Lone Ranger Is Getting Panned

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I can't say I'm surprised that so far everything I've heard about The Lone Ranger is that it's really really bad. It's never good for a movie to be compared as being on the same level with Wild, Wild West.

"The Lone Ranger," can only be filed alongside "Cowboys and Aliens" and "Wild, Wild West" as ornate films that are so nervous about the modern appeal of the Western that they ruin it by impulsively overstuffing it.

Ouch.

I've been off the "Johnny Depp is awesome in anything" sentiment since his last what, four big time movies have been just terrible (Dark Shadows, Alice, Pirates 4, Willy Wonka....) and his lesser work in that time has been just as bad (Rum Diary, Tourist, Libertine, Secret Window...) It's been 10 years since the first Pirates movie and outside of that, his last good movie was Rango, which was animated, and kind of a kids version of Fear & Loathing so I don't see why Lone Ranger would be any different than the rest of the stuff he's put out in the last 13+ years.

I'm still gonna see it though...

[Brazoo]

Ever since I saw the first trailer I have been looking forward to its release on DVD, so I can drink with my friends and laugh at how insane it is.

[enyawd72]

Critics take this stuff way too seriously. From everything I've read, the film is an over the top cliffhanger serial just like the original Lone Ranger serials, which were far from great films, but were damn entertaining nonetheless.
As long as this version entertains, that's all it needs to do.

[Lee9977]

Critics take this stuff way too seriously. From everything I've read, the film is an over the top cliffhanger serial just like the original Lone Ranger serials, which were far from great films, but were damn entertaining nonetheless.
As long as this version entertains, that's all it needs to do.

well said. Expectations may be a bit too high. I am pretty sure this film will deliver the medium expectations i have . Still wanna see this

[mego73]

I was cold on it ever since I saw they felt the need to make Tonto look like some evil witch doctor.

[HardyGirl]

Thanks, I'll stick to Clayton Moore and William Conrad (voice of the Filmation cartoon). Speaking of Clayton Moore, COZI-TV is showing the original series plus 2 movies all week.

[Hector]

The thing is that I hate Jerry Bruckheimer's stuff...nothing but mindless weak storied, big-budgeted, mindless explosions flicks...his stuff is merely annoying and obnoxious eye-candy.

Also, the movie doesn't seem to have that authentic gritty Western feel to it, but more of a Pirates of the Caribbean slapstick movie set in the old West.

Another also, I'm kinda sick and tired of Johnny Depp. And his character of Tonto doesn't look like a serious and earnest Native-American, he looks more like the Crow or Sting from TNA pro wrestling, lol.

Yet another ALSO...never liked the actor who plays the main character, get second billing...didn't like it in Superman 78 (Hackman over Reeve), and Batman 89 (Nicholson over Keaton)...it takes away from the main hero's importance...neither the villain or the sidekick should get top billing over the main hero, I don't care how famous they are.

[Hector]

I was cold on it ever since I saw they felt the need to make Tonto look like some evil witch doctor.

Exactly, lol.

[MIB41]

I never expected a Lone Ranger film to be a darling of the critics, anymore than I expected Superman to be. I think the media make much to do over what the critics say, as if they have the final say on a movie's fate. They don't. We'll see what happens this weekend.

[Nostalgiabuff]

who cares what critics say, they obviously don't get these kinds of movies. i look forward to seeing it. Lone ranger has been gone from the public consciousness for too long

[Earth 2 Chris]

I could care less what they think. The Lone Ranger is going to actually get my father into a movie theater for the first time in years. I have Friday off, so me, him and my kids are going to go see it. I think we'll have fun with it.

Chris

[cactus725]

who cares what critics say, they obviously don't get these kinds of movies. i look forward to seeing it. Lone ranger has been gone from the public consciousness for too long

I agree!!!

[RickD]

I go to the movies to be entertained..

The Lone Ranger will do this for me. I'm stoked for this movie!

The opinions of critics are meaningless

[Mikey]

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but I kinda liked Wild, Wild West

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I get that there's always the "who cares what the critics think" opinion and I'm right there with you guys on that because seriously, when has a critic ever reviewed a movie and made you go, "Oh, now I gotta see this." When you really think about it, the professional critics that review these movies in advance are usually highbrow audience members that are looking for the next American Beauty and are reviewing the summer block buster because they have to, not because they were stoked to see it. Usually the best way to get a feel for the movie is to read the user reviews if your curious about something before going to see it and even then, they can be misleading. Last week I saw Movie 43, which was a movie I had only heard terrible things about and loved it. Mostly it was knocked by people who were expecting a traditional movie and got five different comedy sketches instead but those that realized that it wasn't a traditional movie and just five individual comedy sketches, tended to like the movie more. I also heard nothing but bad things about World War Z and so far it's my favorite movie of the summer.

So it all subject to opinion and preference anyway. I think what is showing up far too often in these reviews (Lone Ranger and others) though is the word "mindless." Apparently the last 40+ minutes of the 2 1/2 hr Lone Ranger movie is nothing but a chase scene with huge explosions and I get that's become somewhat of a staple of Summer movies but maybe it's just me, but I get the feeling that on the whole, the movie going public is getting tired of that. Just in this season we've been given a Star Trek Movie, A Superman Movie, and an Iron Man Movie, that featured the exact same type of "here's the final battle which will go on far longer than it should and feature crazy explosions, mass destruction, and the hero who just faced impossible odds will win out" ending. It's just become so formulaic that it's almost boring. I'm not saying the Lone Ranger should reinvent the wheel but you shouldn't be able to watch a two minute trailer and figure out where every scene in the movie is going to be based on the level of explosion and action.