Early talk was that they were going to set it in its original sixties time period. I hope they do that. I’m not overly familiar with MFU, but what I’ve seen is good (especially with the chemistry between its stars) and the overall ambience.
Setting it in the sixties would accomplish two things: it would give the movie the show’s original impact of having an Eastern European good guy at a time when Cold War tensions were at one of their worst points, and it would make the movie stand out from all the other standard suspense spy thrillers.
That actually sounds like a recipe for a train wreck. Robert Rodriguez did the Zorro movies and lately he seems as bound and determined to turn everything into schlock (Machete) as Johnny Depp - the idea of both of them working on this boggles the mind.
Robert Rodriguez had nothing to do with The Mask of Zorro or The Legend of Zorro. They were directed by Martin Campbell, the same guy who made GoldenEye and Casino Royale.
They will probably be fighting terrorists, and Illya will be one of those large busted Swedish women the Russians hired to advertise as tractor drivers. :dubious:
I’ve already heard from two friends that the talking Indian in the museum is a totally unnecessary and silly device designed to reach out to kids, cynically.
That is what I was thinking. This will bomb just as badly. As a movie, however, this appears to be a hard suck, while John Carter was just a soft suck.
Right now, it’s looking as Disney’s going to hope it only turns out as bad as **John Carter **did.
I just heard David Edelstein’s review on NPR. He said The Lone Ranger was so immensely awful, it was beyond anyone’s imagination. In particular, he took issue with the film’s indigestable mix of genocidal massacres and nightmarishly sadistic scenes with attempted witty “buddy movie” banter and splapstick action sequences copied from Buster Keaton and Road Runner cartoons. He also basically accused Johnny Depp of being nothing more than an overrated overindulgent flake who’s forgotten how to give a real acting performance.
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Johnny Depp will survive, of course. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to Armie Hammer, as his career is just taking off. Comparison to Klinton Spilsbury will be made.
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Whatever good will Depp’s generated from his previous films is soon going to be exhausted judging from the reaction to The Lone Ranger. Since he was the lead and main force behind the project, Depp (along director Gore Verbinski) are going to take much of the blame for what happens. I suspect Depp will have to do some form of penance in Hollywood if he’s ever to get back in good graces. As for Armie Hammer, I haven’t read or heard any truly biting criticism in even the film’s worst reviews but that’s because his Lone Ranger is so completely overshadowed by Depp’s Tonto.
Heard of it, never seen it. Not a big fan of Westerns.
Not a chance. It looks seriously lame.
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The thing is, when you compare Tonto with Jack Sparrow as “wacky” characters, did everybody making these movies miss the obvious? Jack Sparrow is weird but *sexy *(at least a lot of people seem to think so, including me). Tonto is just…weird. And ugly. And weird.
I predict this movie will tank, and tank hard. It’ll pull in the hardcore Depp fans and a few curious teenagers the first weekend, but that’s about it.
The funny thing is that with all the crazy elements in there, there was actually more that were taken out because of the budget. I’ve read that the story originally had more supernatural stuff, including werewolves in it.
This movie actually appealed to me, I like Westerns made with modern adventure sensibilities. But the reviews all universally say it’s badly handled, so now I am disheartened.
