2012-11-02, 08:48 PM
Saw it this morning, and loved it! I was worried that the video-game theme in Disney's (not Pixar's) hands might go awry, but my fears were unfounded. It was awesome! It really feels like the movie was made by people who love and play games themselves - there were so many shout-outs I can't even begin to try to name them all.
Also highly recommend that you get to the theatre early enough to see the animated short, Paperman. It's very well-done!
[spoiler=PUTTING THIS IN SPOILERS FOR A REASON, DON'T GET MAD AT ME OK]To anyone who has seen The Iron Giant, I saw a lot of parallels in this movie (innately "bad" character wanting to be good.) In particular, the scene where Ralph dives into the diet-cola-mentos mountain thing I felt was an homage to the scene in The Iron Giant where the giant sacrifices himself to save the town. Seeing as how John Lasseter and Brad Bird are homies I'm not really surprised, but it made me want to watch The Iron Giant again, haha.
One thing that bugged me as I was thinking about the movie on the way home - did they ever explain how Turbo got into Sugar Rush in the first place? Or are we just supposed to assume he somehow escaped the dreaded fate of getting unplugged and hid somewhere until Sugar Rush was introduced into the arcade? [/spoiler]
Also highly recommend that you get to the theatre early enough to see the animated short, Paperman. It's very well-done!
[spoiler=PUTTING THIS IN SPOILERS FOR A REASON, DON'T GET MAD AT ME OK]To anyone who has seen The Iron Giant, I saw a lot of parallels in this movie (innately "bad" character wanting to be good.) In particular, the scene where Ralph dives into the diet-cola-mentos mountain thing I felt was an homage to the scene in The Iron Giant where the giant sacrifices himself to save the town. Seeing as how John Lasseter and Brad Bird are homies I'm not really surprised, but it made me want to watch The Iron Giant again, haha.
One thing that bugged me as I was thinking about the movie on the way home - did they ever explain how Turbo got into Sugar Rush in the first place? Or are we just supposed to assume he somehow escaped the dreaded fate of getting unplugged and hid somewhere until Sugar Rush was introduced into the arcade? [/spoiler]