The best animated movie in a long time!

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2011)

Actually not just the best animated movie but the best movie, period! Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski obviously make just as good a pair as Johnny and Burton.
Rango is as fresh as they come, funny, inventive and just as irreverent as Jack Sparrow. In fact you can see why the idea of Rango was born during the time of Verbinski and Johnny together filming "Pirates". It's the same chemistry, the same madness and brilliance.
Rango brings such a novelty into the screen, which is almost ridiculous, since it's by no means original, it contains endless references to previous movies, such as Don Juan De Marco, Fear and Loathing, A Fistfull of Dollars, just to name a few... But somehow it's fresh nevertheless and very, very funny! Rango is a lonely chameleon, an unfulfilled wannabee actor whose whole ambition in life is to make a difference with his performances, which are done with his broken up toys and lifeless fellow actors. We don't even know his name, all we know is when he is finally given the opportunity to act a grand part and above all the audience to watch him, he wastes no time and go for it with all his might.
He might have bitten more than he can chew with his new character, but he certainly shines through it all, and the more public he has the better he becomes, bringing it all to a fantastic show down with the ultimate villain (Davy Jones reloaded).
Wonderful movie, beautiful and state of the art CGI animation, incredibly entertaining, maybe not ideal for very young children, although not offensive in any way, but a very good family movie nevertheless!