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Is The Lone Ranger a great movie? Not really, but it is relatively entertaining.

Is the movie slow in the middle? A little, but not as bad as most critics would have you believe.

The Lone Ranger is a bit long and does ask you to be patient at times, something that seems to be lost in the modern video-game world we live in.

The strength of the movie lies squarely with Johnny Depp and his portrayal of Tonto. I seriously doubt that any other actor could have pulled it off. Depp deadpans through several one-liners, which gives us much of the movie's humor. In Depp's capable hands, the character of Tonto is both admirable and witty, with a charm all his own.

The first part of the movie definitely gets us started with a bang. It does jump around quite a bit in the first few scenes, which seemed a little disjointed at times, but things are tied together well enough as the movie progresses.

The middle of the movie is slower, but we are provided with many of the answers as to the back history of the characters, especially with Tonto and the villains. I will agree that the movie could have accomplished the same with five to ten less minutes, but that is certainly not an adequate reason, in itself, to skewer the film.

And the last few scenes are the non-stop action sequences that most modern audiences love, although they do almost come off as cartoonish at times.

As stated, Depp's performance is the single biggest selling point for this movie. I thought William Fichtner was very good as Butch Cavendish, the film's main villain. Tom Wilkinson, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson, and Helena Bonham Carter all lend excellent support.

Of the movie's title character, I'm not sure that someone else other than Armie Hammer wouldn't have made a better Lone Ranger. That being said, the interactions and dialog between him and Depp's Tonto are enjoyable and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. In many ways, this is a buddy movie, albeit with a bit of a twist.

Perhaps, one of the main reasons critics dislike the movie is its title. For all intents and purposes, this is really a Tonto movie. It is more his story and told from his point of view. It probably should have properly been called Tonto. But I don't see that as being a bad thing at all.

If you take it for what it is, The Lone Ranger is a reasonably entertaining film, with a very strong performance by Depp. And that was enough for me to give it a 7 out of 10.

I recently attended an early screening for the film at Disney's California Adventure and wow it was great. The story is well told and gives you a good idea of how a man named John Reid becomes the Lone Ranger who is brilliantly played by Armie Hammer. Johnny Depp obviously stole the show for his portrayal of Tonto; I thought it was one of his best characters he's ever played. The highlight here is the two's chemistry throughout the film, these are two very different people who both have different perspectives on life and they were just hilarious together. My only problem with the film was the supporting cast, I thought some characters were a little under developed and not as enjoyable as the leads. I wished the villain were just as enjoyable like how Geoffrey Rush was for Curse of the Black Pearl. So in other terms the film is not as good as Curse of the Black Pearl but more superior then the Prate sequels. Go see this movie you'll have a great time, and people can learn from this movie it's got some good messages.

I don't know what the critics' problem is with this film. They call it unimaginative, lacking of plot, and hard to follow...when the truth is, the film is amazingly entertaining, HILARIOUS, and easy to follow. The cast gets better throughout the film as incredible actors/actresses continue to step onto the screen (e.g. Barry Pepper).

The action sequences leave you breathless, on the edge of your seat and begging for more. Hans Zimmer did an incredible job with the score! I went into the film a little skeptical, given all the negative reviews, and perhaps that is what made this film such a pleasant surprise. I loved every minute, though at times it did feel a little long. In the end, however, I didn't want it to end! I haven't seen a film with this combination of comedy, whit, action, plot, did I mention comedy? and enthusiasm.

Is it exactly like the old "Lone Ranger" radio/TV show? NO! If you want that, then go watch it! THIS Lone Ranger is up-to-date and gives Tonto an actual personality and background that plays well into the story.

Great movie to see on the 4th of July weekend. Be sure to check it out, and never mind what the lame critics have said about it, for their own reasoning that is just NOT in accordance with what this film is really like.

OK, I went to see Lone Ranger on July 4th due to the un-ending rain that was hitting Northern Georgia at the time. I normally don't go to see movies and pay full price (we have a dollar theater not far from here), because usually movies produced today don't warrant paying $8 - $12 or more for a ticket. Anyway, my wife gave me a choice of either the new Sandra Bullock movie or The Lone Ranger, and I told her that many movies don't translate well to a smaller television screen - my way of getting out of seeing another stupid Bullock pic. I must say that the $21 spent on a few tickets the day after opening, was well spent. Depp stole the show. His portrayal of Tonto was very well done. I don't believe it was "over the top", as many might say, he played it well, and I feel that the part was written for him. William Fichtner who plays Butch Cavendish, does an excellent job, and the make-up throughout the film was extraordinary. The action was well balanced, and the CGI Effects complimented the action well. Overall, I would say the hard earned money I forked over for tickets was well spent, and I firmly believe that this will be a top money grosser for the 2013 Summer season. Do yourself a favor and see The Lone Ranger on the big screen - don't wait for the DVD version to see it first. Buy the DVD for the behind the scenes footage - that would be most interesting indeed.

