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For Moving Pictures<\/span>, I reviewed the improbable Rango<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In a seemingly impossible bit of movie alchemy, director Gore Verbinski (\u201cPirates of the Caribbean: At World\u2019s End\u201d), with the aid of Johnny Depp, masterfully combines \u201cChinatown,\u201d Sergio Leone\u2019s Man with No Name films and the best of Looney Tunes into the hilarious and entertaining \u201cRango.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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While borrowing liberally from a variety of sources, the screenplay by John Logan (\u201cSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\u201d) melds all the disparate elements into a cohesive and thoroughly original story. In the visual-effects firm\u2019s first animated feature, the magnificent ILM animation sparkles, granting each beautiful scene lush details and the countless characterizations a unique vision.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Verbinski, who along with Logan and James Ward Byrkit conceived the story, brilliantly establishes the tenor of the tale within his terrarium from the outset: Four owl mariachi-band narrators break the fourth wall and, like some Greek tragedy\u2019s chorus, eventually become immersed within the story itself. Then Rango puts on a manic one-man, one-act show co-starring a nude, headless doll and a windup fish, both inanimate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Read more at Moving Pictures<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n

A seemingly impossible bit of movie alchemy<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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