RE: We chat about videogames and videogame accessories.
05-05-2016, 08:11 PM
I got to monitor a room full of highschool seniors during our testing week. I brought a few movies but Wreck-it Ralph was the near unanimous choice to watch.
Spoilers below!
I love the consistent theme of "being true to yourself" in that movie. And it really shines in the final scenes with the main antagonist. Turbo/king candy has tried to reinvent himself so many times. Turbo's identity was "I am the best." He was so wrapped up in that idea that he rejected who he really was at the expense of others. He rejected himself in order to be "the one on top." And, at the end, even when he was far stronger than he had ever been - he kept switching faces because he still - fundamentally was at chaos with who he was.
Contrast this with Ralph, who starts off the movie with a similar conflict - he wants the Nicelanders to accept him, but because they don't accept him, he can't accept himself. The hero's medal he searches for is, to him, the physical proof that he's more than what people say about him. By the end of the film, we see a character who has accepted who he is, despite what others might think. He falls, presumably to his death, clutching the make-shift medal and chanting the villian's creed. He's come to terms with who he is.
How freaking universal is that!? How many times have you found yourself trying to change who you are (or just the appearance of who you are) because of others? I know I do it constantly and it NEVER feels good. Mantras like "be yourself" are so overused that they border on meaninglessness for the people who really need them. It's incredibly refreshing to see a movie that puts forth such an important message in a unique and engaging way.
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ALSO Wreck-it Ralph was released alongside Paperman, which is BY FAR my favorite Disney animated short.
Let's be real, Wreck-it Ralph is a great movie but Paperman is a work of art.
Spoilers below!
I love the consistent theme of "being true to yourself" in that movie. And it really shines in the final scenes with the main antagonist. Turbo/king candy has tried to reinvent himself so many times. Turbo's identity was "I am the best." He was so wrapped up in that idea that he rejected who he really was at the expense of others. He rejected himself in order to be "the one on top." And, at the end, even when he was far stronger than he had ever been - he kept switching faces because he still - fundamentally was at chaos with who he was.
Contrast this with Ralph, who starts off the movie with a similar conflict - he wants the Nicelanders to accept him, but because they don't accept him, he can't accept himself. The hero's medal he searches for is, to him, the physical proof that he's more than what people say about him. By the end of the film, we see a character who has accepted who he is, despite what others might think. He falls, presumably to his death, clutching the make-shift medal and chanting the villian's creed. He's come to terms with who he is.
How freaking universal is that!? How many times have you found yourself trying to change who you are (or just the appearance of who you are) because of others? I know I do it constantly and it NEVER feels good. Mantras like "be yourself" are so overused that they border on meaninglessness for the people who really need them. It's incredibly refreshing to see a movie that puts forth such an important message in a unique and engaging way.
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ALSO Wreck-it Ralph was released alongside Paperman, which is BY FAR my favorite Disney animated short.
Let's be real, Wreck-it Ralph is a great movie but Paperman is a work of art.