You know the plot; you also know who is in this movie so lets get to it. Gore Verbinski has delivered a film that moves leisurely along peppered with rousing action sequences, comedy, villainy and pathos. It is solid entertainment. I would place this movie alongside Waterworld, The Last Action Hero, and John Carter as unfairly panned films which deserves to succeed in the cinema halls.

It is too bad that there appears to be a hate on for this movie simply because it seems that a lot of money was spent in its making. But look at it this way, when you hire real stunt persons, construct and destroy real trains and stage many stunts for real, it is not going to be cheap. I would rather support this type of movie-making any day instead of the tired CGI based effects laden yawners. Every penny of the budget is on screen in a beautiful shot and staged movie. I found it to be an enjoyable 159 minutes of entertainment.

Somewhat dreading this movie after having heard nothing but negative things about it, I was almost about to pass up on watching it. But still, I decided to give it a go, as Johnny Depp usually manages to make anything watchable.

And now having seen "The Lone Ranger", I must admit that I am glad that I did sit down to watch it. This was indeed like taking a trip back to being a little boy, running about outside while playing cowboys and Indians. There was just something very nostalgic to this movie, and it worked out so well.

I just have a very vague memory of the Lone Ranger character from when I was a kid, so I really have no particular connection to the story, the characters or the background story for this.

Watch the movie for what it is, a wonderful western adventure, mixed up with just the right amount of action and comedy. And the story told in the movie was enjoyable and there was a good, continuous flow to it.

Ignore all the bad reviews and the critics on this one, and do yourself a favor and sit down to watch this. If you grew up playing cowboys and Indians, then you definitely don't want to miss out on this one.

The cast in "The Lone Ranger" was actually quite good, lots of great names. Johnny Depp really carried the movie here with his performance as Tonto. Much can be said about the eccentricity of the character and any possible resemblances to the Jack Sparrow character, but who cares? He did a great job here. And also a big tip of the cowboy hat to William Fichtner, playing Butch Cavendish. He was so well-cast for this particular role.

With a feature length of 149 minutes, it might seem somewhat long. But time flies by while watching "The Lone Ranger", because you get so caught up in the storyline and there is a good fast pace to the movie.

Little late to the party on this one, I accept, but maybe the TV experience will be slightly kinder than the harsh glare of the cinema screen on this notorious flop from a few years back. The answer.... not really. It's still an overlong, vaguely racist, horribly predictable, second rate action-adventure.

Armie Hammer plays John Reid a pacifist district attorney who joins his brother's posse to help track down notorious murdered Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner) and his gang. When the posse is betrayed, Reid's brother is killed and he is left for dead. He's restored by Silver, a Native American spirit horse and Tonto (Johnny Depp) who then forms a reluctant partnership with Reid and in going after Cavendish, they discover a larger conspiracy.

There are a couple of reasons why "The Lone Ranger" doesn't really work. Much of the blame was landed at Johnny Depp's feet, as this was right around the time opinion turned on him and to be fair, much of that here is justified. Though spending some of the running time in awful "old man" make up doesn't help, the film never really settles on who "Tonto" is. At times he's possessing "native" insight and wisdom, at others he blunders around taking pratfalls and "feeding" the dead crow on his head, sadly, most of the time, he's just irritating.

But those tonal problems roll out to the rest of the film too. It veers wildly between high farce and mild horror. Various scenes of slaughtered Indian Villages, and of Cavendish removing and eating Reid's brother's heart don't mesh well with the ladder riding pratfalls of the films climactic scenes. There are odd character choices too, such as the decision to make Reid in love with his brother's wife. . as if somehow he wouldn't be as motivated to save his brothers widow and his nephew if he wasn't also in in love with her. The reveal of the extra villain at the end was very underwhelming, if you can't work it out from the names on the poster, then you really haven't seen enough movies.

