The Legend Of Zorro 2005 Full Movie Download
Brianna Mccomas
But the screenwriters also went back to the Murrieta legend, among other sources, and used them to original effect. Banderas' character, in fact, is called Alejandro Murrieta, who takes over the Zorro role from the ageing Don Diego (Hopkins) to avenge his brother Joaquin, whose head has ended up in a pickle jar belonging to their mutual nemesis, the Spanish governor of California.
The new film is nowhere near as subtle or as successful in blending history, legend and entertainment. It is set in the Gold Rush period, but manages to be both off-the-mark historically and rather absurdly anachronistic. There never was a referendum for California statehood in 1850, and the inclusion of one seems designed to score modern-day points about the sudden elevation of Arnold Schwarzenegger to the governor's office and the present-day preoccupation about vote-stealing in presidential elections.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - California statehood, the exploitation of peasants, legends, the Constitution of the United States, the American Civil War, spying, weapons development, ancient knights, nitroglycerin, aristocracy vs. commoners, duty, divorce, greed, blackmail, cowardice, disappointment.
At a time when studio execs put a sequel on the back burner as soon as a movie makes a profit, it is more than surprising to see that it took seven years for director Martin Campbell, exec producer Steven Spielberg and lead actors Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones to reunite for a new adventure of Zorro. After all, The Mask of Zorro had been a major sleeper hit, with Campbell managing to deliver an extremely enjoyable re-imagining of the legendary character. The movie owed a lot of its success to the charm of its leading duo, with newcomer Zeta-Jones stealing the show (she had been spotted in CBS Titanic miniseries by Spielberg himself).
The game forms part of a big push by Zorro Productions, with a new film and even a musical in store (and yes, it is a shame we don't get to cover the latter), and we're promised a story that builds on other aspects of the Zorro legend, as players confront Calavera and his troops.
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