I saw "The Lone Ranger" , starring Johnny Depp-The Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Donnie Brasco; Armie Hammer-Mirror Mirror, The Social Network and he has also signed up to be in the upcoming 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' movie as Illya Kuryakin; William Fichtner-Entourage-t.v., Prison Break-t.v.; Helena Bonham Carter-Dark Shadows-2012, the Harry Potter movies and Tom Wilkinson-Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, The Green Hornet-2011.
This is a retelling of the classic Lone Ranger story by director Gore Verbinski-Rango & The Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The last Lone Ranger movie-The Legend of the Lone Ranger-was in 1981 and also starred a relatively unknown actor in the lead role-Klinton Spilsbury. This is also the first time that the actor playing Tonto-Johnny- has gotten top billing over the Lone Ranger-Armie-but let's face it, Johnny Depp's name will draw more ticket buyers than Armie Hammer's will. The movie starts in 1933, where a little boy meets Johnny in a side show carnival. Johnny tells the boy-in flashback-about how Armie became the masked man. William plays Butch Cavendish, the infamous outlaw that massacred the Rangers that were in hot pursuit, leaving only one survivor, Armie. Johnny finds and nurses Armie back to health and they proceed to right justice by bringing in William, for trial. Helena-and wait until you see what her leg can do-plays a lady that runs a house of ill repute and Tom is in charge of building a railroad through Indian territories. There is a lot of humor in the movie, which can be expected with Johnny and of course, some pretty good action scenes-near the end, is a good one involving 2 trains. There are times in the flashbacks that things are a little exaggerated in Johnny's retelling-which is probably a little confusing to some people- but the more you understand Johnny's character, then you realize what is going on. Johnny wears a dead crow on his head-even other Indians think he is a little eccentric-but it is explained why he does it. Armie plays a little too much like an idiot at times but this is an origin story and it can be expected. Even though this is a Disney movie-like the Pirates movies-there are a few scenes that might be a little too violent for small children; The Rangers being massacred, the Indians being massacred and Oh yeah, one scene where a man cuts another man's heart out and then eats it. As far as the iconic symbols of The Lone Ranger myth; They do use the Lone Ranger theme, he does use silver bullets, Johnny calls Armie 'Kemosabe'-although he has a different meaning for it than the original 'Friend', which is hilarious- and Armie does utter the phrase 'Hi Yo Silver!' FYI: In the original radio shows and books, The Lone Ranger is the great, great uncle of The Green Hornet. It's rated "PG-13" for violence and action sequences and has a running time of 2 hours & 29 minutes. Some people may not like this new version but I really enjoyed it and I would buy it on Blu-Ray-One thing that doesn't make much sense to me is that people will say that they want something different but then they end up wanting the same thing, over & over, again.
This is a retelling of the classic Lone Ranger story by director Gore Verbinski-Rango & The Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The last Lone Ranger movie-The Legend of the Lone Ranger-was in 1981 and also starred a relatively unknown actor in the lead role-Klinton Spilsbury. This is also the first time that the actor playing Tonto-Johnny- has gotten top billing over the Lone Ranger-Armie-but let's face it, Johnny Depp's name will draw more ticket buyers than Armie Hammer's will. The movie starts in 1933, where a little boy meets Johnny in a side show carnival. Johnny tells the boy-in flashback-about how Armie became the masked man. William plays Butch Cavendish, the infamous outlaw that massacred the Rangers that were in hot pursuit, leaving only one survivor, Armie. Johnny finds and nurses Armie back to health and they proceed to right justice by bringing in William, for trial. Helena-and wait until you see what her leg can do-plays a lady that runs a house of ill repute and Tom is in charge of building a railroad through Indian territories. There is a lot of humor in the movie, which can be expected with Johnny and of course, some pretty good action scenes-near the end, is a good one involving 2 trains. There are times in the flashbacks that things are a little exaggerated in Johnny's retelling-which is probably a little confusing to some people- but the more you understand Johnny's character, then you realize what is going on. Johnny wears a dead crow on his head-even other Indians think he is a little eccentric-but it is explained why he does it. Armie plays a little too much like an idiot at times but this is an origin story and it can be expected. Even though this is a Disney movie-like the Pirates movies-there are a few scenes that might be a little too violent for small children; The Rangers being massacred, the Indians being massacred and Oh yeah, one scene where a man cuts another man's heart out and then eats it. As far as the iconic symbols of The Lone Ranger myth; They do use the Lone Ranger theme, he does use silver bullets, Johnny calls Armie 'Kemosabe'-although he has a different meaning for it than the original 'Friend', which is hilarious- and Armie does utter the phrase 'Hi Yo Silver!' FYI: In the original radio shows and books, The Lone Ranger is the great, great uncle of The Green Hornet. It's rated "PG-13" for violence and action sequences and has a running time of 2 hours & 29 minutes. Some people may not like this new version but I really enjoyed it and I would buy it on Blu-Ray-One thing that doesn't make much sense to me is that people will say that they want something different but then they end up wanting the same thing, over & over, again.