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They don't make 'em like this anymore

posted 9 years ago by WeAintFoundShin
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Big spectacle historic drama swashbuckler comedy romances with a pop single in the end credits.

[–] garrettchandlerd 9 years ago

Yeah, Disney's Three Musketeers and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves too. End of a great era

[–] IndianaMcClane 9 years ago

I'd actually add the 2002 Count of Monte Cristo to this list as well. I'd love to see more swashbucklers in this vein getting made again.

[–] therealmusashi 9 years ago

The movie was great fun, but that song at the end was an awful letdown. It ended with Zorro slashing a flaming Z on the screen, and we get...a dreary high school prom song? It should have ended with fast paced Spanish music, something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_e0f3mfBg

[–] liscarkat (18410) 2 years ago

Yes! That would've been so much better. But they always stick a crappy pop song in, whether it's appropriate or not, in the hope of getting a "Best Song" nomination.