When I searched for the trailer for The Lone Ranger, I found a few. One was about 1:43 the other was just over 3 minutes. Naturally, I watched the short one first.
Against my better judgement I viewed the 3:00 minute trailer, too.
I remember The Lone Ranger. I remember there was this park that my father used to take us to when we were kids where the swings were horses. We always fought over the white horse because The Lone Ranger rode a white horse named, Silver. Hi oh, Silver... away!
In the classic film, A Christmas Story, we find out that Victor is the name of The Lone Ranger's nephew's horse.
Is there anything that Johnny Depp can't do? Tonto sounded a bit like a stoned Hunter S. Thomson played by Depp in, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - he's still so damn good in every role, though. Pirates of the Caribbean aside. I buck the trend when I say a drunk, slightly effeminate Keith Richards adaptation of a pirate villain didn't work for me.
Armie Hammer? For real? Of the baking soda Hammers?
There's something very romantic (in the classical sense) of a masked vigilante who seeks justice on a corrupt society. One who walks the often blurred line between justice and law. Kind of like my favourite, the Green Hornet - thanks for killing the memory, Rogan! From Batman to Zorro we cheer the masked vigilantes because they represent what the common man would do if he could.
The 3:00 minute trailer was too long. I shouldn't have viewed it. It kind of made me think that all the good stunts were captured in the trailer, leaving nothing to the imagination.
The 1:43 trailer was awesome! The story, the action, the stunts, the effects, THE LONE RANGER! An American Legend! It was exactly the right length and a model for how trailers should be. It was near perfect!
How cool is that? I can't believe it's taken this long to bring back The Lone Ranger... maybe that's okay, too.
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