The Lone Ranger
(This post will be kept locked until the movie opens, then made public.)
On Tuesday, thanks to a pass I was given at work, I attended the press screening of the new Lone Ranger film. (I didn't realize at first that it was a press screening. I thought it was just a test screening like the one I went to for Serenity some years ago--then I arrived with my friend J. and saw that many people were dressed nicely, which almost never happens around here, and there were tough-looking Disney security guards in black suits, and then the movie was introduced by Jerry Bruckheimer in person.)
Now, this is a movie I had specifically decided not to see due to the casting of Johnny Depp, a white actor, as Tonto. But since I had a chance to see it without giving the studio my money, and then to review it, I went.
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On Tuesday, thanks to a pass I was given at work, I attended the press screening of the new Lone Ranger film. (I didn't realize at first that it was a press screening. I thought it was just a test screening like the one I went to for Serenity some years ago--then I arrived with my friend J. and saw that many people were dressed nicely, which almost never happens around here, and there were tough-looking Disney security guards in black suits, and then the movie was introduced by Jerry Bruckheimer in person.)
Now, this is a movie I had specifically decided not to see due to the casting of Johnny Depp, a white actor, as Tonto. But since I had a chance to see it without giving the studio my money, and then to review it, I went.
( Reactions below the cut. I've kept this as unspoilery as possible since the movie's not out yet. )