Director: Gore Verbinski
Rated: PG-13
Duration: 149 min.
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Synopsis:
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' 'The Lone Ranger', a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice-taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.
Why I Watched This:
I have been a long-time fan of Johnny Depp (I mean, who isn't), and of course I wanted to see his latest movie! But, also, I have been wanting to watch this movie since I saw a preview of it a while back because it looked really cool and action-y and adventure-y and....kinda hilarious.
“I can’t decide if this horse is stupid or pretending to be stupid.” -Tonto, about the 'spirit horse' after it dragged John back out of the grave
My Thoughts/Review:
I absolutely adored this movie. One, I love Johnny Depp anyway. Two, this movie was pretty awesome on its own.
John Reid is a law-man in the Ol' West, but he's more of a lawyer than a ranger. When he gets stuck on the train that just so happens to have the notorious criminal Butch on it, heading to his execution, everything goes wrong as his gang tries to get him back. That's where Tonto comes in. Tonto is this big Indian (Native American, because everyone back then called them 'Indians') guy, who wears paint on his face all the time and a bird on his head. It's kind of weird, actually, but then again no one knows what to expect form an Indian in the West. It's the age of expansion and the railroads are growing by the day in Texas (WHOO TEXAS MY STATE BABY), no matter how much it has to hurt to 'progress.'
John gets to his home town after some shenanigans on the train there, and we find out that his brother is a ranger who has the girl of John's dreams and everything else that goes with it. Soon, though, John, his brother, and a few other rangers have to go searching for the criminal that escaped. That's when the real adventure starts. Heartbreak, greed, loyalty, corruption, insaneness, death, law, and so-called 'justice' all clash together and the lines blur as to what is what anymore. The Lone Ranger is born.
**
So, this movie was hilarious. Honestly, I loved John, I really did. I felt like I could've fallen in love with him. BUT, I just loved Tonto more. Maybe because Johnny Depp was playing him, maybe because of his being funny without trying, maybe because of his sarcasm/cynicism, I don't know. I just liked him better.
We could really see the plot unfold as it went along, and there were several twists and turns, but I was lucky enough to hypothesize during the movie about things that would happen, and most of the time I was right. However, don't think the movie is predictable. It's not. Get over that belief right now before you watch it because it's anything but that.
The characters also grew as it went along, though it was a very slow, painful, drawn-out process. It was hard to tell that they were changing at all because of them changing so gradually, but most of the people (*ahem*Tonto and John) turned out for the better. I'm really glad it was told the way it was. It was a twist I never thought of, and I loved it.
Stache: [as Tonto and John are running down on top of a moving train, they run into Stache at gunpoint] Going somewhere?
Tonto: Yes.
John Reid: [with chained hands in the air & connected to Tonto] No.
Tonto: Yes.
John Reid: No.Tonto: Yes.
John Reid: No.
Stache: Shut up!
Tonto: [after a pause, Tonto see a mail hook approaching] Yes.
[the mail hook snags John's chains and hauls him and Tonto off]
**
This movie was all-around amazing and had so much awesometasticalerificexpealodociousness that it was bursting at the seams! It was amazing! Long live Tonto! (You'll get it after the movie... Maybe.)
I happily give this move 5 out of 5 ranger badge stars. ;)
~Jessicah
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