{"id":421,"date":"2013-07-12T12:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=421"},"modified":"2013-07-12T12:59:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T10:59:22","slug":"the-lone-ranger-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/07\/12\/the-lone-ranger-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lone Ranger: Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty &#8220;Hi-yo Silver&#8221; &#8211; the Lone Ranger rides into South African cinemas 12 July 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lone_ranger_poster.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-366\" alt=\"Lone Ranger poster\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lone_ranger_poster-202x300.jpg?resize=202%2C300\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lone_ranger_poster.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/lone_ranger_poster.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Armie Hammer delivers a great portrayal of John Reid \/ The Lone Ranger, alongside his faithful companion Tonto, played by Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows the two as they ride their relationship roller-coaster, while thwarting the greedy and corrupt business officials, saving the town, and bringing justice.<\/p>\n<p>There are nods to the original television series, and several tongue-in-cheek one-liners from Depp as Tonto. There are hints of Captain Jack Sparrow that seem to surface in the character, this adds to lighten several moments.<\/p>\n<p>Just as you think it&#8217;s time to start wrapping things up, the first notes of The William Tell Overture strike up, and you know that bad guys are in for a rough time.<\/p>\n<p>An enjoyable film, that will introduce the younger generation to an iconic character, and instil in them that gentlemen and just people still exist.<\/p>\n<p>Keep a watch for Hammer in another look back to the past, in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty &#8220;Hi-yo Silver&#8221; &#8211; the Lone Ranger rides into South African cinemas 12 July 2013. Armie Hammer delivers a great portrayal of John Reid \/ The Lone Ranger, alongside his faithful companion Tonto, played by Johnny Depp. The film follows the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/07\/12\/the-lone-ranger-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Lone Ranger: Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}