Comments on: What Went Wrong? The Good, The Bad & The Weird Of Disney’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/ Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Chris https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50768 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50768 Who knows what went wrong. Maybe people saw too many similarities between this and Jonah Hex, Wild Wild West and Cowboys and Aliens? It looked rather busy. Like a western for people who wouldn't see a western unless there were non-western elements involved. Obviously that worked really well for the previously mentioned films.

]]> By: Jen https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50771 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50771 I actually do like Westerns, at least some of them not all. I enjoyed Cowboys & Aliens. While I didn't go see the Lone Ranger I do think there is a place for movies like these. I think a sequel would only work if it would be used to correct what they did wrong with the first movie and make it a better franchise, make it more family friendly without being cheesy.

]]> By: Wade https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50774 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50774 The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a film! This was a popcorn flick. Most people these days are wanting to see more films! Hold back on the CGI & SPX. It takes you out of the film. World War Z, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, etc… They are all losing money because of the fact the audience cant sink into the film and put themselves into the life because it is so unreal.
Take a big big note from Chris Nolan and the Batman trilogy he created. Those films did what they did because the audience felt as if it could be possible

]]> By: Hayley https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50773 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50773 I haven't seen this film… but i have no doubt that it is atleast "OK"… Verbinski is a good director… good enough not to make a huge dud.
I'm convinced there's only one reason why this didn't work… Depp.

I'm not a Depp hater… infact I enjoy him in a lot of things… but he has gone waaaaaaay downhill.

I think his biggest mistake was selling out to do more Pirates films (past the TRUE 3-film trilogy).
He was off the Forbes most powerful list this year for the first time since Pirates… and his public image is in poor shape since leaving his wife for some 22yr old lesbian or whatever.

I think the next Pirates will stumble at the box-office, and perhaps studios will start clueing in on the fact that he's is not the box-office draw anymore that he gets paid for being.

]]> By: Maureen https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50772 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50772 You forgot to mention the carnivorous/cannibalistic bunny rabbits under the Weird section

]]> By: Wade https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50778 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50778 The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a film! This was a popcorn flick. Most people these days are wanting to see more films! Hold back on the CGI & SPX. It takes you out of the film. World War Z, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, etc… They are all losing money because of the fact the audience cant sink into the film and put themselves into the life because it is so unreal.
Take a big big note from Chris Nolan and the Batman trilogy he created. Those films did what they did because the audience felt as if it could be possible

]]> By: Wade https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50779 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50779 The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a film! This was a popcorn flick. Most people these days are wanting to see more films! Hold back on the CGI & SPX. It takes you out of the film. World War Z, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, etc… They are all losing money because of the fact the audience cant sink into the film and put themselves into the life because it is so unreal.
Take a big big note from Chris Nolan and the Batman trilogy he created. Those films did what they did because the audience felt as if it could be possible

]]> By: PRESIDENT MAO https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50780 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50780 Wait to see how Pacific Rim is going to bomb at the box office this weekend! Most of the scenes involving robots and monsters fighting are clouded with fog or rain to hide the poor CGI. And the least you say about Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi, the best.

]]> By: jen https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50781 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50781 Oh hey, did you like that ho hum train sequence at the end? I wasn't quite sure even though you MENTIONED IT IN EVERY PARAGRAPH.

]]> By: RNL https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50782 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50782 "at one point the image seems to flicker, like it's faltering under the weight of its own beauty." LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, oh you guys.

]]> By: Rob https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50783 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50783 I didn't go and won't go because I keep asking myself, "Who in this day and age gives a shit about The Lone Ranger and what corporate yes-man thought anyone would?"

]]> By: Wade https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50777 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50777 The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a film! This was a popcorn flick. Most people these days are wanting to see more films! Hold back on the CGI & SPX. It takes you out of the film. World War Z, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, etc… They are all losing money because of the fact the audience cant sink into the film and put themselves into the life because it is so unreal.
Take a big big note from Chris Nolan and the Batman trilogy he created. Those films did what they did because the audience felt as if it could be possible

]]> By: Sterling Cooper https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50769 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50769 The real reason this movie tanked is a fundamental failure of entertainment: the majority today's audiences DO NOT CARE ONE LICK about the Lone Ranger.

But some crusty Disney fatcat with an ego decided HE enjoyed The Lone Ranger as a 10 year old in 1955, and since HE greenlit movies, HE would get this done.

Maybe I should just mind my own business and get back to my job at the post office….

]]> By: BallsDeep https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50770 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50770 The movie was more about the wacky Tonto than the Lone Ranger. Plus they made Reed into a nerdy douche character. When he screamed like a girl when hit by an arrow I almost left the theater. The last 20 minutes did make up for the rest especially because of the score using the iconic William Tell overture which was a nice tribute. So I have mixed feelings about it but it definitely could have been better.

