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Rating:  -
I know that a lot of people didn't like this movie, I think that the reason is because they want to see Clayton Moore in this film too, but that's not possible because this film is from 1981. And fans of Clayton Moore feel disapointment. Probably I would feel the same way like them if I see a new version of of the god father instead of Al Pacino in the roll of Michael Corleone if you put somebody else in a new version , I will never agree with his work because for me Michael Corleone is AL Pacino . But for me and my kids the movie was great we enjoy a lot the long ranger, the plot of the movie is exelente, the especial effects are realy good and we are waiting to buy it in blue ray because the motion picture looks very bad in this dvd.
Rating:  -
If there were any moments in this movie that even remotely resembled the cover art with the Lone Ranger and Silver ....it would be an improvement. This horrible transfer which is soft/grainy/cropped poor mess of a print that pales in comparison to the stunning transfers of the series from the year of 1949...stinks in every way possible. Did I mention that the Lone Ranger in Lone Ranger garb and riding atop Silver ....really barely if ever happens in this movie? this muddy mess tells mostly the PRE-Lone Ranger story and with the lame acting and film work and horrible transfer...who cares?
Being a fan I bit on a used copy as the cover made me think...well even without Clayton Moore this group of pros behind the scenes couldn't have done it as poorly as all the reviews say...well..I should have listened. This is easily the most disappointing DVD I've ever watched.
You have been warned!
UPDATE:...I must be crazy but I couldn't believe these talented artists could make such a lousy movie...so I ordered it from Amazon.co.uk to see it fully widescreen 2:35. Well the full picture sure improves the terrible transfer and image to a huge extent...but the acting and more important story line..are so horrible my review stands.
Rating:  -
The early Eighties saw a slew of Westerns greenlit by studios, many hoping to ride on the coat-tails of the anticipated success of Heaven's Gate (who knew it would become a by-word for box-office disaster?) - The Long Riders, Cattle Annie and Little Britches, Barbarosa and this attempt by Lew Grade's ITC to start a new screen franchise. On paper it wasn't without promise. Legendary cinematographer William A. Fraker had directed the excellent Lee Marvin-Jack Palance Western Monte Walsh, while co-writers Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts had written a number of James Cagney films (including the classic White Heat) and William Roberts had written the wonderful comic Western The Sheepman as well as contributing to The Magnificent Seven. It even boasted a John Barry score.
The result was a massive and critically reviled box-office disaster in its day - it ran a single week in a handful of UK cinemas - not least because of one of the greatest PR fiascos in film history when the producers outraged America by taking out a court order to stop original Lone Ranger star Clayton Moore from wearing his mask at charity events. The stink was so great that even the same producers' Raise the Titanic grossed more. So, a quarter century on, is this little-seen, never revived Western really that bad?
Not exactly: it's just not very good, slow and pedestrian for much of its running time. It takes nearly an hour of drawn-out backstory for John Reid to don his mask and become the Lone Ranger, and once he does, he doesn't exactly do much. Indeed, there's little action in the film - a stagecoach robbery at the beginning, a good canyon shootout in the middle and a lot of explosions at the end. Unfortunately, it doesn't find that much interesting to fill in the gaps with.
Part of this is down to the leads. Klinton Spilsbury is inoffensive but defiantly unmemorable as The Lone Ranger - I've got furniture with more personality - while Michael Horse's Tonto fares little better. Jason Robards phones in his performance as Ulysses S. Grant, the great Richard Farnsworth has nothing to do as Wild Bill Hickok and Juanin Clay's romantic interest is dropped no sooner than she is established. Only a restrained Christopher Lloyd makes an impression as the evil Butch Cavendish.
Today the film is more interesting for its very obvious influence on the plot of the so very much better The Mask of Zorro - as in Martin Campbell's film, the hero adopts a mask and a disguise to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of a disgraced officer who plans to turn his province into a small country. There's even a scene between the Lone Ranger, disguised as a priest, and his romantic interest in a church confessional, a la Zorro. But what's missing here is the panache: everything is workmanlike and uninvolving. Even John Barry's score, hampered by Merle Haggard's unfortunate title song and some persistent rhyming narration, seems to be just going through the motions.
It's watchable and it's certainly not the war crime contemporary critics made it out to be, but it's still a missed opportunity.
Unlike the UK PAL DVDs, LionsGate's Region 1 disc is a poor panned-and-scanned fullframe release.
Rating:  -
I have enjoyed this movie since first viewing it...years ago. It follows the TV series I watched as a boy. I have desired to obtain it to show my children and grandchildren as a worthy choice of behaviors.
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This was always one of my favorites. it was in great shape and was selivered iin geat time.
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