To Rango...

[caddy_caddy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqgA4p9Q_Vs


Here we are ,
at the end of the road...
Don't look any further...
The broken light has covered his face,
and you are alone waiting...
My dear Rango don't be sad...
The green meadow over the grave,
murmurs the melody of your lost eyes...
What are you looking for?
The broken bough or the broken bird?
Your eyes told me the truth,
but you cannot wait.
Passengers will pass away.....
Life cannot wait as death,
and time would bury everything Rango,
except your song and the broken tempo of the light
dancing on our graves...

[Maryd.]

Interesting... I have not see the movie or read any book about Rango. So I take your word for it.
:)

[caddy_caddy]

I've just seen the Video Mary; I know nothing about the movie or the book. Any way, Rango could be anyone of us. When I look at his face, I feel his is more human than human beings. I cannot stop looking at his face.
Regards,

[PrinceMyshkin]

Consider removing the superfluous "more" from l. 3. Apart from that there issuch a serene dignity to the whole of this. I don't think you've posted before, in which case welcome to the forum.

[caddy_caddy]

Yes, this is the first time. Although I write in Arabic I don't try to write in English. Actually, I don't like to write poetry in any other language except my own language. I feel there is sth fake in it. Your own language is who you really are.
I'm happy cz you found something serene in it.
Thank you.

[billl]

I really liked the end of the poem, the idea of an ended life leaving an effect in its aftermath.

The video linked in the OP is just (beautiful, but downbeat) music, with a single image of Rango, turned away from us. You can sort of see the face though, and it is pretty poignant, for an animated charater. (But maybe caddy_caddy originally saw a different video, with Rango moving around in it?)

Anyhow, I skimmed over the Wikipedia entry for the movie, and it seems like a positive and fun story (probably), good for children and with some wisdom in it. It might be worth checking out sometime if I get the chance (I sort of live in an area like the setting of the film).

[MarkBastable]

The movie is a spoof of spaghetti westerns. My kids, six and eight - who've never seen High Plains Drifter - didn't get most of the references, and the younger one fell asleep. I rather enjoyed the movie, not least for Johnny Depp's voice work.

It's interesting to see it inspire a poem, though I think that caddy saw more in it than most American and European viewers would. Not that that says anything about the poem, which is a separate and self-contained piece of work.

[caddy_caddy]

That's because still there is a little child within me ,but you don't :smile5:. That's why I was moved by an inanimate figure and the music and for personal reasons.
Thx Mark.

[MarkBastable]

That's because still there is a little child within me ,but you don't.

Oh there is. I weep buckets at Toy Story 2. Every time.

[caddy_caddy]

I don't weep any more, I write instead.

[MarkBastable]

Yeah, I might try that.