Funny / The Mask of Zorro

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• During the prologue, Zorro is making his escape and a soldier tries to shoot him in the back. The priest standing right in front of the soldier casually elbows him in the face hard enough to knock him out.
• The hilarious Shameful Strip Zorro subjects Elena to that was pretty much the money shot of the entire marketing campaign. Elena's particularly hilarious when Rafael finds her topless in the barn after Zorro's escape. She's PLASTERED STUPID off her face with Post-Kiss Catatonia and puts minimal effort into hiding it, ultimately just enjoying her euphoria.
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones's facials, especially her borderline psychotic eyes when she whispers confirmation that Zorro is vigorous, are comedy gold.
    Elena: He was vigorous. [smiles briefly] He was very vigorous, father.
    [Rafael stares in horror while a horse loudly brays]
• Alejandro's first "fight" with Diego de la Vega after de la Vega keeps him from fighting Captain Love. It last all of about 20 seconds.
  Diego: You would have fought very bravely and died very quickly.
  Alejandro: I'd have found a way. I've never lost a fight!
  Diego: Except to a crippled old man just now.
• When de la Vega is first training Alejandro, Alejandro whips his sword around in several wild flashy movements... and then de la Vega simply knocks the sword out of his hands.
  • Also this scene:
    Diego: (referring to Alejandro's sword) Do you know how to use that thing?
    Alejandro: Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man.
    Beat
    Diego: This is going to take a lot of work.
• Alejandro's first night out as Zorro. Highlights include:
  • Attempting to regain his beautiful horse, which goes wild the second he puts some spurs to it.
  • The horse going nuts wakes up an entire barracks room of soldiers. After getting bucked off the horse, he gets back on it, only to get knocked back off as there was enough room for him and the horse to get through a door.
  • Getting surrounded by the room full of soldiers, who actually forgo Mook Chivalry and attack all at once. This actually backfires, as he is able to crawl out from under the press of human bodies.
  • While still trying to get away, he runs into a Giant Mook, who shakes him so hard his cheeks can be heard flapping.
  • Beating the Giant Mook by slamming a pair of cannon balls into his head so many times that the poor sap spits out his teeth as he falls over.
  • He finally sends the troops running by lighting a cannon inside the barracks, all while hamming it up.
  • Unfortunately, when he tosses the torch used to light the cannon, he lights up a keg of gunpowder. What proceeds after can only be described as a Looney Tunes gag.
  • Pretending to be a priest and hearing a Confession. He gets the Ten Commandments wrong. He doesn't just get them wrong - he has no idea which is which or what most of them are.
    Elena: I broke the Fourth Commandment.
    Alejandro: You killed somebody?
    Elena: No, that is not the Fourth Commandment.
    Alejandro: [Beat] Of course not. What did you do to break the most sacred of Commandments?
    Elena: I dishonored my father.
    Alejandro: That's not so bad. Maybe they deserved it.
  • And his first reaction when he realizes he's stuck in there with her.
    Elena: It's been three days since my last confession.
    Alejandro: What could you have done in three days? Come back later. I mean, go on my child.
  • When he finally makes it back to his horse, he tries to call it so he can Land in the Saddle. The horse is having none of it.
• Alejandro as "Don Alejandro" is such a delightful jerk, it's hilarious.
• Alejandro getting a lot of enjoyment out of trolling Captain Love.
  [Alejandro walks over to Elena and Love on the dance floor]
  Elena: Yes, were you looking for something?
  Alejandro: A sense of the miraculous in everyday life.
  Captain Love: [bemused] Really? Well, why don't you try looking somewhere else? The lady and I are trying to dance.
  Alejandro: You were trying; she was succeeding. [Love scowls at that while Elena grins slightly.] Forgive me, Captain Love. A shameless joke at your expense...And I hope it won't be the last.
• When the Dons arrive at the mine, they are startled by an explosion. Rafael can be seen giving Don Pedro's hat back.

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