The Reel Rejects - RANGO (2011) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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Starting point is 00:01:28 Okay. Okay. Okay, that was fun. Oh my gosh. Okay, yes. I think it was fun. You know, I will say that in the beginning, I was really, I was taken aback by the cinematography.

Starting point is 00:01:46 Beautiful shots, like really every shot they put into it. Just absolutely gorgeous. From the beginning, I was like, wait, okay, it's just about like water and like Rango. And I was, it took me a little while to kind of like get into it. But once it got to the end, I was like, oh, heck yeah. Let's like, once it all came together, I appreciated like the whole story. I still did enjoy myself a lot.

Starting point is 00:02:14 I thought some of the jokes in it were, I didn't laugh as I think as much as maybe they had hoped I would or as maybe was their intention for some of those jokes. But I was really enraptured by the cinematography. and the way they were shooting shots are just the beautiful colors and it really does make you want to go to the desert. Like I was like, this movie makes me want to go to the desert. But I did love all of the characters in here.

Starting point is 00:02:41 And like I said, I really like the animation, the way they drew the characters. They really came to life. They seemed really, really realistic. And in that desert shot, when they were like fighting for the water that was not there. That's Timothy.

Starting point is 00:02:55 The elephant. Whoa, okay. that I thought that that was shot really well. It kind of reminded me of like just a regular sequence that you would maybe see in Star Wars but it's like with like bats and in the desert and I like the way that they shot that a lot. I thought that was very cool.

Starting point is 00:03:14 Yeah, what did you go? What did you think? I thought the movie was a lot of fun. I thought it did a really good job at kind of displaying this desert scenario and just the, the way that that story would kind of play out uh i let like from the beginning i was very enraptured and just like engrossed and like the animation style and how detailed it was i was not

Starting point is 00:03:36 expecting that going into this movie and from there yeah i mean i i thought it was funny it wasn't the most hilarious movie i've ever seen but it did make me laugh at points in the movie and yeah it was just really creative i like the music uh i will say towards the middle it kind of I wouldn't say like checked out completely, but I was less engrossed in the story. Yeah, me too. Yeah, like the beginning I thought was really interesting. I'm like, I don't know where this story's going,

Starting point is 00:04:03 but like it's just these tumbling of events that's kind of unfolding with Ringo was just kind of being carried through this story. Yeah. And he doesn't make it really an active choice until like the end. Yeah. And I thought that was cool, like a good arc for him to go through. And yeah, I would say that this movie, it was fun. It was fun.

Starting point is 00:04:23 I enjoyed it overall. The characters are really memorable. Ow, do you hear that? Do you like a spike? No? No. Oh, trippy. All right, I'll just ignore it.

Starting point is 00:04:35 Yeah, I would say that Johnny Depp did a great job. All the voice actors did a really good job in this. And from start to finish, yeah, it was a very strong voice cast. I wasn't distracted by the fact that Johnny Depp was a slizer. I think he played very much into the role. And I like that he's the the trope or the role of like the coward, the storyteller becoming the actual hero and kind of embracing that. Yeah. And yeah, all the details in this just really made it a lot more immersive from like the, look, we talked about it throughout the whole movie, how beautiful it was.

Starting point is 00:05:08 Right. From just like the certain shots that they would have from whether it would just be like a landscape or just like how the moon would shine or even those flowers at that one point. Gosh, that would look so real. And I'm surprised this movie doesn't get. get a lot more attention and it this movie came out in 2011 so it's like like a few years past being a decade old and still looks incredible some better than some animation movies that come out now yeah I agree yeah and I'm surprised that in the day and age of like especially with this being like a Nickelodeon film and with the inundation of like sequels and reboots

Starting point is 00:05:45 that this didn't get a sequel but I also think this movie like ends on a nice bow where it doesn't necessarily need one yeah because it's like well how much more can we talk about water in the desert and how we need to get it because I really I liked that we started out where he's like the actor he's a the thespian I really love when we brought that back in the desert to distract the bad guys to try to get the water like following his story right but um I wish that maybe that came up a little bit more because as you said in the middle where you kind of it just wasn't as exciting to me I was sort of like okay I get where we're going but there was something there that was missing where that in other films that I'm like really taken along with the

Starting point is 00:06:26 story and you guys know I mean I always talk about this that I want to go on a journey like an emotional one a funny one a sad one a happy one and in the middle of this it was sort of just like a story but I didn't get that full pull that I wanted so I think for a sequel for this specifically it would have to be, it would be fun to see Rango in his element as being a sheriff and now he knows who he is. He was taken from playing, pretending, and now he's actually become into his own

Starting point is 00:07:02 as a real sheriff now. And it would be fun to see him play that out. I'm just not sure where, I mean, the plot could go anywhere, I guess, at that point, if he's just in this western town. But maybe it's because it wasn't like, super heart felt.

Starting point is 00:07:17 Like I didn't, I didn't feel super emotional at the point when he was dying, right? And the Roli Pullies came up and he was just sort of giving up. I wanted to go through that a little bit more with Rango. Like I really wanted to feel a little bit more, like more sad for him. So that at the end, when he wins,

Starting point is 00:07:36 I still was like, yay. But I think it could have been more. Yeah. I think a couple of things kind of held it back for me was that, that middle section, the whole part where they were going on that journey. he had like 10 plus people going to get the water.

