Wreck-It Ralph Review

Wreck-It Ralph is a computer animated comedy to film for people of all ages to enjoy. The video game based film directed by Rich Moore, introduces the viewers to many characters from games they may well have seen many times before, such as Mario and Pac-man, both well loved characters. It is most likely to be a film that any gamer would very much enjoy however, not being a gamer myself I still really liked it, especially as I watched it in 3D.

When the arcade closes at night, the characters from various different games travel between games until morning comes around again. One of these characters is Ralph.

Ralph, a villain in Wreck-It Ralph, dreams of becoming a hero and earning medals like his game colleague Fix-It Felix. Unfortunately he doesn't have the best of plans and doesn't choose the best way of going about getting himself a medal, but becomes a hero in his own way.

As he journeys through 'game central station' on his journey to earn a medal, he visits many other games, however as he ventures into one Sugar Rush, so does an unwanted creature that can only bring trouble and chaos with it.

Ralph finds himself having to defeat this uninvited threat in order to save the game and the friends he has made on his new adventure, but in doing so this earns him the new respect he had been waiting for from Fix-It Felix and the other characters within his game.

When I was sat in the cinema I thought I was going to be one of the oldest people in there until the parents started coming in with their children and families. It's a family friendly film that can easily be enjoyed by anyone.

As I was watching this film I was being told about the game characters within the storyline, so it was a bit of a new learning experience for me too in a different way. I enjoyed watching Ralph on his travels to try to make himself the better person that he'd always wanted to become, and I liked seeing the different games that he ended up within along the way. I thought the 3D made it quite cool as there are a few moments when you notice it quite well although there are also moments where the 3D isn't very effective.

As I sit and think about the film right now, there aren't any faults that come to mind. The only one thing that could possibly count as slightly annoying after a while was that when I left the cinema I constantly found myself repeating Ralph's catchy phrase and attempting to say it in his voice.

All in all, I enjoyed this film even without the knowledge of the many games and the characters. I'd recommend it to all families with children, to people that like games and to anyone that loves a good animation film.