The final action scene is a really good one, with a train split into several carriages that then traverses numerous crossing tracks that are (inexplicably) all going in the same direction, but unfortunately it's too little, too late, to justify the horrendous running time.

The early signs were not good, tales of production problems galore and early critical notices wading in to kick the film before it had even had a run at the theatres. The Lone Ranger seemed destined to be a blockbuster stinker. Yet in spite of it noticeably alienating original Lone Ranger purists, and some Western lovers as well, for a rollicking action fun packed time then Gore Verbinski's movie delivers in spades.

It's awash with the serial silliness of adventure films and TV shows of yore, pitching good guys against bad guys with buddy buddy shenanigans pulsing away at the core. The stunts are outrageously enjoyable, the landscape photography as beautiful as it is respectful in homage to past masters of the Western genre, while in Depp's Tonto there's a bona fide hero to root for just as much as he makes you laugh out loud.

This is an origin story, a tale of how John Reid (Armie Hammer) became The Lone Ranger, and of course how the noble steed Silver and Indian side-kick Tonto became integral to his villain fighting ways. Tom Wilkinson and William Fitchner file in for polar opposite villain duties, the former is the weasel business man trying to mould the West in is own image, the latter a repugnant psychopath with a penchant for eating human hearts! Then Helena Bonham Carter wanders in from some Grindhouse movie for a couple of cameos that are resplendent with sexual energy.

It's all very wacky and wild, and rightly so, but this is not at the expense of very good story telling. Some parts of the narrative could have been trimmed, but as the bromance builds between our two heroes, and Silver gets up to all sorts of comedy horse escapades, there's nary a dull moment here. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Verbinski throw all the action staples into the pot. Chases, fights, swinging from ropes, shoot-outs, people dangling from speeding train (pic is bookended by awesome train sequences), grisly deaths and on it goes from start to end.

There's caustic asides to the machinations of organisations of the time, from railroad magnates to the cavalry, while the catchphrases and legends of The Lone Ranger TV series are deftly inserted into the tale. It was interesting to see Depp come out and defend the movie against those damning early critic reviews, it's not something he does, being as he is very much a guy who sees acting as just a job. Bruckheimer, Hammer and Verbinski backed Depp up, stating that some reviews were written before the film had even been released, the big budget and production problems clearly making this a big stinker…

Not so, it's certainly not flawless, and those seriously into anachronisms are likely to have kittens. But if you haven't seen it yet, if you was put off by the venomous early reviews, then give it a chance, you may just be surprised at just how entertaining it is. It also looks and sounds brilliant on Blu-ray, where repeat viewings even show Hammer to be better than first thought as that masked man. 8.5/10

I must say i don't watch western films well except for Django Unchained but this is a must see movie

i watched a lot Johnny Depp movies i loved his characters and the way he makes them funny,entertaining,he did the same with Tonto plus i liked the chemistry between both characters how they fight together and make the audience laugh they killed it

for the massive destruction scenes it was amazing for the special effects it was realistic not fake like F&F 6

for the story it was well written i enjoyed it,for the acting i give it a 10/10 for sure,for the effects and sound mixing also 10/10

Overall:fun action movie for the whole family or friends

Johnny Depp sometimes hams it up as Tonto, who he plays as a Native American sacred clown or trickster figure. While the movie is a little long and Depp over acts at time, I enjoyed the great scenery of Monument Valley and seeing Armie Hammer become the Long Ranger. His sacred journey to becoming a spirit walker is full of magical realism which is so over the top that it can be distracting. However I finally took this movie as a live action Disney cartoon, full of improbable events and yet very entertaining. Perhaps there is no way a movie that cost this much but satirizes American capitalism, can satisfy critics, but I found it fun and serious at the same time. Armie Hammer's transformation from tender foot to avenging spirit was believable to me but I am an over sixty year old who still fondly remembers meeting Clayton Moore when he was no longer allowed to wear the mask. But in today's world a Robin Hood type is still a good ideal to have. To all of us who long for more social justice in the world sometimes you have to put on the mask.

The Bruckheimer/Verbinski team is at it once again, and once again they have completely failed. This is so typical of the Disney Franchise....to take a legendary show, write a mediocre script (that has nothing to do with the actual Lone Ranger), and get a big name like Johnny Depp to star in it. Let's face it, with Johnny Depp starring, people are going to see the movie no matter how terrible it is, simply because he is in it. This is something that Disney does very well. They take a show that's more than 30 years old (1957 in this case) and they remake it into a movie because the majority of their fan base is under 30 years old, so they have no idea how accurate the movie actually is.

