I watched 2 movies this weekend one of which is Wreck-It-Ralph. I enjoyed it more.
Wreck It Ralph is a story that glimpses the"lives" of arcade heroes and villains particularly that of Ralph, who is the villain of the long running game Fix-It-Felix. Ralph's role in the game just like any arcade villain is to make some character's life miserable. He does it by wrecking the condo building of the tenant characters while the player, who takes on the Felix character, repairs it. And just like any arcade game, there are levels and power-ups. What humans don't know is what goes on after the arcade closes for the night.
As the arcade closes down, the characters of these games resume their lives so different from their real roles in the game. The villains are not so bad anymore, characters travel to the game central and get drinks, they mingle with each other and somehow have the same emotions, aspirations and dreams like humans. This is where Ralph's conflict comes in. Ralph, being the primary villain of his game, wants to be accepted as a good guy. He doesn't like the life he leads and he wants other characters to go past his villain looks and role and see him for what he really is, a good guy. He wants to be accepted.
But it was not that easy. Nobody wanted to accept him as good because he is programmed to be bad and they do not mess with their programs and alter their roles in the fear of having the human gamers figure out something's wrong in the game. Imagine the villain started to help the hero in the arcade, it won't be that fun to play anymore. So Ralph embarked on a journey to get a hero's medal to prove to his group that he could be a hero and he is in fact a good guy. That journey led to the cross of other characters in other games and his strong friendship with Venellope Von Sweets in the game Sugar Rush.
Wreck-it-Ralph has more depth to it than what normal good-evil cartoons offer. I find the premise very creative and interesting in trying to balance the role that was given to you, what society sees of you and what you envision for yourself. It's an inner conflict of trying to accept what we are and what is really important in our lives. The movie has a series of funny moments excellently done and the fact of emulating the arcade characters that we love into life makes it all funny watching it in the big screen. You realize for yourself that you cannot please everybody and society may judge you for your looks, but at the end of the day, it's what you think that really matters.
It's one of those cartoons that adults would enjoy and definitely kids would love and learn from. It's not all eye candy. It's something that I would definitely watch again. Disney did a great job in picking out a good story.
Wreck It Ralph is a story that glimpses the"lives" of arcade heroes and villains particularly that of Ralph, who is the villain of the long running game Fix-It-Felix. Ralph's role in the game just like any arcade villain is to make some character's life miserable. He does it by wrecking the condo building of the tenant characters while the player, who takes on the Felix character, repairs it. And just like any arcade game, there are levels and power-ups. What humans don't know is what goes on after the arcade closes for the night.
As the arcade closes down, the characters of these games resume their lives so different from their real roles in the game. The villains are not so bad anymore, characters travel to the game central and get drinks, they mingle with each other and somehow have the same emotions, aspirations and dreams like humans. This is where Ralph's conflict comes in. Ralph, being the primary villain of his game, wants to be accepted as a good guy. He doesn't like the life he leads and he wants other characters to go past his villain looks and role and see him for what he really is, a good guy. He wants to be accepted.
But it was not that easy. Nobody wanted to accept him as good because he is programmed to be bad and they do not mess with their programs and alter their roles in the fear of having the human gamers figure out something's wrong in the game. Imagine the villain started to help the hero in the arcade, it won't be that fun to play anymore. So Ralph embarked on a journey to get a hero's medal to prove to his group that he could be a hero and he is in fact a good guy. That journey led to the cross of other characters in other games and his strong friendship with Venellope Von Sweets in the game Sugar Rush.
Wreck-it-Ralph has more depth to it than what normal good-evil cartoons offer. I find the premise very creative and interesting in trying to balance the role that was given to you, what society sees of you and what you envision for yourself. It's an inner conflict of trying to accept what we are and what is really important in our lives. The movie has a series of funny moments excellently done and the fact of emulating the arcade characters that we love into life makes it all funny watching it in the big screen. You realize for yourself that you cannot please everybody and society may judge you for your looks, but at the end of the day, it's what you think that really matters.
It's one of those cartoons that adults would enjoy and definitely kids would love and learn from. It's not all eye candy. It's something that I would definitely watch again. Disney did a great job in picking out a good story.
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