Which Zorro was the best?

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CHRISISALL

Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:54 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:

That said, I think Banderas gets points for doing his own Zorro, and being free to reinvent the character.

I just saw Legend Of Zorro for the first time the other day. Wow, I'm sorry I never saw it before, I actually liked it better than Banderas' first Zorro movie! I didn't think it was gonna be very good, but then I knew I had to own it!

Anyone else see it?

The laughing Chrisisall

GWEK

Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:18 PM

My vote definitely goes to Hamilton and "Zorro the Gay Blade." One of the few movies that has actually stood the test of entertainment time since I first saw it.

If I can't go with a write-in, I guess I'd go with Banderas, which was pretty much the best Batman movie I've evern seen. :)

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SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:56 PM

Hey Chrisisall,

Count me among those in the Ty camp.

For old times sake - it's Guy Williams, because I grew up as a young kid watching Disney's version of Zorro, The Fox and would often go right out and play my hero. Even though Williams was not spanish I felt good about Zorro being a good guy.

But my all-time fav is Tyrone Power's The Mark of Zorro with Linda Darnell and Basil Rathbone (as the evil Capitan Pasquale). Rathbone, a great character actor of that era, was an excellent swordsman who also played the equally evil Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, 1938 (opposite Errol Flynn).

Big Ups to Hamilton though for the Gay Blade. Check out his HI-larious take off as a gigolo in 1992 Once Upon A Crime. Pure George Hamilton gold.

SGG

Tawabawho?

CHRISISALL

Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:12 PM

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

But my all-time fav is Tyrone Power's The Mark of Zorro with Linda Darnell and Basil Rathbone

Have you seen the special edition DVD with the colourized version on it? I usually HATE colourized flicks, but this one really let you see what was happening, gave the movie a depth I'd not seen before! It looked very natural.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:33 PM

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Even though Williams was not spanish I felt good about Zorro being a good guy.

He was Italian, isn't that basically like, the same thing?

The laughing Chrisisall

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, March 16, 2009 8:54 AM

No, Chris, I didn't know there was a colorized version. I'll look it up.

Thanks for the info. Can't stop the signal!

SGG

Tawabawho?

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, March 16, 2009 9:01 AM

He was Italian, isn't that basically like, the same thing?

Williams was italian?! Who knew. He did have some spanish features; perhaps from the early Spanish Empire way back when. Language-wise most definitely (romance language), as far as being latin - well, that may be more true than not.

I'm of hispanic heritage, so I thought it to be a good thing that he was representing in an indirect way. Still Zorro was a hero, like Cisco Kid, which is to say hispanics seen in a positive light. As a young kid you take what you can get.

SGG

Tawabawho?

CHRISISALL

Monday, March 16, 2009 3:43 PM

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
As a young kid you take what you can get.

When I was 13 I wished I was Chinese, like Bruce Lee.

The anglo Chrisisall

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:30 AM

LOL, Chris you are too much, my friend!

Or should I say Kwai Chang Caine.

:-)

ThechopsockeyGrasshopperisall

SGG

Tawabawho?

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:21 PM

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

ThechopsockeyGrasshopperisall

*bows humbly*

SGG, did you see Legend Of Zorro? I got it for $4 used at Blockbuster, but after seeing it, I would have bought it new if I had to! I can't believe it did such poor Box Office when it came out...

The laughing Chrisisall

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