]]> By: Juan Espinoza https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50767 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50767 Zimmer's score, at least parts of it, was in fact released.

https://deccarecords-us.com/artist/releases/release.aspx?pid=58986&aid=1877

]]> By: A.C. Robinson https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50766 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50766 Lone Ranger & 1941 most definitely on the same track as Vertigo, re-assessed in 2033 as misunderstood gem. Maybe one day they'll triumphantly ascend to the pinnacle of the Sight & Sound list too!

]]> By: Wesley https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50765 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50765 I loved this movie. I loved the bizarre tonal shifts, I loved the zany humor, I loved the wrap story (I did find it unnecessary, but still loved it), I loved the gorgeous imagery, I loved the directorial flourishes, and I completely loved the weird moments. The carnivorous rabbits were the weirdest, most unexpected part, and you didn't even mention them. I fully enjoyed the entire two and a half hours and, I might be completely alone on this, would have been fine with even more. I completely agree with the other commenter; like Fantasia, like The Wizard or Oz ( nominated for beat picture but still got middling reviews), one day down the line I truly believe this will be hailed as a masterpiece. I'm disappointed in its failure, because I want more.

]]> By: Lila https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50764 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50764 I loved this movie, for all the reasons you said and more. I don't understand the argument that it's not popular because no one under 50 is interested in The Lone Ranger. Nothing ticks people off more than the Hollywood studios not taking risks…. so why don't you as a ticket-buyer take a risk? Challenge yourself, give something new a chance to entertain you! This was a great, fun, funny film, Verbinsky was perfect for it. I agree with James Haygood's statement – too many people are hate-piling on this film because they're afraid to distinguish themselves from the crowd. (Btw, I'm 27, didn't know hardly anything about The Lone Ranger going in, was drawn in by the prospect of an exciting adventure movie that wasn't 90% CGI. It delivered.)

]]> By: Wild Willie https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50763 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50763 I loved the movie. Can't wait till it comes out on DVD. Such talent those designer and make up artist are,
I like it that it did not take on the old Lone Ranger. No one could ever replace that time period. I felt this movie was very good in the fact they stayed away from it.
It was fun and would go see it again. One note, there were no cuss words or the F bomb thrown at you every five minutes. To me that is one way to ruin a movie and take away good talent. If you think you have to throw those words at us to make a movie, no thank you. I loved the Heat, but it bothered me that they had to have these women demean themselves. I won't be getting that movie. Sure there was some violence, but tell me did they not slaughter thousands of Indians at that time period. "You go Johnny Depp" I love you.

]]> By: DP https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50762 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50762 i need to work in hollywood, I have predicted ALL the bombs for the last ten years. This didn't work because their was no interest in seeing a western, it's too far removed from today's audience.

]]> By: cherryposse https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50761 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50761 Personally, I was truly entertained and so were my movie-mates. Age in my opinion was not an issue as 2/3 were under the age of 50. Maybe people were expecting JDepp to portray the masked man instead of the monotone Tonto? Who knows… The criticism of the movie is undeserved, although the vampire bunnies and the 'unbalanced nature' crap was a bit much. I'd see it again, as long as I can have a beer or two while watching.

]]> By: geronimo2013 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50760 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50760 Lone Ranger dud will live on in Mystery Science Theater 3000 parody.

]]> By: Oliver https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50759 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50759 If the Western genre is ailing to the extent where we need the success of 'The Lone Ranger' to sustain it, then it may be time for the Western genre to end.

I mean, I love the sports movies of Michael Ritchie and I miss the classic Looney Tunes, but I still sure as hell wasn't going to see 'Space Jam'.

And '1941' isn't "misunderstood"; it's just an obnoxious mess.

]]> By: Jack https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50758 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50758 The movie critics need to relax and not take things so seriously. It was almost like it was trendy or fashionable to bash this movie. Everyone I know that has seen is loved it and so do I. The scenes were epic and the story in my opinion was actually very well articulated. You had to be pretty dim witted to be confused by the plot (although I can't attest that movie critics are the brightest bulbs). And the last train chase scene is probably one of the most fun and action packed movie scenes in a long time!

]]> By: david https://staging2.theplaylist.net/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-20130708/#comment-50757 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:20 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/what-went-wrong-the-good-the-bad-the-weird-of-disneys-the-lone-ranger-96285/#comment-50757 i actually liked this movie.then again i liked john carter another disney disaster according to critics and ticket sales.what live action flick do they have out next year at this time?let's see if that bombs and i like that too!

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