So, the history of Video game movies has not been great. We all recall the horrors of films like Street Fighter and Doom. Many people said that it should not be attempted, as games and movies are just too different, and to that I would heartily agree. But Wreck-it Ralph is not a game turned into a film, but rather a film about gaming. It introduces a new world and the idea that game characters are actually just doing a job and are separate from the world they live in, fully aware that they are characters in an arcade. It was this premise that drew me to go see Wreck-it Ralph, and I was surprised at how well it was pulled off.
The basic story is that Wreck-it Ralph, the antagonist in an 80s-style cabinet arcade game, is tired of being the bad guy. He sees the good guy, Fix-it Felix Jr., living the high life in a big house, getting pies, and having all of the other characters love and adore him. Ralph thinks that if he were to win a medal like Felix does after every game then he would have a better life. So Ralph travels to another game in the arcade called Hero’s Duty, in hopes of obtaining his own medal. From there, mayhem ensues and ralph must save the arcade from a destructive virus-like force and prevent any game from being unplugged, thus causing their world to disappear. It is a classic story of someone wanting to escape the role they have been cast in, and is told with laughter and surprising heart.
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