From the producer
of Pirates of the Caribbean Jerry Bruckheimer & Academy Award-winning director
Gore Verbinski (also the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl), stars by Johnny Depp as Tonto, The Lone Ranger is definitely one
of the film which I anticipate for since viewing its first release trailer few
months back.
“The film starts in 1933 San Francisco, where a young boy named Will bumped
into a seemingly comes to life archetypal Native American while attending a
Wild West exhibition. The Native American reveals himself to be Tonto, spirit
warrior of Comanche who was once ride on the land of wild-wild-west together
with John Reid, The Lone Ranger, a legend of justice.
Shifting back to 1869, the story of begin with John Reid returning home on
a rail train which finally en route to Colby, Texas. Unbeknownst to John the
train is also carrying an apprehended Tonto and outlaw Butch Cavendish.
Cavendish's gang hijacks the train, which results in Butch escaping and Tonto'
arrest by John and his brother Dan, a Texas Ranger. They later on begin an
expedition to hunt down Butch which fail as the group is ambushed by
Cavendish's men. What thought to be the end of John’s life turn out to be a new
beginning when he eventually saved by Tonto & taking on the path to be The
Lone Ranger.”
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| Could be worse? |
As the production of
filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean", The Lone Ranger obviously doesn't quite live up to the expectation,
the lengthy & rather plain script with an obvious inconsistency issue might
be the main reason for that. With the mind set of leaving absolutely nothing
out (probably a tradition from the Pirates of the Caribbean), the Verbinski-directed Western icon reboot tend to incorporate just a little bit too much into its
storyline, which result in a nearly 2 ½ hours screening time, making the
supposed to be tightly constructed action-adventure thriller turn out to be a
flat unsustainable quest.
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| This house is very 'different' XD |
However, though
there is a downfall in script, wonderful quality of images & the things that
work are worth seeing, thrilling combustible action, climactic train sequence, nice
infuse of humor & black-comedy
banter, occasionally surprising twist (Tonto's sad backstory is my favorite), the
underlying theme and vision- how the West was won back in the old days, innocent
blood spilt by natives protecting their land.. All these makes The Lone Ranger
a not so shabby blockbuster movie overall, perhaps some cuts would help make it
even better. ^^
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6.9/10~
