Offical LONE RANGER Movie & Comic Cover Thread - Love, Like or Hate poll

[Bio-Rupp]

Saw it today and enjoyed it for what it was... escapist fun.

 

Must say that without Depp... it would not been anywhere as entertaining as it was.

 

What did you think?

 

I sold this recently but it was one of my favorite covers. Post one of yours if you have one handy

 

 

 

 

[Speedy-D]

24%/6.4 from critics, 68%/7.2 from audience. Sounds rough.

[Bio-Rupp]

24%/6.4 from critics, 68%/7.2 from audience. Sounds rough.

 

Try seeing it first Speedy

[Speedy-D]

I think this might be a renter, or just a pass. I'm not feeling any drive to see it.

[comicstock]

Disney's just trying for a new western style Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Looks to be failing miserably.

[rjpb]

I think this might be a renter, or just a pass. I'm not feeling any drive to see it.

 

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[Speedy-D]

All the reviews I'm hearing say it makes a horribly clumsy attempt to veer back and forth between cutesy humor and apologist retconning.

[GL1]

Right from the start this movie disappointed me. It is set in 1869 and the first pistol I see is an Colt Single Action Army model 1873. Further that by trapdoor Springfields also not introduced until 1873 and I just lost it. If you are going to spend 250 Million Dollars making a "western" why can't you find a person who at least knows what guns were being used at that time.

 

Drives me nuts. Oh and I agree without Depp this movie would have been unbearable.

[Bosco685]

All the reviews I'm hearing say it makes a horribly clumsy attempt to veer back and forth between cutesy humor and apologist retconning.

 

 

I really wanted to see a successful Lone Ranger movie, though Depp's selection seemed crazy casting. But I had hope as Depp was incredible in the only other western I remember him in, "Dead Man".

 

[Speedy-D]

This is so not Dead Man!! It's half Depp's PC vanity piece, half Verbinski's Pirates Of The Caribbean In The Wacky Wild West.

[Goldeneye]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

[Bosco685]

 

Nobody would be very displeased.

 

 

[dupont2005]

I didn't get casting Depp as Tonto when I first heard the news, but he did a good job. The movie was funny and had the same level of action as the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies. I think those had one or two sequels too many, but I know I loved seeing the first one in the theater. This movie was as much fun. I saw it on the 4th. It was that or This Is The End but I figured the latter would be fine to watch on DVD at home.

[dupont2005]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

I don't much like westerns pre-Young Guns, and ever since Tombstone I've been a western fan. I don't think a major studio western will get released without me taking a look these days. But I hardly even thought of this movie as a western. It was a Hollywood action comedy popcorn flick set in the west.

[Speedy-D]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

I don't much like westerns pre-Young Guns, and ever since Tombstone I've been a western fan. I don't think a major studio western will get released without me taking a look these days. But I hardly even thought of this movie as a western. It was a Hollywood action comedy popcorn flick set in the west.

I swear, I have now heard it all!! Is it safe to assume you've given the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood trilogy (A Fistful Of Dollars | For a Few Dollars More | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) a shot and found it inferior to Young Guns? And of course Once Upon A Time In The West, The Searchers, High Noon, that Star Trek TOS episode (loved that one!! )...

[nearmint]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

 

I wouldn't go that far. I'm a big fan of Unforgiven and Silverado.

[Goldeneye]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

 

I wouldn't go that far. I'm a big fan of Unforgiven and Silverado.

Lets see about one western every 4 to 5 years in the theaters that does well does not equal success most flop. So yes the western died in the late 60's.

[nearmint]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

 

I wouldn't go that far. I'm a big fan of Unforgiven and Silverado.

Lets see about one western every 4 to 5 years in the theaters that does well does not equal success most flop. So yes the western died in the late 60's.

 

You have a rather unpleasant posting style.

[I like pie]

It was a fun movie. The ending made it. Pretty sure it won't flop. Word of mouth is good. Fourth of July weekend is always tricky though.

[Speedy-D]

I saw the previews and could tell it was going to be a box office flop. The western died in the 60's sure a few films here and there are big, but it is not enough to revitalize the entire concept. Let the western stay dead.

 

I wouldn't go that far. I'm a big fan of Unforgiven and Silverado.

Lets see about one western every 4 to 5 years in the theaters that does well does not equal success most flop. So yes the western died in the late 60's.

 

You have a rather unpleasant posting style.

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