Wreck-It Ralph
A Disney film directed by Rich Moore
Released 2012
Wreck-It Ralph (Spoil Free Review)
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The movie was fun to watch as a gamer, as I felt
like it was actually written by people who played arcade games or video games
in general
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Ralph is a likeable protagonist who
unfortunately is the bad guy from the game he is from.
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The supporting cameo characters of other video
games, like Dig Dug and Zangief, gives this film a Who Framed Roger Rabbit feel
to it as the background of game characters brings life to this movie.
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I like how they got Ryu and Ken’s voice actors
from the Street Fighter series to cameo voice in the beginning.
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The lack of appreciation of Ralph’s home game
characters for him seems discriminating and uncalled for as him being part of their
lives for thirty years in story seems unprovoked given all characters recognize
that their base personalities are given by the programmers and are not their
true selves.
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The beginning’s Pac Man scene was beautiful with
villains meeting to a help counsel within a Pac Man game.
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Nintendo notably didn’t sell Mario’s cameo to
Disney as it was too high priced. He was, however, mentioned in the movie
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The movie past the first arc relied heavily on
being in Sugar Rush, a racing game with little girls: which dominated the film
for too long in my opinion.
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Humans in the film are notably not important to
the plot besides the arcade owner, with them not necessarily interacting with
the characters as much as Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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Given the modern nature of how games are less in
the arcade setting, the arcade this is based in is notably successful for our
contemporary times: something that takes a while to overlook in the whole of
the film.
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Given how characters interact within the limits
of the arcade, in theory with the film there are multiple Ralphs and other
characters in different arcades as the characters being who they are isn’t
universal: though I don’t think the writers intended this flaw in the film’s
logic.
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Noted side characters that aren’t made for the
movie are: Zangief, the bartender in Tapper, Ryu from Street Fighter, Sonic the
Hedgehog (who was there to lay down the in rules of death for game characters),
and Q Bert. All other characters had
extreme minimal roles.
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A major flaw in the film’s plot is that should
Ralph been more direct in wanting to be appreciated this film would not have
happened. Also, the antagonistic forces throughout the film save for Sugar
Rush’s villain were all his fault.
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The true antagonist in the film, who I will not
name to not spoil, seemed forced and rushed midway in the film. (Hint: “Going
Turbo,” which as a term stated by M. Bison was confusing until they explained
it didn’t have anything to do with Street Fighter)
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The cameos of the game characters last only
through the first and second arc: past that it the plot is centered solely on
Sugar Rush and had no room to include the other game characters.
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