Dr Wigs' Character Reviews: Wreck-It Ralph (Pt 1/4)

This is my review shirt, I'm always wearing this partially because it says Reckitt time on it, and I've been told that when I watch things and analyze them, I tend to wreck them for people, but that's not actually why I wear it. I wear it because well, firstly, because it's fitting, but also because I genuinely love this movie, I've seen it dozens of times I'll watch it back-to-back. I genuinely enjoy it that much, but I ultimately decided to do a character review of it, mostly because it's completely evil. Let'S begin my name's Ralph and I'm a bad guy. Oh I'm sorry whose movie is this? Oh, I think it's, this guy's Highway 643 pounds. I can't tell you how much I love when characters introduce themselves got a little bit of a temper on me. I'M a wrecker, I wrecked things professionally. When Felix does a good job, he gets a medal, but are their medals for wrecking stuff really well, and no, there aren't pretty basic stuff. Ralph feels underappreciated at work. He seems to be the only one who really sees that his job is equally as crucial to the success of the game or company. If you want yeah, I wouldn't be feeling this way. If things were different after work, they go to their homes. I go to mine, which happens to be a dump. The garbage goes and that's what I call home. He lives in the garbage. It looks uncomfortable it's actually fine, whoa, okay Jesus, but if I'm really honest with myself, I see Felix up there getting patted on the back, giving him pie thanking him. So I see him all the time. Sometimes, I think man sure must be nice being the good guy. They share Ralph, it's full of bad guys. We all felt what you're feeling and we've come to terms with it really wait. I relate to your Ralph when I hit bottom. I was crushing man's skull. Like Sparrow egg, between my thighs, it's your your job to do that! That'S your that's your job, and I think why do you have to be so bad Zangief? Why can't you be more like good guy? Are we talking jobs or personalities here? Zangief is good! Guy will crush men skull like sparrows egg between ties. Ah you will. You will crush mantain like sparrows a between thighs, because that's your job and I say Zangief, you are bad guy, but this does not mean you're bad guy. What great that had nothing to do with what ralph was just saying: Ralph was not talking about whether he's a bad guy or a bad guy. He was complaining about his abusive coworkers son. Keef was not listening. Are these their jobs or not? How could they possibly be under the impression that the roles they have to play to keep a game running have anything to do with whether they're good or bad people? I don't want to be the bad guy anymore, the turn boy don't want a friend or a medal or a piece of pie every once in a while is a turbo a lot more out of life, guys my co-workers have been making me sleep in the garbage For 30 years, while they stay inside neat pie, suck it up, Ralph that that's exactly what they're singing I can't make it sound any more stupid than it already is. For else we get it, but we can't change who we are. This makes about as much sense as the actors in a movie cast believing that the dude playing the villain is actually a bad person because of the role he plays in the film. That'S how much sense this makes. Why do I suddenly feel like this is suddenly so Pixar asked? This is the most rancid of Pixar logic. This is Pixar dialogue, I'm seeing one thing, but I'm being told the opposite, but we can't change who we are, who you are is not the problem. The issue is everyone else. Why did they think anyone would be convinced by this one game at a time Ralph this self-admitted bad guy says calmly an attempt to offer support and consolation to a friend in distress. Burn you evil. Bastard, there's got to be an application for this; it has to be a metaphor. It'S a metaphor right. The bad and on thing is that is it what alcoholism is there? Is there some sort of addiction thing here the what that's step aside, sir random Security check random? I behind you always stop me really. Here you go buddy, it's fresh, no huh! I take back everything. I said really happy 30th anniversary they're having a party without me. Haha so now Ralph has sought help for his grievances, pretty much only to have his abuse thrown back in his face. So now his issues with Felix and the nice liners have finally come to a boiling point: somebody's birthday or more of an anniversary today. That was the right way to go about it, but that was very satisfying. They used this interaction to illustrate the raw ignorant did dismissive face of Ralph's plight with these guys, while simultaneously spotlighting his character by how he tempers out his smugness in just the right amounts. Congratulations, Thank You Ralph and, to you too, she just loved watching Felix squirm God. It'S so well done. Why is he here he's just here for a slice of cake and I'm a big part of the game? Technically speaking uh, why are you gene the passive-aggression works? Really well in the scene to highlight the nicelanders upper class of blindness to their own cruelty, which brings me back to this the homelessness reference, and am i behind you always stop me and clear connections to racial profiling. If I'm not mistaken, can't mess with the