Today I’m watching Wreck It Ralph. I’ve seen this movie a couple times, and I really like it. The story is unique and interesting, and the movie is really funny and uses a lot of puns. What’s not to like? So now I’m going to live-blog anything I notice or find interesting this time around. Here we go.
I like the video game music version of Steamboat Willie. That’s really cute.
So is there a “Fix It Felix, Sr.” game? Was there a Ralph Sr. in that game (since Felix got his hammer from his father, so it stands to reason that his father would be the one who used it first)?
This part makes me laugh every time. I think it’s the Pac Man sound effect.
I think it’s really clever that “Game Central Station” is the power strip all of the arcade games are plugged into.
Why are the other 3 Pac Man ghosts not at Bad-Anon?
“That cherry-chasing dot-muncher isn’t even part of this game!” Why wasn’t Ralph invited to the party. Like, I get that during the game they have to treat him as the villain, but why does everyone else in his game and in Game Central Station dislike/fear him? That’s really sad.
How long did it take Mary to bake tiny little cake apartments for all of the Nicelanders?
“Flattery don’t charge these batteries, civilian.” There are some quality quotes in this movie.
Why is there a stockpile of Cybug eggs in the tower?
I like Vanellope’s comment about “So you just meant like the ‘royal we’?”
Someone had way too much fun naming the Sugar Rush racers.
The Oreo guards are kinda great.
Kudos to Vanellope for making herself her own pedal car.
This reminds me of the scene in Cinderella when the stepsisters shred her dress.
Product placement. It’s a solid pun, though.
I love this moment. I feel like this is probably one of the first times Ralph’s been told he did something good, instead of just being told he destroys everything (if we think back to the time he tried to join the anniversary party).
“That’s not blunt force trauma ma’am. That’s just the honey glow in my cheeks.”
I like how the castle’s welcome mat just conveniently has a trap door. I bet King Candy installed it. Seems like the sort of thing he’d do.
Aww.
“You really are a bad guy.” Harsh. I mean, that’s probably the most hurtful thing she could have said to him (not that it wasn’t somewhat warranted from Vanellope’s perspective).
Why does Felix attempt to hit the bars with his hammer? If he was gonna try to break them, he should know better than to use something that literally fixes anything.
Felix is honestly the most adorable character. I love the word choice they used for his dialogue. (“I don’t have to do boo. Forgive my potty mouth. I’m just so, so cross with you!”). I really like how so much of the characterization in this film comes from different characters’ ways of speaking, through accents, tone of voice, word choice, and the phrasings they use. For example, Vanellope speaks with the phrases that children tend to use, and furthermore, a lot of her slang and catchphrases center around sweets/candy (as is the case for most of the Sugar Rush characters). The attention to detail was really nice.
King Candy was literally about to kill Vanellope by smashing her into a wall. That is horrible!
King Candy is seriously terrifying. Also, whose idea was it to make the cybugs mutate into whatever they eat because this is serious nightmare fodder.
They are definitely in like my top 3 Disney couples.
Why isn’t Vanellope ever included in the Disney princess lineup?
I like how everything comes full circle in the end.
This movie’s interesting because it assesses the nature of villainy, and how changing the perspective of the story changes whether someone is really a villain or not. It’s also about accepting who you are, and not trying to take others’ thunder either (looking at you, King Candy). It’s also just a really fun, clever, hilarious movie.
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