Lewis Crilly

I think everybody has that one film (or even films) that they love even though it's probably bad. For me, this is that film. Just to clarify, I'm not saying I think this is a so bad it's good film. To me, this is a great action packed movie filled with fun and witty dialogue and humour. Although I do have to admit, it has flaws. Johnny Depp as Tonto was a huge mistake and the scenes where Tonto tells the story to a little boy are completely un-needed and are clearly just there to give Johnny Depp more screen time. Not all the comedy is amazing and the villains are either forgettable as hell or have characters that are just replaced with gimmicks ; Butch Cavendish's cannibal scenes and that one guy (who's name I forget)'s strange crossdressing scenes. You could pretty much remove Helena Bonham Carter's character and nothing would change besides a few scenes and to be far, it does drag on a bit. But all these flaw's can be overlooked, in my opinion, when you compare it to the amazing things that fill up the rest of the film. The tone of the film is constantly shifting from comedic scenes to serious scenes and although it's not always a smooth transition (I mean seriously John, you're gonna leave Tonto to die after you just heard his tragic backstory) but both tones are done so well that it can just be ignored. This film know's when to take itself seriously and a lot of scene's serve as an example of that. Tonto's backstory is probably that tone's, and maybe even the film's highlight. It explains a lot about the film's second lead character, who for a decent amount of the film is mainly shrouded in mystery, and it's probably the most important part of the film because it's the reason the bad guys are doing what they're doing, which in turn motivates the reason the heroes are trying to stop them, ultimately meaning that it's the most important scene in the whole film. The comedy is always great. It does have a lot of similarities to Pirate's of the Caribbean, which I think is why not a lot of people came to see it. But say what you want about the pirate's films, one highlight was always the comedy. And it's the same here. Again, not all the comedy lands, but most of the jokes, the slapstick especially, is amazing. The jokes are mainly a satire, or at least an attempt at a satire, of old western films, which is great most of the time. But the highlight of it all is the slapstick. One of the opening scene's is Tonto and John (the lone ranger himself) trying to stop a train that's going to crash and it sets the tone of slapstick that is constantly brilliant throughout the film. Other examples are the scene where John and Tonto are escaping from being Butch and another villain (who's name I forgot) during a war between the Indians and the cowboys and the final fight where John and Tonto chase after Butch to try and save Rebecca and Danny. Armie Hammer was born to play roles like this. He has a funny way of delivering the lines that are meant to be jokes, but is also great in more serious scenes (plus he's great at action). I know I said that Johnny Depp as Tonto was a mistake, I was more talking about how Tonto should've been an actor closer to Tonto's ethnicity. For what he has to do in this movie, Johnny Depp is decent as Tonto and get's a funny line in every now and again. Like I said before, Helena Bonham Carter's character serves no real purpose to the story but she's good in this none the less. Overall, I give the Lone Ranger a 10/10 even though I know it's probably a lot worse than I think

This film is apparantly one of the biggest box office bombs disney ever had, which might make people think that this movie isn't good. But this is an amazing film that has gone massively underrated for years

I'd recommend it. It's a funny movie with a bunch of likeable characters

Waaaaaaaaaaaay to fast paced. It doesn't give time to establish characters or anything like that before it introduces them into action that should've been replaced with some exposition