I Can't Believe I Didn't Watch Rango Earlier... *Commentary/Reaction*

[@ANGELINAA]

Rango was unexpectedly well structured, witty, cohesive, and beautifully "shot." What were your first reactions to this film?

[@jordangan3246]

Really good! It’s been a while since I saw the movie but it’s a funny isekai-esque look on identity and being a hero. Also, this won the Oscar (though tbf, the Best Animated Feature category was dire, despite Tintin being robbed of a nomination).

[@jordangan3246]

Speaking of which, you should watch The Adventures of Tintin (which I grew up with). It was released in the same year, directed by Spielberg, VFX by Weta and Peter Jackson, and is very Indiana Jones-esque. I grew up with the original comics so this comes highly recommended from me.

[@jbwade5676]

💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@Soundtraker-vb5xm]

It’s kinda crazy this is a kids movie I would of rated it PG-13

[@LeiloniBecerra-z6b]

OMG THANKS FOR TAKING MY REQUEST GIRLIE YOUR SO AWESOME I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD LOVE IT🤩🥰

[@DanGamingFan2406]

"It only takes one bullet." "You ain't got the nerve." "Try me." In that moment, Jake realized Rango found true grit. Absolutely legendary line.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

It's a hell of scene

[@LowestHonor]

I loved the way Jake reacted. He knew rango had it in him and Jake seemed to have gained some respect for him in that moment alone.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Rattlesnake Jake is one of the best animated villains ever. His design is incredible, he's super intimidating, and Bill Nighy does an amazing voice performance. Him facing Rango is basically a reunion of Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow.

[@SorenAlba54]

Pretty much, with Hans Zimmer doing the score for this film like he did with the POTC also. Triple win right there

[@bemasaberwyn55]

​@@SorenAlba54yup

[@thunder_wolf23]

And they depart as equals, fellow legends.

[@Victorio667553]

I think Beans freezes in extreme stress aswell as when she's feeling threatened - so when Rattlesnake Jake is pushing her to sign her land away, she doesn't freeze because as scary as he is, she's not intimidated at all.

[@ANGELINAA]

I love this detail!!!

[@SorenAlba54]

Oooh, I never thought of that nor noticed that. Holy sh*t

[@renmcmanus]

She also fakes it one time. I think the second to last. She wants to see how Rango will act when he thinks she is not paying attention.

[@Wasupitzsam]

Ange....chameleons ARE lizards gang lol

[@ANGELINAA]

HAHAHA

[@Akainuthestrongestadmiral105]

​@@ANGELINAAdumb as hell girl

[@seizure__later4248]

I had a friend that fought me on this exact topic

[@bassmunk]

This movie was done by ILM the VFX company behind all the Star Wars movies, it was their 1st animated movie. If you look closely there's a few references to movies they've done, like the pics Rango makes during the campfire scene. And how one of the bats crashes, it mimics how one of the ships crashes during the trench attack in Star Wars A New Hope ;)

[@ANGELINAA]

this is so cool!!!

[@bassmunk]

@@ANGELINAAHey you saw my comment! lol I have a feeling that whole scene of that attack in the canyon with the bats loosely mimics "the trench run" from Star Wars cuz they thought it would be fun lol Now you know why Rango was so cinematic, cuz the 1st and best VFX company in Hollywood made it.

[@Supercatandrewman]

Now this is an underrated classic right here!

[@ANGELINAA]

definitely!!

[@SorenAlba54]

@@ANGELINAA Speaking of which, I said this before and I’ll say it again: PLEASE WATCH SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON. I’m begging you. 🥺

[@rickymoranjr9609]

FunFact: Johnny Depp and the cast of this movie acted this movie out instead of being behind a microphone

[@naifbashin3099]

That is genius

[@raptormaverick4774]

So you’re telling me that when Rango said to his crew if anyone knows how to wield a firearm, all of the actual actors pointed fake guns at him?

[@rickymoranjr9609]

@@raptormaverick4774 pretty much, yes

[@rickymoranjr9609]

@@naifbashin3099 IKR!

[@CentipedeDamascus]

Wes Anderson did the same thing when he made Fantastic Mr. Fox!

[@Firefox14958]

Did you all know that all the voice actors in this movie actually acted the entire movie and then they animated it later on

[@Demonic.Drawings]

Oh really?

[@tarsis5933]

So, who's gonna tell her Chameleons *are* lizards?

[@Night_Raptor_5991]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gdiaz8827]

Not me let's see how long it takes her figure it out on her own

[@eLeLhusband]

My fav thing about Jake is that he could easily kill Rango. But he chooses to psychologically trigger him into exposing himself being like: get your fake ass out of here

[@ImTyde]

Im amazed at how good the animation is. It looks better than some of the animations being released TODAY... this movie is almost 14 years old.

