Tonto

FINALLY - the Brewers are starting their pennant run.  It was almost getting too late.

I HAVE to share this - I don't share many "funny" things because everybody "funny" is different but this.

Jennifer is a Party Pooper??  

http://youtu.be/gjwofYhUJEM

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 DJ and I went to The Loan Ranger this weekend.

The odd thing was half the audience wanted to clap at the ending but the other half didn't.

DO NOT read critics reviews which are horrible.  According to Flixster who poll people that went to the movie if they liked it 68% said YES.   Not GREAT numbers got good.

I think people were expecting another Pirate movie but this is Johnnie Depp.  Not a fan of blockbusters normally.   This is what Box Office Mojo had to say about the opening week. 

Remember - Public Enemies was panned and people said it had disappointing numbers. But STILL - it was the highest rated "R" gangster movie ever. 

The Lone Ranger took in $48.7 million in its first five days. Among other expensive Westerns, that start is a bit above Cowboys & Aliens ($45 million) and Wild Wild West ($41 million), though Cowboys didn't have the Fourth of July boost and Wild Wild West opened 14 years ago.

The Lone Ranger was billed as "from the team that brought you Pirates of the Caribbean," but its opening doesn't compare favorably: the original Pirates movie also opened on a Wednesday and had taken in over $70 million through Sunday.  Adjusted for ten years of ticket price inflation, that debut translates to around $93 million. 

For the Western genre, The Lone Ranger did have a good opening; unfortunately, that's a very, very low bar. With a budget over $200 million, Disney surely hoped The Lone Ranger would transcend its genre limitations, which is what Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl managed to do back in 2003.  However, when Pirates opened, Johnny Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow seemed fresh and exciting; after a decade of playing similarly wacky characters, his portrayal of Tonto in The Lone Ranger just felt like more of the same.

While the original Pirates movie opened well, its ultimate success came from fantastic word-of-mouth. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like The Lone Ranger will experience a similar bump: its "B+" CinemaScore and awful 25 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes suggests that it will perform similar to other major Summer movies (as in, fall off quickly from opening weekend).

In the long term, a total over $100 million is likely, though it won't go too much higher than that. One slight positive for The Lone Ranger: its audience skewed older (68 percent over the age of 25) and male (57 percent), which is a group that usually doesn't rush out to movie theaters.

We loved it. Watching Johnny always feeding his dead head bird was great.  It was NOT a movie for children.  Big body count.   An adult whacky 2.5 hour roller coaster thrill ride with comedy and drama mixed and sometimes at the same time.    

OH - I have a thingy about the SRO meeting last night in Columbus.