A movie about video games...But this one's a good one!

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2014)

Wreck it Ralph is a story about a bad guy in a video game who only wants to be the good guy for once. His challenge is laid out for him by his fellow game members, who tell him that if he wins a medal, he can live in the penthouse with them. This causes him to "Go Turbo" (Meaning that he leaves his game to participate in another, therefore disrupting the intended way of doing things) to be the good guy for once. However, Sonic the hedgehog clearly states at game central (the Power adaptor where all the games are plugged in) If you leave your game, and die in another, you don't respawn.
The premise of Wreck-it Ralph is appealing to everyone. Most of the people in the 20-30 year old demographic will have a good time here, as they'll notice all the little references and memes the movie has to offer, from King Candy entering the Konami Code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start) to get into his video game's coding, to the graffiti reading "Aerith lives" on a wall. I was also pleased that Disney acquired the rights to real video game characters and not just parodies. It was kind of nice to see Bowser and Dr. Robotnik (To me, he's Robotnik, not Eggman) in the same room.
Ralph, Felix, and Calhoun all made great characters. Ralph and Felix made a great parody of Donkey Kong and Mario while Calhoun was a great parody of someone like Samus Aran. They all fit well together. However...
The biggest negative was Vanellope. I thought she was purely annoying and I wanted her to shut up just as much as Ralph did. I understand she's not meant to appeal to me, but at least give her something funny to say rather than annoy the heck out of me.
One Final Note, Being an Animaniacs guy, I was pretty happy to see that Jess Harnell and Maurice LaMarche had roles in this movie, albeit very short ones. However, I think Harnell had one or two lines and LaMarche was Tapper. Kind of sad to see such talent go to waste.
Overall, This movie's worth a view. I'd be interested in a Sequel, and chances are there will be one, maybe 10 years in the future.