The Lone Ranger

[Jangler]

Modern moviemakers have made a couple of runs at The Lone Ranger. To date, it hasn't gone well. "Legend of the Lone Ranger" was awful. I'd certainly like to see someone do it right, but I've got my doubts on this one.

There was actually a time when I had an interest in this movie, but the phrase "Johnny Depp as Tonto" pretty much killed it.

You telling me they couldn't have found an authentic actor for that part?

 

This movie doesn't even look all that good. I can wait for the library to show it and see it for free. :)

[Zaximus]

It just looks like a Depp movie lol.  He's like the Legos video games where they are the same legos just in Harry Potter or Batman costumes, etc, lol.

[Scrumtrilescent]

Yep, never been a Depp fan.  I love mindless summer popcorn flicks and I have no taste in movies as many think, but still not interested.  I'm going to see Fast and Furious 6.  Again.  In 3D!

[pstall]

lets see. its a remake and we all know that. it has Depp and the crew from the Pirates movies and we all know that. its a western and we all know that.

 

some of ya'll doing some serious Roger Ebert over think here. every movie doesn't have to be life changing.

 

i think it looks pretty cool and will see it first run and not sweat it.

[pantherclaw]

Looks pretty entertaining.

[Doyle]

How many movies are they going to make with Depp wearing black eyeliner?

[Zod]

When 77 out of 100 movie critics thinks its garbage....

[Zod]

Looks pretty entertaining.

I have no doubt you will love it.

[SZ James (banned)]

The media is flop-hungry. All year, the mainstream critics and entertainment journalists have salivated over the prospects of big movies falling flat, seeming to almost encourage it and acting disappointed when some of their predictions didn’t come true. From the early insistence The Great Gatsby was an obvious flop (it wasn’t), to the eager chanting that After Earth was destined to bomb (it did), to the obsessive attempt to convince us World War Z was doomed to failure (wrong again), the press has engaged in more than their usual bit of bandwagon narratives and really focused on the gloom-and-doom predictions more than ever. Even Man of Steel, which has of course become a big hit, had its share of “uh oh, will it flop?” buzz.

In particular, the press has really been trumpeting their own horn in all of this, insisting for each film “look at all our bad reviews, how could it possibly manage to have a successful opening after all this bad press?” Which brings us to the latest entry in the media’s self-hype about bad press ruining a movie’s chances of finding an audience — The Lone Ranger, a film that’s about a hundred times better than you think it is due to the mindless press coverage and echo-chamber of the increasingly lazy professional critics. In this case, though, I think the press worked extra hard to ensure they’d control the narrative and render the outcome they insisted was unavoidable.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2013/07/04/review-the-lone-ranger-is-a-fun-summer-ride/

[TheRumGone]

When 77 out of 100 movie critics thinks its garbage....

 

i love plenty of movies that have gotten shitted on by the critics.

[Zod]

It's a critic conspiracy!!!!

[Zod]

i love plenty of movies that have gotten shitted on by the critics.

I don't doubt that one bit.

[Zod]

I have never liked a movie that got below a 40 on Rotten Tomatoes. This got a 23.... Yikes.

[TheRumGone]

I don't doubt that one bit.

 

so you only like movies that are rated favorably?

 

spoon fed?