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movie review - Wreck-It Ralph

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2014.05.16

I watched this with my son for "movie night". It's about a video game character from the 8-bit days who longs to see the world outside his game (after forty-fifty years?). So he heads out to the other games in the store and has some adventures. And then he becomes involved in the strange case of a displaced royal lineage in one of the games.

It's an original idea and executed well. I liked the characters and found the voice acting appealing. John C Reilly is one of those actors who throws everything into his work, it's infectious.

Recommended. But beware: Sarah Silverman.

rand()m quote

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud