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On Nov 29, 2024 at 9:16:31 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> 
>> The Mask of Zorro (4K disc) 1998 movie starring Antonio Banderas as 
>> Zorro, Catherine Zetra-Jones as his love interest and Anthony Hopkins as 
>> the first Zorro who trains Banderas to be the new one.  I think I saw 
>> this once before and didn't care much for it, but was willing to give it 
>> a second chance.  It past the time I guess.
> 
> To the extent the movie worked, there was a lot of chemistry between the
> two leads. Otherwise I remember nothing about the plot.
> 
>> The Legend of Zorro (4K disc) 2005 sequel which has Antonio Banderas and 
>> Catherine Zetra-Jones returning to argue while saving the day.  I'm 
>> pretty sure I never saw this one before now. It was a blind buy to go 
>> with the first one.  Meh.  Mostly background noise.
> 
> I'm pretty sure I never bothered to watch this.
> 
>> The Lone Ranger (blu-ray) 2013 Western staring Johnny Depp as Tonto and 
>> Armie Hammer as his trusty sidekick, the Lone Ranger.  I saw this once 
>> before and liked it.  On second viewing, I still liked it.  One of the 
>> main things I like about the movie is the framing device.  The movie 
>> starts out in 1933 and has Tonto relaying his past adventures to a kid 
>> dressed up like The Lone Ranger.  Except there are various plot holes 
>> and inconsistencies in his story, which the kid keeps point out as he 
>> tells it.  The movie is directed by Gore Verbinski who also directed 
>> Depp in several Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and has a similar 
>> sensibility.
> 
> I had zero interest in Depp hamming it up as Tonto.

I had an above average score and had the good sense to feature Rossini's
"William Tell" at the appropriate moment.