It's been a while since I have done a review and since my last post a lot has happened in the world. At the moment I currently live in isolation with my parents, as of last month Disney + came out across the UK and Europe. Me and my family have been on it either watching the Forky shorts or any Pixar short, the Simpsons or watching some of there films. The first film we saw was the exclusive Lady and the Tramp remake, long story short the films ok, theirs not much to talk about in that film to be fair. However last weekend me and my family sat in our lounge and watch both the Wreck it Ralph films. So in this review I will be talking about both the films.
So I think its fair to start with the first film 'Wreck it Ralph', the plot of the film is a simple yet effective one of a video game bad guy deciding that he's had enough of his life and wants to try something new. In order to prove himself he goes into another game and steals a hero medal. From their he goes into another game and befriends a racer named Vanellope voiced by Sarah Silverman. Ralph helps her to build a cart and get ready to race and at the same time save the game from a virus. The films animation and voice acting is amazing and holds up pretty well, there a lot of arcade and console game characters like Pac-Man and Sonic. The relationship between Vanellope and Ralph is quite sweet and both John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman do a good job of presenting the friendship between them. Other side character like Fix it Felix are enjoyable to watch as well. Overall I would Give Wreck it Ralph an 8-10 for some nice gaming references, enjoyable characters and a heartwarming ending.
Now you may be wondering why I gave the first film a short review as there is lot more to talk about like going Turbo or Vanellope's secret. Well don't worry, I did this on purpose as now we are going to talk about the sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet. The film starts 6 years after the first as the arcade owner installs Wi-Fi and all the characters are wondering what it its, however they are banned from going in there. Vanellope tells Ralph that shes getting tired of doing the same tracks over and over in her game and as an act of kindness Ralph creates a new track for her, however in the arcade it looks like the game is malfunctioning and as a result the game gets unplugged. In order to save the game Ralph and Vanellope must go into the internet to get a new steering wheel.
One of the things I left out in my review of the first film is going turbo. The story of this was a racer named Turbo got a jealous as a new racing game entered the arcade and stole his thunder, so as an act of revenge he goes into that game and glitches it causing both games to be unplugged. In the first film Ralph goes turbo to get the medal but he planned to go back into his own game afterwards but things got a turn for the worst as a Cybug ruined that plan and he went into Candy Crush and well he ends up saving that game from the Cybugs and Turbo himself who disguised himself as King Candy. So the act of going Turbo is serious to the world of Wreck it Ralph. And in the beginning of the film Ralph literally went into Candy Crush to build a new course in the arcades opening times and as a result gets Candy Crush unplugged.
The story of the film is not bad and is handled a lot better than I thought it was going to be. There are a lot of new characters such as Knowsmore and Yasss. However the main characters arc seem to be lacking with Ralph seeimg to be the selfish one, in defense of this Vanellope is Ralphs best friend and the fact he wants to be protective of her in fear of losing her is quite interesting yet they don't fully explore that. As for Vanellope she has the same story arc Ralph has had in the first movie as she wants to try something different and as a result stays in the internet at the end of the movie.
Overall I would give Ralph Breaks the Internet a 6-10: Interesting plot, great acting and animation but lacks with character arcs and development.