[@phoenixdzk]

This is my favourite animated movie. Johnny depp is in his element, the visuals and dialogue are superb and Bill Nighy is almost as terrifying in this movie as he is as Davy Jones! Same people who made POTC. And Timothy Olyphant as Clint Eastwood is the candle on the cake

[@Mark_Goddin]

Rango is one of my favorite movies of all time! It’s so clever and cinematic and has depth. Gore Verbinski did not talk down to children, but tried to raise their level of entertainment and literacy.

[@expealidocious]

i definitely recommend watching the behind the scenes content for this film because it's so interesting :,) everything from designing the characters, the process of animating it, and even the way they recorded the scenes and dialogue as theatre sets rather than in recording booths is genuinely so innovative. years later and it still holds up so phenomenally

[@jonmercano1138]

I really like Rango. I watched it in the theater and it’s one of my favorite Westerns.

[@BatmanFan76]

Hey, best part about this movie is that it was directed by the same guy who directed the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. (The first 3, not the other 2.)

[@EmmetBrickowski_special1]

And also the music was by Hans Zimmer, who also did the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

And a reunion between Jack and Davy

[@colinbrannon2051]

That explains why it’s so damn good

[@ciscoralmazora289]

Even the "I Am Nobody" line refers to old Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns like "My Name is Nobody" or "The Man With No Name" -- plus that sweet Clint Eastwood Cowboy cameo. 😲😄😉

[@Jaden_The_Celestial]

Captain Jack Sparrow and Davey Jones meet again, but as Cowboy reptiles! lol

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Perfection

[@DlugR.]

And Mol looks like Barbarosa. Honor mention :)

[@jcenablacklist]

It's also a wonderful love letter to the old wild west genre that is getting forgotten at that time. It is truly underrated compared to the big pixar and disney movies and usually fly under the radar amongst reaction youtubers. Glad my multiple request on your videos finally answered!

[@dinsism]

Rango is such an underrated gem!

[@awesomecoolguy7541]

It's a shame nobody talks about the score by Hand Zimmer. imo it's one of his best

[@0Cruik0]

This turtle is less like Oogway and more like "Ew go away", eeeh!? EEEEEEH!? lmao

[@mr.unicum]

great joke! The door is that way, see yourself out

[@XRakxXRaknasan]

You know there’s a whole movie behind the scenes where they actually acted like the characters with props for the movie they basically made a live action version but used that set to make the animated version of it XD

[@Ghostsfood]

I guess kids weren't as dumb as they are now. Serious subject matter. Innuendos. Important messages. I feel like everyone just forgot how deep animated films used to be.

[@shanajeangedeon9060]

Because companies stopped making them because lower quality was cheaper and then that resulted in brain rot of an entire generation (having to grow up basically without ever developing any media literacy skills)

[@tau-5794]

No, kids were still dumb back then. But movies were made to be enjoyable for both the kids and parents who had to watch along with them, instead of just 90 minute slop fests the parents turn on to distract the kids for a while.

[@peterlewis2178]

Kids aren't dumb, and never were. It's just become more universal for adults to view them as dumb and to talk down to them

[@shanajeangedeon9060]

@@peterlewis2178 Yes, exactly!

[@yesofcourse4419]

Her not knowing chameleons are lizards yet loudly and proudly proclaiming they're different confidently I might add is basically social media in 2024.

[@supercoolnothing411]

This movie will always be special to me... I first watched it when I was hospitalized back in 2011--never heard of it until I came across it on TV. Don't know why I decided to pick this over the other programs, but I'm glad I did. The message of this movie helped get me through my depression and recovery. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@asriellian]

The main things I love about this film are the visuals; the character designs, the shot compositions and uses of colour, it's all so damn good!

[@shawnvang4243]

This is a great movie that focuses on finding your own identity in a place where everyone pushes you to be something they need.

[@Trenchroach3]

I watched Rango in theaters when it came out as a kid. I loved it, and still do. It definitely solidified my love for Johnny depp as an actor and voice actor.

[@heyheyjk-la]

Interesting that you brought up the cinematography since the cinematography consultant on this film was the GOAS Roger Deakins, he of 1917, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve's Sicario and Prisoners, most of the Coen brothers' films, and I think all of the Daniel Craig Bond films, along with almost 80 other films.

[@Scorpius65]

Like totally. I totally forgot to. I have never seen this either. Thank you editor for suggestion, Reese rocks.

[@J4ME5_]

The visuals are top tier, excellent. It's not just the cinematography the shots in the lighting but the textures, models, the animation and the writing are all as good as it gets

[@cubetamalvada893]

The way this movie was made was basically by "rotoscope" but in 3D, all the scenes in the movie are played by the voice actors in real life, that means that there's an entire movie lenght worth of footage of Johnny Depp playing as Rango.

