AWESOME! This film was mistaken as a Pixar film many, many times...which just goes to show, it's THAT good!

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2012)

POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD! I went into Wreck-It Ralph having only seen the teaser trailer, and only knowing that it had video game characters and was about video games. I don't watch a lot of TV, so I didn't see any other advertisements for it, and had no idea what the story was, I just figured it'd be an entertaining movie.
What I was greeted to, after the stellar Disney Animations short "Paperman", was an amazing, heartwarming, hilarious, original, and adorable movie. From the first minute I was taken in, with the video game characters having their own lives outside of the games (a la Toy Story), and the ability to transfer to other games as well (which was done quite cleverly). We also meet our main character Wreck-It Ralph, who is tired of being the villain and being alone in the junk yard, and after some comical villain meetings and an encounter with the civilians of his game, he embarks on a quest to become a hero. After invading another game to begin his quest and getting a hold of the Hero medal, Ralph quickly ends up falling into a situation which may end not only his own game (due to his lack of presence), but another's as well In this game he meets the outcast Vanellope, a sweet, ambitious, racer who is claimed by all the others in her game "Sugar Rush", to be merely a glitch in the game, and they make fast friends as Ralph has to help her win the race to get his medal back, which she used to enter the race and become known as more than in a glitch. In the mean time, Fix-It Felix and Calhoun (from the game Ralph invaded) set out to find Ralph and the dangerous enemy he unleashed, threatening the entire arcade.
The story is solid, the performances from our cast our mint, and the characters are lovable and enjoyable (at least those that are supposed to be) The small little shout outs to follow arcade games, like Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more! I did not see the 3-D version (which in my opinion is pointless and gimmicky, plus I'm not capable of seeing the 3-D so I'm also biased towards 2-D) but the film remained just as good in the 2-D showing, there were no obvious gimmicks (at least none so obvious that it distracted me from the film and made any impact on my memory after wards), and furthermore the fact that this film was mistaken (and sometimes still is) for a Pixar film, just shows the quality of the film.
All in all, one of my favorite films of this year! 10/10: Not a single complaint on my end. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly suggest you do!