What this movie suffers from is being too LONG. Though, despite that, I can't say all of it was boring. The final train sequence made it worth sitting through. Great VFX work by ILM! And not to mention Depp shining in a role that was obviously made for him. This is a movie I wouldn't actively recommend to someone, yet I wouldn't object if someone wanted to watch it. In other words, not a bad movie, but not a memorable one either.
Awesome. Although i would've liked a bit more controversy.
There's been a lot of hatred, almost venom, spewed at "The Lone Ranger". I personally stayed away because I didn't want to see a Western version of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Well, I could only stay away for so long and I did get a "Pirates" western. But you know, maybe I didn't know I needed to see one.
The opening totally threw me for a loop. A little boy, wearing a Lone Ranger mask, visits a carnival with an old West area featuring a wax figure of "The Noble Savage". This savage turns out to be the real life but ancient Tonto. The movie often cuts back to old Tonto, who is telling the boy the story of The Lone Ranger. I enjoyed this method of telling the story. The old Tonto was creepy, though.
Speaking of Tonto, he's played by Johnny Depp, and he is totally off the rails (no pun intended). Depp is a joy to watch. His Tonto is a smart but insane and smart-assed take on the legend. Depp is hilarious. However, the Lone Ranger himself, played by Armie Hammer, is not nearly as appealing. He is the ying to Depp's yang, but the character is too clumsy and unskilled as a lawman to really enjoy. I know he's supposed to be, but it didn't work for me.
The beginning and ending action scenes both feature runaway trains and they are spectacular, especially the final multi-train climax which features the William Tell Overture in all its glory.
"The Lone Ranger" is mostly a comedy but there are some disturbing moments like genocide and cannibalism that give the movie an edge. It's really an odd combo platter, but it made it a real kick to watch. The thing is much too long, though. The story meanders when there's absolutely no reason to.
It's hard to grade "The Lone Ranger". I was surprised at how much it entertained me, it's just that I'm certain it's really not a very good movie. Depp and the great bookend action scenes are its greatest assets.
It loses its way a bit at around the midway point, but all in all 'The Lone Ranger' is a film I found entertainment in.
No doubt helped by much of the people behind 2003's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' - my favourite film - reuniting for this. From Johnny Depp to Gore Verbinski to Jerry Bruckheimer to Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. Therefore, I was bound to like it.
Depp is enjoyable, as is usually the case. There are, of course, question marks as to whether he's 'right' for the role. He claims he has Native American heritage, though you enter a real grey area with all that stuff. Anyway, judging by his acting, he's fun. Armie Hammer is much better than I thought he'd be, while William Fichtner makes for a good villain. Nice to see Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter involved, also.
I like the way the story is told, involving Depp and Mason Cook. It certainly adds a sense of intrigue to events. The end scenes are also enjoyable, at least visually - I don't love the score all that much, to be honest. However, as noted at the top, the middle part of the film is less entertaining - though the finale helps pick things back up.
I've, evidently, seen better from these lot. Still, it's a very good film in my books; despite having issues.
Wow what a ride
It’s not as bad as they say. The action is pretty well done for one. The movie just didn’t need old Tonto (Johnny Depp) telling the story. That to me is the worst aspect of it.
It took me 3 different sittings to complete watching this movie. Fun at the start, but in the middle, it gets a little boring.
I had expected to hate this movie, but I didn't.
It's not the best in the world, but it sure as hell ain't the worst.
I saw this film for two reasons. One, I wanted to see what the commotion was about. It tooks years to make this film, supposedly because the studio thought that it would be awful. But I also saw it because I was jonesing for a movie that had a 7.1 surround track on it and these seem to be few and far between. I really didn't mind it. There were parts that were really really funny and parts that were hokey. In a weird kind of way I had the same kind of thoughts about this film that I had about Blue Jasmine. I really didn't know what it was trying to be. A comedy? Western? Drama? Supernatural thriller? Excused to see Johnny Depp play an extravagant character? (side note: he is awesome) . As a comedy it really worked at times. As a drama, not so much. I could see this going more of a Coen-esque route and being even more of an off-beat comedy than it already was.
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the best thing about this movie is the villain
Not exactly sure what to think, just so... weird?
Verbinski and his cast seem to have aimed for the serial cowboy adventure of old and to a large extent they managed this with the Lone Ranger.
Johnny Depp’s Tonto is an enjoyably eccentric hero and protagonist for the majority of the film and he’s quirky, Jack Sparrow-show only starts to grate towards the end of the film but it does grate. Overall the film does pay its dues to the Western films and TV shows with clearly defined white hats against black hats which in this style of film is no bad thing.
