PPP1 Research: Wreck it Ralph

Ralph is wrecking it is exactly the opposite to what I thought when I saw this film. It is fantastic and looks brilliant! Where this film differs to other 3D animations is that it also has a 2D aspect to it. Due to the fact they are inside a video game game console when children play the game they see it as a 2D platformer game. But, as we then travel into the game machine it becomes 3D again which is a wonderful part of the film.

The storyline is also very inventive as well and involves following Ralphs journey to try and get a hero medal in different game engines as he is sick of being the villain in his game and he even goes to villain meetings with a few old favourite game characters, one including the ghost from Pac Man. As Ralph goes on his journey he meet Vanellope. A girl who has a secret life but has been banished from racing with all the other characters because she has a glitch. The story follows Ralph as he tries to help her get back into the race but not without encountering far to many problems along the way and one that may bring a tear to some peoples eyes.

The graphics for the entire film are fantasic and are brilliant to watch. I went to see this in 2D and the graphics still appeared to pop out of the screen they where that good. Along with great graphics there is also wonderful music and crazy characters design and it is clear in some places they have taken influence from actual video games.

One area of this film that really interests me is the set design and especially that of the Candy World. They have been creativly deisgned so that the cars they drive and even the environment has been made of something sweet, which is amazing to see as everything is so bright and colourful and inviting which makes you want it to be real. Another really nice part to the set design is the mentos and coke volcano which is really funny especially when it explodes.

The music for this film is also so exciting and works so well with the cartoony nature of the film and it also included just the right amount of humour and saddness to make this a classic Disney film with a bit of 2D/3D twist in the middle.