Wreck-It Ralph

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alan tudyk does a startling ed wynn impression

congratulations! you are in the fellowship of ppl under 70 who can recognize an Ed Wynn impression.

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link

(I have no idea who Alan Tudyk is)

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link

I really loved this movie, and my kids (of course) dug it too.

schwantz, Monday, 7 January 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

Disney have really upped their game with this. It was funny as hell (no "oh MAN!!!" Dreamworks-style "jokes"), visually awesome, and the central relationship didn't feel forced or annoying. It was fast-paced too, which I liked because of all the gags thrown in (not sure how kids would take it in). The world they created was really engrossing, like Toy Story/Monsters Inc as mentioned upthread.

Most enjoyable movie I've seen in ages.

kinder, Sunday, 10 February 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link

Just watched it. Haven't seen Brave, but there's no way it was better than this.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 February 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link

pretty good, despite ripping off The Iron Giant a bit

Number None, Sunday, 10 February 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link

Enjoyed this a lot. Loved the references (incl. king of kong). Didn't catch gag.

hyggeligt, Sunday, 10 February 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Watched this last night, like most Pixar movies I've seen recently it started out amazing and quickly devolved into Hollywood Film Story A and i spent much of the rest of the movie just wishing it would pursue the stranger more character-driven beginning rather than HERO SAVES THE WORLD. But still, lots of affecting moments, pretty enjoyable, etc. When he smashed her car it was effing sad!

The crazy candy mayor was pretty rad, reminded me of the Mad Hatter from the OG Alice in Wonderland.

Music kinda sucked, they should have had some real Chiptune stuff instead of the pop tunes during the sugar race but whatever.

The Darth Vader sound when Ralph was breathing through a straw hiding in the chocolate pond.... was Disney hinting at the SW merger?

I liked the joke when he went "You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?" and then Ralph takes off his glasses and hits him with them, and the guy goes "Oh, i see what you did there..."

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 February 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link

Oh yeah, there was a part where they are at the party and he smashes the cake and some stuff lands on Pac Man and his jaw drops or something, i think it was a reference to Watchmen.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 February 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link

It seemed a lot darker than Pixar - even with Monsters Inc you didn't get the impression that they thought of themselves as villains - the heel turn in fact seemed completely brutal - compared with what I was expecting it was some Lars Von Trier shit.

Cosign on Paper Man being an interesting technical demonstration that can largely go fuck itself.

Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 9 March 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

Just watched this as my inaugural "movie I watch with my kids (even if they're too young to appreciate it)" and it was pretty great, although part of my has some concerns about how much the "accept yourself" motto was mixed in with strains of "know your place" and "pull yourself up by your bootstraps".

Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link

Hey, at least it didn't go as far as The Incredibles

Nhex, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link

Like, people talked a lot about how conservative The Incredibles was and the baseline message of this movie was "things work for the best when everyone plays the roles they were born into (unless you are Q-Bert)"

xp: lol

Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link

i saw it a couple months ago, thought it was great and very sweet.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link

xp Yes and no... Penelope being a secret princess and follow that, but her heroism and uniqueness stems from the fact that she isn't willing to follow "the rules", what with the glitching. Not to mention the relationship between the space marine and Fix-It Felix certainly deviates from their fated paths. I don't think Ralph's desire to be something more was seen as bad, so much as being disliked by everyone else in the game that wasn't Felix; the way I read it, it was their failing in recognizing him for himself as much as his own self-esteem issues.

It's not as black and white as The Incredibles mocking of stepping-up ceremonies and a main character actually spouting Randian chestnuts like "If everybody's special, than NO ONE IS!"

Nhex, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link

Shit that just reminds me of why I hated the incredibles

lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link

I actually liked both movies a lot, but yeah, the politics in The Incredibles makes it harder to revisit compared to, well, every other Pixar film.

Nhex, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link

It's one where I thought if I had kids I would be opposed to letting them absorb that movie's message

lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link

do any Pixar or Disney movies have a strong non-conformist message? I know people have made the argument for "Let It Go" as something of an outsider anthem

Brio2, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link

But... the main bad guy is the character who started hijacking other racing games so he could continue being the best. Ralph's quest to be treated better by the people in his game almost destroys his game, as well as another wholly separate game. Ralph doesn't save the day or become a good guy until he explicitly states that he will never be more than a bad guy. The day isn't saved until Sugar Rush is rebooted and Vanellope is put back into the place where she belongs, which happens to be the ruler, which happens to grant her enough leeway to make the choice as to how she will present herself. Also, the Felix/Tamora relationship has zero impact on their games.

Really, the only thing that makes the movie less conservative is that it found a space for the random homeless characters, which is why I added that aside. It's a really fun, entertaining piece of work and it's message is deeply rooted in adhering to existing class structures as the root of all happiness.

Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link

kids don't absorb movie messages especially not when their fathers might encourage thinking about such things as opposed to the bit where the talking animal fell over or farted

dn/ac (darraghmac), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link

like I watched Jedi with my dad and he kept spoiling it by solemnly intoning "THATS VERY TRUE" at all of Yoda's lessons and that's basically why all his sons don't believe in positive thinking.

this movie is a+ btw

dn/ac (darraghmac), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link

fwiw I liked The Incredibles tons, as well

Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link

ha! good yoda story. oh, dads.

Brio2, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link

I'm obv against analysing the politics of most movies and esp kids ones

but eeesh the incredibles

dn/ac (darraghmac), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link

it's a shame because The Incredibles really is one of their best films, it adds a sour taste to it

Nhex, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link

two years pass...

Plus this, with lots of little Twitter-like birds too.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--YQy5hb7n--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/jdyixelbl3ex3rbf0dy3.jpg

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link

I'm cashing in all of my industry chips to lobby for an Ornaldo Bloomps cameo.

Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link

"lubhub"

blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link

reminds me of how Chicken Little had a line about "Chickens Gone Wild"

Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link

"lubhub"

― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:17 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link

three months pass...

I...I don't know what to say. Spoilers for a particular scene at least.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/wreck-it-ralph-2-is-bringing-back-all-the-disney-prince-1796938437

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 July 2017 03:02 (seven years ago) link

Sounds fake but who knows. Disney writers could actually be this blind.

But there is one place where everyone shares all the same likes: OhMyDisney.com, the happiest place online.

She said the place has everything, including food and merch—and then someone runs and screams “Tsum Tsum,” a real-life popular stuffed toy, which Vanellope calls “little furry sausages.”

Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 15 July 2017 04:27 (seven years ago) link

Tsum tsum have been a thing for a long time.

i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 15 July 2017 04:33 (seven years ago) link

word, I had been wanting to see this movie for a while but if it turns out that it's become part of a franchise I'll be crossing it off my list.

billstevejim, Saturday, 15 July 2017 06:05 (seven years ago) link

that sounds awesome tbh

bitumen: the animated series (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 15 July 2017 07:30 (seven years ago) link

bizzaro otm

El Tomboto, Saturday, 15 July 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link

was gonna say it sounds funny to me actually

Nhex, Saturday, 15 July 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link

five months pass...

This year he’s going to break it 👊 #RalphBreakstheInternet pic.twitter.com/wKNL13W26Z

— Wreck-It Ralph (@wreckitralph) January 1, 2018

Pushed back to November, it seems?

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link

five months pass...

the trailer for this makes this look like the worst fucking movie ever made.

akm, Sunday, 17 June 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link

Yeah, I'm hoping for more than Ready Player One: Disney IP edition.

Vernon Locke, Sunday, 17 June 2018 23:31 (six years ago) link

it's seriously like emoji-movie level bad

akm, Monday, 18 June 2018 01:12 (six years ago) link

i thought it looked fine. you guys saw the first one, right?

Nhex, Monday, 18 June 2018 04:18 (six years ago) link

six months pass...

new one is very good, a huge step up from the first and marred only by some intermittently rushed/forced plotting, and all the real-life branding stuff, and a certain clunkiness to the realization of the metaphor-as-antagonist. but the shit this is really about, and the way it's about it, seems so relevant and on-point for a kids' movie in 2018. and visually it's just a feast.

i wish they had just left felix and jane lynch out of it though. their whole bit added nothing, about as much as the still-tedious zangief jokes.

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:19 (five years ago) link

Whole family haaaated this movie, which we all thought was ugly and boring and annoying.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:34 (five years ago) link

Interesting. I quite enjoyed it, and like seeing how it attempted to show the internet on the big screen. Overall though, it’s quite disposable or forgettable.

Some parts were quite dark - such as the virus/dark web sequence. I thought this might be a bit disturbing for younger viewers. The messages around friendship were also a bit mawkish.

Visually, and in every other way, the Spider-man film is far superior.

Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 20 December 2018 12:12 (five years ago) link

That's for sure.

One of the (many) problems I had with it, besides Ralph and Vanellope being pretty annoying, imo, is that their friendship did not feel like this huge thing that needed to be saved. So when the movie takes its turn halfway toward this epic "I want to be your friend," "no, I want to be your friend!' "no, let's both be FWENDS!" theme, I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was like watching a louder episode of Barney. Also, while I get it, I'm not usually a fan of films where the corporations play themselves. It's a hard trick to pull off without it feeling like an ad. (Though it was interesting to see which companies OK'd their participation and which didn't.)

I might have posted this on a different thread, but my two main takeaways were:

1) This was like watching a feature length adaptation of a five-minute cartoon they show before an Epcot ride and 2) We all would have rather watched a movie about tough-talking but still singing crime-fighting Disney princesses. Speaking of that, even Vanellope's big ironic musical number we all thought was a dull, tuneless, easy-target missed opportunity.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link

Though I will say, as a family experience it's rare that we all agree on a movie, even if we all agreed we hated it, so at least there was that!

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link

song gave me a few giggles AND got me teary, i'm a sap.

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 20 December 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link

I thought it was as plotless and thematically muddled as Ralph (though at least Incredibles 2 looked great!).

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link

And mentioned in this thread a little earlier, but the Spider-man cartoon is sooooooooo good - smart, gorgeous, funny, moving - that it really shows how subpar Incredibles 2 and Ralph are.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 December 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link

We can have both! I don't really see them as being in the same category at all, especially since Spider-Man drew from tons of source material and the other two are original properties (well, for the most part)

Both movies had pretty clear themes, even if you didn't like 'em lol

Nhex, Friday, 21 December 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link

I can't even remember the theme of Incredibles 2. Was it that dads have trouble being stay at home parents and women should work? I dunno. I do seem to recall the villain's evil plan being to make superheroes legal again so that they can frame them crashing a boat into stuff so that superheroes would be made illegal. Lots of runaway vehicles in this one.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 December 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link

Regardless, I did literally forget Incredibles 2 came out this year!

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 December 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link

The theme of Incredibles 2 is "I, Brad Bird, am a better person than I was 15 years ago"

I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 21 December 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link

"I, Brad Bird, made the jump to live-action blockbusters with Mission: Impossible, but then flopped with the terrible and boring Tomorrowland, so was forced to go back and make a sequel to my best known animated hit in order to get out of movie jail."

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 December 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link

look, if you can't appreciate a stealth-Randian family film i don't know what you to tell ya

Nhex, Friday, 21 December 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link

I did not appreciate it

Οὖτις, Friday, 21 December 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link

evergreen

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 21 December 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link


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