Filmmaker reacts to The Mask of Zorro (1998) for the FIRST TIME! 

Thank god was giving me anxiety that u watched 2 first lol

I don’t care if you watch Clerks 3 first, just as long as you actually someday would just please watch Clerks.

ok. cause i was a little confused when you watched part 2 and i couldnt find part 1 on your channel

OH, and dont watch Clerks.

@@Postchaps I have been subbed to James for over 2 years, but now I gotta unsubscribe because I am sick of jerks like yourself. Have a blessed life.

I looked it up after reading your comment and it’s crazy. They even put his head in a jar like in this movie. You can see it in photos

I love how Hopkins is supposed to be Zorro from all the old shows.

Agreed. I watched this movie weekly as a child lol. I love everything about this movie.

It's a hold-over from certain schools of rapier and small sword, where the off hand was consciously held back or on the hip to prevent it from being a target. It's easy, when you are concentrating on fighting with one hand, to kind of lose track of where your other arm is, which can open you up to attack. when it's just part of your stance that the arm is behind you, that concern goes away.

I agree that the fencing in this is one of the much better ones in film. Wouldn't mind seeing Shadiversity do a Fight Autopsy on this film in regards to the fencing and style.

I always thought it was just a convenient place to keep your arm out of the way. If your not using a shield or the system you're using doesn't emphasises grappling, then keeping your useless arm out the way to avoid being hit just makes sense.

@@DangerasTM You are not wrong. It is so easy to hurt yourself, it is like a trigger discipline to keep your other hand at your side at all times. Even today when considering knives and bladed tools, most of the wounds and accidents happens to hands.

@@AnarchyShogun very true; and important since traditional duels of honour were usually fought to first blood, getting a nick on your non-sword arm would be an embarrassing (though non-lethal, and therefore cowardly) way to lose a duel. In modern fencing, some weapons - epee and sabre, not foil - still have the arms as target area for scoring points. In epee you typically hold your arm raised behind you, in sabre on your hip; probably because the movements are different, epee stabs forward with the point while sabre slashes with the edge, epee has more of an emphasis on balance and finding an opening in your opponent's defences so a counterbalance arm can help maneourvrability, while in sabre the primary concern is keeping your arm out of the way of a stray slash. In all modern fencing weapons, your non sword arm can be crucial in maintaining your balance in a fencing stance; if you throw back your free arm as you lunge forward in attack, it will help extend your reach slightly as your torso opens out through the full arm extension, and those inches can make the difference in scoring a point.

Agree with everything you said. Have you had the chance to watch it in BluRay HDR? It looks glorious.

@@charlie7mason Yes

I definitely felt his presence on this and the sequel!

@@JamesVSCinema Martin Campbell returned to direct the first Daniel Craig Bond film, Casino Royale, and killed it there, too!

Oh sweet. Antonio, should have done or do many more fencing sword films as there are many stories to choose from to make use of his talents.

And the scene wherein Diego is putting out candleflames with his whip? Sir Anthony actually did that, no tricks involved.

Of course! Enjoy!

I grew up with this, and only watched the 40’s one a few years back; it’s so rewarding seeing the callbacks this film was doing to honour the 40’s one and even the 20’s one I’d bet 😊

Or The Mark of Zorro from 1940. Anderson didn't choreograph it, but Basil Rathbone said based on his experience filming that Tyrone Power could fence Errol Flynn into a cocked hat.

@@melanie62954 That would be an idea for a reaction to :)

@Marcus I say hidden in the sense that it’s overlooked now a days, most people haven’t seen it

It was a pretty unique experience. I thought it would butcher the first film like people were claiming but the two films are different enough to still be different hahaha

ABSOLUTELY hahaha, is kinda cool actually.

@@JamesVSCinema "Desperado" (1995) with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. A very fun watch and dare I say the perfect movie to feed off of this movie. You'll know what I mean. Anyway, James, really dig your take and appreciate your insight into the films you watch. You're one of the most chill reactors on RU-vid. WAIT. One last thing, have you seen the 1997 movie Amistad starring Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Morgan Freeman, and Matthew McConaughey? If not, would you please consider looking into it? I think you would thuroughly enjoy it and I would be interested to hear your thoughts on a film of it's magnitude. And heck, since I'm at it, "The Strangers" (2008) with Liv Tyler is a good one that'll keep you on your toes and have ya movin' a little. Okay, I'm done lol Peace

Well no, the mask of zorro isn't an origin story cause Diego has been Zorro since the actual original film and this film plays as a continuation of the old black and white films of zorro and probably the old black and white show Disney produced at one point and even more so as a continuation of the actual books. It's a mix of a lot of past zorro content but the point being is that this film served as Diego de la Vega's last ride as Zorro as he aims for his revenge against Raphael while training a new Zorro to take the mantle

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The sequel also took it a bit more serious. Not as cheeky and funny as this movie. I think that hurt it too.

Ayyy it’s up! Join anytime, no rush! 🤘🏽

And don't forget the villains. Wilson and Lestcher were terrific too. It was a fantastic cast all around.

Thank you!!

You mean Welsh looking Mexican. Also Cathriene Zeta Jones has the most Greek / Welsh Mexican ever.

I mean what I said.

😭😭😭 good cause I be saying it A LOT. Haha I try to refrain from “God” for my Christian folks out there but it slips at times hahaha

@@JamesVSCinema Yeah, "Oh my goodness" then there's the variations "Oh my" and "My goodness." Also "Sweet sassy molassy", "Chumba wamba!" and, a personal favorite, "sweet, merciful mama!"

LMFAOOOO

Didn't something like this happen IRL? There was a story about some important guy that died on this side of the pond, had to be kept in a barrel of booze to be transported back to Europe, and sailors were taking sips every now and then during the trip.

@@riel4553 don't know about that