Rango

It's been five and a half years since Johnny Depp has done a voice over in a movie. To me that's unsurprising, he must hate it or something. He's only done a voice one other time for "The Corpse Bride". This was also for a character that is VERY unlike his usual characters. It was this main character that made me had a problem for with the movie.

Story:
Rango. That's actually not his name at the beginning. Why not? I'll tell you. We see him in the first scene, narrating his play. The play takes place in a very sunny, very fake environment. His fellow actors are inanimate objects. The damsel in distress, is a barbie doll torso. The damsel's father is a dead cockroach. The character talks to them like they're actual people. He goes on with this until suddenly his whole environment shakes. You see he's actually in a tank, inside a car. The car swerves to avoid a truck and the tank goes flying out the rear window and shatters on the pavement.

He discovers he's in the middle of the desert, on a long stretch of road. You piece together it's the Mojave desert and the road would have to be I-15.  As he's walking around he hears the weak distant cry of someone calling out to him. It's an old armadillo, who had gotten ran over and needs help getting up. The armadillo tells him that there's a town farther out in the desert.

After a few minor events, he arrives into the town of "Dirt". His first stop is the town saloon. He enters the saloon, and instantly every eye is on him. They watch as he slowly steps to the bar. The bartender ignores him, until he quietly clears his throat. "Um, bartender? Could I have a glass of... water?" The saloon begins to roar with laughter. The town is in a drought. There is no water. One realizes he's not from around there and asks him what his name is. He realizes that he can change who he is, that he can become the man known as, "Rango."

Review:
I hated how pathetic this character was. This was not a typical Johnny Depp character. It was hard to watch. Especially in the opening scene, he's talking to all these inanimate objects. It conveys that he's a lonely guy, but it is sooo awkward. The character also lies throughout the entire movie about who he is. That was the thing that bugged me the most, how PATHETIC he was. The love interest is also a woman whose name is "Beans". This is a kid movie, and you name a character Beans? When I was a kid, I associated beans with farting and eating something I didn't want to eat. Poor choice for a character like her.

I didn't hate it, because I think I had the attitude that I was going to be as positive as I could about it. So when it came around the part when the character feels a change, is when I began to like the movie. That would mean I liked the ending. There were a few funny gags here and there, but this is one I think you could live without seeing.

This is one I saw with the family, so when my dad asked the family how they had liked the movie the answers came out as, "dumb" "weird" and "I didn't like it". That was from the sisters and the mother. I already told you how I felt.

Cast:
One of two animated characters for Johnny Depp, and this character was baaad. Stick to having your face on the screen. I liked Isla Fisher's character Beans, her voiced blended well with the character. If the movie was about her character it would've been better. Abigail Breslin's character Priscilla was around every once in awhile. She was alright. My favorite character was "Rattlesnake Jake", because he was the one with the most, i guess enthusiasm? Bill Nighy was just good at developing a good voice for the character. And the character looked really good, whatever animator modeled him made him look great.

Not the best Nickelodeon picture, though not many have been incredibly popular in the movie world. You can leave this one alone. I would've rather seen "The Adjustment Bureau" or something.