The Lone Ranger
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
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- Cast:
- Johnny Depp , Armie Hammer , Tom Wilkinson , William Fichtner , Helena Bonham Carter , Barry Pepper , James Badge Dale
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Memorable, crazy movie
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Crappy film
Little late to the party on this one, I accept, but maybe the TV experience will be slightly kinder than the harsh glare of the cinema screen on this notorious flop from a few years back. The answer.... not really. It's still an overlong, vaguely racist, horribly predictable, second rate action-adventure. Armie Hammer plays John Reid a pacifist district attorney who joins his brother's posse to help track down notorious murdered Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner) and his gang. When the posse is betrayed, Reid's brother is killed and he is left for dead. He's restored by Silver, a Native American spirit horse and Tonto (Johnny Depp) who then forms a reluctant partnership with Reid and in going after Cavendish, they discover a larger conspiracy. There are a couple of reasons why "The Lone Ranger" doesn't really work. Much of the blame was landed at Johnny Depp's feet, as this was right around the time opinion turned on him and to be fair, much of that here is justified. Though spending some of the running time in awful "old man" make up doesn't help, the film never really settles on who "Tonto" is. At times he's possessing "native" insight and wisdom, at others he blunders around taking pratfalls and "feeding" the dead crow on his head, sadly, most of the time, he's just irritating.But those tonal problems roll out to the rest of the film too. It veers wildly between high farce and mild horror. Various scenes of slaughtered Indian Villages, and of Cavendish removing and eating Reid's brother's heart don't mesh well with the ladder riding pratfalls of the films climactic scenes. There are odd character choices too, such as the decision to make Reid in love with his brother's wife. . as if somehow he wouldn't be as motivated to save his brothers widow and his nephew if he wasn't also in in love with her. The reveal of the extra villain at the end was very underwhelming, if you can't work it out from the names on the poster, then you really haven't seen enough movies. The final action scene is a really good one, with a train split into several carriages that then traverses numerous crossing tracks that are (inexplicably) all going in the same direction, but unfortunately it's too little, too late, to justify the horrendous running time.
The Lone Ranger starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp is the story of tonto and the lone ranger and their adventure. I am pretty vague about it since no spoilers. The good stuff : The acting was generally good , I loved Johnny and the villain. Pacing was all right. Direction was normal, nothing extraordinary. The bad stuff: the film is too long . It gets boring after a while . However it was a good movie .
Given that it bombed at the US box office on release, I found THE LONE RANGER a surprisingly enjoyable movie and a nice tribute to the TV series and characters of old. Yes, it's a typically overblown Hollywood blockbuster, all style over substance, and with a running time of no less than two and a half hours it's grossly overlong and padded out with endless action sequences which verge on the tedious at times.Elsewhere, THE LONE RANGER proves fitfully engaging, and features a winning performance from Johnny Depp as the mostly silent Native American sidekick, Tonto. It surprises me to admit that I enjoyed his performance, because I haven't liked much he's made in the last couple of decades, with SWEENEY TODD the only time I really warmed to his character. And I actively dislike his silly overacting in the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise and DARK SHADOWS. Here, he fits the role nicely, and is a real asset.That this film is flawed is a given. Armie Hammer's hero veers on the side of slimy rather than likable, and there's too much of the CGI-enhanced action to entertain audiences. The climax, with all kinds of madcap stunts, explosions, and effects, is a case in point. I'd much prefer a film which is more grounded in reality, but the trend for outlandish, incessant CGI puts paid to that kind of thing. Still, for a modern-day Disney film, THE LONE RANGER isn't bad at all, and certainly better than many rival productions that are lauded by audiences (THE HUNGER GAMES series, for instance).
One more movie that critics destroyed without good reason. I read bad reviews and I cross myself with left, right and my feet. It got some bad reviews from critics so bunch of smart-asses decided to lubricate it with their own spit. To be clear, I do not have respect for the majority of professional critics. I especially don't pay attention to negative reviews. Even on the contrary, they often make me wanna see the movie even more. If I skipped everything critics tried to destroy I would miss bunch of excellent movies.They say it's not accurate. Accurate to what ?! It is not historical movie and it's not a remake. Old one was western classic and this one is adventure/comedy. They criticize quality of screenplay and acting. Sure, no one could get an Oscar for it, but it was not intention of this movie. This is Disney adventure with goal to entertain, not to be Nobel prize level literature or Oscar contestant. But what shocked me the most was an argument that appeared in several negative reviews. They said this movie is essentially Western version of Pirates of the Caribbean as if it were a bad thing !!! For God's sake, in what universe this could be shortcoming ?! If you did not like Pirates why the hell did you even try to watch this. Being western version of Pirates is probably the main reason I wanted to see this and it is definitely the main reason I loved it.I had many things to say about this movie, but after I discovered this phrase everything else I could possibly say becomes redundant. Those 5 words are absolutely perfect to describe this movie completely:!!! Western Pirates of the Caribbean = Must watch !!!8,5/10