"The Name's Rango"

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2011)

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
You can consider me a partial animation movie fan. I LOVE Pixar, I'll settle for some Dreamwork, but all the rest do not grab my interest. So the story begins... Rango, a Nickelodeon movie, firstly turned me off. I didn't follow it around so much until the director was revealed. Gore Verbinski has some intelligent works: Pirates, Ring. With this provided, I had some thought that he could pull of his first animation. And he did... Rango is a western. Believe it or not, the film is presented, moves on like, and overall is a western. The man with "no name" (which in this movie has a name; non-clichÃ©) walks into a western town, shakes up some trouble, and the adventure begins. The animation in this film is wondrous. I didn't have the time to see it on the big-screen, but once I feasted my eyes on the brilliant animation, I was in for a treat. The voice acting was obviously wonderful (Johnny Depp!) and everyone else did a fantastic job. The film also had some impressive humor. Seeing as this was PG, I had only small expectations for this, but it blends in adult and child humor together. You will surely be laughing along the ride. In fact, the film gathered nods to modern cinema. You'll have references from Fear and Loathing in Vegas, Star Wars, and even the infamous Clint Eastwood films (especially that ONE scene.) I didn't have too much to complain about in this film, it was highly impressive. Another kudos goes to the wonderful soundtrack. It's adventurous, loud, and surely kicks you into the film. Alongside everything, and combined together: I surely recommend Rango! It's a great family one that everyone will enjoy, and although the film may be classified as a kiddo's film, the film is surely going to surprise you. I give Rango a 9/10.