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SYNOPSIS
The film is about a video game character Wreck-It Ralph whose entire purpose is to be a 'bad guy' in a Donkey Kong-esqu game called Fix It Felix Jr. His life consists of breaking a building that Felix cleans up and then being thrown off the top of said building when he loses. Understandably, he gets sick of that and not getting any recognition for his contributions. So, he decides to go on a quest for a medal and starts game jumping to find it.
REVIEW
The Story is wonderful! If you're not laughing you are either crying or in awe at this world that Disney has created here. It was is one of the most clever concepts for an animated movie.
The voice acting was amazing with Sarah Silverman really stealing the show. But the rest were fantastic as well with Jane Lynch really providing a convincing dominant general type role.
The animation was good, but not quite Pixar quality; it didn't stun me like Toy Story 3 or even Tangled did.
WHO WILL ENJOY THIS MOVIE
I took my 56-year-old father in law to see this movie, and he loved it almost as much as I did. So, you don't need to be 'gamer' to appreciate this film, but there certainly were places where other games and I were laughing and others like my father-in-law weren't.
It is NOT appropriate for small children. There were scary scenes and a very strange scene where a character rips the heart out of a zombie (not sure how they got a PG rating with that in there).
CONCLUSION
I give it 5/5 stars. An absolutely brilliant. My pick for best of the year so far. Not sure how much Oscar attention it will get mostly because the academy doesn't 'get' movies that have to do with video games or any amount of science-fiction. It's just their way.
P.S.
Stay after the credits. Also, the opening short was brilliant.
Eric and I saw this movie and we LOVED it! Won't be taking Jonathan to it though:)
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