Wreck-It Ralph

 Wreck-It Ralph

PG -- 108 min. -- IMDB

This is another movie that I had been waiting a long time for. When I knew that Disney was doing a movie about a video game character, I knew that would want to see it. The more that I found out, the more that I liked.

I loved the mix of new and old characters. And that they all had there own personality. I like the growth and development of each of the main ones as well. There is a back story to each of characters that are important to the story and you see a change happen to them all. The change happens either because of what happens to them or their interactions with each other. 

The video game references in this movie are AMAZING. Most casuals gamers will get most of the hidden things. But there are things that only big video game fans will get. Tiny things are all over the place as are more obvious things. There's even a lot of humor for the those who don't play games that often. I found that there's a lot of humor just meant for adults. Even the story. I overheard a kid ask their parent, "What just happened?" They couldn't see what the older audience saw. I love that about this movie.

The animation is, of course, spectacular. Each character gets they're own specific way of walking and moving depending on the feel of their game. It's cool how many ways they can move and have it be convincing.

I was smiling a laughing throughout this whole movie. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Especially since Disney put a short called "Paperman" in front of it. The animation is something new and stellar and the story is cute. In short: it's awesome. ;) Go see this movie. The family will enjoy it, especially the gamer in heart.