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Wreck-It-Ralph; Living One Game At a Time
Topic Started: Nov 4 2012, 10:51 PM (275 Views)
Fjord Mustang
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Has anyone seen Wreck-it-Ralph yet? I saw it this weekend and really enjoyed it. It's not as emotionally engaging as HTTYD, but it's actually quite enjoyable and fun and quite thoughtful. Its greatest appeal is probably how it relates to several generations at once. Its style reminds me mostly of the Warner Brothers Sam and Ralph animated shorts and, especially, Futurama The director had worked on Futurama before, and I could see some influences in there with the character development/character arcs and especially in a lot of intelligent jokes that were "hidden" and yet very obvious to people who are into computer games or science fiction and fantasy.

Like Futurama it had a lot of heart and caring about the characters combined with the sardonic humor. Some of the jokes were a bit too toilet humored for my taste, but most of the humor was quite intelligent. I'll probably have to see the movie again to catch all the background jokes going on. The music is all right-- nothing special, though it's probably the first animated movie where dubstep and K-pop fit well into the soundtrack. Owl City fans should like that one of their band's songs has a prominent place as a leitmotif. Each of the three computer worlds explored has its own musical style in addition to how the characters are depicted and move.

I did not see it in 2D but it seems from reviewer comments this movie is one of the best to be rendered in 3D, especially in how the computer world is juxtaposed with things going on outside the game cabinet in the real world. This review nicely summed it for me.

The animated short at the beginning was utterly wonderful. It is a black and white "retro" film depicting New York in the 1940s that combines hand drawn with computer animation very well and with no words. I know Disney wants to step away from hand drawn, but this little short shows why they should still keep on offering hand drawn art, even if it is shorts or short sequences within a CGI film. This charming short lent itself perfectly to the medium.
Edited by Fjord Mustang, Nov 5 2012, 10:59 AM.
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Dragonese girl
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My Mom said i can't see it (due to money i think) so i have to wait till it comes out on DVD

Look like an good movie but wasn't excited for much. look like it got postive reviews
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just a quick reply but i continue to be more impressed with the animated offerings than the live action one's
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I've been dying to see this since I saw the trailer in the summer!
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I really loved this movie. Lots of gaming nostalgia, and plenty of lampooning of more modern ones as well. And on top of that, was a sweet "mentor" story. I think we could use more of those, myself.

All that said, I was just geeking out over "Paperman". I've been personally hoping Disney would eventually make a cell-shaded movie, and this feels like a taunting taste of what could be. :D I mean, that one 'toon in Fantasia 2000 was pretty darn good, but this just blew it away.

That's not the only thing I've seen Disney do Cell-Shaded in the "Xerox" style however. I've seen some nifty show-bumpers with the dogs from 101 Dalmatians. In color of course, but the style sticks. I kinda miss the roughness and texture of the Xerox style, and it's neat to see it done in such a way.
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I really, really want to see this! When I get back into America, it is totally on my 'to see' list. Along with The Hobbit and Skyfall.
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