By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Columbia Pictures
The Legend of Zorro movie poster.
Hey all, since we had such a slow Friday when it
came to news reports, I figured I'd post a couple or so updates over the
weekend. The first update to come swinging in is an alert that another early
review for The
Legend of Zorro has popped up online. I guess this should
have been expected considering that Columbia Pictures is beginning to allow
a couple early screenings for the film in areas such as Seattle.
Legend of Zorro Review
At the beginning of his review for Legend of
Zorro turned in to AICN
by 'the last westerner', I figured it would conclude by saying that this
sequel is even better than the original. However, as you continue to read
you will learn that The Legend of Zorro does have a couple of minor
flaws, but none of which make the film bad or sub-par in the slightest.
Back from a preview screening in the rainy
city Seattle of The Legend of Zorro that they had last night and
all I can really exude is "Ah, swashbuckling!" If there is any
kind of movies that I like to watch just for fun, this genre is the one.
No other films can take me back to the imaginative, adventuring kid I once
wan. No scratch that, I'm still that kind of kid, just a little older now.
It's been really exciting recently for these types of films having Serenity,
Star Wars Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith, and Sky
Captain and the World of Tomorrow all come out and just flat out knock
all our socks off. Well, The Legend of Zorro definitely follows
in the same vein in keeping my inner adventuring child alive.
This chapter in the Zorro saga plays much darker
like many sequels but still offers all the amazing and thrilling stunts
and action that the first one had. But the problem with the film is the
fact that it is darker, but doesn't offer any real peril or sacrifice that
Zorro has to choose and make. His family is threatened by the villainous
Don Armand but as for his wife actually leaving him, we as an audience all
know what she is really up to because we have all seen the preview to the
film and know Elena is working as a spy. But the way they cut the movie
is more like they wanted to keep it secretive for the audience so you didn't
know what she was really up to.
This review reminds me a lot of the first one to
pop up on the net. Each both admit that, though Legend of Zorro
is a good film, it has a couple of flaws that separates it from the original.
Hey, as long as they don't do the stupid shovel stunt again I will be right
as rain.
Read the entire early review for The Legend of Zorro over at AICN.
The Legend of Zorro comes to theaters on November 4th.
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