First of all, the real Lone Ranger was one of the bravest men alive, not a sniveling little wimp (as depicted in this movie). The characters (including Tonto) looked nothing like the actual characters in the original Lone Ranger. What's up with the thick crumbling face paint, and the dead bird on his head? He looks more like a pygmy that just got off the first plane from the Congo in Africa. This movie is nothing but another 2 1/2 hour 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with characters dressed as cowboys and Indians. This is because Bruckheimer and Verbinski have one style and one style only. They are not talented enough to expand, so all of their movies have the exact same recipe (good guys, fighting the bad guys, for a damsel in distress). Let's face it, we all know that Disney has completely lowered the criteria for talent in this country with all of these "so-called" new Disney stars such as: Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Ashley Tisdale, Hillary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and Vanessa Hudgens. They can't sing, act, or dance their way out of a box if they wanted to.

This movie is such a flop in the hugest way, it saddens me that they spent 250 million dollars to make it. I'm guessing most of this money went to pay the salaries of the actors. This is definitely one of those movies that you will spend the last hour looking at your watch every five minutes waiting for it to end. Don't get me wrong, I think Johnny Depp is a wonderful actor, but the fact that he keeps accepting roles in these mediocre Disney films simply says that he is a complete sell out. It's hard for me to discern exactly what stereotype he's tackling with this oddball incarnation of Tonto, which has all the eccentricity of Captain Jack Sparrow, but only half of the wit. Depp has become another sellout who will take any movie role for X amount of money; there is no artistic integrity involved. Armie Hammer, who I also enjoy, does not have the acting ability to pull off a lead role such as this. He is much better used in co-starring roles such as his role in J Edgar.

The most important aspect of the original Lone Ranger was that it always had a lesson that each episode taught us, something of ethics and morality. This movie does nothing of the kind, it is simply a western with people blowing stuff up. If you're a typical Disney sheep, who will pay good money to see any movie that Disney throws at you, you will probably love this movie. This is what they count on, and is the reason they keep making these awful films. If you are a preteen, you will probably love this movie. If you're one of those people who worship Johnny Depp and will pay to see anything that he is in, you will probably love this movie. If you want to see a movie that has any artistic integrity, or a movie that has a great story and plot, you will hate this movie. If you grew up watching the original Lone Ranger, you will be sadly disappointed (once again) at the mockery that Disney has made of a pure classic. I can understand why Depp is in disguise and Hammer wears a mask...I would be embarrassed to be in this film as well. Hi Ho Silver Away!

Disney's The Lone Ranger has been in theaters for about three weeks. In that time, it's managed to take in $141 million on a $250 million budget. Hollywood analysts agree that, at this point, it's unlikely that the film will break even, much less turn a profit. So, rather than talk about the film itself (which gets a measly two stars in my book), let's discuss why the film failed and why Disney thought it would succeed. Who cares about the Lone Ranger? I mean that. He's not a hot new character like Harry Potter or Bella Swan. He's not an icon like James Bond or Superman. Nor is he a classic figure like Macbeth or Dracula. He's a has been. Sure, he had a hit TV show, but that was 50 years ago! The last movie to star the character (1981's The Legend of the Lone Ranger) was also a box-office bomb, and a 2003 pilot for a new TV series wasn't picked up.

If anyone's interested in the fella, they're probably older. There's nothing wrong with that, but Hollywood generally caters to the under 25 demographic, as they go to the movies most often. If you're going to make a movie for senior citizens, it probably shouldn't cost a quarter of a billion dollars.

And The Lone Ranger doesn't even do that right. It may be rated PG-13, but it's a hard PG-13. The film includes a scene where a man's finger is nailed to the floor, a scene where a man is stabbed in the heart as blood oozes out of his mouth, and an extended sequence in a brothel where Helena Bonham Carter plays a prostitute with an ivory shotgun for a leg. I don't know how many grandparents out there want to see that. Plus, I don't know if anyone, regardless of age, wants to see Johnny Depp play a Native American.

