For kids it might look a little bit childish. It is the colorized version of an older black and white series and the definition of the image is rather poor. It has not been remastered at that level so at times the picture is blurred and it was shot in such conditions so that cast panoramic views are not very good except if it is to show an empty landscape and fast movements always seem to be magical, some kind of sliding or slipping on the screen.
But it is fine for close-up shots and narrow scenes like a room or a yard.
The story is of course simple, very simple, though there is some truth behind it when California was coveted and lusted after by so many people like the Russians and the Americans. But the plot is really simple- minded with one man and a bunch of gunslingers who try to capture California by capturing Los Angeles which is at the time a pueblo with maybe a couple of hundred inhabitants, most of them Indians. But luckily the one-man show of and the single-handed treatment of problems by Zorro will manage to get all the culprits killed or imprisoned.
Now if you are nostalgic about the character you will like him very much. He is up to his reputation and very swift and smart and his deaf and dumb servant is even better. The sergeant is enormously sympathetic, wine swift and food clever. The rest of the time he is sleeping or doing little though he knows he will get the credit for a lot since Zorro being an outlaw he cannot claim credit for what he does.
I find it yet maybe too colorful to really make me nostalgic of the original in black and white. In fact it has become very funny and it made me laugh a lot, especially with the great number of flower pots and other pottery artifacts that end up on the heads of some bandits or disruptive individuals. After all the bragging that is behind this tale is probably typically Californian since we know California has the best soil in the world and produces the biggest tomatoes in the whole universe.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
But it is fine for close-up shots and narrow scenes like a room or a yard.
The story is of course simple, very simple, though there is some truth behind it when California was coveted and lusted after by so many people like the Russians and the Americans. But the plot is really simple- minded with one man and a bunch of gunslingers who try to capture California by capturing Los Angeles which is at the time a pueblo with maybe a couple of hundred inhabitants, most of them Indians. But luckily the one-man show of and the single-handed treatment of problems by Zorro will manage to get all the culprits killed or imprisoned.
Now if you are nostalgic about the character you will like him very much. He is up to his reputation and very swift and smart and his deaf and dumb servant is even better. The sergeant is enormously sympathetic, wine swift and food clever. The rest of the time he is sleeping or doing little though he knows he will get the credit for a lot since Zorro being an outlaw he cannot claim credit for what he does.
I find it yet maybe too colorful to really make me nostalgic of the original in black and white. In fact it has become very funny and it made me laugh a lot, especially with the great number of flower pots and other pottery artifacts that end up on the heads of some bandits or disruptive individuals. After all the bragging that is behind this tale is probably typically Californian since we know California has the best soil in the world and produces the biggest tomatoes in the whole universe.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU