pale as me, with red hair. Didn't speak a word of English. There are "white" people in Mexico, bud.

[@JimmyMacram]

I didn’t mention color at all. Simply said they were English and Welsh.

[@davidcabreonmunoz6258]

Silencio Peruano.

[@TheseDarkWoods]

Loved this movie growing up. I suggest you skip the sequel. Same director, same cast, but for some reason it really sucks...

[@TTM9691]

Jimmy (and everyone else reading this): do yourself a favor and watch the very original "Mark Of Zorro", one of the greatest silent movies, spectacular stunts, hilarious, brilliant script and the OG action hero: Douglas Fairbanks Sr. It's on You Tube for free. It was the inspiration for both Batman AND Superman. I saw it in a theatre a few years ago, the audience was gasping and cheering and laughing. You watch that (and all of the iconic Fairbanks movies from the 20s: Mark Of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, Thief Of Baghdad, The Black Pirate (first technicolor hit) and his other hits from the 20s (The Gaucho, Don Q: Son Of Zorro, and The Iron Mask), you watch those and you see where all the other action movies ever since come from He's the archetype. Widely imitated, never equaled.