The Lone Ranger: Film Opens July 3rd

I saw Lone Ranger today with my teens. Overall, it was enjoyable. Far better than John Carter. Lol.

I will say there were some slow parts…but overall, not as bad as the critics were making it out to be.

Probably just posted too early.

I don’t plan on seeing this flick, but I can’t help but be exposed to the commercials, and I would just like to know how the LR manages to ride a horse through a rail road car. How’d he get Silver through the door? Or did he come crashing through the roof?

The horse can also climb trees and get on roof tops. It’s never explained…but Depp’s reaction to it is funny. The movie is slow in some areas, but overall a fun movie.

Seriously- the horse climbs trees???

High, yo.

I didn’t go, but my adult son did. He praised it for being an enjoyable movie for adults, not a good movie for kids. Far better than he had expected, and, I have to say, his reviews are usually spot on.

  1. Yes, absolutely. Grew up with it and enjoyed it as a kid. It wasn’t the best of westerns, but it was aimed at teaching some values to kids.
  2. No, absolutely. Not in a theater, on demand or when it’s finally free. Depp is a cartoon, and I hate Helena whatsername. The reviews are excoriating this bloated thing as a travesty of film making and a true WOMBAT.

Spoiler request:
Do they have the Big Rock in the film?

  1. I watched it as a kid, and loved it. I tried to watch a rerun a few years ago, and found it almost unwatchable, childish in the worst way. I may, of course, be judging the entire series by one re-watched episode, but I doubt it.

  2. I’ll wait for the reviews. The trailers look like it’s another roller-coaster ride with lots of 'spolsions, and I’m tired of those: HOBBIT, STAR TREK REBOOT, MAN OF STEEL, IRON MAN N, etc etc. I wouldn’t mind a movie with some plot and characterization. My inclination now is not to see it until I can see it for free.

  3. How about you start another thread about “Have you seen it and what did you think about it?”?

There’s wombats in it? Isn’t that, like, Indian money?

I haven’t seen it, probably will just to appease the wife and teen daughters. That’s sort of my read on the critics’ reviews–they often conflate art and entertainment.

I saw it and I’d agree with your son. My 5 year old son did enjoy it quite a bit but a lot of it went over his head.

There were parts that were quite disturbing and gruesome. Others that were uplifting. Aside from the specifically “adventure movie” scenes, it reminds me more of “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” than it does previous incarnations of the Lone Ranger.

I really liked it. I know others will probably hate it especially people who just want a summer adventure movie where you can turn your brain off and watch the explosions; or people who simply disagree with the message of the movie and think it’s too political or not political in a way they agree with. I didn’t think the primary message that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance is terribly controversial though.

This is definitely a post Iraq, post IRS scandal, post NSA scandal Lone Ranger. The Ranger himself is naive and idealistic. Tonto is considered a crazy by his own tribe and his back story reveals that he acts the way he does because he’s suffering from PTSD and extraordinary guilt. Almost everyone else in the film is corrupt including the actual outlaws, the railroad, and the military.

I see the Lone ranger as representing America’s ideals and the corrupt institutions as America’s reality. However it was an uplifting film in that the ideals overcame the corruption in the end.

Even after saving the day, those he saved try to corrupt him for their own purposes and he realizes he has to keep wearing the mask in order to stay pure.

For a professional review I thought the one by Matt Zoller Seitz at rogerebert.com is spot on.

I liked it. I never watched the series. It kept the “modernization” of it down to an acceptable level.

He rides the horse through the train because it is a magical horse. A spirit horse. It occasionally breaks the laws of physics especially if the William Tell overture is playing.

Which is OK. The do the crazy western thing where hand guns never run out of bullets unless it will be dramatic.

The final climatic two trains race was done very well. You could follow the action and understand what was going on. Nobody suddenly appeared on one train when they were on the other a moment ago. Very good editing.

I had no idea UTAH was a county in Texas, or maybe it’s just right next to Oklahoma.

WOMBAT: Waste Of Money, Brains And Talent

We can’t stop here. This is WOMBAT country.

I saw this movie a couple of hours ago. I’ll agree that the filmmakers threw everything but the kitchen sink into it, beat themes of truth, justice and the American way, too many times to keep count, but I liked the movie. It slowed down in a couple of parts, but the stunts were breath-taking, Johnny Depp didn’t disappoint, and Armie Hammer acquitted himself well. William Fichtner was superb as Butch Cavendish.

SWMBO and I just got back from seeing it. I agree with the comments about it dragging in some spots and I think there was too much emphasis on explosions and hokey special effects. Otherwise, I enjoyed it.

If you haven’t seen it yet, the “Hi-Yo-Silver” scene is great.

I’ve not seen the movie, but I accidentally left a review on, and one thing I remember them pointing out is that the trailers are horribly misleading. For example, all the action stuff is from the beginning and the end, and doesn’t make up most of the movie.

So if that’s the reason you aren’t going to see it, you might want to reconsider.

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By the way, did anyone else think that Judson Scott (Joachim in Star Trek’s Wrath of Khan) resembled William Fichtner and could have played the role of Butch Cavendish?

Anyone?

Just me?:o