Rango: its all about Depp...

very rarely i n wife would wan to go watch an animated film in the cinema. blame it on internet, blame it on the mediocre cartoons, blame it on tonnes of Disney style saccharine overload story. then again, who can say no to johhny depp? n my itchy fingers while online landed me the ticket 2 hours before the show start, so be it....

the opening of the film reminded me of another film of Depp. imagnarium of dr parnasus, which until today, i cant understand the show at all. weird, odd and quirky. the story open with an unnamed pet chameleon, stuck in a aquarium. fate decided that this lizard to end up in the dessert, thus the story started. expected, it end up in a dessert town. one fated incident after another, in addition to his brag, he ended up being the sheriff of the town. the town is facing the danger of losing water, as the reserve is running low. behind the disappearance of water, lies a bigger conspiracy. however, anyone could see who the real villian is in the beginning of the show. throw in some moral teaching of searching yourself of who you are, and be true to yourself.

so why this show deserve a high ratings in rotten tomatoes.com and a 4* in the star? johhny depp. he really carried the show. hi squirkiness from pirate was brought to the screen. it is like watching jack sparrow in lizard form. the animated was top notch. watch out for the flying combat scene, it really define the genre. the show didnot depends on the top notch animation though. the cinematography, the serenity in certain scene really was an art by itself. genius! in fact, towards the end, certain scenes were like it was pull out from pirates of carribean chapter 3. ultimately, the whole show worked like a western cowboy movie. i guess there were a lot of reference to the genre, but i wasnt a fan so not sure how spot on was it.

the jokes, however, was rather rare, not exactly very funny. and even some of the joke are rather not suitable for kids cause it is rather cerebral. doctors jokes anyone? and the 4 owls who are singing all the time, was rather annoying.

drawback? this is a very long long animation. near to 2hours. very draggy at certain area, may lead to sleep to some. story was predictable. the saving grace and the thing that propel the show above the rest? johhny depp.

ratings: 3half poink!

comments: then again, i like depp. since 21 jump street to edward scissorshand.