By Rajal Monga and Rusheen Bansal
When the much-awaited movie, Wreck it Ralph 2, came out, the child inside most of us went ballistic. We immediately headed to the theatre and dived head-first into this classic sequel. This movie essentially emphasises on the virtual world we all prefer to live in these days and the cinematic portrayal was commendable.
In summary, video game bad guy Ralph (John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) travel to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, "Sugar Rush." In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet -- the netizens -- to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzTube. Anything sounds familiar?
With a new-age plot, with applications built like buildings, messages shown through cable cars, google turned into a human(!) and a very exciting cameo of all the Disney princesses, Wreck It Ralph 2 has it all. The big picture was incredibly interesting however towards the end, the movie dragged on unnecessarily which was frankly a bit disappointing.
If we look at it closely, the literal trip to the World Wide Web to look for the broken steering wheel was symbolic of how Artificial Intelligence can take over our lives any time. The concept was well thought out and demonstrated. Furthermore, personally, one of my favourite moments from the entire movie was the exploration of the internet world, which was animated extremely well and was fascinating to watch. Moreover, the fact that they showed Ralph’s insecurities as a virus in the system was genius as it signifies the exact role insecurities play in our lives too.
All in all, this movie largely focused on the current world events and revolved around the theme of friendship, love and self-sacrifice. A little cliche, I agree, but the animation made it worth it.
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