I don't know why The Lone Ranger got such bad reviews.
It's a fun Disney movie with action, comedy, villains, likeable characters, and
great cinematography.
The Lone Ranger got some pretty bad reviews, but it still
looked like it might be fun. I don't really know anything about the TV series,
so I went into it with a completely blank slate on that front; no expectations,
and nothing for the movie to live/match up to. I was skeptical about Johnny
Depp playing a Native American, and I was right to be; it wasn't so much like
watching "Tonto" as it was just watching "Johnny Depp in
makeup," but that's okay. I enjoyed his performance anyway.
I really liked what Armie Hammer did with the character of
The Lone Ranger. He was pretty endearing. I liked how he always wanted to do
the right thing, but he was naïve and kind of bumbling. He just seemed like a
good guy, totally out of his element.
It kind of came across as a kids' movie, but then there was
a lot of drinking and prostitutes and eating people going on, so it was weird
in that respect. It was Disney, after all. I don't think Helena's character Red
really needed to be in it. She didn't do much. And Helena's starting to look
old.
William Fichtner gave the performance of his life as
Cavendish, or maybe the character design people just did an awesome job. He was
barely recognizable; I didn't even know it was him until halfway through the
movie. That lip problem he had going on was really disturbing. All the rangers
were so dirty, too. That was weird.
