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Rango
2011 · Film · 107 min
Directed by Gore Verbinski
AnimationComedyFamilyWesternAdventure
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt and uncover the truth behind a looming water crisis—before his act catches up with him.
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Yup. Even if you only look within a relatively small category of films one per year can miss a bunch. For example, consider the category of animated feature length films released after 2000 in the US, and pick one per year by picking the winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
In 2001 you'd miss Monsters, Inc. because of Shrek.
In 2002 you'd miss Lilo & Stitch because of Spirited Away.
In 2004 you'd miss Shrek 2 because of The Incredibles.
In 2005 you'd miss Howl's Moving Castle and Corpse Bride because of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
In 2008, no Kung Fu Panda because of WALL-E.
In 2009, no Coraline or Fantastic Mr. Fox because of Up.
In 2010 you'd miss How to Train Your Dragon because of Toy Story 3.
In 2011 no Kung Fu Panda 2 because of Rango.
In 2012 no Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, or Wreck-it Ralph because of Brave.
In 2014 no How to Train Your Dragon 2 because of Big Hero 6.
2015 no Shaun the Sheep Movie because of Inside Out.
2016 you miss Kubo and the Two Strings and Moana because of Zootopia.
2019 No How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World because of Toy Story 4.
2021 you'd miss Raya and the Last Dragon and Luca because of Encanto.
Most of the winners are good...but if you just put all the above mentioned films in a pool and asked most people to pick their top 14, most would have a lot of films on their list that were not among the winners of the aforementioned years.
There is still Rambo McBiceps. It's the character who literally punches through every problem.
Baaghi 1, 2, and 3 have pushed this character trope to the breaking point, and it's hilarious.
I'm happy that we now have male lead who are weak, yet still win. Emmett in the Lego movie, Rango, the guy from Fantastic Beasts. They don't win by becoming more violent, but by providing an alternative to violence.
Lord of the Rings is also a treasure trove of great male role models.
> you should have one level of your game that is indistinguishable from a completed professional product
This artifact becomes the goal and the plan. It unambiguously communicates what is acceptable addition to the game. Fully internalized, it now should be possible to farm out development have every single level hit the look, feel and gameplay of the original level. All issues end-to-end have been hit and addressed, there are no unknown-unkowns at this point.
This is way Rango [0] is so damn good. All the techniques used in the movie were honed in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It wasn't just a tech trailer, they could focus on the story while using cutting edge production workflows.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiYFGzAntx4
take Rango (2011) for example.
Roger Deakins ... (cinematography consultant) Mike Sanders ... virtual cinematography
Deakins worked with the team to determine camera angles, lighting placement, and framing, among other things. They paired an old school film cinematographer with a digital effects supervisor, and the output of their work is what anyone should call cinematography.