Animated Brilliance

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2012)

At first, I was just excited to see certain characters like Sonic the Hedgehog, interacting in the film and having a big role to play, but this film does not focus on that. It's about Ralph and his journey through this wonderful film. It's been years since I've seen a film with this much imagination and creativity set in this fantastic "video-game world" realm that comes to life after the arcade is closed. There wasn't one character that I didn't like or annoy me in any way in this film, Ralph himself is a very lovable and likable character, as well as co-stars Vanellope, Fix-It Felix, Calhoun, and so forth.
The story takes place in this world were there are tons of different video game worlds, but primarily goes through 2 worlds other than Ralphs own game, a first person shooter (name escapes me at the moment), and Sugar Rush (where the majority of the film takes place). The world of Sugar Rush is pretty adorably creative, and makes for quite a few candy puns, best being the devil dogs and the "ore-o" spoof of Wizard of Oz. After Ralph makes his decision to win a medal, and does, but winds up losing it in Sugar Rush, we get a wonderful relationship between Vanellope and Ralph, as you discover what both of them feel and going through. Vanellope is very likable, and you really feel for her once you hear her backstory. One scene in particular when Ralph is convinced by King Candy that if she won the race, she'd die, he "wrecks" the car the two of them made together, and it really gets to you.
The film takes an emotional arch that you did not expect it to go, being a comedy/video-game inspired film, and provides an unexpected, yet so obvious twist, at the climax that you have to see for yourself. The entire climax and the ending is absolutely amazing, and delivers a very touching message once everything is set right and resolved. I saw Wreck-It-Ralph by myself, and loved every minute of it. This is definitely in my Top 5 Favorite animated movies of all time.
Wreck-It-Ralph (10/10)