program. Ralph, that's the program, systemic oppression. We actually have a Disney movie tackling systemic oppression. If I could, I would kiss my shirt if I were wearing it. You know this angry little guy here we might be a lot happier if you put him up here with everyone else, see that look at that smile, there's no room for you up here, translation. We have made it so that there is no room for you now. You'Ll actually have to push someone else off the roof, to secure your penthouse and your medal, and I can't believe you would actually do that to someone god what a selfish jerk you are. Do you see how this works he's about to get his medal? Well, how about we just take that medal and give it to Ralph for once, would that be the end of the world Jean and you, sir, are no good guy? I could be a good guy if I wanted to and I could win a medal and when you do come and talk to us and then would you finally, let me be on top of the cake with you guys. I love all the writers have let him make his case. This is everything Marlon didn't get to do. He was framed as wrongheaded almost from the get-go. This is a case of a character versus society. Health is the victim here. He is totally in the right and that can get tricky because it's hard to juggle the growth and development of a character who was never wrong in the first place, but they spend the time really fleshing out every corner of Ralph's plight. We know exactly what he wants if you want a medal we've, let you live up here in the penthouse, but it will never happen because you're, just the bad guy who rests the building. No, I'm not! Yes! You are no we're gon na harass you and abuse you further until you react and then claim your subsequent outburst as justification for abusing him in the first place, absolutely classic victim blaming all right. Jean. You know what I'm gon na win a medal. Essentially, Ralph is trying to beat the system by following the system. He is trying to do this. The right way I mean we know it probably won't change anything. We know perfectly well, it's these people's shitty attitudes that need tweaking. He wants this so badly. He'S blind to the real issue, rather Jeanne, dismissed his complaints and shut him down to such an extent that, for a guy that just smashed a cake and supposedly ruined the party, he just realized how powerless he is. Yes, you are. He tried to lay this out. Nice and plain for them to understand, and they gave him nothing because you're just the bad guy who wrecks the building, god you're a dick. You know for being, as if I was a bad guy with a high temper and for his angry and hurt, as he is. Ralph holds out on his frustration remarkably well way longer than I would have in the same situation. Anyways they're having a party without me that bulldozer so now getting some certificate of official list, so they have to treat him better he's really his only option left. This is awesome. Ja that that whole scene is perfect. It'S hang on a sec. Why are we still here? Okay, I have a feeling, possibly this film has actually underestimated how much privilege it's given these people, the party, the cake, is destroyed. That'S not possible Felix's hammer that he inherited can fix anything. Stop sulking fix the cake, you're fine and start focusing again on your nice Lander firstworldproblems. How the hell is everyone gon na get enough frosting I just I mean I can't there's just it. I can't handle it. It'S not the frosting guys. These idiots don't deserve our pity. They are not victims. So Ralph goes to rummage for metals in the garbage. I don't think any further commentaries needed on that metal. You win a medal yeah, so rough ends up having to take the place of another game character, to infiltrate his game and try and win a medal there. So because Ralph is doing that, it means Felix, and the nice Landers learn a bit of a lesson about Ralph's importance in the game. Where'S Ralph. Where is he we're out of order right again, they're gon na pull our blog look at suffer bit haha? They they just deserve that so much a little bit more, so Ralph finally gets to climb a building, but there's a reward at the end. He finally gets his medal love how bittersweet Ralph's fantasies on and how relatable, even who hasn't thought. If I just had that thing, I'd have all the friends in the world I'd rip up the dance floor at cool parties and my naysayers would take my place as pathetic loners living in a dump and I'm sure someone fix that anyway. Ralph gets his medal and do you notice how everything up until this point has all been through Ralph's choices and actions? He had a problem. He tried to reconcile with it. Confronted it couldn't and then left to go fix it himself. He set a goal and he set out to accomplish it and he actually did accomplish it. This is what character-driven storytelling looks like. That is what character-driven storytelling doesn't look like that was so pizza uh-huh having a character, do something accidental. That is meant to cast the disproving and ironic foreshadowing onto his behavior and then having trip and stumble his way into a plot taxi that will conveniently take him to the next act. Very efficient fix our storytelling 101. Oh get out of here. Hey. Are you a hobo ha? Our theme still persist, even in the light of contrived mechanical storytelling.