tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222161362567703009.post6501965596493400432..comments2024-03-18T21:48:51.839-07:00Comments on The Last Thing I See: 'Wreck-It Ralph' Movie ReviewBrent McKnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06089615359588923582noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222161362567703009.post-47590230727398732232020-11-07T22:57:21.162-08:002020-11-07T22:57:21.162-08:00Actually, I hated this movie too. For different r...Actually, I hated this movie too. For different reasons, though. To me, the beginning of the movie seemed to outline income inequality in the US. Ralph, the quintessential unappreciated essential worker without whose efforts his video game world would fall apart, lives in the dump while the hero Felix and other generic snooty assholes live in the penthouse apartments. This goes on for 30 years. These generic snooty assholes treat him like crap throughout the film and never apologize for it even after realizing that he is in essence more important than they are, and that they've been treating him like crap for 30 years. After all, if one of these mob characters disappeared then no one would notice. Ralph is only gone for about 20 seconds, before the video game is about to be shipped out to be demolished. Furthermore, Ralph is treated as being unforgivably selfish for wanting to improve his standing in life, causing him to abandon his 'duty' to the other characters in his video game to pursue a Hero's medal. I'm not sure how much loyalty he should feel to people who had been treating him like crap for 30 years, and if I'd written this script I'd have had him say that to them. The movie ends with Ralph still living in the dump, while these generic snooty assholes continue to live in the penthouse apartments. They may appreciate him more, but at the end of the day he is still getting thrown into a pile of mud every day and sleeping in the dump at night. Frankly, I think this sends the message that upward mobility is selfish, and that you should know your place and try to be content with it no matter how shitty it is. Frankly, I reject this message and think everyone else should as well.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505833397732138386noreply@blogger.com