sao123
Lifer
- May 27, 2002
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Rango -
Well, Johnny Depp was his usual Deppy self, which is to say 90% incredible and 10% WTFWT? I'd truly like to see Depp do a real western movie as he has real talent.
Timothy Olyphant did a fine job as the NOT Clint Eastwood. I also recognized Jake the Snake (not the wrestler) as being Davy Jones's Bill Nighy.
speaking of which, Its obvious Gore Verbinski was the director, as this movie was 2/3's western movie, 1/3 POTC3 stolen flashbacks, and .00001% I just kept waiting expecting to see Depp tell us to save money by switching to Geico.
The animation was well done, and aside from the lizard in a hawaiin shirt, it was everything you would expect from a CGI but very realistic western town. The music (and mexican owl band) was equally impressive.
it was an interesting story plot, which did keep us interested to the end, but oddly reminded me of the Dukes of Hazzard movie thinking Burt Reynolds should have starred as the Mayor Turtle. Unfortunately, The movie seems to not really know who its intended audience is. Being that Nickelodian was the big name behind the movie, it was unexpectedly far too adult (blatently obvious puns and sexual innuendos) for kids, and far too kid for adults. The PG13 audience of course is the only one in the appropriate age group for this movie, and they are all going Ooooo a western... my dad watches all that john wayne and clint eastwood shit, lets go see harry potter.
Make no mistake about it, there are a few funny moments, but this is no Finding Nemo or Toy Story or Monsters InC, there is no warm silent tears at the end...
I give it 7/10.
Well, Johnny Depp was his usual Deppy self, which is to say 90% incredible and 10% WTFWT? I'd truly like to see Depp do a real western movie as he has real talent.
Timothy Olyphant did a fine job as the NOT Clint Eastwood. I also recognized Jake the Snake (not the wrestler) as being Davy Jones's Bill Nighy.
speaking of which, Its obvious Gore Verbinski was the director, as this movie was 2/3's western movie, 1/3 POTC3 stolen flashbacks, and .00001% I just kept waiting expecting to see Depp tell us to save money by switching to Geico.
The animation was well done, and aside from the lizard in a hawaiin shirt, it was everything you would expect from a CGI but very realistic western town. The music (and mexican owl band) was equally impressive.
it was an interesting story plot, which did keep us interested to the end, but oddly reminded me of the Dukes of Hazzard movie thinking Burt Reynolds should have starred as the Mayor Turtle. Unfortunately, The movie seems to not really know who its intended audience is. Being that Nickelodian was the big name behind the movie, it was unexpectedly far too adult (blatently obvious puns and sexual innuendos) for kids, and far too kid for adults. The PG13 audience of course is the only one in the appropriate age group for this movie, and they are all going Ooooo a western... my dad watches all that john wayne and clint eastwood shit, lets go see harry potter.
Make no mistake about it, there are a few funny moments, but this is no Finding Nemo or Toy Story or Monsters InC, there is no warm silent tears at the end...
I give it 7/10.