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Post by highlander on Jul 2, 2013 12:58:24 GMT -5
Anyone looking forward to seeing the new Lone Ranger movie? Looks pretty good. Hopefully it is better than the last major westerns in the last couple of years - Jonah Hex & Cowboys & Aliens (kindof liked that one).
I'm still taken somewhat aback on the new Tonto look. Looks cool, but quite an abrupt change from the classic look. Maybe it will inspire me to get back to my customs.
Highlander MarX
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Post by otterpar1 on Jul 2, 2013 13:29:42 GMT -5
I was going to say I can't wait to see it but I guess I can... it's on my Netflix list!
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Post by Blindpig on Jul 2, 2013 14:28:26 GMT -5
I plan to see it but am waiting for it to show up on HBO. The only movies I see in the theaters anymore I have to figure out whose voice belongs to the animated characters!
I think westerns need to be divided into two possible three categories. Classic and Modern with The Shootist being the last classic and the third would be the movies that are western themed but really more sci fi like Cowboys & Aliens, The Wild Wild West, and looking to earlier years Billy the Kid meets Dracula.
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Post by fortapache on Jul 2, 2013 23:12:19 GMT -5
I would say the last good western was Silverado. But then I haven't seen the True Grit Remake yet. Have a very strong feeling the new Lone Ranger will be in the very modern category.
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Post by Lee on Jul 5, 2013 13:09:23 GMT -5
I am a big fan of the original Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels series, so I take the Lone Ranger very seriously......We saw the new movie yesterday. It was entertaining. Johnny Depp was quietly comical, and thankfully not a full on 'Jack Sparrow' clone for Tonto. But there were definite similarities. They tended to make John Reid (th Lone Ranger) a little too bumbling at times. I have to say that the movie did come togther very well in the last 20 to 30 minutes. When you hear the full-on William Tell Overture, things really start to happen. And I enjoyed the way the story was being told back and forth from present to past to a little boy. If anyone does go to see it, watch for the circus peanut bag and where it shows up.......
In terms of the western categories discussed here earlier, I would definitely say 'modern' but not quite sci-fi. Again, it was enjoyable, and you would have to see it to understand all of the story elements they brought together. If you go looking for a serious, faithful adaptation, you will be disappointed. If you go looking for what Leonard Nimoy calls 'a good popcorn movie' you will have fun with it.
One part which I definitely did not like was the degree of gruesomeness they used for Butch Cavendish. They went very dark with him in the first part of the film. I do not recommend this for little kids prior to maybe middle-school age.
Just my 2 cents (maybe 4 cents). Lee
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Post by profjim on Jul 10, 2013 13:52:53 GMT -5
I took my almost-seven-year-old son, Carson, and we saw the Lone Ranger on Monday afternoon.
The critics are wrong! It is a good movie. I rate it an 8/10.
Carson loved it and cannot stop playing the Lone Ranger now. He has his Lego Lone Ranger sets and my Gabriel/Marx figures as well. He listened to a radio episode and, now, we are watching the old television show on dvd.
The movie is much better than I expected. The gruesomeness was not that bad--mostly implied rather than actually depicted. I do think that they should have made Butch Cavendish a little less evil or given him more of a sense of humor at least.
The tongue-in-cheek sense of humor of the film is one of its strong points. It is funny without being campy.
Lone Ranger fans will no doubt quibble about some of the details, but I think the movie does a pretty good job at holding to the tradition while updating the story for today's audience.
I was very skeptical about the portrayal of Tonto--the dead crow on his head?! But it made sense in the movie and was funny in an ironic, sad way.
The sense of humor keeps us laughing two days later, as we keep asking, "what's with the mask?" and "never do that again!" It is a quotable and memorable movie.
I encourage everyone to go see it. There were about thirty people in the theater when we saw it and it was a mixed audience. Several older couples, but also some younger kids, which was a good sign. I think that any school-aged kid can probably handle it. It is not nearly as dark as the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
In fact, the Lone Ranger is similar to the POTC films, in a good way. They could have done more with that, I think, by making Butch Cavendish more like Captain Barbarossa as a villain with a sense of humor and a wink and a nod at the audience. It isn't quite as good as the first POTC movie, but I think it equals the sequels.
Again, go see it! We need to support Westerns when we can and this one is definitely worth watching.
Perhaps the best review I can give it is to say that we are going to see it again.
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Post by stewartsattic on Jul 11, 2013 14:27:34 GMT -5
Hey folks, I absolutely agree with everything Prof Jim said! Go see it and enjoy it for what it is ;D
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Post by Blindpig on Aug 28, 2014 15:38:30 GMT -5
Finally saw this last night and finished over my lunch hour! Remember I wait for it to show up on HBO!
I liked it as it was funny and didn't try to copy/improve on the original, it did its own thing!
The line about "trying to figure if this horse is stupid or pretending to be" had all of us laughing.
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Post by topazbay on Aug 29, 2014 22:10:26 GMT -5
OK fine. i will see it. I also take the Lone Ranger seriously So do the rest of the Rangers probably. Have been avoiding the movie, but..ok.lol Nance
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Post by savewithdave on Aug 30, 2014 8:48:31 GMT -5
We enjoy quite a bit just think of it as Tonto & "The Lone Ranger "
With a bit of Cap'n Jack mixed in for good Measure.
Remember
"What Bridge "
& " Bad Trade"
D & D
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Post by Blindpig on Aug 30, 2014 9:57:45 GMT -5
"There is something not right about that horse!"
"No Spirit Horse, you are tired from your journey and have the wrong man!"
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Post by jayworld on Sept 2, 2014 10:11:08 GMT -5
I have not seen it, and fall into the camp of "not interested," especially after speaking with several friends that did see it (and I value their opinions highly). They all concurred that it was not a movie for younger kids and a couple scenes had (implied) gruesomeness too strong for young children.
By comparison, my family still enjoy watching our "Best of" DVD collection of Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, in glorious black and white!
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Post by savewithdave on Sept 3, 2014 15:39:33 GMT -5
Hey Jay
IMHO you are missing out.
D & D
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Post by jayworld on Sept 4, 2014 12:58:33 GMT -5
Perhaps, but I don't feel too bad about missing out... Newer is not necessarily better in my book. Rarely have re-imaginings or re-makes been better than the original sources...just my opinion, though.... 1950s Lone Ranger IS the Lone Ranger as far as I am concerned; I even liked the Filmation early 1980s Adventures of the Lone Ranger, based upon the Clayton Moore/Jay SIlverheels look and featuring the voice work of William Conrad. Worth seeing if you have not seen it.
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Post by savewithdave on Sept 5, 2014 17:38:03 GMT -5
This will be last comment on this subject I never said anything about better just a fun Western movie to watch & take your mind off the daily grind .
D & D
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