Posted on 07/03/2013 5:12:48 PM PDT by drewh
The Lone Ranger is no match for a group of nattering yellow creatures known to film fans as "Minions."
The western reboot, a P.C. affair driven by the creative team behind the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, is losing the box office battle to a kiddie sequel. And it's not even close.
Despicable Me 2, starring the voice of Steve Carell and those adorable Minions, is off to a blazing start with an estimated $35 million haul today alone. The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, is expected to bring in $15 million, by comparison.
The Ranger reboot got off to a rocky start early on with the project briefly scrapped before being revived.
Now, it must reverse its initial box office figures and score big overseas to make up for its bloated $225 million-plus budget.
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I won’t see the Lone Ranger. I can’t understand why in the previews Depp gets top billing as Tonto when it’s supposed to be about the ranger.
And yes, Depp looks ridiculous as Tonto.
It’s Tonto and the Lost White Guy—seriously. PC gone native as it were...
It looks like he hadn’t finished removing all of his ‘Dark Shadows’ greasepaint before getting into character as Tonto.
Despicable Me 2 has a distinct advantage that The Lone Ranger does not.
It is, by most accounts, an entertaining movie.
Johnny Deep is about as indian as Iron Eyes Cody.
Kirk did most of his fighting on a closed set.
They had to keep turning the fake boulders around to have them look a little different.
muwahahaha
Johnny was not bareback on horse. He had a sheer Velcro saddle planted on his butt. They failed to synch it tight and Johnny rode a terrorized horses belly.
Amerindians should be burning down theaters at this depiction of an Indian as a clown
More garbage I can ignore.
Hahahaha....and that stupid music was playing in the background as they struggled! You have to admit, when even a kid looks at a cheesy reptilian head and thinks..."Oh no...The paper mache head is going to kill Capt. Kirk!" then your special effects department needs help!
(One of my favorite movies is "Galaxy Quest"...they NAIL it!)
One of the running problems. They had small budget. Even rummaged the lot trash bins for props.
I heard about that, as the actor had the looks, but not the overall qualities for a star.
I saw it. It was not a very good movie. And yes it was politically correct...
when I saw that idiot depp with a bird on his head I knew the movie was DOA
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