The last western I saw at a theatre was “Unforgiven”
Pirates was banking on a tie in to a major attraction at Disney (like the near bomb Haunted Mansion.)
This is trying to bank on a franchise that few under 40 have ever experienced. The only way this one works out profitably for Disney is if they made an entertaining movie (see Haunted Mansion.)
i thought the indians were all pissed off about white guys playing indians, did liberals get a free pass card on this?
It’s already tanking. This movie was a disaster from the day they started filming. In fact, it was almost cancelled because of the projected budget but costs were reined in. It still cost 250 million to produce. Disney is going to eat a huge loss.
Johnny Depp is the draw. But how the movie maneuvers through the the twin booby traps of postmodern “sensibilities” and political correctness is what may make me rent it when it’s available through Netflix. The old cowboys vs. Indians formula is dead as the dodo and can never be resuscitated.
Hi-Yo, Silver! A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-Yo Silver"... The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto,...
2013
With his faithful Native American partner, Tonto..."
Sounds "gay".
A critic on Fox & Friends really slammed this movie this morning and said that no children should see it. He said the begginning and the end were solid, but the middle was incredibly violent. He didn’t know how it got a PG13 rating.
Jay Silverheels
I just cannot stand the overuse of special effects and the superhuman theatrics in today’s movies. It just gets more ludicrous as time goes on. Since nobody today can act they either have to strip or blow stuff up.
-PJ
(yeah, I'm P.O.ed that they screwed that one royally, too. I have all 11 books -- they could've been set for a couple decades.)
There was never much of any “pirate movie” genre.
Pirates of the Carribean was a Disney ride. I fear what the ride is now, since this overwrought movie franchise took over. Probably completely reconfigured the old ride to reflect weird stuff in the movies.
Does it matter? They have “Star Wars” now. It’s basically a license to print money.
I might be just a poor schmuck and not a bigshot Hollywood producer, but that doesn't sound like a winning formula on the screen or as a business model.
I remember a Saturday afternoon in the ‘50s when there was not a young boy to be found playing outside in my neighborhood. Everyone was at somebody’s house (only a few had a TV) watching the first TV run of “The Legend of the Lone Ranger.”
If they had done it right and not caved to every PC impulse, this might have paid off handsomely for them indeed.
Has anyone on this thread actually seen the movie?
I’ll probably wait till it comes out on Redbox and rent it for a dollar. It takes a lot for Hollywood to convince me something is worth going to see at the movies anymore.
I can’t stand to even watch the ads for this clunker. The Lone Ranger in a three piece suit!!?? And a mask? Looks like a Wall St. banker.
Not unless they stop whimpifying any white male that shows up on the screen.