RSS Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 It's a little bit before 10:00 PM on Saturday as I sit down to write this, and I have just gotten out of the evening showing of The Lone Ranger. I wasn't going to go. However, it reached 100 degrees in the city today, I needed to go someplace with air conditioning, and this was the only movie that still had a seat (seriously, a seat) this close to showtime.To read more, click here: http://www.earth-2.net/reviews/m/the-lone-ranger.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I'm pretty torn on this one. Obviously, I'm a huge western guy, and I generally like Depp when he's not working with Burton. Verbanski had a pretty clear grasp on the western with Rango, too. Despite it being about a talking lizard. All that said, I think this will be a Redbox. Fantastic piece, Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobob_100 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Great piece, and just from this i think i will see it on dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Cut the framing sequence, the comedy with Silver, and some of Tonto's jokes, and I think this makes for a great, action-centric modern Western. I do not regret spending $8.75 or the 150 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Thanks, guys. I forgive the framing sequence (in which a 100-year-old Tonto is telling the story to a young boy) mainly because, as it features an elderly crazy person entertaining a young child, it is the dictionary definition of an unreliable narrator, making the more fantasy-related elements more palatable for me. However, cut it (while at the same time ditching the magical stuff that shouldn't be here) and you trim a significant amount of screentime, tightening up the film overall. More than anything, I was shocked at how much I liked Hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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