Review – The Lone Ranger

Once again Gore Verbinski cranks out a movie you can see without actually seeing. Just imagine Pirates of the Caribbean with the pirate tropes unplugged and Western tropes installed in their place. The clichés and random silliness are spread so thick that the picture becomes an act of self parody; I’m a little surprised we weren’t treated to a scene reminding us where the title character takes his trash. They do a better job than the Lone Ranger of yesteryear at dealing with racism and injustice inflicted on Native Americans, though even that comes across as self-conscious. The thing that probably killed this with audiences was the script’s stubborn refusal to tell any kind of coherent story. Either that or people are finally getting tired of big budget Johnny Depp action comedies. Nah, gotta be the script. See if desperate