Lasseter headed up creative control for Pixar for many years and I'm glad to see his creative force and vision applied to the core Disney Animation concepts. I suspect part of the success lies in having John Lasseter on board as part of the production team. Fortunately the execution was better than the sugary glaze promised by the trailers. I was a little nervous that it would face-plant much in the way of other "video game movies" from the past (I'm looking at you Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Doom, Super Mario Bros., etc…they had twinges of fun but certainly weren't "all that"). The high level premise seems kind of fun on the surface but a little trite. So he starts "game jumping" and chaos and hilarity ensue. He even goes to a "Bad Guys Anonymous" meeting to discuss his frustration. Ralph is frustrated that he's always the "bad guy" and thus feels like a bit of an outsider and wants to do something heroic. The game is similar to Donkey Kong with the single screen platforming action, the villain at the top causing destruction and the hero racing up the building to conquer him. From the trailers we knew the premise to be centered on the villain (Ralph) of an old ~80s era video game called Fix it Felix Jr. With plenty of video game nostalgia and Disney and Pixar love, I think I was as excited to see this film as the kids were. Over Thanksgiving weekend we took the kids to see Wreck-it-Ralph.
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