Con-Bot 2.0
29Feb12
You don't like Jimmy Neutron?
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AKFilmFan
6Jul12
A smart and funny Western comedy that should rank alongside Blazing Saddles. Has great casting all around but it's a shame Eastwood didn't voice "The Spirit of the West."
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bgREVLN8FU
27May12
If the modern, original Western is to die, then let this movie be the one that killed it. In a good way, I mean.
TakaAwesome
21Apr12
Stunning CGI and solid voice-work, in service of a staggeringly bland story. It was a bit of a struggle to finish this one.
runfromfire
17Apr12
I don't usually dig kid's movies. I mostly slog through them for the sake of my daughters but I genuinely liked this one. The for-mom-and-dad Fear & Loathing and Eastwood references were a nice touch. My only complaint? An entire movie full of Mexican accents and no Danny Trejo. For shame.
Whiggles
9Mar12
Reminded me of those demos video card manufacturers make to show off their hardware: technically impressive but butt-ugly and tedious if you watch for more than a few minutes. I admired the realism of the backgrounds and environmental effects but not for one minute did I engage with it. I enjoyed the story a lot more when it was called A BUG'S LIFE (and yes, I'm aware A BUG'S LIFE is a pastiche of THE SEVEN SAMURAI).
Jordan K. Ellis
8Mar12
Rango was a peculiar experience. It is odd animation at its wit, juxtaposing the European style of Spaghetti Westerns with surreal based humor and dialogue, which I think in fairness, it is a film that needs to be viewed more than once. It centers a trapped/domesticated chameleon (Johnny Depp) as he wishes for a difference instead of a life around a glass cage. What follows is the misadventures and mythology of the desert life. The animation was done by ILM (Industrial, Light, and Magic), it is a truly a unique, scrutinizing detailed setting and has a blend of Sergio Leone matched a homage to the late Chuck Jones' work. It brings new appeal to neo-western stamina.
Liam Peters
2Mar12
Utterly bizarre, Rango is an oddly paced, oddly written and oddly conceived little piece of modern animation. With a very good Johnny Depp - this is the best he's been in years - and a nicely unrecognisable voice cast supporting him the film builds from a slow beginning to a rollicking pace with a subtly handled environmental and social subtext.
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Max the Movie Kid
1Mar12
It's not my opinion, I was just contrasting how gritty Rango is compared to how loony Nick's animated films that came before were.
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Mononoke86
21Jan12
Great animation but the story is very trivial and boring. Love the three mexican "owl" singers!
Henrik Schunk
13Jan12
Too silly and generic for my taste. Jokes like 'get me a latte' really don't rock my boat and I could not endure watching this BS. Gave up before finishing it.
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William Low
10Jan12
Fun entertainment. Story-wise simple but effective. Witness the homage to spaghetti western, Eastwood,star wars,even Marlboro that blend in smartly in several scenes.
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Doug Bruner
24Dec11
I rate Rango as one of the best films of 2011! Johnny Depp does the voice of Rango,who is always finding himself in amazing trouble and has to use his wits to save the day! This film is aimed at the teen to adult crowd and the humor may not be understood by the younger children. I'm giving Rango two big thumbs up! It is that good!
Adam Suraf
31Oct11
Wonderfully wacky, surreal, hilarious, and artistically brilliant animated spaghetti western, with one cinematic reference point and homage after another, from, remarkably, the director of all those awful Pirates of the Carribean movies. Johnny Depp is in his element, undoubtedly.
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