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Just perfect...

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

"This Zorro comes upon you like a graveyard ghost and like a ghost he disappears," vows one man scarred by "The Fox." Douglas Fairbanks makes for one hyper-active hero: in classic hero fashion, he enters a bar where the bad guys are gathered at one point and proceeds to bolt the doors and windows from the INSIDE. He toys with one opponent during a duel, showcasing some impressive agility (at one point, resting cross-legged on a table, effortlessly parrying thrusts). A master of prestidigitation, he also wears a fake moustache (which he sticks on the face of a sleeping manservant). "My soul's in arms and eager to serve you," he tells the lovely senorita, Lolita. And all the while, righting injustices and challenging the caballeros to rise up against their oppressors. Good fun.

A very fun silent film. Full of action and excitement. Great sword fights and other feats of derring-do.The legendary Douglas Fairbanks stars as the charming and mischievous masked avenger Zorro. Like Batman and Robin Hood, Zorro operates outside the law to fight injustice. Zorro fights the oppression of an unjust government. Like Batman, Zorro lives a double life, acting the lazy rich boy to conceal his true hobbies.Fairbanks is impressive doing his own swashbuckling stunts. THE MARK OF ZORRO is truly one of the earliest action-adventure films, and it's still loads of fun to watch.This movie started it all for Zorro. The success of this film, based on a 1919 story by Johnston McCulley, led to more stories, more films, a TV series, etc.What's not to like about Zorro?This is a very entertaining watch. Even if you don't like silents, you might enjoy this. Recommended. 8/10

031: The Mark of Zorro (1920) - released 11/27/1920, viewed 1/20/06.The Wall Street Bombing occurs outside the JP Morgan building in New York, killing 39. The first domestic radio sets hit the shelves in the U.S. Adolph Hitler makes his first public political speech in Austria. Warren G. Harding wins the presidential election. Bloody Sunday goes down in Dublin, killing 31 football spectators.BIRTHS: Frank Herbert, Mario Puzo, Timothy Leary, Ricardo Montalban.KEVIN: Finally, a swashbuckler! I don't know what possessed me to skip this movie before, but I'm glad I caught it this time around. I was a little alarmed in the beginning when Zorro pulled out a gun, but since he doesn't even fire it, I got used to the idea, as Zorro's enemies all have swords and guns so it makes sense for him to keep up. As I was watching, I tried my best to read the inter-titles with a Mexican accent. I thought the pure stunt work in the film was more impressive than any of the sword fights, which were exciting in their own right. And I really liked that when our hero has his final duel with Capt. Ramon, it is not as Zorro but as Diego.DOUG: We would have watched Mark of Zorro in between Way Down East and The Kid, and let me say I really wish we had, because it was extremely good. I noticed a few things different about Douglas Fairbanks' Zorro than other later versions. For one, he smokes a cigar a lot. Second, more noticeably, he carries a gun. He never fires it, but still, he never had one before. As is customary with adventure stories, the action is over-the-top, the heroes are supercool, and the villains are larger-than-life. The swordfights were all very cool, as well. I also like watching Fairbanks move between Zorro and Diego; a running gag had Diego always feigning exhaustion at the slightest bit of work, so he could go to bed and then go out as Zorro. (Looking back, I'd say that of all the Douglas Fairbanks films we've watched, The Mark of Zorro was my favorite. Thief of Baghdad was a close second.)Last film viewed: Daddy Long-Legs (1920). Last film chronologically: Way Down East (1920). Next film viewed: Robin Hood (1922). Next film chronologically: The Kid (1921). The Movie Odyssey is an exhaustive, chronological project where we watch as many milestone films as possible, starting with D.W. Griffith's Intolerance in 1916 and working our way through, year by year, one film at a time. We also write a short review for each and every film. In this project, we hope to gain a deeper understanding of the time period, the films of the era, and each film in context, while at the same time just watching a lot of great movies, most of which we never would have watched otherwise.

The amazingly athletic Douglas Fairbanks was the first man to play Zorro on the silver screen in this legitimate silent-era masterpiece. Fairbanks does his best to win the girl (Marguerite De La Motte) and keep the people of California safe from evil military officials Noah Beery and Robert McKim. Eventually Fairbanks learns that the only way he can stop the evil tyranny is to rally the rich landowners to join him and take back the land that is rightfully theirs. The exciting chase sequence near the film's finale is still a sight to behold over 80 years later as Fairbanks does death-defying stunts to elude the bad guys. Followed by a slightly better remake in 1940 and several other versions in more modern years. For some reason Zorro films just work so well on the silver screen. 4.5 out of 5 stars.