Rango and The Rebirth of Westerns.

From the golden era of Roy Rogers to the Spaghetti Westerns of Clint Eastwood and Yul Brynner, the Western is a staple point in foundation of film. Classics like John Ford's Stagecoach and Clint Eastwood's man with no name series, audiences have flocked by the millions to enjoy dusty ghost towns and classic show down shootouts. Sadly in recent years the Western has been plagued by bad movies and worst box office disasters (American Outlaws), and for some the Western was long dead.
But say hello to the Neo-Western. With new films such as Appaloosa the Western has been reinvented as a gritty, realistic, violence filled drama that is capable of standing strong in the new eras of film to come. Now director Gore Verbinski has thrown another idea into the loop with his new children's film Rango, starring Johnny Depp. This so called "Children's" film is something so hip and new that it shakes a movie lover like me right down to my bones.
Rango is the hip telling of a chameleon who is thrown out of his comfort zone and into a harsh world with harsh realities. He finds himself in a town in the midst of a heavy drought and finds a place as the town's new sheriff. Rango is a laugh riot from start to finish, filled with cameos and tributes to heroes and icons past and present.
The manner and theme in which Rango is produced in is truly an honor to the Spaghetti Westerns that made Clint Eastwood the icon he is. From color schemes to the manner in which the characters carry themselves will have the adults forgetting they're watching a cartoon and begin to really rock on their heels in anticipation. This is a grand entrance to Jon Favreau's Cowboys and Aliens, which comes out in July, and will surely be the start of new wave Westerns that will be pleasing through the years.