Rango

IMDB
First time viewed: No
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

Original thoughts here and here.

I watched the Commentary on the bluray. There's an extended edition with 2 new bits including a nice little round up of all the characters at the end which is a cool bonus but not needed in the feature. Still nice it's included here.

It's great hearing about breaking ILM's render farm and them having to adjust to the idea of doing whole movie themselves, not just being told what to add in in other peoples shots. It seems that idea of ownership and letting the animators be creative resulted in very dedicated work. It certainly shows in the film.

The other thing I loved seeing was how they had the actors all together acting out the scenes and it was shot like a small little live action shoot. What a cast they got together! Great to see the chemistry they had on set pay off in moments of the animation. There's awkward comedy in this film that would be practically impossible to fake otherwise.

Such a fun movie. Go watch it!