I just finished watching "The Lone Ranger" with Armie Hammer as the titular character and Johnny Depp as his sidekick, Tonto. (Although, to be fair, in this movie, Tonto is more a partner than a sidekick.) I was a little apprehensive about watching this movie because it got so many bad reviews, but I checked it out anyway. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised.Keep in mind that this is not your grandparents' version of the Lone Ranger. The story is dark at times, yet, there is a bit of humor and a lot of action.
The story is presented as a flashback and the movie opens in the 1930's with a young boy dressed as the Lone Ranger at a fair. He enters the exhibit for the Wild West and finds himself in front of a display with a native American standing in the desert. Thinking it's just a display, the boy takes off his mask and that is when the man with a dead crow on his headdress speaks. "Never take off the mask," he tells the child. And with that, he proceeds to tell the story of how the Lone Ranger came to be and how Tonto became his friend and accomplice.
The movie tended to drag in a couple of places, but once you got to the action sequences, the story progressed a great deal more and was fun to watch. This movie isn't for little children; the action got quite violent in some places. My favorite character was Silver, the noble (I use the term loosely) steed. At one point, the horse winds up in a tree wearing the Lone Ranger's hat. Over all, I quite liked this movie and if you like a little mindless entertainment every now and then; you may like it as well. I did get tired of Tonto feeding the dead bird on his headdress,but, frankly, I just think that was Johnny Depp being weird. Remember Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland? If you want a movie with some humor and a lot of shoot-em-up action, then this might be a good choice for you.
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