ping!: Rango

when my sister first mentioned "Johnny Depp is Rango. Jom pergi tengok!" with a brilliant face lighted up with the most incredible idea of the century, i just had to immediately agreed to do it. we are both big fans of Johnny Depp anyway. it just had to happen. except when reality wouldn't be so kind. i study (and reside, currently and obviously) in the northest of the north of Terengganu and my sister is living at home, where my heart is, which is in the southest of the south of Terengganu which is also about 4-5 hours-drive away.

so, when my class is in KL and the itineraries said "Friday night, TGV KLCC. (optional)", of course i would immediately pick up my phone and text my (married, haha^^) brother saying "Let's go watch Rango! You, me and Kak CT. Friday night." (it's just, i need some more time to wrap my mind around the fact that he is now a married man. i just have to accept that there is one woman who has more rights on him than i do nowadays. and that he is actually a charmer. how else would he charmed that lovely Kak CT then?(=) sure enough, he replied with an enthusiastic "Yes!!" and there we were, TGV KLCC for the much anticipated Rango.

funny, witty and charming. like Johnny Depp himself was Rango. well technically, Rango was voiced by Depp but it was as if the character 'Rango' was written with JD in mind. maybe it was. i should check the facts. (like Dato' Lat's old boss at NSTP used to shout at him: "check your facts!" yeah, i caught Kampung Boy Sebuah Muzikal at Istana Budaya. spensive tickets. not for "rakyat marhaen" like me. but it was very enjoyable. 9/10 for both Awie's and Atilia's vocals. superb. no, no. this is for another entry. moving on.)

Rango is a chameleon. a bit delusional one i think, but perhaps that is just a part of his charm. he was a pet chameleon, kept in a terrarium with ample water supply and a few real-but-static friends. when he was somehow, by cruel twist of fate, dropped in the middle of the desert, he found himself to be dehydrating extremely fast and in desperate need of water.

he then found a female lizard (iguana), Beans, which after one confrontation and one acquaintance, she offered a ride for Rango. the ride though, did not reach the town in which Rango was hoping to find some water.

the town, when Rango (which real name is not Rango and remained a mystery throughout the movie) arrived, was not as Rango had expected. luckily, he's had a bit of practice in acting and thus he began his phony act, fooled the town for a while and got tangled in the mayor's bigger act. he's got a good luck though. he sort out the messes and the town was freed from the evil mayor. the end.