list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Legend of Zorro on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Legend_of_Zorro/230968/default.aspx Title: The Legend of Zorro
Year: 2005
Director: Martin Campbell
Plot: The legendary Mexican hero returns to the screen in this swashbuckling sequel to the 1998 box-office hit The Mask of Zorro. It's 1850, and the people of California, eager to improve their difficult lot in life, have launched a campaign to become part of the United States. Don Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Banderas) has become aware of a plot by moneyed Europeans to block the campaign for statehood through nefarious means, and it looks as if Alejandro's heroic alter ego, Zorro, may have to return to duty. However, Alejandro's wife, Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), has grown weary of his secret life, and she demands that he choose between his family and his clandestine career as a champion of the people. This leads to a rift between Alejandro and Elena, and the couple separates, with Alejandro moving out while Elena continues to care for their son, Joaquin (Adrian Alonso). A few months later, Alejandro finds that Elena is already being wooed by Armand (Rufus Sewell), a suave French nobleman who wants her hand in marriage. However, Alejandro also learns that Armand is actually part of a plot to prevent California from attaining statehood by tampering with an upcoming election; meanwhile, there may be more to Elena's involvement with Armand than romantic courtship. Zorro must come to the rescue of the people of California and perhaps his beloved Elena as well before they both fall into dangerous hands. The Legend of Zorro was directed by Martin Campbell, who performed the same duties on The Mask of Zorro. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:00:49 GMTThe Legend of Zorro2005Martin CampbellThe legendary Mexican hero returns to the screen in this swashbuckling sequel to the 1998 box-office hit <a href=/films/114740/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Mask of Zorro</a>. It's 1850, and the people of California, eager to improve their difficult lot in life, have launched a campaign to become part of the United States. Don Alejandro de la Vega (<a href="/players/P_____3682/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Antonio Banderas</a>) has become aware of a plot by moneyed Europeans to block the campaign for statehood through nefarious means, and it looks as if Alejandro's heroic alter ego, Zorro, may have to return to duty. However, Alejandro's wife, Elena (<a href="/players/P____36062/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Catherine Zeta-Jones</a>), has grown weary of his secret life, and she demands that he choose between his family and his clandestine career as a champion of the people. This leads to a rift between Alejandro and Elena, and the couple separates, with Alejandro moving out while Elena continues to care for their son, Joaquin (Adrian Alonso). A few months later, Alejandro finds that Elena is already being wooed by Armand (<a href="/players/P____64649/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rufus Sewell</a>), a suave French nobleman who wants her hand in marriage. However, Alejandro also learns that Armand is actually part of a plot to prevent California from attaining statehood by tampering with an upcoming election; meanwhile, there may be more to Elena's involvement with Armand than romantic courtship. Zorro must come to the rescue of the people of California and perhaps his beloved Elena as well before they both fall into dangerous hands. The Legend of Zorro was directed by <a href="/players/P____83980/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Martin Campbell</a>, who performed the same duties on <a href=/films/114740/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Mask of Zorro</a>. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)1022http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50151ms28o.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Legend_of_Zorro/230968/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/1/1/39018.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: The Spirit drove straight into Tanksville last weekend, earning only $6.5 million dollars. But before we can claim that we saw it coming and gloat over its still-warm corpse, it might just be a sign that old-school comic book / radio / serial heroes just can’t make it with today’s audiences. Why is it that Batman and Superman can rake in hundreds of millions of dollars, but heroes that are arguably just as interesting end up tanking at the box office? Producers have tried to revive the nostalgic exploits of the cadre of “The” named heroes of yesteryear ranging from The Lone Ranger to The Shadow, but each time the box office take has been far less than the studios had hoped for, and the grand plans for a franchise of movies, action figure tie-ins, and a breakfast cereal get canceled. Below is a list of the high-profile attempts to revive old heroes that have fallen flat on their masked faces. The Legend of the Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger was first broadcast on radio airwaves in the early 1930s, eventually spanning more than 3,000 (!) episodes between the radio and television shows. However, in 1981 a feature film version tried to bring the hero back, and it wasn’t met with much enthusiasm. It wasn’t helped by the fact that the studio sought an injunction against Clayon Moore during filming that forced him to stop referring to himself as “The Lone Ranger,” and kept him from appearing in a cameo in the movie. It made only $12 million dollars at the box office, and when the WB tried to bring the hero back in 2003 with a two hour TV movie, that also tanked. Disney is working on a new version with Johnny Depp as Tonto, which could frankly go either way. The Rocketeer While Dave Stevens’ seminal Rocketeer comic books and graphic novels first appeared in the early 1980s, the character and storyline were meant as homage to pulp heroes from the 1930s and 40s. Disney spent $40 million dollars bringing the helmeted hero to the big screen, but it barely made that back at the box office, and thus Disney canceled plans for a franchise of films, and title hero Billy Campbell spiraled from feature film roles to parts in television shows. Dave Stevens unfortunately passed away earlier this year, but it would be great if someone could revisit this and do it justice. Especially with some decent effects, because some of the flying scenes in the first filmed version are just painfully bad. The Shadow Admittedly, this 1994 Alec Baldwin movie based on the old The Shadow radio serials is a guilty pleasure of mine. I own the DVD, and whenever I flip past it on cable, I usually end up watching it. It’s not a good movie by any means: Tim Curry applies way too much ham to his performance, they play fast and loose with The Shadow’s origin story, Penelope Ann Miller is miscast as the damsel in distress, and it just falls apart halfway through. Still, the shots of Baldwin in the billowing coat and fedora hint at what this could have been. It managed to pull in $32 million, but failed to make back its budget or to launch the multi-film legacy they’d hoped for. It also pushed then up-and-coming Highlander director Russell Mulcahy off the Hollywood bandwagon. The Phantom Whatever happened to Billy Zane? People always remember him as the jerk millionaire in Titanic, but they completely forget The Phantom, his starring pulp hero role from 1996. Zane played the titular masked hero, the Phantom, a mysterious figure who fights crime from a jungle sanctuary and passes down his mantle from generation to generation. This movie was advertised everywhere with giant purple posters that shouted, “SLAM EVIL!,” and you could get real steel Phantom rings with your Slurpee at 7-11. Despite that, the movie topped out at $17 million total and faded away. Recently it was announced that an $80 million dollar plus reboot / revamp is in the works. This time, most likely without Billy Zane. The Mask of Zorro / The Legend of Zorro The Mask of Zorro is one of those exceptions to the rule, but its sequel The Legend of Zorro falls squarely under it. Mask starred Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and pulled in over $250 million dollars worldwide. It paid homage to the original Zorro storyline by including Anthony Hopkins Don Diego de la Vega, who was the Zorro in the original pulp novels and the old Disney television series. Banderas portrays a new Zorro, Alejandro Murrieta, who takes up the mask after it is passed to him. The sequel, which inexplicably came seven years later, grossed $100 million dollars less and is considered to be far inferior… mostly because it skimps on action and treats the Zeta-Jones character as a fool. The Green Hornet The Green Hornet was actually inspired by The Lone Ranger, and he was even written as the Ranger’s grand-nephew. The Hornet and his faithful sidekick Kato fought crime with their tricked out Black Beauty hornetmobile for 16 years on the radio, but when the series came to television in 1966, it was canceled after only one season. Despite Bruce Lee playing Kato and a cameo appearance by the crimefighters on the popular Batman television series, The Green Hornet just couldn’t fly. Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg are working on an updated version for Sony, which should be in theaters in 2010. Rogen will play the title hero, and currently Stephen Chow is slated to play Kato. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:00:49 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/1/2009 3:00:49 PMThe Spirit drove straight into Tanksville last weekend, earning only $6.5 million dollars. But before we can claim that we saw it coming and gloat over its still-warm corpse, it might just be a sign that old-school comic book / radio / serial heroes just can’t make it with today’s audiences. Why is it that Batman and Superman can rake in hundreds of millions of dollars, but heroes that are arguably just as interesting end up tanking at the box office? Producers have tried to revive the nostalgic exploits of the cadre of “The” named heroes of yesteryear ranging from The Lone Ranger to The Shadow, but each time the box office take has been far less than the studios had hoped for, and the grand plans for a franchise of movies, action figure tie-ins, and a breakfast cereal get canceled. Below is a list of the high-profile attempts to revive old heroes that have fallen flat on their masked faces. The Legend of the Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger was first broadcast on radio airwaves in the early 1930s, eventually spanning more than 3,000 (!) episodes between the radio and television shows. However, in 1981 a feature film version tried to bring the hero back, and it wasn’t met with much enthusiasm. It wasn’t helped by the fact that the studio sought an injunction against Clayon Moore during filming that forced him to stop referring to himself as “The Lone Ranger,” and kept him from appearing in a cameo in the movie. It made only $12 million dollars at the box office, and when the WB tried to bring the hero back in 2003 with a two hour TV movie, that also tanked. Disney is working on a new version with Johnny Depp as Tonto, which could frankly go either way. The Rocketeer While Dave Stevens’ seminal Rocketeer comic books and graphic novels first appeared in the early 1980s, the character and storyline were meant as homage to pulp heroes from the 1930s and 40s. Disney spent $40 million dollars bringing the helmeted hero to the big screen, but it barely made that back at the box office, and thus Disney canceled plans for a franchise of films, and title hero Billy Campbell spiraled from feature film roles to parts in television shows. Dave Stevens unfortunately passed away earlier this year, but it would be great if someone could revisit this and do it justice. Especially with some decent effects, because some of the flying scenes in the first filmed version are just painfully bad. The Shadow Admittedly, this 1994 Alec Baldwin movie based on the old The Shadow radio serials is a guilty pleasure of mine. I own the DVD, and whenever I flip past it on cable, I usually end up watching it. It’s not a good movie by any means: Tim Curry applies way too much ham to his performance, they play fast and loose with The Shadow’s origin story, Penelope Ann Miller is miscast as the damsel in distress, and it just falls apart halfway through. Still, the shots of Baldwin in the billowing coat and fedora hint at what this could have been. It managed to pull in $32 million, but failed to make back its budget or to launch the multi-film legacy they’d hoped for. It also pushed then up-and-coming Highlander director Russell Mulcahy off the Hollywood bandwagon. The Phantom Whatever happened to Billy Zane? People always remember him as the jerk millionaire in Titanic, but they completely forget The Phantom, his starring pulp hero role from 1996. Zane played the titular masked hero, the Phantom, a mysterious figure who fights crime from a jungle sanctuary and passes down his mantle from generation to generation. This movie was advertised everywhere with giant purple posters that shouted, “SLAM EVIL!,” and you could get real steel Phantom rings with your Slurpee at 7-11. Despite that, the movie topped out at $17 million total and faded away. Recently it was announced that an $80 million dollar plus reboot / revamp is in the works. This time, most likely without Billy Zane. The Mask of Zorro / The Legend of Zorro The Mask of Zorro is one of those exceptions to the rule, but its sequel The Legend of Zorro falls squarely under it. Mask starred Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and pulled in over $250 million dollars worldwide. It paid homage to the original Zorro storyline by including Anthony Hopkins Don Diego de la Vega, who was the Zorro in the original pulp novels and the old Disney television series. Banderas portrays a new Zorro, Alejandro Murrieta, who takes up the mask after it is passed to him. The sequel, which inexplicably came seven years later, grossed $100 million dollars less and is considered to be far inferior… mostly because it skimps on action and treats the Zeta-Jones character as a fool. The Green Hornet The Green Hornet was actually inspired by The Lone Ranger, and he was even written as the Ranger’s grand-nephew. The Hornet and his faithful sidekick Kato fought crime with their tricked out Black Beauty hornetmobile for 16 years on the radio, but when the series came to television in 1966, it was canceled after only one season. Despite Bruce Lee playing Kato and a cameo appearance by the crimefighters on the popular Batman television series, The Green Hornet just couldn’t fly. Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg are working on an updated version for Sony, which should be in theaters in 2010. Rogen will play the title hero, and currently Stephen Chow is slated to play Kato. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/pippin06/archive/2006/4/23/931.aspx Post By: pippin06
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Post Date: 4/23/2006 10:46:00 AM
