Saturday, March 9, 2013

Wreck-It Ralph

Here's a nice little movie from Disney, minus the sometimes tedious songs. It's a good homage to retro gaming with little visual and auditory accoutrements to take a body back to the good aul days of 8 bit, and less, enchantment.

As usually as Disney does, the story is a great tale with properly executed plot, albeit with somewhat less than memorable characters. The tale, however, is refreshing with interwoven character storylines subtly interspersed to keep the plot alive and engaging. Most often it's easy to guess the outcomes but in rare moments of this film the great ghost of unexpected anticipation harkens one back to the days of naivete when the mind and senses were not as jaded. 

Where the movie suffered is lack of depth when it comes to video game history, although the features it skims over is noteworthy. Another aspect is the brief and limited blending of the modern state of video gaming with the old.

These shortcomings will be glossed over by most viewers as they would have little more than a passing interest in games of yore or gaming in general. Although by not being aware you do miss out on little video game gems of references throughout, this is a thoroughly warming, entertaining animation.


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