{"id":1132,"date":"2016-09-22T11:14:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T11:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2016-12-16T01:03:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T01:03:13","slug":"the-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/09\/the-finish-line.html","title":{"rendered":"The finish line"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chameleon goes on one amazing journey\u2014including meeting the Spirit of the West, in Rango<\/em> (2011, USA).<\/p>\n

Rango<\/em> is an Academy Award winning animation about a chameleon, called Rango, looking for water in the sweltering Mojave Desert. There\u2019s hardly any water, though.<\/p>\n

Before he gets there, he\u2019s swept into passing vehicles on the desert road as he tries to get across to the other side.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the road, a Mexican-styled armadillo wishes him well in finding what he\u2019s looking for: water.<\/p>\n

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When Rango makes the other side, his journey turns quite frankly crossed-eyed and quirky, adventure filled. By the end of it, I thought this chameleon has gone through one amazing journey to get from A to B.<\/p>\n

Without going into all the details of the middle of his journey\u2014where Rango becomes a sheriff of a miniature desert township populated with Wild West creatures\u2014I\u2019ll tell you about something else. Rango meets the Spirit of West who looks like the Man with No Name.<\/p>\n

The Man with No Name<\/h4>\n

As you may know, the Man with No Name is a mythological character created for Clint Eastwood Westerns. Eastwood played him, a mysterious loner, who comes into town, does his job, and leaves.<\/p>\n

Rango is half-way through fulfilling his own Man with No Name trajectory\u2014he has come into town, is doing his job, but hasn\u2019t quite got to completing the job.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he heeds the advice of the Spirit of the West or is that Eastwood\u2019s Man with No Name?<\/p>\n

The Spirit of the West turned up in the Mojave Desert and Rango shares his heart with him.<\/p>\n

He shares how he should have the courage to face the issues in the town and help them, but he feels he\u2019s not up to it.<\/p>\n

The Spirit of the West advises Rango to tell his story.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Rango\u2019s amazing journey\u2014which started out just looking for water (which is hard to find in this film)\u2014finally takes a turn to the climatic.<\/p>\n

As insecure as he is, but what gives him the motivation to finish is telling his story.<\/p>\n

For Rango, that\u2019s what it takes, to get the job done.<\/p>\n

It was one amazing journey\u2014the kind that boggles the mind and amuses.<\/p>\n

And it is a story centered in why one should make the finish line.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all right coming in, or entering, but how does one finish, or exit as the theater calls it? Sometimes, that is the question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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