Really Surprised!

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I was thrilled when I read there was actually going to be a new, big-budget Lone Ranger film, especially since the last attempt at this franchise failed so badly. However, I was a little reluctant when I also read that Johnny Depp was to portray Tonto. Don't get me wrong, he's an exceptional actor BUT, he's also very eccentric.Your first sign of trouble is when "Tonto" gets top billing over the lead, not good. If you are thinking about watching this movie-don't. I tried every which way to like this movie and just flat out couldn't. "Tonto" practically spends the entire movie making the "Lone Ranger" look like a complete idiot. There's nothing romantic about the movie or anything that made us love this classic hero and his faithful sidekick, which, by the way, this movie centers around. This was obviously ego-driven. Adding insult to injury, the movie lost millions. There are some good moments, the story has potential, but every time there seemed to be a chance the movie would get better throughout, it took a turn for the worse. It insulted the legacy of this beloved character(Lone Ranger), it also insulted my intelligence.

Continuing my plan to watch every Johnny Depp movie in order, I come to The Lone Ranger.Before watching this movie today, I only knew a few things about it!! It had a troubled production, the studio interfered a lot, critics ripped it apart and it is one of the biggest financial flops of all time, allegedly losing the studio about 100million dollars. Reading up on it, it really was a troubled production. The problems included bad weather, wildfire, a chickenpox outbreak, and the accidental death of a crew member. These problems and the spirally budget almost led to the film's cancelation. Until Depp, Gore Verbinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Armie Hammer equally deferred twenty percent of their salaries, to minimize the overall cost. Disney then changed chairmen and the new chairman became very hands on including editing parts of the movie himself!! Depp was apparently very unhappy that most of the Native American subplot was axed all together!! On to the movie. I actually quite enjoyed it. To say I was pleasantly surprised, is an understatement, as I was not looking forward to watching this one. I asked my brother about it this morning, and he compared it to Waterworld saying "It's one of those movies people will like in 20 years time, when they watch it away from all of the hate" and I kind of get what he means!! It's not a great movie by any stretch. It's predictable, formulaic and it's all standard stuff, but it is certainly not a bad movie, I have seen a lot worse. I was entertained throughout and I laughed/chuckled and smiled more at this, than I did the recent Game Night. In fact I enjoyed this more than Jumanji!! I'm sure not many will share that thought though lol.Depp was criticised for A, not being Native American (there is Native American blood on his grandmothers side) and for acting too much like Captain Jack Sparrow. I can see where the last criticism is coming from, but I think he is more like Sam from Benny & Joon, then Captain Jack. I do have a few criticisms too!! A busty Helena Bonham Carter is on my dvd cover, but is only in two scenes!! I hate that!! Armies Hammer is devoid of any charisma and the twist was pretty obvious from quite early too!! But I was entertained throughout and not Johnny Depp openly criticized the reviews by American critics. Depp said "the reviews were written seven to eight months before we released the film. They were reviewing the budget, not reviewing the movie." The Lone Ranger grossed $89 million at the domestic box office to end 2013 as the 40th highest grossing movie of the year!!

The story is very Bande dessinée and was told in different versions humpteen times. But it is a good story worth retelling. Much of it have happened in real life all over the world. Lots of humour and acrobatics, all impossible, but it is a story told to a young boy, so it is of the film. Boys should like it. Great production, B-movie like Indiana Jones.

The plot line about how The Lone ranger and Tonto came about is perfectly acceptable and hasn't be altered very much at all from the original source .I enjoyed most of the Film once I got used to the quirky portrayal of Tonto by Johhny Depp. It seems that if a movie tries to have a plot line, tries to have a dialogue , few explosions, no nudity, NO cute little cartoon creatures, {that can be sold to kids on many products} has actors that have lived in faces, rather than plump crew-cut college looking dream boats, what appears to be the case now is that very many of the audience are mystified and have oh so short attention spans. I wonder what today's audiences have made of The African Queen, and Bad day at Black Rock,or even One flew over the Cuckoo's nest ?????????????????