It was universally reviled by critics and panned by audiences, but I went ahead and gave The Lone Ranger a try, anyway. Turns out, everyone was right: this is a bad movie.
I don't consider myself overly observant, but the first thing I noted upon seeing the trailer was just how similar Tonto looked to Captain Jack Sparrow (of Pirates of the Caribbean fame). Same actor (Johnny Depp), similar costume, similar personality, similar role . . . not to mention the movie was made by the same company (Disney), director (Gore Verbinski), producer (Jerry Bruckheimer), and composer (Hans Zimmer). A website even jokingly called The Lone Ranger another name: Pirates of the Caribbean 5- Jack Sparrow Goes West. It's not inaccurate.
Okay, so there are a lot of similarities between the production of the two movies, but Pirates was great, so maybe The Lone Ranger could deliver, too. Alas, no. The action and effects were great- which is to be expected in this day and age- but everything else fell flat. Plot? Meandering, not well developed, yet bloated in places. Some plot devices- fight scenes and the horse, for example- were over-the-top absurd/ridiculous, and I'm generally a fan of that sort of thing. I haven't seen the original lone ranger TV shows in years, so I don't remember how closely the movie aligns with it- but it doesn't matter. You can skip this one.
Rating: C-
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