Lone Ranger Is Getting Panned

[Hector]

This thread should be renamed the awesome Lone Ranger and the horrible Man of Steel, lol.

I just find it funny that in order to justfy Lone Ranger, many of you in this thread have the need to mention and bash the Man of Steel for some reason, I just see it as envy, lol.

But, you are in the minority, so carry on...

[fallensaviour]

Just got back from LR and thought it was great,my son loved it.
When they hit the LR theme he was bouncing in his seat.
Overall I enjoyed this way more than man of steel.

[spacecaps]

But just for the "fun" factor, we had a blast at the Lone Ranger. We left Man of Steel like we had just come out of the Holocaust Museum.

Well put. Lone Ranger was fun. Man Of Steel was heavy. While Lone Ranger isn't my favorite film of the Summer (that's World War Z) Superman was by far the worst thing I sat through all year in the theater.

As for comparing this Lone Ranger with other Westerns, I don't think you really can. Westerns like this aren't made any more and the ones that do get made are usually violent and bloody. Unforgiven was great. So was Tombstone. I even liked 3:10 to Yuma a few years back but when was the last time a family friendly Western like this came along? Wild West isn't comparable because of how terrible it is, so maybe Maverick and that was years ago. The movie that has the closest feel to this in recent years is Mask Of Zorro. This was Pirates of the Caribbean in the Desert, not The Good The Bad and The Ugly.

[YoungOnce]

Yeah... I liked Open Range too Hector. It's a great western, just a completely different kind of western. I think Lone Ranger was going more for a Saturday-afternoon matinee serial type feeling (again, like Indiana Jones) than a serious western. Nothing wrong with either.... Just what you're in the mood for At the time I guess.

[kingdom warrior]

Saw it Earlier today with my son, Freeking Awesome!!!!!!!!!! Great Summer popcorn movie!! Sorry film critics are idiots!!!

[MIB41]

Personally I think Depp's portrayal as Sparrow has been made so iconic by our society, that no one can see him in any other role now. His approach to quirky characters has always been in a similar vein, long before the pirates films ever came into being. Now everytime he smiles, people see "Sparrow". It's unfortunate, because I think he's a very good actor. He still remains very diverse in his selection of films if you look at what he's done. I guess the next decade or so will be his lean years in America while our society decides when they've carved out enough angst for liking his pirate movies. Foreign markets don't have these issues. In America we build people up, so we can crush them later.

[MIB41]

Lone Ranger Better than Man of Steel?

Now Hector, how much bait is too much bait to hang off that question?

[Hector]

Ah, no, Lone Ranger was horrible, will never ever see it again.

I guess watching it with your kids might be fun, but that's because your kids are having fun, and that's cool, nothing wrong with that.

Just finished watching Open Range for the tenth time, now that's a Western, my friend.

Also, Django >>>>>>>>> Lone Ranger

No attacks on anybody here who liked the Lone Ranger, this is all about how I feel about the movie, just not my cup of tea.

Man of Steel was awesome, can't wait to buy the Blue-ray when it comes out on disc.

[YoungOnce]

Lone Ranger Better than Man of Steel?

Yeah... Have to say that I think I enjoyed it better than Man of Steel too. That said, I had high expectations for that one and low expectations for Lone Ranger, so, I'm sure that played into it. But just for the "fun" factor, we had a blast at the Lone Ranger. We left Man of Steel like we had just come out of the Holocaust Museum.

[drquest]

I went yesterday with my 11 year old son and his friend. Honestly I had lower expectations, but it was a entertaining movie. Some of it is pretty predictable, but there's not too many movies that don't follow a pretty well defined path now a days. It had some comedy in it, some over the top, and a pretty high body count. I guess that body count and the scene early in the movie with the knife and the guys chest(I won't divulge more in this thread) probably contributed to that PC-13 rating.

Depp was good in the role, but it wasn't a role for him I'm afraid. He seemed to detract from the movie in ever scene he was in because all I could see was Jack Sparrow, and that's pretty much how he played it.

For you guys that saw it, the way it was narrated sort of reminded me of Little Big Man, the Dustin Hoffman movie. That was an older guy retelling what happened and as we all know, some things change in our minds over the years, so that's sort of how I pictured this "tale" being told. Some of the oddest elements were probably a result of the equation of time + old age - what really happened X crazy guy = the story

[JediJaida]

I've never even seen Despicable Me, and I get the feeling that it was better than the Lone Ranger.

I really don't think that anyone will be able to fill the boots of Clayton Moore. My dad used to listen to the program back when it was first broadcast on radio; yeah, he's THAT old! And he told me all about the little known details concerning the Lone Ranger, Tonto, and even the horses, Silver and Scout.

[Hector]

30 mill in 3 days really ain't flopping.

For a big budget Summer movie ($215 mil budget) in its very first three days ?

Despicable Me 2 made $89 million in the same three days.

Sorry, it is a monumental flop...despite my $15 contribution, lol...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/box-office-lone-ranger-eating-minion-dust-despicable-153621749.html

[Hector]

Lone Ranger Better than Man of Steel?

[thunderbolt]

Well, to be fair, we were kind of expecting it to flop.

Not quite this badly, true, but we were expecting it to flop.

30 mill in 3 days really ain't flopping.

[JediJaida]

Well, to be fair, we were kind of expecting it to flop.

Not quite this badly, true, but we were expecting it to flop.