Rango & The Adjustment Bureau

Saw both today and they were both very good.

Rango - Animation is top-notch. Especially apparent in the scenes with Jake and then the sand dunes. Laughed quite a bit. There's even an homage to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but you'd only know it if you've seen the movie.

Adjustment Bureau - Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick called the Adjustment Team, iirc. I'd been wanting to see it since I saw the trailers and it didn't disappoint me. It's one of those movies/stories that make a weird kind of sense, like it could be a legitimate explanation. It's things like that that move a movie up, IMO.

Cool that's good to hear, probably see both when they come out on dvd.

Always liked PKD's stories and love when they do it justice on screen.Thanks for the info.

Also, it kinda felt like Depp was channeling Kermit the Frog in some of the scenes in Rango.

While I dug The Adjustment Bureau.... is it just me or did the conspiracy side of it TOTALLY take a back seat to a combination dose of "love conquers all / theological allegory" type of story?

I don't really think the conspiracy angle was at all a focus of the movie. I mean, after all, they basically come right out and say that they are guiding humanity according to the Plan. I'm not even sure if there was much of a conspiracy at all, beyond keeping the bulk of humanity unaware of such actions.

Their plan is to keep humanity ignorant of the plan?
*head asplode*

WARNING: I bold names.

A perfectly planned plan... executed with precision to prevent perdition, perhaps?

I just keep hearing the owl in Rango: ".... dee Leezerd, 'ee's going to die"

Enjoyed Rango. Seemed like quite a bit of "hidden" adult humor for a PG movie, though.

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That shrew (? the little girl char w/the hat and pigtails) girl is hilarious. Especially when she pulls out the suitcase with the dual revolvers.