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At its core, Rango is a western movie. Yes it stars a pet chameleon that gets lost on a desert highway, and finds himself in a western town that is going through a drought. (Yes, World Water Day was yesterday, but that was only a coincidence.) Beyond that though, it is a superb animated movie by Industrial Light and Magic, worthy of its Oscar.

The movie is not simply a sequence of jokes loosely tied together with a story. While the odd storytelling style threw me away for the first fifteen minutes or so, I was hooked by the strong story for the rest of the movie. The voice acting, led by Johnny Depp, is excellent, again much more than stars attaching their names to a movie for the sake of the posters.

And I cannot praise enough the quality of the animation. It is not only well used to tell the story, but at times you are presented with poetic animation that will take your breath away. So, yes, you must see this in HD.

Overall, I highly recommend this movie, even if you don’t particularly like westerns or animated movies.