So, why did The Lone Ranger get made? Ten years ago, producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop) made a little movie called Pirates of the Caribbean. Like The Lone Ranger, the film featured Johnny Depp as a wacky side character and was directed by Gore Verbinski. Also like The Lone Ranger, it was a PG-13 Disney movie based on something that was once popular (in this case a theme-park ride). And also like The Lone Ranger, every analyst in Hollywood predicted it would fail. However, it went on to gross $654 million and spawn four sequels.

When it comes to movies, the public can only take so much of the same thing. Sometimes you should fix it even if it ain't broken. As William Goldman once said about Hollywood, "Nobody knows anything. Nobody learns anything."

Ever since growing up with "The Lone Ranger" in the 50's and having been an avid western fan, I've always liked the story, seeing it on TV every Saturday (and sometimes Sundays)in, again, my boyhood days. And this movie was exciting. But I will have to be frank and say that there were times when the corny one-liners simply did get on my nerves. There was plenty of exciting action, and I liked it, but after hearing the script after the first few minutes, I did wonder what kind of movie it was supposed to be. Was it supposed to be a western comedy or a comedic western? If there was to be present the ancient characteristic of drama known as comic relief, they overdid that. The corny lines caused me to wonder, again, what type of movie it was intended to be. I've read some of the critics' reviews, and I thought they were maybe too hard in places. But the critics were right to be harsh about the allegedly funny lines; they were untimely groaners. In all fairness I will have to say that Johnny Depp was good as Tonto, and Armie Hammer was good as the Lone Ranger; Ruth Wilson was an attractive addition to the cast. And too, I liked the rustic Old West beauty of the sets of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Also, I liked the music, especially the William Tell Overture. And, Depp and Gore Verbinski showed good capability. But, to reiterate, don't overdo the comic relief. Though the movie was one I liked, keep a western a western and a comedy a comedy.

I hear people saying this movie did poorly. Well, let me tell you why it did poorly: first of all, its rated PG-13, which means parents are afraid to take their children to see it; secondly, it was up against a franchise from Dream Works Pictures (Despicable Me 2).

Other than those reasons, the film is a success in the age range 18-39. If the film had been a PG rating, you could have seen the numbers soar closer to that of "Despicable Me 2". However, I am glad to see that Disney films have become edgier since the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was released a decade ago.

Johnny Depp is okay in this film, not the greatest, not the worst (his voice is like Nicolas Cage's, it never changes no matter what movie or setting he's in). The real star of the film is Armie Hammer ("J. Edgar" fame) as The Lone Ranger, and doing his own stunts was amazing. Honestly, I think he will go far after this.

I have to separate myself from my tiny little involvement as an extra in this film to write a fair review. Let's start with the bad: After having been a part of the Moab, Utah shoot I decided I had better brush up on my Lone Ranger knowledge and so I bought a DVD of the first few black & white episodes and watched them all. The Lone Ranger was an epic character. He was a courageous, fearless good guy who, with his horse silver and his signature silver bullets, became a legend in the old west. In this 2013 rendition, he is reduced to a cowardly wimp who is scared of guns. When you cut away all the action sequences, he really didn't bring anyone to justice, little lone Cavendish. I am so tired of our modern cinema's reliance on special effects rather than plot lines to tell stories. There were plenty of my pet peeve moments when I'm left rolling my eyes going "yeah right!", like when Tonto jumps from one train 40 or 50 feet down to another movie train & it doesn't break both of his legs. Though I think Johnny Depp is great actor, I think his personality & his version of Tonto made this into a huge Depp-fest whereas they could have given the role to a full-blooded Native American to give them honor & stay true to the story. Another bone I have to pick is the senseless deprecation of Christians or, I guess, "church folk" in this movie. They are made to look like a bunch of backwoods, nerdy, half brained dogmatists preaching hellfire & brimstone. What was the point in that? Also John Reid makes it a point to show that his "Bible" is a law book, rather than the Bible. The original Lone Ranger could actual be seen quoting the Bible in the old black & white episodes! OK, now for the good: This movie is a high-budget non-stop adventure. It's fun to watch & is has a good amount of humor dispersed throughout. I enjoyed the aspects where they stayed true to the original story. The look & feel of the film seems authentic and is overall visually exciting, not to mention filmed in beautiful locations. If you really liked movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, then you will probably like The Lone Ranger.

