The Lone Ranger (the 2013 film)

The Lone Ranger has returned but perhaps not for good.
In my opinion it is not because of the film. I watched it already and I can say it's worth your time and money. Sure it is not perfect and sure this is not the Lone Ranger that perhaps some segment of the audience (the older audience) expected to see. 
We have to understand that Depp, as Tonto, has already an overpowering presence and thus he receives more screening time than perhaps he should be (and it's true that at times he acted as Jack Sparrow and not a Comanche Indian). Besides Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger is not a bad actor but still is relatively a newcomer  and does not really look "heroic". On top of all the rights for the movies of this character were purchased by Walt Disney and that was not necessarily a good thing to happen. All in all the product is consistent: they offer almost two hours of fun and that is what you get. You want action, there is action; you want humor, there is humor; you feel nostalgia of an old series, you get that wonderful William Tell overture (yep, they use it, too).
It is an origin story, one that is sometimes a bit crude (one of the bad guys is a cannibal) and it also explores the conflict between the whites and the Indian nation and how lust and greed are used to justify the murdering of entire villages. The setting of the story is this wonderful place is none other than the majestic Monument Valley. It is is told in the present by an old version of Tonto who is met by a little boy that admires the Lone Ranger. Tonto tells the little boy the story and thus it is how the movie begins.
Why this story did poorly in the domestic box office is a mystery to me, but surely all those are external factors. This movie is not bad.
Four stars out of five for this one.                                          

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