Anthony Hopkins made sure it had its toe on the ground while the sweeping, swashbuckling, romantic, whistle-worthy romp whisked us away on a pitch-perfect superhero adventure! Martin Campbell, what a run. He rebooted 007 twice, succesfully-Goldeneye, Casino Royale, and did his version of Batman with the Zorro films.
Interestingly CR benefitted by leaning into the tone set by Batman Begins, a film which owes some of its charm to Zorro. Back to Zorro. The romantassy subgenre would be lucky to have a romance like Zorro. A wholesome sizzler!
Anyway just wanted to share that I saw a proper fun movie of this kind after a while. Stunts, check; good acting aligned with the tone, check; terrific writing (PiratesoftheCaribban guys!), check; solid filmmaking on display for a summer blockbuster, a la Maverick, check!
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