Rango is the story of a chameleon winds up in a town called Dirt and he ends being thrust into becoming the sheriff. In order to save Dirt, he has to find water and brig it back to its former glory.
13 years ago back in 2000, I saw a movie called Chicken Run. I remember watching that movie for the first time and I had never seen anything like it before. It was original, funny and had animation that was beyond belief. I think that Rango is Chicken Run for a brand new generation. It has all of the same things that I liked about Chicken Run and then some!
Rango is played by Johnny Depp and he was perfect for this character. He delivered lines that I can only imagine Depp saying. The supporting characters are just as memorable and hysterical. Bill Nighy plays a gunslinger named Rattlesnake Jake and he just might be one of the coolest villains in western history. The other voice actors like Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina and Abigail Breslin are also worth honoring. Every single character in this movie is memorable. There is also a cameo by Timothy Olyphant in this movie that might be the greatest cameo in a western. Then again I can't think of many westerns with cameos, but this one takes the cake!
The dialogue is filled with jokes that only adults will laugh at which makes me happy. I love it when an animated movie can be enjoyed by people of all ages. That's why I love films by Hayao Miyazaki. In Japan, animated films are targeted for everyone to enjoy. Whereas in America, animated movies are targeted for only kids 95% of the time. Rango finally broke the boundary as one of the first non Disney/Pixar movies to do so.
I haven't even started praising the animation. It's incredible. It's so realistic. The skin on Rango is so detailed it's baffling. And that's just on one character! It almost looks like a mosaic it's so detailed. The action scenes are beyond fun. There was a chase between the lizards and moles that was fast-paced, slightly goofy and irresistibly entertaining. The score fits each scene so well. The song that plays during the end credits is beyond great. Don't turn the movie off once the credits appear because that song is worth listening to.
Final Report: Rango is a unique, quirky, screwball, roller-coaster acid trip of an animation and proves to us that Gore Verbenski is a filmmaker to be reckoned with.
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