Movie Review: Wreck-it Ralph
March 9, 2013
Starring the voice talents of John C. Reilly (Ralph), Jack McBrayer
(Felix), Jane Lynch (Calhoun), and my favorite character Venellope voiced by
Sarah Silverman. Pixar pounds out another smart, funny, and heartfelt hit. The
movie cutes outside of the cookie-cutter rules of stereotypes and the timeless adage
of Disney magic that dreams can come true.
Wreck-it Ralph begins with the history of Ralph’s video game, Fix-it
Felix Jr. He plays the bad guy and is feeling left out since it is the game’s
30th anniversary and no-one acknowledges Ralph’s existence after the
game is off, let alone for the anniversary party. Soon, Ralph goes to a bad guy’s support
group, which for me was fabulous seeing all of these gaming characters. I grew up playing video games and it was
fantastic seeing how Pixar and Disney brought this together. I thought it was really clever how they were
able to create this world where video games (after hours) are able to interact
and travel to different games.
Ralph, in his desperation to be accepted, vows to win a medal. He game
hops and finds himself in a first-shooter battle of epic proportions fighting
cyborg bugs; the prize – a gold hero’s medal.
He soon takes it upon himself to win the medal for his own.
Unfortunately, with his disproportions, Ralph’s clumsiness lands him
face-to-face defenseless against a cyborg bug. Attempting to escape with his
medal, accidentally leaving with the cyborg, and then they entered into the
land of Sugar Crush.
Sugar Crush held more potential for sweetness then visually captured.
Sarah Silverman produces a loveable Venellope who happens to be a glitch, and also
has a lot in common with Ralph and they soon become allies. Venellope has a
dream of racing in the Sugar Crush games.
The story escalates when we learn the true story as to why Venellope is
supposedly not allowed to race.
This movie will be enjoyable for both young and old. There are so many
quirky and smart puns in the movie that adults will appreciate them and kids
will obviously fall in love with this movie; if not for the sweet Sugarland
than for the awesome characters. An interesting factoid: King Candy from Sugar Rush (voiced by Alan Tudyk) "voice and character design is modeled after Ed Wynn (Mary Poppins, 1964 - Uncle Albert and Alice in Wonderland, 1951 - Mad Hatter) a popular comedian and voice artist" (imdb.com) an iconic Disney voice talent.
I love
the opportunity it presents to teach our younger generations that we are all
unique and just because someone is different is not reason to reject or
mistreat anyone. I think it also will help kids to accept themselves, they may
not be like everyone else and that’s awesome, because the differences between
each person - makes us the irreplaceable person that each of us are. A must
watch!
Until next time or the next… dream
K.E.Nowinsky
goingoffdreams.com
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