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yendiWe hit an advance screening of The Legend of The Hispanic Dudley Do-Right Zorro last night. Elayna loved it, as well she should have, as kids are clearly the target audience here (with Zorro and Elena's son getting as much screentime as the parents). It wasn't a bad movie, per se, but it definitely wasn't as powerful as the first one. Part of that, of course, is due to the lack of Anthony Hopkins, but more of that is due to the fact that this movie focuses more on broad comedy (look -- the horse is drinking beer!), and much of the swordplay is replaced with superheroics (backflips, etc), with no one actually getting killed (or even scratched that often) by the sword. In fact, in good super-hero fashion, Zorro and She-Zorro (Elena, if you prefer) choose to knock people out every chance they get.
That said, it was fun enough. Still directed by Martin Campell (and the number of Bond cliches, right down to the main villain killing off a henchman with a bad joke, makes for a great drinking game), and the chemistry between Banderas and Zeta-Jones is still there. Banderas has pretty clearly reached a point in his life where he just wants to play the same part, whether it's for Campbell, Rodriguez, or Wych Kaosayananda. At some point they'll start announcing his movies with the line, "Starring Antonio Banderas as Antonio Banderas!" But in this movie, that's just fine.
The supporting cast is also good -- Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund (played Toombs in The Chronicles of Riddick, and popped up on Desperate Housewives as a detective who briefly dated Susan last year), Shuler Hensley (the guy who gave the only good acting performance in Van Helsing, as the Flying Frankenstein Monster of Coincidence), and others I didn't recognize are all fun.
If you've got kids, it's definitely worth watching. If you don't, it's still a fun diversion -- just don't expect a repeat of the first movie, or anything that makes you use your brain.
That said, it was fun enough. Still directed by Martin Campell (and the number of Bond cliches, right down to the main villain killing off a henchman with a bad joke, makes for a great drinking game), and the chemistry between Banderas and Zeta-Jones is still there. Banderas has pretty clearly reached a point in his life where he just wants to play the same part, whether it's for Campbell, Rodriguez, or Wych Kaosayananda. At some point they'll start announcing his movies with the line, "Starring Antonio Banderas as Antonio Banderas!" But in this movie, that's just fine.
The supporting cast is also good -- Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund (played Toombs in The Chronicles of Riddick, and popped up on Desperate Housewives as a detective who briefly dated Susan last year), Shuler Hensley (the guy who gave the only good acting performance in Van Helsing, as the Flying Frankenstein Monster of Coincidence), and others I didn't recognize are all fun.
If you've got kids, it's definitely worth watching. If you don't, it's still a fun diversion -- just don't expect a repeat of the first movie, or anything that makes you use your brain.
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Date: 2005-10-18 01:23 pm (UTC)The Hispanic Dudley Do-RightZorro*gigglefits*
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Date: 2005-10-18 01:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-18 01:34 pm (UTC)Of course, I have a very warm spot for Zorro in his various forms, from the books to the more serious films to even the Gay Blade version. Having played a proto zorro in a RPG in the past I will always have an affection for the character even in the worst of films.
El Mirachi, of course, is a modernized version of Zorro in end, and also a Bandaras character. I think it's the playing of one of the three famous Spanish-Mexican fictional heroes is the big draw for him (need to get him to do a serious film, like a bio picture of say Pancho Villa to get him to change course, I would suspect).
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Date: 2005-10-18 06:26 pm (UTC)you were saying? (http://imdb.com/title/tt0337824/)
(note: I have not seen the film in question, I just was aware of it's existance.)
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Date: 2005-10-18 08:34 pm (UTC)Guess that just leaves him the Cisco Kid to do :-)