[@DamonNomad82]

When I was in high school (many years before this movie was made), I had a classmate named Jake that everyone called "Jake the Snake", or just "Snake". It was customary to greet him by asking "how's it going, Snake?" The funny thing was that he was the least "snake-like" person imaginable as he was big and bulky (he played on the offensive line in football) and incredibly cheerful, laid back and good-natured (he kind of looked and acted like a high school age John Candy). The first time I saw this movie, I couldn't help thinking "how's it going, Snake?" every scene that Rattlesnake Jake was in...

[@williambranch4283]

A very funny take on Hollywood Western memes.

[@reggierodriguez5685]

honestly one of my favorite animated movies ever. so unique and strange. i love it me and my cousins will quote this movie and automatically know what were talking about haha

[@wilibark7575]

Roger Deakins was the director of photography, which is why the cinematography is so great! You should react to some of his other films he shot, especially O' Brother Where Art Thou? Or Sicario and Shawshank Redemption

[@lateknightr3038]

this movie is so underrated.. i took my daughter to see this in the theater for her birthday and we loved it

[@garethalford682]

this is made by industrial light and magic the people who did the special effects for Star Wars and I still think the film is beautiful

[@thunder_wolf23]

My favorite scene in this film has to be when the posse first sets out. In most of the old spaghetti westerns, the bank gets robbed and the posse just rides off and somehow magically finds the culprits (or the scapegoats). Not here. Instead, they're riding maybe half a minute before: Spoons (Excited): "Where . . . Are we going?" Rango (Also excited): "What's that?" Spoons (Still excited): "Where are we going?" Rango: =D -> =0 -> D= Posse: *_Walking back into town_*

[@nukiesduke6868]

24:00 BRO CLINT EASTWOOD ROFL

[@phoenixdzk]

Timothy Olyphant voicing him, terrific VA

[@abc.animal5143]

This movie is a bizarre underrated masterpiece

[@muhammedirfans4412]

I love the spirit of the deserted Regions is Clint Eastwood 🔥 Such an underrated masterpiece of a movie

[@ciscoralmazora289]

Oh, yeah, and Director Gore Verbinski ("Pirates" Trilogy) marks his first "child-friendly" movie since "Mouse Hunt"! 😄😉

[@garethalford682]

Rango is voiced by Johnny Depp who played Jack Sparrow and rattlesnake Jake is played by Bill Nighy who played Davy Jones

[@ENDtredecim]

I love this film and the DnD bit is ironic cause I literally made a character inspired by Rango and to this day is one of mine and my friend's most loved characters I have played as. Also the hair+nails look great and rockin the top🎆🤙🏾

[@anonygent]

Rango is amazing, but IMO, it's because it's surprisingly deep for an animated film. It goes into the concepts of identity and self in a way few even live action movies touch.

[@osiris1802]

Rango is a masterpiece. IMHO, one of the best animated films ever made.

[@augustinlaufer2546]

Truly a magnificent love letter to the original spaghetti westerns and the Dollar trilogy 😩

[@RGMyers24]

I love this movie. It is an absolute homage to westerns, especially spaghetti westerns, every shot is a reference to those classics of the 60‘s and 70’s. I forgot that Mad Max Fury Road took a strong inspiration from here for the water thing hahahaha.

[@Projectxnuke]

3:17 I swear that scene is foreshadowing pirates of the Caribbean, even though this came out after that giving that Johnny Depp plays Rango

[@malcontent79]

I can't believe I didn't pick up on the significance of the chameleon being an actor when I watched this... a long time ago. In my defense, I was in many ways an idiot back then, lol.

[@martinbraun1211]

Please give the Star Trek franchise a chance.

[@588Board]

This movie made me watch the Dollars Trilogy with The man with no name. Absolutely love the 2nd film because of the melody.

[@ReneHLey8]

I saw this in theaters as a kid and have always loved it!

[@Caderynwolf]

no lizard chameleon bit is absolutely adorable

[@justchris5834]

I'm glad i ain't the onlyone that started seeing things in dnd fashion.

[@bigpoppasmurf1813]

Classic Johnny Depp. This was a really good movie and the art style was unique for it's time.

[@henrytjernlund]

Been years since I've seen this. Thanks.

[@edgymoji8260]

This movie was unnecessarily goated 😂

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Saw this in theaters, and it's underrated AF

[@kreativeillustr8s]

REESE YOU GOAT 🐐 Rango is such an underrated banger

[@puremachinery]

Cogitation is definitely a real world (the act of thinking, reflection, contemplation; also can mean the result of that, like a plan or scheme). Everything else he said in this YT commentary was real, too, or at least if he made up any words I failed to notice them. I haven't seen the full movie so can't speak to that.

