Posted on 07/02/2013 8:45:56 AM PDT by Allah AtBar
bttt
I really don’t go out to watch movies anymore, but I have to admit that the little frenchman, Johnny Depp, has a knack of providing me a chuckle or two. So he gets a thumbs up from me as far as an entertainer goes. Whether or not this movie is dud, I don’t know, but historically I’ve liked his movies - so if it ever makes the TV circuit, I’ll watch it.
Actually, Johnny Depp does not reprise his Pirate’s character and plays the role rather “straight”. I am not a Johnny Depp fan, but his character and humor are actually one of the few redeeming qualities of the movie. Other redeeming aspects include the scenery and set locations, amazing special effects and the use of the William Tell Overture during the finale.
No doubt. I believe he is 91 now...wonder if his voice still projects like that...
Another one goes down the toilet.
No doubt, Hollyweird expects to make it up abroad.
Think I’ll just wait for the Turkish knock-off
When the wife and I saw an ad where the Lone Ranger and Tonto were attempting to blow-up a railway span, my wife and I looked at each other and said, “The Lone Ranger doesn’t blow-up sh!t!”
Up until that time, we wanted to see it, because we were hoping that it would be good. After that, we decided to wait until it makes it to Netflix!
You just can’t outmatch Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger.
Here he is as the Lone Ranger with Tonto in a early 1970’s Aqua Velva commercial. Good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPplcqxv2I
Real Indians might. But we're talking about Depp.
Not even the trailer looks good. Thanks for the heads up.
When did Tonto start looking like Jambi from Pee Wee’s Playhouse?
Wow, great find, O.E.O.
I totally agree with you, Buckeye, it seems very disrespectful and ludicrous.
That was quite surreal. It reminded me of the parody of a German folk tale, “The Woodsman and his Hairy Daughters”, by Tony Hendra.
The story ended up: “Immediately the woodsman, invoking the name of the adder’s second head, became a bear and, catching up the hedgehog, threw it into the air, whereupon it became a woodpecker and pecked out the eyes of the head, which spat out the lips of his first daughter, which ordered the thousand pieces of the third daughter’s body to dance forevermore. Meanwhile the bear became a wild duck and flew away with the poisoned herring, and the severed head ate itself.”
My impression is the film is as much related to the story of the Lone Ranger as the 1960’s Batman TV series was to the comic book Caped Crusader. Parody and camp, Johnny Depp’s specialty so of course he’s the star, and not to be taken seriously.
Lone Ranger movie directed by Roland Emmerich with Johnny Depp “starring” as Tonto? A Criterion Collection nominee, for sure!
Whoever came up with that must have gorged himself on those funny spotted mushrooms growing out in the Schwartzwald.
Cringeworthy. Johnny Depp doing a performance in “black face” Hollywood couldn’t find another Jay Silver Heels?
Flop!
Early reviews are not positive:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lone_ranger/
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