Starting point is 00:07:49 I was like, one, it was a little bit of, too much of a cast for that whole section of it. But two, it felt like a mandated mission, like, maybe like, I don't know how much involvement, like, or the interference of studio had in, like, the process of this film. But it felt like, all right, this movie needs a giant set piece because this movie needs to capture the attention of kids, even though we're talking about all of these things that will fly over kids' heads. Right. And it didn't, I think that could have been used to really endear us to the characters more. and dearest to him and his relationship with beans I kind of challenge the whole the most fun part for me

Starting point is 00:08:22 were seeing him find his way out of situations like him personally or him using his his acting skills or like what we solve him to outsmart things and I feel like that whole section of the movie one it was kind of a fruitless thing the only thing that really came from

Starting point is 00:08:42 was like those people coming back and helping him with the end But I feel like the signs of good movies are ones that can have like dual purposes, whether it's two things that that help move the plot forward or more preferably something that moves the character forward. I don't think that section of the movie really added to Ringo's journey because it was very much about the actions that were going on rather than how was this helping him develop. Which is probably why I didn't feel as much for him. As I was saying, like when he was kind of done and being like, I give up that I wanted to feel more. And if we had spent time on that emotional, emotional journey and moving his character forward, I think I would have. Shout out to Ask the Pro for sponsoring us.

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Starting point is 00:12:41 moment where the snake or Jake the snake outed him should have been more heartbreaking like no because I feel like in other movies at this point in the movie they were like oh man he like is this hero like oh he is for us and like wow he's like he's such a great guy like he starts to fall in love with the people and then they feel that betrayal and he feels like no I'm out of like I'm a fraud I feel like we didn't really have that moment right to really get him endeared into loving this community right and them loving him back I agree because the time that I felt really where where the movie actually took its time where I kind of felt something more is when he was talking to beans when it was night in the desert and he gave her that kiss and they had just like a nice

Starting point is 00:13:22 talk and the movie slowed down a bit and it gave us time to just like be rather than like let's do all this action so like maybe kids can be entertained right um it gave us a little bit more of a plot and I wish they would have taken their time a little bit more with him if we had more of those types of sequences where we really did feel, even though with the little girl who I love like at the end, you know, she's like, you brought the water back. We could tell that her and Rango had a relationship. We just didn't delve too much. We didn't delve deeper into it. Like we could have really felt something there. And again, you said, oh, the town all loves him. But we didn't get that full feeling of like, oh, please don't out Rango. It's going to make me so sad. It was just

Starting point is 00:14:05 sort of like we see it, we see it coming. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. I mean, I still, I still enjoyed it. I loved the animation again. Everything is beautiful in here and the shots are great. My favorite callback shot was the, um, what Rango did in the beginning, uh, drawing the box in his point of view. And then the Clint Eastwood character that I call him does it again. And he says, you can't look into your, I forget the line, you guys. I wish I knew the line. But he says the line like, you can't. can't look into your own story. That is not the line. I don't remember, but you guys get what I'm saying. I really enjoyed that callback and that move in the script specifically. I would say, I mean, for me on an entertainment level, like, I'd be like, oh, 6.5 out of 10. Like, I don't know that

Starting point is 00:14:56 I don't feel like I would need to watch this again because I'm like, oh, I love it. I'm like, no, I understand what happens here, but I would if anyone was like, what's a really beautiful movie to just look at cinematically? I'd be like, Rango does a great job of that. And it is still a fun story. I just, I wish I loved it more and I'd gone on a little bit more of an emotional journey. That's where I'm at. Yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:15:25 I think it's like I said, a very beautiful movie to look at from start to finish. and I think the end wraps up nicely and ties very well into the beginning I just wish that middle section was a little stronger but I think it's an enjoyable experience and it's funny because I was like I've heard of this movie but I've never really heard anybody talk about this movie me neither it's not really like a popular one

Starting point is 00:15:48 you know at all I wonder that if that middle section has played that much of a hindrance on it were I think the combination of two things one that middle section doesn't elevate the movie to be like what I feel like they intended to be but two I feel like especially with the Nickelodeon name attached to it and Johnny Depp I feel like they were hoping to bring in more of a child audience but I feel like the script wants to be something that's above the comprehension or like a thing that it captures kids attention because it's not it's stylized

Starting point is 00:16:24 but not in a way that's like poppy or flashy you know and granted maybe well this is 2011, I'm not sure, like, how that correlates with, like, how you capture kids' attention now. And I know everything's very, like, colorful and bright and, like, kind of, like, a shoot-off of Spider-Verse. But, like, 2011, this is very much, like, a muted movie and they're trying to make a child-friendly Western, but also trying to appeal to adults. So maybe that's something in that osmosis for why they didn't really do well. But, yeah, I think that, that kind of sums up how I feel. I'm kind of in the same boat with you with like 6.5. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:17:00 Yeah, it's like, it's in that middle area. It's like, it's not bad, but it's not like blowing my mind either. Right. I thought it was fun. I was happy with the end. We love you guys. You know it. Also, I forgot to say if you're listening to this on Apple or Spotify, it gives a good rating.

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The Reel Rejects - RANGO (2011) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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