[@jordangan3246]

Can you react to Paddington next?

[@Notkaiko]

YES neeeeds to happen😭

[@resonanttotality8322]

"Quite you savages, you're disrupting my concertation.!"

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

Trough the entire movie, Rango only every shoots 1 bullets, 2 if you consider using Beans as a gun at the end.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@soothbell426]

rango was one of those movies where I saw the trailer and had zero interest it looked so weird to me but one day it aired on tv and I loved it, the story and characters were too good

[@R0NINnoodles]

Love that you watched this film but BOOO to Reece for suggesting it before watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and missing the best Easter Egg in this film!

[@austingillum4807]

Fun fact: you know how others in the comments have already pointed out how the actors live-acted their parts before the animators then animated accordingly? Well for the scenes where Mrs. Beans was gagged, her voice actress Isla Fisher actually tied a bandana around her mouth for those scenes. Points for dedication to the role :)

[@nickmilo932]

This movie's definitely in my top5 animated movies

[@SpiderandMosquito]

16:00 Roger Deakins. Yes, THAT Roger Deakins! Look him up if yeah haven't. He's a LEGEND!!

[@O_Towne_Bear]

I was surprised at the Hunter S. Thompson tribute at the beginning.

[@typo1345]

What's crazy is this movie released while my family was living in the Mojave desert, so we were like "hey, I know that thing!" through the whole movie lol

[@silvanoreyes9285]

Loved this movie. been a long minute

[@muhammedirfans4412]

I don’t know how many times Ang said “ This movie has no right to be this good “ ♾️ 😂💎

[@TheGoIsWin21]

This movie just feels like Johnny Depp working through a breakdown after spending too much time as Jack Sparrow, and Nickelodeon just decided to animate it.

[@spencernaugle]

I believe this is considered a cult classic. Aka nobody cared about it when it first came out, but everybody realizes now how amazing it was.

[@colinbrannon2051]

That Clint Eastwood cameo always makes me smile

[@tywco]

Thoughts never make it out of the shower, Ang. All that warm water puts a hole in your bucket.

[@EnragedPlatypus]

It'd be amazing if this was the movie that put you onto Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

[@SpyingNinja13]

You kept talking about the cinematography of a good animated movie, and I can't help but notice you haven't reacted to Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron yet!

[@calvinjohnson6242]

Top five movies for me. Most underrated movie of all time. I love it wastefully.

[@MrRoyboy76]

13:35 this might need more research according to the Louis Zamperini story

[@jimdotcom1972]

if you like quippy comedy where every line is a joke you have to pay attention to otherwise you miss it, the tv show arrested development always struck me as the best at that.

[@peterlewis2178]

Kids are a lot smarter and more capable of understanding things than adults often want to give them credit for. I'm not saying that they'd all pick up on and understand everything in this movie, but this is how movies for kids should be written. Talking to them, not down at them

[@ANGELINAA]

🦇

[@SorenAlba54]

I always loved that chase/battle scene with the bats since we hear the score as it goes along.

[@pricemoore2022]

​@@SorenAlba54same!!!!😊😊😊😊

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

always fun to watch when you find a hidden gem ☺ enjoyed your reaction 👍

[@ANGELINAA]

Thank you 😁

[@ANGELINAA]

Thank you 😁

[@bladeravenswood5816]

Shoutout to johnny depp the best actor of our time.

[@Zer0d00d]

You skipped over my favorite part of this movie, where Rango is flying down the highway and slams against the a windshield of a man driving a convertible, who is understandably freaked out. It's a reference to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, where Johnny Depp was also the main character.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

😂😂

[@oscarprank1180]

I love this movie I've seen in the theaters great movie amazing visuals

[@Sykonightmare]

I JUST watched this movie and I still only realized the Plan B joke rn lmao

[@miguelzepeda9086]

You should check out surfs up if you are into the camera work and cinematography of animated movies

[@Oceane1803]

You do realize that just because something is animated doesn't always mean its target is only kids, right ? There's this mind-blowing concept of something called "being for all ages".

[@Alte.Kameraden]

Only thing that could have made this better is having Clint Eastwood actually being the Spirit of the West. Sadly for some reason they didn't get him to do so. I mean he did a fun cameo in the film Casper I dunno why they couldn't have him voice The Spirit of the West.

[@javelldunn3379]

I think I remember this movie Johnny Deep is one of the best actors in the movie

[@HalCogan]

Arguably the best Western of the modern era, as well as being the best fear and loathing in las vegas-related film ever made.

[@flameshot4647]

This movie was ahead of its time

[@onyxodon]

One of the few movies that makes appreciate water.