CheerupSilver
Very Cool!!!
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
TheMovieKing
I've got an idea: let's take Superman, Batman, Zorro, etc., alter the names of their secret identities, change their hair color to blonde, and refrain from making references to items like: Kryptonite, the Batmobile, and Zorro's whip. Well, that's what they did to this Lone Ranger. It's very much out of context. No silver bullets, no Butch Cavendish, and to top it off, a metal type soundtrack that was terrible. They gave a nod to the William Tell Overture, but it was horribly rendered. Clayton Moore must be rolling over--several times.
Thirdover4
With his black leather pants, mask and open shirt, skinny Chad Murray looked more like a gay stripper than a western action hero. The most absurd, ludicrous dialogue I've ever heard, sounded more like it was written by the teenage girls than for teenage girls, the audience it was clearly aimed at. An unintentional laugh riot, this obvious attempt at modernizing the classic story is the type of work that ends careers. Sad but funny..
Carl
Talk about a disaster. I'm not talking about the actors (who did a good job with what they had), I'm talking writing. The writers changed the origins of the Lone Ranger as though they had no idea what the "legend" was all about. Sure, you expect them to take some liberties, updating the story somewhat, these writers rewrote "history".First, they changed the lead character's "real" name from John Reid to Luke Hartman (The Lone Ranger, created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, also were responsible for The Green Hornet, and there was a link between the two programs. John Reid's nephew was supposedly the father of Britt Reid, who became the crime fighter Green Hornet - talk about changing the space/time continuum). In the original, John Reid had been one of a posse of six Texas Rangers tracking Butch Cavendish and his gang of desperados. In this remake, Luke Hartman did not really ride with a posse of, now, twelve Texas Rangers, he caught up with them to ride with his brother. In the original, the Rangers were lured into an ambush in a canyon, and five of them were slaughtered. In this version, the ambush of the Texas Rangers was cowardly; they were shot while they were bedded down for the night. In the original Butch Cavendish and his gang were the villains, this version, it was Kansas City Haas and his regulator gang. John Reid, in the original, was left for dead. But Reid managed to crawl to safety near a water hole, where he was found and nursed back to health by a friendly Indian named Tonto. This version, Luke Hartman was left for dead, but was found holding his brother, taken back to the Indian village and nursed back to health by Tonto's sister. Originally, Reid had once helped Tonto. Now, Tonto meets Luke Hartman when an extremely inept Luke tried to save Tonto's sister in the beginning of the movie. In the original, the Lone Ranger molded his bullets from a silver mine that he and his brother had discovered. This new version never mentioned silver bullets.Finally, Kung Fu type fighting replaced fists and the renowned "Lone Ranger Theme" (William Tell Overture), was only played briefly at the end. In the short, only the names of Tonto, Silver and the alias Lone Ranger remained the same.
RavenMaiden
I recently watched The Lone Ranger (2003), the T.V. movie and i have got to say that i really liked it. I don't think i've ever really watched a western movie before and i never thought i would, but i'm hooked now, i only hope that they decide to make it a series for this fall. The acting was fabulous, i love Tonto, he was great. And Luke is a deffinate hottie. I loved seeing Wes Studi, he's as amazing as ever. All round its a great show, very entertaining. I'll make a prediction, if this show premiers this fall as a series, its gonna be a hit. Its the best show i've seen on T.V. in ages.
