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disney, jane lynch, lassiter, movies, plots, reviews, sarah silverman, Stories, wreck it ralph
I’ve been meaning to write about Wreck It Ralph since Perfect Husband and I saw it in theatres back in November. I thought you’d want to know about it since it was TOTALLY WICKED.
That’s right. I have zero complaints.
Me, the one who has found several movies to be… unsatisfactory.
*cough*Brave/HowToTrainYourDragon/MiloAndOtis/HungerGames/
TheHelp/HalfBloodPrince/DeathlyHallowsPartI…*cough*
Zero complaints.
ZE-RO.
I think it would be a fantastic movie for either gender of child to watch, although, since there are guns and enormous carnivorous bugs, I imagine it wouldn’t be great for little kids.
I think it carries an excellent message that it conveys eloquently.
I think it is filled with retro charm.
I think that the characters are three dimensional ones who grow and change throughout the story.
I think the humour is witty and sometimes understated.
I think the main female characters provide excellent role models for young girls.
I think that the development of the plot was a delight to experience.
A plot is a difficult and challenging thing to build well.
Believe me, I suck at them. Too simple, and it’s boring to sit through a predictable and pedestrian story, like, well, most children’s movies and an awful lot of adult ones. Too haphazard and you get a story that doesn’t seem to know where it wants to go, like Happy Feet.
But Wreck It Ralph is just… beautiful.
Every time I thought I knew where it was going, it threw a new wrench in the works. Every time I thought I knew how it fit together, it introduced a new twist. And yet everything did fit together, very well.
Yes, it had a couple of predictable bits, but then it was satisfying to see something so carefully constructed come to fruition.
I love Jane Lynch. Sure, she’s basically Sue from Glee, but I LOVE SUE FROM GLEE.
I love Sarah Silverman and the character of Vanellope. I even wore candy-striped hair pins at Christmas because they made me feel like her.
I love Ralph, of course.
I love the eye candy, by which I mean THE CANDY.
It’s just… perfect.
I can’t wait for Owl to be old enough to enjoy it. It has cars, it has candy, it has strong female characters, it has strong male characters, and only a couple of poop jokes.
Perfect.
If By Yes 
Frances loved it. 🙂
Didn’t mind the bugs and guns? Excellent.
Nah.
Oo, I liked the trailer, and I’m glad to hear it’s as good or indeed better than it promised to be. It’s not out here until 8th February, though.
So jealous. It’s out of theatres here. I need to wait for the DVD to be released.
I saw this movie today, really Very good = D
My kiddos couldn’t decide if they were interested when it came out, and I hadn’t heard such a glowing review. Thanks–we’ll definitely watch it!
It’s so very awesome. There’s racing cars, there’s an entire land made out of Candy, and for us, there’s Q-bert and other retro games, and some very funny lines.
i’m glad to hear you liked it; my 9yo wants to see it, and this might be the kick in the pants i needed to get that to happen.
You should go. Now.
Well, I took the kids to Wreck-It Ralph earlier today and…Hugh decided it was too scary and asked to leave. It’s the first time this has ever happened; normally he shows the greatest enthusiasm for anything I think might be too frightening for him. I think he’s just hit the age where things start to hit home a bit more; Frank seemed untroubled, though inclined as usual to climb on the seats. Anyway, I’m a bit disappointed as I was enjoying it. Maybe I’ll get another chance, but as Ken and I have only managed to go to the cinema together without children once in the past year I suspect I’ll have to wait for the DVD:-(
Ah, what a shame. Was it the bugs? Owl caught the last of it on the in flight movie and the bugs idn’t bother him but he is too young to be scared of things like this.