Body: I borrowed this one from my co-worker too. I wanted to see it in theaters, but never got the chance, and this one bombed out before I could change my mind. So, I was afraid that this was just going to be another poor sequel; a vehicle for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas to make a quick buck. I mean, it was made 8 years after the first movie, The Mask of Zorro. And Anthony Hopkins wasn't in this one (for very good reasons for those of you who haven't seen the first one). What could they possibly do for Zorro this time around? I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised that Zorro is just as entertaining as he was the first time! The movie is still a sequel and, therefore, still not as good as the original, but they did well with it. The movie turns into a funny look at familial relationships in extraordinary circumstances - Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) tires of living the secret life of a masked hero, but Alejandro (who curiously adopts the surname de la Vega....) can't give it up because it's a part of him, and he is needed by the people for which he acts as champion. Also, the couple have failed to tell their son Joaquin about dad's line of work, and there is serious distrust between son and father. Dad's gone all of the time, so Joaquin places his hero-worship in the masked avenger Zorro without knowing that Dad is Zorro. Click the movie link above for the plot summary. Antonio, though looking a bit older in this one, was born for the role of Zorro and plays it to as much pomp and camp as he did the first time. Have I mentioned that he is one fine looking man, too? For those of you who like Cate, she looks nearly the same as the first time. Their chemistry is undeniable and is what sustains this film even moreso than the first. The kid they found to play Joaquin and the man they have playing an all-knowing priest (names unknown right now) are an absolute riot. The humor in this film provides as many thrills as Zorro's usual swashbuckling swordplay and acrobatics. The test: will she be buying it? The answer: Yes! I think I will. I have to buy the first movie too on DVD (I only have a previous VHS copy), so perhaps I'll buy them together. I'd watch this one again. It left me feeling happy and wishing there was a Zorro nowadays who could stand up to oil cartels and such. Solid 8 out of 10 - minor flaws (mostly in plot detail) but otherwise very good.
]]>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:46:00 GMTpippin06Reel Thoughts4/23/2006 10:46:00 AMI borrowed this one from my co-worker too. I wanted to see it in theaters, but never got the chance, and this one bombed out before I could change my mind. So, I was afraid that this was just going to be another poor sequel; a vehicle for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas to make a quick buck. I mean, it was made 8 years after the first movie, The Mask of Zorro. And Anthony Hopkins wasn't in this one (for very good reasons for those of you who haven't seen the first one). What could they possibly do for Zorro this time around? I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised that Zorro is just as entertaining as he was the first time! The movie is still a sequel and, therefore, still not as good as the original, but they did well with it. The movie turns into a funny look at familial relationships in extraordinary circumstances - Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) tires of living the secret life of a masked hero, but Alejandro (who curiously adopts the surname de la Vega....) can't give it up because it's a part of him, and he is needed by the people for which he acts as champion. Also, the couple have failed to tell their son Joaquin about dad's line of work, and there is serious distrust between son and father. Dad's gone all of the time, so Joaquin places his hero-worship in the masked avenger Zorro without knowing that Dad is Zorro. Click the movie link above for the plot summary. Antonio, though looking a bit older in this one, was born for the role of Zorro and plays it to as much pomp and camp as he did the first time. Have I mentioned that he is one fine looking man, too? For those of you who like Cate, she looks nearly the same as the first time. Their chemistry is undeniable and is what sustains this film even moreso than the first. The kid they found to play Joaquin and the man they have playing an all-knowing priest (names unknown right now) are an absolute riot. The humor in this film provides as many thrills as Zorro's usual swashbuckling swordplay and acrobatics. The test: will she be buying it? The answer: Yes! I think I will. I have to buy the first movie too on DVD (I only have a previous VHS copy), so perhaps I'll buy them together. I'd watch this one again. It left me feeling happy and wishing there was a Zorro nowadays who could stand up to oil cartels and such. Solid 8 out of 10 - minor flaws (mostly in plot detail) but otherwise very good. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Loved-It/MemberTagFilms.aspxLoved-It
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