Armie Hammer makes a good, if somewhat bumbling, hero to root for and you do care that he succeeds so on this front the film hit the target. Alongside him villains Tom Wilkinson and William Fichtner play the two villain types straight out of the ‘Big Book of Baddies’. Wilkinson being the more traditional Lone Ranger black hat as a slimetastic businessman trying to buy up the West and make himself rich beyond dreams. His muscle is the deranged Fichtner and herein lies the problem with the film throughout. Fichtner’s character, Cavendish, is a straight-up murdering, heartless, psychopath whose appearance and behaviour seems to be from a different, darker, more serious film.
This is the big problem for me with the whole film. We seem to have comic, fun, cowboy romp, yet somehow it makes a huge misstep with the wholesale slaughter of Comanche’s by machine-gun fire and a main character having his heart carved out while he is alive. Hardly light and fun.
The set pieces and action scenes were exciting and rip-roaring if a little over-the-top but if the film was kept in this style throughout that would have been fine. The acting throughout was good, even with Johnny Depp playing his usual character. I enjoyed being swept along by the story except for the general slaughter and horrible deaths being mixed in with the wacky light-hearted humour.
There was enough here to make a reasonable franchise, a popular set of recognisable fun and flawed heroes, good intriguing supporting cast but the tone of the film was uneven and seriously made huge mistakes in some places.
A great opportunity to reinvent a once popular and interesting hero missed due to a few basic tonal errors. Booo.
It is solid entertainment. I would place this movie alongside Waterworld, The Last Action Hero, and John Carter as unfairly panned films which deserves to succeed in the cinema halls.
Without Deep the movie is shit.
Not nearly as bad as they say. The film just doesn't know if it wants to be a dark Western or a comedy adventure. The Lone Ranger is a goofy but fun film one minute and wants us to take it seriously the next. It does that throughout the film.
While Tonto telling the story is unnecessary and slows the film down. Still, no way is the movie all that bad.
I wish this movie had focused more on the potential for classic Western charm and less on being an effects-driven, overly long, CGI-laden attempt at a blockbuster.
I found the beginning and the end to be quite funny, the rest I thought was a little bland. Not all the characters were explained very well. Loved the William Tell Overture during the end.
Very long, no good, one time see only
Not quite as good as Pirates of the Caribbean, but still fun.
Decepciona porque con semejante presupuesto pudieron hacer una peli memorable, la historia estuvo interesante y la actuación pudo ser mejor.
This movie was kinda dumb, but I still enjoyed it.
Wow, what a terrible movie. By the end I wanted to stab myself in the eye with a dead raven.
Disappointing movie. The acting is ok, but not convincing. Story is not really interesting (I watched it 3 days ago, and I cannot even recall it without trying really hard) and the 'wise' lessons are pretty silly, lack impact and are misplaced several times.
Try to find something better, if you can't, don't expect too much of it and you will be fine.
Not that bad , only the last 20min was kind of boring
Nowhere near as bad as the box office would suggest, there are some fun moments here throughout that harken back to the first Pirates film, with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp playing off each other nicely and some great action scenes involving trains. That said, the film is also plagued by similar problems to the Pirates sequel, with a bloated running time and plot elements that take the premise far too seriously and add little to the film. An unnecessary framing device only adds to the feeling that the filmmakers aren't quote sure what tone to take with the material and a good 45 minutes cut from the running time would have made for a much tighter (and likely cheaper) film. But when that theme kicks in and the film lets loose, there is a lot of enjoyment to be had.
Not worth your time.
We didn't even bother to finish it. It's slow to develop, Depp is NOT a believable Native American and it doesn't have the energy of other movies of a similar nature (Pirate of the Caribbean).
Enjoyed this very much, but still not a patch on the classic spaghetti western films.
Couldn't watch it to the end! The only one keeping the thing going is JD but still it get's boring.
I prefer the palette of Pirates, but Gore Verbinski is still just so much fun here.
Good humor , johnny depp was good as always
I expected more. not a bad movie though
The trailer promises some incredible camera work & visuals :O
I can't wait to see this!
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I liked very much. Depp is in top form. Hammer grows on you overtime and makes a great Ranger IMO. Overall, if you liked Pirates of the Caribbean, then you'll surely like this. A long film (149mins), but I never found myself getting bored or restless. Top entertainment all around. 9/10 from me.