The Lone Ranger is a 2013 box office film produced by Walt Disney Pictures & Jerry Bruckhiemer Films it is directed by Gore Verbinski. The american western action film is based on a radio series of the same name.
Staring Johnny Depp as Tonto one of the main characters of the film, and Armie Hammer cast as John Reid the lone ranger.
The plot carries a typical american western film feel, in 1933 an elderly Tonto tells the tale of John Reid The Lone Ranger to a curious young boy. John Reid is a lawyer in the late 1800's he rides with his fellow Texas rangers and brother, they are in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish.
Ambushed and left for dead John Reid is saved by Tonto who soon becomes his incomprehensible partner as they then pursue Cavendish and hope to bring him to justice.
The film was predicted to be one of the summers biggest block buster hits, reuniting Johnny Depp and the rest of the Pirates of the Caribbean team. The film was a huge flop and is estimating to have cost Walt Disney up to $200m.
One of the reasons people believe the film done so badly is because the film makers believed having Johnny Depp on the cast for the film is an instant money maker, which obviously was not the case this time. Yes Depp has been in big hit films like "Edward Scissorhands (1990)" and "Pirates of the Caribbean (2003 on wards)". These films did make a great deal of money for the film makers back then, but now Depp has stared in films such as "The Rum Diary (2011)" and "The Tourist (2010)" which were huge block bluster flops just like The Lone Ranger.
Other people say that the "American Cowboy" theme is dead and no longer as desirable as the new flashy super hero films that are being released. Everybody is craving new Captain America films and Spider Man films and Batman films. Introducing The Lone Ranger all over again can be boring to some people as they have seen it all before.
More reasons people disliked the movie were when the film was released in features it was contending with big hits such as "Man of steel", "Monsters University", "Despicable Me 2" this would of given The Lone Ranger a lot of competition on sales during that time.
Additional Reasons could be Western genre films have been very unsuccessful in the past few years examples being "Alamo(2004)" "Wild Wild West (1999)" these films floped pretty badly when they were expected to become big summer hits.
Color. A lot of people say that the film had a very dull color palette. The film lacked a sense of wonder and awe, films released such as "Avatar", "Alice In Wonderland" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" were incredibly beautiful colorful films which were all big hits. Color keeps the viewer interested it keeps them locked in so its no surprise people say that the lack of color caused disinterest towards the film.
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