Rango

Muzzoid

wow look at that lighting. Impressive stuff :O.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjJEYTiga0[/ame]

Skamberin

Yeees, it is. I am unsure on this one :0 it looks very impressive visually, not sure I like the character design though

shotgun

I think Johnny Depp is the part at 1:48, not sure that's a major character but it looks pretty cool, different than the prappy pixar/disney stuff.

PixelMasher

uhhhh johnny depp is the main lizard :P, although that clip at 1:48 looks like a lil reference to fear and loathing for sure.

XenoKratios

Aahaha, that's an instant hit.

I'm guessing these guys did the work. (not guessing it says that they did on their Wikipedia page, ahaha)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic

Muzzoid

Oh wow this is apparently ilms first full 3d film in 35 years :O.

Jungsik

it looks real good ! looking forward xD

KeyserSoze

Skamberin wrote: »

Yeees, it is. I am unsure on this one :0 it looks very impressive visually, not sure I like the character design though

When I first saw the lizard character, I immediately thought of the illustrations Ralph Steadman did for Hunter S. Thompson (a couple of examples can be seen here and here), which is unfortunate because his frantic, insane style is impossible to transpose into 3D. The quality looks top notch, but no matter how good a job ILM does, it's going to fall short of Steadman's illustrations.

The film has several obvious homages to Thompson, I'm sure due to Depp's involvement. Depp played HST (a.k.a. Raoul Duke) in the film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and apparently became close friends with Thompson in the early 90s. Reptiles were a bit of a theme when Thompson would right about tripping on acid, and the character is even wearing one of his signature Hawaiian shirts. There's also the desert setting and the human character toward the end of the trailer also resembles HST.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. The visuals look great, and the idea of a HST/Ralph Steadman-inspired animated film sounds cool... but a Nickelodeon produced children's movie based on that seems almost sacrilegious. Oh well, I'm sure I'll see it anyway, and just try to enjoy it for what it is.

jam-i-am

HA! its late and i can't think of the name of that critter near the end, but she looks like a Carlos Huante design to me, dont know why...

i think this is going to be an awesome flick!

Muzzoid

Holy crap.... Mind blown. Still off the buzz of it id say its my movie of the year and i doubt anything will top it.

Del

Muzz wrote: »

Holy crap.... Mind blown. Still off the buzz of it id say its my movie of the year and i doubt anything will top it.

~ Calm the fuck down. It's only March.

leslievdb

saw it last weekend, i expected awesome vfx since ilm made it and that's exactly what i got
But the story and overall film was also very enjoyable, some of the references were very funny.
Pretty unique full 3d animation film imo

Jeff Parrott

Loved the look of the movie. Such a great world. The art book looks pretty hot:

http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-ballad-of-rango

EarthQuake

Saw this a few days ago, lots of fun, "movie of the year" deserves a big LOL, but it was well done. The fear and loathing reference was great.

Makkon

Loved everything about it! But certainly not a kid's movie.

Jeremy-S

Saw it last weekend with my niece and nephew. I really liked it, but when the ref to Fear and Loathing came up, and I turned to my niece, I realized "oh yeah, she's got no idea what the fuck that is". Guess that was for the parents in the audience.

The art in it really blew me away. Stylized realism? The skanky cat dude was one of my favorites. I was really impressed with this movie

Skamberin

They're only showing it in it's dubbed form over here... which makes me sad. Since it's animation they're treating it like a kids movie.
So I won't be watching this soon, dubbing is a mortal sin.

Muzzoid

Laugh if you want earthquake and dreamer, but its my opinion. Not trying to say you guys have to agree at all.

JacqueChoi

I worked on the video game version of this movie.

Obviously it's a game aimed towards kids (don't think many people on this forum are going to pick it up), but it's getting decent reviews for a movie tie in (currently 71%+ on metacritic).

But I got to make Rango, and Hunter S Thompson for the game:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2QSYFgpQN0[/ame]

It's a very quirky and funny game, that I got to do Lead Character Duties for.

Jeremy-S

That's cool, Jacque! My niece was pretty interested in the game, I thought it looked great, but was a little worried it would suck so I never got it. I just might pick it up now.

Autocon

Saw the movie today, was great. Defiantly recommend.

javi

JacqueChoi wrote: »

I worked on the video game version of this movie.

Obviously it's a game aimed towards kids (don't think many people on this forum are going to pick it up), but it's getting decent reviews for a movie tie in (currently 71%+ on metacritic).

But I got to make Rango, and Hunter S Thompson for the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2QSYFgpQN0

It's a very quirky and funny game, that I got to do Lead Character Duties for.

I was listening to the Rebel FM podcast, and they mentioned your game. They talked about it quite well, calling it a great platformer. After looking at that video, I will have to pick it up to try.

conte

really fun movie(or it was a toon?)
loved the humour and visuals, tho i second who think that its not for kids