Unfulfilled Potential

Rating: 5/10 (25 December 2012)

I saw the preview screening of this film as the previews looked amazing. The result however was Utterly disappointing. The major problem I had with the film was its message. It's message seemed to be that kids aren't meant to aspire to improve or change their lives to be happy. Another problem I had with the film was that the relationship between Wreck It Ralph and Fix It Felix was barely explored other than a description of who the characters were. The third problem was that Vanellope von Schweetz took up too much of the plot and the only scene I liked her in was the one on the tree. The last major problem I had was that too much attention was given to the emotions of Vennelope Von Schweetz and not enough was given to either Wreck It Ralph or Fix It Felix. The film did have some funny moments and I also liked the therapy scene that Wreck It Ralph attends, the reason I liked this scene was because it had several entertaining or funny characters such Wreck It Ralph, Zangieb, The Zombie and the little blue Pac Man. I enjoyed the use of the Flo Rida song in the previews but was disappointed to not hear it when I saw the actual film. Overall I liked parts of this film but was very disappointed in the message that it sends to kids.