Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I do think he was excellent in Finding Neverland though.<< That's the one that I thought was dreadfully dull. Nothing of any interest happened at any point; I just couldn't wait for it to be over. Different strokes, I guess
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk >>I'd be interested to know whether others felt it was too much for a PG-13.<< I thought the PG-13 rating was appropriate. It was violent. Not enough to be rated R. For cying out loud, The Incredibles was rated PG! I loved Johnny as Tonto. He is genius. I don't care that he keeps choosing crazy roles. I look forward to how he brings the characters to life. I cheered when they played the "Lone Ranger" theme during the movie. I had no idea it was coming. Call me a clown, but I will buy this DVD and watch it repeatedly.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Box Office Mojo is showing a slight uptick to $9.9M yesterday, bringing the 2-day total to $19.5M. Given that DM2 is already at $58.8M in that same time period, it looks like we have a clear winer for the weekend <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=loneranger.htm" target="_blank">http://www.boxofficemojo.com/m...nger.htm</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Is it too soon to make jokes about them taking the loss from this film and writing it off into the sunset?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance For JIMINMERCED! https://infinity.disney.com/toy-box?cmp=EMC|INFINITY|Engagement-JackTonto|FOB|ToyBoxMainImage||070532013|||COARgi||| Scroll down just a bit to first video.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Oh dear .....<< Personally, I prefer the "Beef, it's what's for dinner" theme.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For a western, I'd also prefer Copeland's Rodeo over William Tell. Rodeo sounds distinctly western, and makes for a good commercial for beef. William Tell is a fantastic piece of music with a dramatic theme, but hardly creates a distinct mental picture that evokes a time and place as well as Rodeo
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Remember, it was written to evoke the Swiss Alps (!) Though the part that everyone's familiar with was indeed meant to evoke horses, and so certainly worked with the Lone Ranger, there was never anything American about it.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Is it too soon to make jokes about them taking the loss from this film and writing it off into the sunset?<< Oh, absolutely not! You win the internet this morning!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It saw an 8% upswing yesterday, bringing the day's total to about $10.6M. This brings the overall total above $30M, which still isn't great, but better than I expected. Still, all the other major films saw double digit percentage increases yesterday (ranging from 22.3% to 47.1%), so a measely 8% just doesn't seem so great in comparison. <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=loneranger.htm" target="_blank">http://www.boxofficemojo.com/m...nger.htm</a> >>You win the internet this morning!<< Yes! First the internet, then total world domination!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros And just for a fun reference point, DM2 made more money yesterday than The Lone Ranger has made to date. Is it bad that I'm having so much fun watching Iger's studio system crumble? I'm still (skeptically) hoping that we can get rid of him well before 2016
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Is it bad that I'm having so much fun watching Iger's studio system crumble? I'm still (skeptically) hoping that we can get rid of him well before 2016<< Well he did make the right call acquiring Marvel, imagine how bad the studio would be doing without Marvel films to fall back on...
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Is it bad that I'm having so much fun watching Iger's studio system crumble?>> Never. I'm personally enjoying the heck out of it, given what a p*ss poor job he's done in running it. They shouldn't be sucking canal water this bad. Other studios can make better films for less. Why not Disney? The Board will come to regret allowing Iger to extend his tenure. The sooner he's out, the better.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 We'll see 2015 promises to be a big year for the studio. The board and shareholders will easily forget LR
Originally Posted By ecdc What sucks about the failure of LR is it won't be a wake up call to actually make good movies for a fraction of the cost. Instead it'll be a call to be even more cautious. We can't just rely on existing properties, will go the thinking, we need to stick strictly to sequels of huge moneymakers. So you'll see lots more Star Wars and Avengers. Yippee.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Saw The Lone Ranger with my wife tonight. We had low expectations and free tickets...and we left pleasantly surprised. Yes, it was too violent. Yes, Tonto was too much like Cap'n Jack (even down to the musical cues). But Armie Hammer was great, the whole movie looked amazing, and we had a fun time.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I cheered when they played the "Lone Ranger" theme during the movie. I had no idea it was coming. Call me a clown, but I will buy this DVD and watch it repeatedly." Dear Bozo, The music is not the "Lone Ranger" Theme. It is music taken from Rossini's William Tell Overture, and just happens to have become closely associated with the Lone Ranger character. So there.
