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It was enjoyable and fun but not without it's problems.
We not only get the Ranger's origin but Tonto's. I don't think I ever heard of an origin for Tonto. I applaud the new, grittier, look for Tonto and the sympathy towards the Indians. Their leader was witty and wise and has one of the best lines in the film.
The scenery was fantastic. Why didn't they use some of these locale's on John Carter? Did they look too Earth-like? The west looks fantastic in this film.
The frame for the film isn't too bad but the filmmakers use it to skip important details and interrupt the story and even tell it out of order. Look, if you wanted Quentin Tarantino to direct this why not hire him? That's his thing. Don't try to do it better than him because you can't.
I can accept that from where TLR originally came from he will need training and instruction but can the man who would become TLR really be so naive and reluctant after seeing so many people, including his brother, killed? I'm not going to say Armie Hammer was as bad as Inspector Cluseau but he was soooo naive. It takes too long for him to solidify what he has to do and who he has to become. The second villain, the man behind the scenes, was pretty obvious. There was no suspense in that reveal so get over that hurdle early and let him get down to business as Antonio Banderas did in Zorro. Sure he will fail on some of his attempts but he will learn as he goes.
If Johnny Depp is part Native American how does playing Tonto grunting in broken english and providing mostly comic relief make this a better portrayal? Some of the parts where he and TLR disagree were very well scripted but not played out correctly I think. The argument they have as Tonto is about to revenge himself on Butch Cavendish is a good exchange but they shouldn't have had it in front of the villain. It was the right words/wrong place to say them. Maybe they should have had a big argument and a kncok-em down fight from an argument but I don't much like Tonto slapping TLR around for being a doofus.
Also some dialogue is too modern. Should any character in the old west have to say, "Lack of oxygen causes the brain to hallucinate." That and a few other lines were way too modern and out of place.
I scratch my head at what we're expected to believe can happen. A gatling gun that effectively kills hundreds of Indians misses white men when aimed at them leaving them alive to scramble like buffoons? People go flying off a crashing train and live? Horses that can scale roofs of buildings and gallop on the roofs of moving trains? Really? Tonto jumps from one train above to the one below, 3-4 stories down, lands on an open top car of silver ore and gets up again without breaking his legs or ankles? Too much and definitely over the top.
Definitely better than The Wild, Wild, West but not better than Zorro.
We not only get the Ranger's origin but Tonto's. I don't think I ever heard of an origin for Tonto. I applaud the new, grittier, look for Tonto and the sympathy towards the Indians. Their leader was witty and wise and has one of the best lines in the film.
The scenery was fantastic. Why didn't they use some of these locale's on John Carter? Did they look too Earth-like? The west looks fantastic in this film.
The frame for the film isn't too bad but the filmmakers use it to skip important details and interrupt the story and even tell it out of order. Look, if you wanted Quentin Tarantino to direct this why not hire him? That's his thing. Don't try to do it better than him because you can't.
I can accept that from where TLR originally came from he will need training and instruction but can the man who would become TLR really be so naive and reluctant after seeing so many people, including his brother, killed? I'm not going to say Armie Hammer was as bad as Inspector Cluseau but he was soooo naive. It takes too long for him to solidify what he has to do and who he has to become. The second villain, the man behind the scenes, was pretty obvious. There was no suspense in that reveal so get over that hurdle early and let him get down to business as Antonio Banderas did in Zorro. Sure he will fail on some of his attempts but he will learn as he goes.
If Johnny Depp is part Native American how does playing Tonto grunting in broken english and providing mostly comic relief make this a better portrayal? Some of the parts where he and TLR disagree were very well scripted but not played out correctly I think. The argument they have as Tonto is about to revenge himself on Butch Cavendish is a good exchange but they shouldn't have had it in front of the villain. It was the right words/wrong place to say them. Maybe they should have had a big argument and a kncok-em down fight from an argument but I don't much like Tonto slapping TLR around for being a doofus.
Also some dialogue is too modern. Should any character in the old west have to say, "Lack of oxygen causes the brain to hallucinate." That and a few other lines were way too modern and out of place.
I scratch my head at what we're expected to believe can happen. A gatling gun that effectively kills hundreds of Indians misses white men when aimed at them leaving them alive to scramble like buffoons? People go flying off a crashing train and live? Horses that can scale roofs of buildings and gallop on the roofs of moving trains? Really? Tonto jumps from one train above to the one below, 3-4 stories down, lands on an open top car of silver ore and gets up again without breaking his legs or ankles? Too much and definitely over the top.
Definitely better than The Wild, Wild, West but not better than Zorro.
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