Wreck it Ralph was another step in a different direction for
Disney, with it’s video-game focused plot and generally more ‘Pixar’ style, but
this time it paid off massively. This is an incredibly sweet and heart-warming film,
with great animation and a very original storyline.
Within the world of arcade games, the arbitrary villain of an
80s style game, the eponymous Wreck it Ralph, is sick of being the bad guy, so he
decides to travel to various games to change everybody’s perception of who he is.
Along the way, he meets a little girl named Vanellope Von Schweetz, from a racing
game called Sugar Rush (think Mario-Kart meets Candyland) and their friendship
is probably the strongest part of the film.
One of it’s only weak spots is that Vanellope is kind of
annoying at first, but this fades away as you learn more about her character
and as her aforementioned friendship with Ralph grows. The plot is one of the
most original in the canon and the way in which various characters and tropes
from the gaming world are woven in the storyline is very clever. In particular,
I love the way that the worldbuilding is so detailed and yet is done so subtly
that it never feels like they’re shoving exposition in your face.
And speaking of things being woven into the plot, this film
has one of my favourite scores from any Disney film, as the way in which it
adds to the theme and atmosphere of the entire movie is fantastic.
There is some nice animation on display here too and I especially
love the way that all of the background characters in Fix it Felix Jnr. move as
if they are in 8-bit, it’s very nicely done.
Overall, Wreck it Ralph is a clever and charming film which is
definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
Ratings
Good guys: Ralph
and Vanellope are both fun main characters on their own and have great
chemistry together, so the good guys get 7/10
Bad Guys: King
Candy is a fun villain, so he gets 6/10
Animation: There
is some really nice animation here, so that gets 6/10
Music: A
fantastic score gets 9/10
Plot: A very clever
and original storyline gets 9/10
Overall: 37/50
Next review: Frozen
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