when: Saturday, March 5th, 2011
show: 11:05 a.m.
costs: $8.00 Ticket + $5.75 Zap Pack = $13.75
auditorium: 5, with a Digital Projection screen
seat: 3rd row, 15th column
2nd time:
where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Sunday, March 6th, 2011
show: 3:15 p.m.
costs: $9.75 Ticket + $4.25 double-scoop ( Strawberry Cheesecake & Mint Chocolate ) Ice Cream in a Waffle Cone = $14.00
auditorium: 1, with a standard screen
seat: 3rd row, 10th column
synopsis/overview: A pet chameleon gets stranded in the desert and finds its way to the little town of Dirt, where life is hard because of the lack of water and because of the bandits that roam its dusty streets. To avoid trouble, he spins yarns of his gun-slinging ways well enough to convince everybody that he should become the town's latest sheriff--a profession that has a very quick turn-over, it seems. But being the proverbial stranger in town, he doesn't know what trouble he is getting himself into.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Accident; 2.) Mariachi band; 3.) Blend in; 4.) Saloon; 5.) Bank vault; 6.) Belch; 7.) The challenge; 8.) Hawk; 9.) Vending machine; 10.) Mayor's office; 11.) Believe; 12.) Hoedown; 13.) Holy spigot; 14.) Bank; 15.) Prospecting permit; 16.) Bank robbery; 17.) Posse; 18.) Conjunctivitis; 19.) Tunnel; 20.) "Circle of Life"; 21.) "We ride"; 22.) Campfire; 23.) Thespians; 24.) "Entire family"; 25.) The chase; 26.) "It's like a big ol' mammogram"; 27.) Golf; 28.) Rattlesnake Jake; 29.) The road; 30.) Spirit of the West; 31.) "They follow the water"; 32.) Shut-off valve; 33.) "I'm going back"; 34.) "I've got a plan"; 35.) Contract paper; 36.) The challenge; 37.) Bad idea; 38.) "One bullet"; 39.) "Don't spoil it"; and 40.) The pessimistic Mariachi band.
favorite scenes: The "Are those real" scene.
When Rock-Eye got snatched by the Hawk scene.
The belching fire scene.
The chase scene.
The "alabaster carriage with four golden guardians" to protect the Spirit of the West scene.
audience reaction: The audience loved it. And some people in the Vallejo crowd gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I loved this movie, too. This movie has better Action Scenes than last year's TRUE GRIT. This movie should have been in 3-D. But since it is just in 2-D, opt to see it in digital projection instead--it's worth the money.
spoiler alert! I have never seen a car antenna ball made out of glass, as if it were a Christmas tree ornament. Since chameleons are reptiles, shouldn't Rango ( and the other reptiles ) have started each day with a sunbath? You would think that with Miss Beans traveling alone like that in the desert every Wednesday, it would be enough to get the Hawk's attention. A hawk's talons are not sharp enough to cut through metal like that! Did they really have to have a hoedown? What was that big eye in the tunnel all about? With his Gatling gun, there should have been no reason for Rattlesnake Jake to fear the Hawk because even if the Hawk were to snatch him he would still be able to shoot the bird down. How was Rattlesnake Jake able to load/reload his Gatling gun? A coughed-up bullet travelling underwater can't break glass at all. The relative sizes of the desert creatures were overly exaggerated.
fyi: This movie has the best animation that I've ever seen in which the characters' eyes are not only very expressive but they don't have a "blankness" or a "far-away look" to them at all ( exempting Miss Beans' "freeze frames", of course ). And the way that they made the eyes look at someone or something was very "spot-on"!
This movie pays homage to the "Spaghetti" Westerns of the 1960s, DJANGO and the "Dollars" trilogy come to mind. But I would say that this movie, RANGO, has a better plot, better acting, better scenery and better action scenes than the movies that it pays homage to.
Back in the early 1900s when the Americans occupied the Philippines after they won the Spanish-American War, some Filipino rebels disguised themselves as women and participated in a town's parade that was attended by some American soldiers. The rebels opened fire on the unsuspecting American soldiers and killed many of them. In retaliation, the Americans returned with Gatling guns and "mowed down" every living thing in that town--men, women, children, and animals--none were spared.
word of advice: "Blend in!" Rock-Eye
tidbits: I decided to see this movie a second time because I really liked it and because I missed the first few minutes of the movie on Saturday because of the long line at the concession stand at the Edwards Fairfield Cinemas.
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