The Lone Ranger release (After the 2014 Razzies)

I think I'll just watch "How The West Was Won" again. Good train footage at the end. Don

RickO:  I believe you have that completely correct!  I'm sick of three movies of Depp's Jack Sparrow schtick, & from the previews I've seen thats exactly what looks like will be happening in this film.

Unfortunately the critics are bashing it, he-l what do they know.

Just remember, the critics have been so right about so many films. They hated:

• The Sound of Music. They really hated this one.
• Jaws
• Star Wars
• Independence Day

Seems they hate films that people like. Go figure.

 

By the way, Scale Rail -- good call on How the West was Won. I like that one, and despite Kevin Costner Silverado and Dances with Wolves. Blazing Saddles was entertaining and pretty much skewered every western movie and social cliche I can think of.

And Matt, they seldom like westerns. Don

Just saw Lone Ranger.....Awesome.Not to be missed. Al B

Hope to see The Lone Ranger movie July 4th. pm... Do you think I will see the old

Prospector early in the movie??  The 30min production clip I saw on TV a few days ago

did not show any Prospector????  Interesting engine slide down the track was shown.  Silver should be in the Olympics...after this production.

I can't see how they got Tonto to look so bad! Jay Silverheels who played Tonto in the 1949's never ever looked that bad.

 

Phillip 

Next will be the LONE RIDER with his faithful companion Fuzzy Q Jones.

The other Tonto could!  We have tickets to see the 10 am showing at the theater on July 4.  I can hardly wait.  I'll be a fun movie to watch on the big screen, with some buttered popcorn and a good crowd!  Matt

We have come a long way in making movie 'Sets' since the late forties.  We did not have a TV until '53 so can remember I believe the 7P 30 minute radio show in '47 with me sitting on the floor next to the radio (might have to keep it turned to the station so needed to sit close), mother would be reading or sewing or darning, Dad would be listening from behind the daily newspaper, and my younger sister would be playing on the floor.  Great memories --- hope to keep on making new memories--- just returned home from seeing White House Down tonight --- don't want to ever see that happen for real either - again, we have come a long way from using just a picture on the wall for scenery or maybe an outside mural as big as a billboard--- now they can digialtize anything for scenery . 

Not Keith Richards, not his grandmother, and not even Gaahl...

 

but 'I am Crow'

 

The bird was not really supposed to be on his head, but flying behind him in the painting.

Robert 

PS Here is the artist's site to give proper credit:

http://kirbysattler.sattlerartprint.com/

A train just would not be fit for use in a movie if it didn't have grab irons on the side of the cars - passenger or freight - which enable the actors to climb onto the roof of the car.

Going Wed noon....I'll let you know what I thought.....

Just found this cool preview!

 

 

We don't know that this is a "BAD" L-R movie yet, do we???  In Hollywood, the ONLY flops are those movies that don't make money.  Trust me on that....

We all have seen a bad movie that still makes money but that is beside the point. I will see the movie tomorrow, but from the reviews I have read it don't seem to be a good movie. I'll let you know.

I saw this movie tonight (it ended about 3 hours ago. Our theatre released it Tuesday.) My girlfriend and I both agree it was a well made movie and worth the price of admission to see in theatres. What has been released in trailers does not do this movie justice. I was expecting a heavily CG'ed movie and went in thinking I would be disappointed, and I was wrong on both counts. There were a few good belly laughs included. The two major train scenes are fantasy, but did not detract from the movie.

Yes, the William Tell Overture is in the movie. It is near the end, but the whole crowd cheered when the trumpet started!

 

If/when you guys see the movie, you will understand why Tonto affixes the bird to his head and why he painted his face the way he did.

 

After going back and re-reading some of the posts I skipped over, I cannot believe the amount of trash talked about this film without it being viewed in whole.

Don't ever let facts interfere with your opinion.

It seems like this movie has been promoted forever! Between the movie trailers and the TV ads I expected it to open weeks ago.

 

Needless to say my wife and I plan to see the movie next week.

 

Steve Tapper 

When I heard it was made by Disney I thought there was a good chance it wouldn't be good. Disney's formula for making movies = make enough action to grab a typical 8 year old's attention and the heck with everything else. Maybe the new Superman movie will get better reviews.

I am eagerly awaiting the release on this side of the pond.  It doesn't open here until mid August. 

Try Disney's 'Something wicked this way comes' and see what they can do when they want to......GREAT movie most have never seen.

 

Leaving in a few minutes to see LONE......

And inbetween, he was going after people's throats in SWEENEY TODD!

 

Plus it looks like the actress who played N. Lovett from TODD  is in this one too!

 

Critics did not like the original STAR TREK either!

Hey...don't forget that Johnny Depp is part Cherokee.

I don't know about the others, but Star Wars?  I well remember being part of the 1977 opening-night crowd for SW, and the reviews the next day were ecstatic.  I don't recall ever seeing any negative critical commentary at all.

Also JAWS is, despite what it inspired afterwards, has gone down as one of the most acclaimed movies of all time, and Steven Speilberg's best.

"Alright, let's do this"   REALLY???  Did they speak like that in the 1870s?  I expected it to be followed by "dude".

From some of my heritage...here is Crow Eagle, of the Piegan Tribe, Blackfoot Nation, Browning, MT.  He had some kind of tuft there, but did not wear an eagle on his head.

Matt

Does that mean that the bird on his head says 'Jeep' 'Jeep'?

Well, FWIW, I have my doubts that they spoke all 1950's "Leave it to Beaver" squeaky-clean back in the 1870s either.

 

As to Johnny Depp and his Native American heritage, it's just been vague hearsay on Depp's part since there's been no official confirmation released to date.

 

I do recall him saying in an interview that he said his version of Tonto will help "put right" the number of times Native Americans have been "badly portrayed" in movies to date.

I am SO not interested in this movie - sorry! Was never a Lone Ranger fan - never understood the draw.

Was that supposed to be a pun?

 

I tried! lol

Birds as headdresses? Certainly not unheard of:

 

http://urbannight.wordpress.co...dian-as-inspiration/

Well I am going to ask the wife to go on a date and see a movie tonight, while we are out seeing the Lone Ranger my son in law can sneak in the new H7.

Matt is right, beside those movies they bashed one of my favorites, GODZILLA!

again what the he-l do they know!

Seen a few reviews so far, one did warn it has some "Temple of Doom" type of gore in it (Love those beating hearts) I don't think it will a huge summer movie.

 

Summer has been odd, lots of very promising movies, but none have really been memorable Ironman was good, Superman sounds OK, Star Trek was meh..