The makers of Rango released their first non-inexplicable-mechanical-fish related teaser today and its pretty good. Cool look, Cool music and a gag where a hawk with a can on its face slowly turns its head. What more could you want from an animated flick?
In honor of this, how about a rundown of director gore verbinski's filmography:
MouseHunt (B): Underrated comedy, where two guys hunt down an animal and Christopher Walken has a great cameo (this could also be a word-for-word summary of kangaroo jack except substitute 'underrated' with 'shit-fest' and 'has a great cameo' with 'cashes a check while I watch.')
The Mexican (?): If brad pitt and julia roberts shit in the woods and no one remembers, did it really happen? Are there still DVDs of this out there? Do people own them?
The Ring (B-): Haven't seen this since theaters but as I recall all Naomi Watts has to do is not fall down a well. Cue a giant television which hits her in the face, knocking her into the well. It was one of the funniest things i've ever seen. Also without this we wouldn't have classics like Shutter and One Missed Call. So screw The Ring for ending Shannon Sossamon's career.
The Weather Man (C): All I remember about this movie is Nicolas Cage getting hit with milkshakes and Michael Caine saying 'Camel Toe.' In retrospect maybe i'd like it more now.
Pirates of the Caribbean: the curse of the black pearl (B+): People remember this one fondly b/c of the surprise of Jack Sparrow. But...
Dead Man's Chest (A-): All the other characters were really boring. Dead Man's Chest takes those boring characters and gives them all extremely cool things to do. Sure its bloated and amped up to eleven but its also a shit-ton of fun. I will never understand the nerd-hate for this movie, except that it lead to --
At World's End (C-): If any movie could be immediately remade i would vote for this one. First of all it doesn't jump off from DMC instead it actually wastes time with more exposition, making the second film (which i love) pointless. Second it figures bigger is always better. Spectacle for spectacle's sake is boring. I never thought i'd live to see a movie where a pirate swordfights a squid-man on the top of a ship as it spins around a whirlpool ... and I'm BORED shit-less. Literally i was so bored my shit didn't want to come out b/c then it too would have to watch the movie.
But anyway, Rango looks good. Enjoy the owl mariachi band and hyper-quick hunter s. thompson cameo.
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