Just got back from seeing it and we were thoroughly entertained. Depp and Hammer were fantastic in their roles and the action was over the top, as expected. Be advised, this film is told from Tonto's point of view based on his recollections of what transpired. This is not an Oscar contender, nor was it ever intended to be, but it is a great popcorn flick. It is violent in certain scenes and may not be suitable for smaller children, but for adults and tweens, it is about right. I did think that the first 10-15 mins or so were a little too slap-sticky for me, but once it gets going, it gets good. To all of the naysayers out there, what did you think you were going to see? It is essentially a western Pirates of the Caribbean, and Depp portrayed his character with the usual humorous persona he always does.

I was really expecting this film to revamp the Westerm genre but it was really toned down. It was very innovative by making Tonto (Johnny Depp) top billed due to the fact that I believed Armie Hammer couldn't have held this film together himself, surprisingly the Lone Ranger doesn't have any unique quality compared to Tonto, Depp's wacky persona is really taken advantage off. Comedically, there were too many cheap laughs with a lot of dumb slapstick humor, at first it was funny but at 2 1/2 hours the laughs quickly dampen. The movie is extremely prolonged and could have been cut shorter by at least a half hour, it's a huge no-no when watching a movie ends up being a chore. There is still a lot of stuff going for this film though, the productions/environments will blow you away and the hard work shows whenever there is any action sequence, these scenes is where the real fun is. The detailed environments bring the wild west alive in this movie but when the story actually goes underway, it ends up settling it down rather than bringing it to life. There are numerous stories going on at once that it doesn't allow you to be effectively involved each story. Like most people, I have high expectations for a Gore Verbinski film, I expected more creativity and it took itself too seriously at times but as always, Verbinski and Depp are still able to have fun.

Reasons to vote thumbs up for this film: (1) You are in the age group that knows nothing about the LR icon, story and/or cinema-TV history (2) You like a mindless drivel script the kind of script that has the lone ranger pulled by a rope along the ground with his bare head dragged through horse s- - t. (3) You are related to the movie (4) You have a skewed cinema value system (5) You enjoy seeing the LR slam Tonto in the head with a heavy metal shovel and then ride off and leave him (to die???)and this after Tonto saved his life (I did say senseless) (6) Script writers have the LR tell us he believes the saloon prostitutes are all 'dancers' (7) You are forced to watch scene after scene with a kid and come-to- life museum exhibit Tonto that has nothing to do with the story except to interrupt it (8) See the LR make a mocking joke about his brothers death as he says in joking fashion " I guess I'm the wrong brother".

Okay you get the picture. I did like the train wreck scenes since they truly represented the film which itself was a major train wreck. Very often when you see multiple screen writers, in this case THREE, you know a cinema train wreck may be heading your way. Horse Silver was mocked, the endearing term Hi Oh Silver was mocked, the LR is portrayed as a brainless air head, the LR was so emotionless he shed not a tear when he watches, from inches away, as his brother was butchered in a much worse fashion then an effort by Dexter. A love interest was created and followed for hours even though we all know the LRs only real 'love' interest is his horse Silver.

Johnny Depp has a strange sense of humor which often works. His close efforts and involvement in making this movie destroyed every premise of this cinema icon. Since Depp played Tonto as an emotional cripple that may explain what we are forced to view. Wow, watching the LR accuse Tonto of being complicate in the deaths of 100's of his tribe's men, women and kids when Tonto was shown as nothing worse then an innocent 10-12 year old was again nonsensical.

So long as some like nonsense (hey look at the Adam Sandler following) and have no 'feel' for the LR icon and history you will see many thumbs up. That does not turn a awful piece of cinema garbage into a deserving presentation.

Pros: Some awful nice scenery and special affects.

This movie isn't just bad, it's EPICALLY bad. It's like they intentionally tried to combine the films "Green Hornet" and "Wild Wild West" but somehow vowed to make it worse than either one. Who in their right mind at Disney ever thought that this was a good idea at any stage of development? I have to wonder if they added the idea of having the entire movie be told as a story by 1933 Tonto because that way they could have a cover or an excuse that everything seen is so very dumb because it's coming from the mind of a senile and slightly retarded character.

Honestly, this movie is as outrageously bad as anything I've seen in years. It packs little to no popcorn fun. Yet, it tries to pay off the budget with incredibly asinine explosions every once in a while. Depp's Tonto kept saying that "there's something is seriously wrong with that horse" referring to the Silver, the superhero horse that appears out of nowhere every time the Lone Ranger needs saving. I say, "There's something seriously wrong with this movie."